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Elene Weege exchanged a medical business career for the artist’s life in the 1980s. She
attended the University of Wisconsin in Whitewater, WI, to study art and focused on oil
painting. In 1998, she moved to Montana from the Midwest. With a deep admiration for
the western landscape, she began artistic studies to paint impressionistic pastel of the
Landscapes and Big Skies in Montana. Elene has now resumed oil painting and uses
both pastels and oils to interpret the vistas of the West.
Elene is Secretary of the Montana Professional Artist Association and a member of the
Oil Painters of America, the American Impressionist Society and the Pastel Society of the
Northern Rockies. In 2005, she completed an intensive oil and pastel workshop with
Ramon Kelley whose bravura techniques in pastel and oils have made him a well-known
painter in the West. In 2006, Elene studied oils under Stephen Pan whose stunning
command of light and color reveals his extraordinary talent for expressionists oil
paintings. Increasing her outdoor painting, Elene enjoyed a workshop with Lorenzo
Chavez in 2007. She returned from France in October 2008 after plein air painting in
Provence and the Canal Du Midi area.
REPRESENTATIVE GALLERIES : Art Focus Gallery, Hamilton, MT
GROUP INVITATIONAL JURIED SHOWS
2009—Custer County Art and Heritage Center Show “Works on Paper”, Miles City, MT
Western Heritage Art Show and Sale, Great Falls, MT, MPAA Art Show - Hamilton, MT
2008—Western Heritage Art Show and Sale, Great Falls, MT Montana Professional
Artists Association Art Show and Sale, Hamilton, MT National Soft Pastel Extravaganza,
Loveland, CO Treasure State Invitational Art Show, Hamilton, MT Pastel Society of The
Northern Rockies Juried Member Show, Willowtree Art Gallery, Idaho Falls, ID, River
Rocks Paint Out & Show, Idaho Falls, ID
2007—Western Heritage Art Show and Sale, Great Falls, MT; Bitterroot Birding & Nature
Festival Art Show &Auction, Stevensville, MT; Montana Professional Artists Association
Art Shows, Hamilton, MT, Helena , MT. and Cody, Wyoming
2006—Western Heritage Art Show and Sale, Great Falls, MT; Montana Professional
Artists Association Shows, Hamilton & Helena, MT; Treasure State Invitational Art Show,
Hamilton, MT; Cody County Art League, Cody, WY; University of Wyoming Gallery,
Laramie, WY; Montana Professional Artists Association Show @ Rendezvous Royale,
Cody, WY; Big Fork Art and Cultural Center , Big Fork, MT; Stock Farm Art Show and
Auction, Hamilton, MT; Darby Library Show and Fund Raiser, Darby, MT; Grouse
Mountain Winter Art Show, White Fish, MT.
2005—Montana Professional Artists Association Show & Sale, Hamilton, MT; Montana
Professional Artists Association Show & Sale, Helena, MT; Phillipsburg Art and Jazz on
Broadway, Phillipsburg, MT; Big Mountain Summer Festival, Whitefish, MT; Post Card
Show and Two Rivers Movement Pastel Show, Dana Gallery, Missoula.
2004—Pastel Society of the Northern Rockies, Willowtree Art Gallery, Idaho Falls, ID;
Treasure State Invitational Art Show, Hamilton, MT. One person show of Montana
Landscapes in Soft Pastels and Oils, Dana Gallery, Missoula
2002—Treasure State Invitational Art Show, Hamilton; Introductory Show at Dana
Gallery, Missoula.
attended the University of Wisconsin in Whitewater, WI, to study art and focused on oil
painting. In 1998, she moved to Montana from the Midwest. With a deep admiration for
the western landscape, she began artistic studies to paint impressionistic pastel of the
Landscapes and Big Skies in Montana. Elene has now resumed oil painting and uses
both pastels and oils to interpret the vistas of the West.
Elene is Secretary of the Montana Professional Artist Association and a member of the
Oil Painters of America, the American Impressionist Society and the Pastel Society of the
Northern Rockies. In 2005, she completed an intensive oil and pastel workshop with
Ramon Kelley whose bravura techniques in pastel and oils have made him a well-known
painter in the West. In 2006, Elene studied oils under Stephen Pan whose stunning
command of light and color reveals his extraordinary talent for expressionists oil
paintings. Increasing her outdoor painting, Elene enjoyed a workshop with Lorenzo
Chavez in 2007. She returned from France in October 2008 after plein air painting in
Provence and the Canal Du Midi area.
REPRESENTATIVE GALLERIES : Art Focus Gallery, Hamilton, MT
GROUP INVITATIONAL JURIED SHOWS
2009—Custer County Art and Heritage Center Show “Works on Paper”, Miles City, MT
Western Heritage Art Show and Sale, Great Falls, MT, MPAA Art Show - Hamilton, MT
2008—Western Heritage Art Show and Sale, Great Falls, MT Montana Professional
Artists Association Art Show and Sale, Hamilton, MT National Soft Pastel Extravaganza,
Loveland, CO Treasure State Invitational Art Show, Hamilton, MT Pastel Society of The
Northern Rockies Juried Member Show, Willowtree Art Gallery, Idaho Falls, ID, River
Rocks Paint Out & Show, Idaho Falls, ID
2007—Western Heritage Art Show and Sale, Great Falls, MT; Bitterroot Birding & Nature
Festival Art Show &Auction, Stevensville, MT; Montana Professional Artists Association
Art Shows, Hamilton, MT, Helena , MT. and Cody, Wyoming
2006—Western Heritage Art Show and Sale, Great Falls, MT; Montana Professional
Artists Association Shows, Hamilton & Helena, MT; Treasure State Invitational Art Show,
Hamilton, MT; Cody County Art League, Cody, WY; University of Wyoming Gallery,
Laramie, WY; Montana Professional Artists Association Show @ Rendezvous Royale,
Cody, WY; Big Fork Art and Cultural Center , Big Fork, MT; Stock Farm Art Show and
Auction, Hamilton, MT; Darby Library Show and Fund Raiser, Darby, MT; Grouse
Mountain Winter Art Show, White Fish, MT.
2005—Montana Professional Artists Association Show & Sale, Hamilton, MT; Montana
Professional Artists Association Show & Sale, Helena, MT; Phillipsburg Art and Jazz on
Broadway, Phillipsburg, MT; Big Mountain Summer Festival, Whitefish, MT; Post Card
Show and Two Rivers Movement Pastel Show, Dana Gallery, Missoula.
2004—Pastel Society of the Northern Rockies, Willowtree Art Gallery, Idaho Falls, ID;
Treasure State Invitational Art Show, Hamilton, MT. One person show of Montana
Landscapes in Soft Pastels and Oils, Dana Gallery, Missoula
2002—Treasure State Invitational Art Show, Hamilton; Introductory Show at Dana
Gallery, Missoula.
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Stevensville, MT 59870
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Stevensville, MT 59870
