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the Yellowstone Art Museum
Distance: 5.7 Mi401 N 27th St
59101-1241 Billings -
Gallatin Gateway Inn
Distance: 124.8 Mi76405 Gallatin Rd
59718 Bozeman -
Murphy Todd
Distance: 148.9 Mi1305 Willow Creek Rd
59412-8144 Belt -
World Museum of Mining
Distance: 186.8 MiPO Box 33
59703-0033 Butte -
Missoula Art Museum
Distance: 266.6 Mi335 N Pattee St
59802-4520 Missoula
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Clyde Aspevig Clyde Aspevig's personal and artistic horizons have unfolded expansively since his childhood on a Montana farm near the Canadian border. That period of geographical and cultural isolation was in retrospect a blessing for the artist he recalls. "Because I grew up in a vacuum in Montana, I wasn't taught the cliches." He sees such naivete as allowing him to be more open to everything around him, which is especially evident in his latest works. His peripatetic field easel now ranges across the wild mountains and prairies of Montana, Death Valley, Adirondacks, rocky North Atlantic coast, Scandinavian fjords and the well-tended hillside estates of Tuscany. Growing up, he witnessed the alternatingly painful and joyful cycles of agricultural life. He was unusually fortunate to be encouraged by his family in the pursuits of art and appreciation of music. Clyde learned early on to work hard and persevere against obstacles natural and manmade...