Montana Jack’s Hosts “From Nye To Nairobi”Art Show and Reception, to be held Friday, July 15, 2011, to showcase the paintings of Tom Wolfe and the photography of Lynn O’Rourke Hayes
Dean, Montana – ( June 23, 2011 ) – Montana Jack’s, a Dean, Montana, restaurant, bar and event venue, located in the foothills of the Beartooth Mountains, will host an art and photography event, featuring the oil and watercolor paintings of Montana artist Tom Wolfe. The work of travel writer and photographer Lynn O’Rourke Hayes will also be on display.
The opening reception will be held on Friday, July 15th from 5:30 until 7:30. The work will be on display through Saturday July 16, 2011.
About Tom Wolfe
A third generation Montanan, Tom Wolfe, lives and works in the Beartooth Mountains of south central Montana, north of Yellowstone Park. His oil and watercolor work reflects his deep passion for the American West.
His landscapes and depictions of American Indian life as well as that of the modern rancher and cowboy have been influenced by his own varied life experiences. The summers of his youth were spent at his grandfather’s cabin on the Stillwater River from which he explored the local country on horseback or with a fly rod in hand.
After graduating from college with a degree in English and Art, he lived in the Alaskan bush with Athabaskan Indians where he hunted, fished, trapped, ran sled dogs, fought forest fires, and painted water colors of his native friends. In 1981, eager to return to Montana, he mushed a team of sled dogs 3000 miles from Alaska, down the Canadian Rockies and into the Stillwater Valley. For more than 20 years, Wolfe served as a licensed outfitter sharing his love for the backcountry with those eager to fish and hunt in the Beartooths.
Wolfe credits his two artistic parents for their early encouragement of his work. Later, he spent twelve years studying with master landscape painter Hall Diteman . He has also enjoyed painting trips to France, Italy, Switzerland, and the Caribbean.
In 2002, Wolfe sold his outfitting business, and built a cabin and studio in the shadow of the Beartooth Mountains, where he currently lives and paints.
About Lynn O’Rourke Hayes
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Lynn O'Rourke Hayes is a writer, photographer, and a passionate traveller. She has ventured to 84 countries on six continents, to document off the beaten path destinations and the world’s changing cultures through words and pictures.
Hayes has spent more than 30 years writing and speaking about travel and family issues. She is the Editor and owner of FamilyTravel.com. Each week she writes a travel column that originates with the Dallas Morning News and is syndicated by Tribune McClatchy. She is a regular contributor and writes an adventure blog for GoodHousekeeping.com and also contributes to other print, online and broadcast outlets.
She has worked for two hotel companies and consulted to numerous other travel organizations. Hayes and a partner organized and accompanied a groundbreaking, 24-day, around the world golf trip on the Concorde. A member of the Author’s Guild, she has written a book about balancing work and family ( Macmillan and Ballantine ) and contributed to several others. Her articles and comments have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA TODAY and The Arizona Republic. She's testified before the U.S. Congress, and appeared on CNN, NBC’s The Today Show and numerous other television and radio programs, as well as before groups large and small.
Her travels have taken her across deserts, down rivers, over mountains, under the sea, through jungles and to 48 of our 50 states – often with her three sons in tow. A graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University, she resides in Scottsdale, AZ and Southwestern Montana.
Contact:
Nadine Keogh Tom Wolfe
406. 321.0499 www.TomWolfeArt.com
Montana Jack’s Lynn O’Rourke Hayes
406. 328.4110 www.FamilyTravel.com
www.MTJacks.com
