Yellowstone River Stones
LIVINGSTON | 06.27.2025 - 07.24.2025 |
Artists: Sarah Winkler
A stone is a rock that has been fashioned or shaped or has a purpose. Montana's diverse geology, shaped by ancient sea basins, mountain-building events, and volcanic activity, results in a wide array of interesting rocks, including limestone, sandstone, gneiss, and igneous rocks, making it a geologically rich state, with areas like the Yellowstone region experiencing hot springs and volcanic features, as well as evidence of past volcanic eruptions and magma intrusions. Metamorphic, sedimentary, volcanic and igneous rocks as well as agates, precious and petrified stones are carried downstream on the currents of Yellowstone River. The Yellowstone River Stones series of paintings and collages by artist Sarah Winkler weaves together the geological history of Montana with the personal experience of rafting and rockhounding on the Yellowstone River near Livingston, MT. These beautiful rocks have found a new purpose as their material form and history have been transformed into paintings and collages, linking the natural world with an artistic interpretation to suggest new ways of viewing the many complex layers to natural world around you.