Kelly Ann Kivlin was born on Aug. 22, 1962 to Lois and Bob Kivlin in Baraboo, Wisconsin, and she was the youngest of five girls growing up in the Dells. Kelly attended college in Madison, Wisconsin, and lived in Chicago, San Diego, Florida and Maine before fulfilling her childhood dream to live in Montana. She was preceded in death by both her mother and father.
Kelly loved and cared for all people and found complete joy in taking care of her many dogs and beloved horses. She had an insatiable appetite for horseback riding in the mountains and exploring any and all lakes and streams while riding her beautiful horse Donald. Kelly also loved kayaking the Madison River and could often be seen paddling with her dog Elio proudly riding the bow.
She worked at Moonlight Basin in Big Sky for many years and was most recently the general manager of the McAllister Inn Steakhouse, delighting guests with her warm smile and glowing personality. Kelly was loved by all that were lucky enough to know her and always left a lasting impression with her optimism and enthusiastic joy of living each day to the fullest. She loved nature, horses, dogs and helping others. She was a fantastic teacher of life, unwavering in her beliefs of love, kindness and unselfishness.
Kelly was always willing to help find a stray animal a way home or provide one if necessary. Her friends were the most important part of her day and we will all miss her magical smile and uplifting laughter. She often said, “Be the person that you want to be” and she led by example. She was taken from us way to soon, as we need people like Kelly in this world. She is survived by her husband Keith Altimus, as well as her sisters Cheryl, Jill and Jody, and nephew Alan.
A celebration of Kelly’s life will be held on Sunday, Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. in Jeffers, Montana, at the Jumping Horse Ranch Show Barn. All that knew Kelly are cordially invited to attend. We ask memorials in Kelly’s name be made to the Heart of the Valley Animal Shelter in Bozeman, Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary and Herding Dogs of Wyoming. Rest in peace sweet Kelly, we miss you.
We all are familiar with using a limited palette, but do you use one? Do you know how to use a
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We all are familiar with using a limited palette, but do you use one? Do you know how to use a limited palette to create different color combinations? Are you tired of carrying around 15-20 different tubes when you paint plein air? Have you ever wanted to create a certain “mood” in a painting but failed? Do you create a lot of mud? Do you struggle to achieve color harmony? All these problems are addressed in John’s workbook in clear and concise language!
Based on the bestselling “Limited Palatte, Unlimited Color” workbook written by John Pototschnik, the workshop is run by Maggie Shane and Annie McCoy, accomplished landscape (acrylic) and plein air (oil) artists,exhibitors at the Big Sky Artists’ Studio & Gallery and members of the Big Sky Artists Collective.
Each student will receive a copy of “Limited Palette, Unlimited Color” to keep and take home to continue your limited palette journey. We will show you how to use the color wheel and mix your own clean mixtures to successfully create a mood for your paintings.
Each day, we will create a different limited palette color chart and paint a version of a simple landscape using John’s directives. You will then be able to go home and paint more schemes using the book for guidance.
Workshop is open to painters (oil or acrylic) of any level although students must have some basic knowledge of the medium he or she uses. Students will be provided the book ($92 value), color wheel, value scale and canvas papers to complete the daily exercises.