Local outdoor store Grizzly Outfitters spent six weeks this fall renovating the 15,000-square-foot space in the RJS Tower Building next door to its main shop in Big Sky Town Center.
Formerly home to the Charsam Gallery, the rental/repair space opened in late November and is effectively triple what it was last year, said Rental and Repair Manager Nick Turner.
“It was just coming to a point where we couldn’t handle our capacity any,” said Turner, who’s been with Grizzly for four seasons. “We needed to grow and have more space.”
The rental area will have seven full-time employees including Turner, and one part-timer. The tuning shop, which previously was in the basement of the building, is now behind a glass window in a room separate from the rental shop.
“Now people can actually view us tuning their equipment,” Turner said. “It’ll be fun for kids to watch sparks fly and see the process.”
He expressed pride in Grizzly’s top-of-the-line Wintersteiger Sigma SBI tuning machine, which will grind ski and snowboard bases and sharpen edges. “We’re hoping this will boost our repair work, because when people see service they buy service.”
He also noted the shop’s high-tech boot drier, which uses UV heating elements to sterilize, warm and dry boots, and also the rental software system, which Turner says helps employees have a more personal connection with repeat customers, saving information on what equipment they’ve skied on in the past. –E.W.
Grizzly is holding a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 5 p.m. Stick around after for tours of the shop, food and drinks.
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.