Aunt Dofe's Gallery

Aunt Dofe's Gallery Continuing the tradition of the original Aunt Dofe’s Hall Of Recent Memory located in Willow Creek, MT.

Please come and join us tonight for the opening of “Rib to the South, Jaw to the West” exhibition by Cristina Marian. 4:...
09/04/2026

Please come and join us tonight for the opening of “Rib to the South, Jaw to the West” exhibition by Cristina Marian. 4:30 - 7:30 PM. See you there! ❤️

Cristina Marian is a Romanian-American visual artist best known for her highly experimental layered paintings investigating the notion of becoming, rather than being within fixed and stable grounds. Her work explores such themes as her experience within her community; togetherness and the sense of belonging; communal and global changes; and finding peace within unpredictability.

Marian holds a BFA in Painting from the National University of Fine Arts in Bucharest, Romania, and an MFA from Montana State University, Bozeman.

She works with a variety of mediums, including painting, sculpture, and public installation. She has exhibited internationally, including in Bucharest, Paris, Oslo, Dakar, and Vienna. In America, Marian’s work has been shown throughout Montana, in Cincinnati, OH, Spokane, WA, West Chicago, IL and Flint, MI. Her most recent group show was “Secret Spaces” at Buckham Gallery in Flint, MI. “Nowhere To Be But Here” is her most recent solo exhibition at the Holter Museum of Art in Helena, Montana.

She lives in Whitehall MT, and divides her time between working in the studio, exhibiting her artwork, teaching, and spending time with her husband and their three-year-old baby.

“Rib to the South, Jaw to the West” exhibition will be up until Oct 4. The gallery is open every Saturday and Sunday, 1 - 4 PM, or by appointment.

08/28/2026

Don’t miss your chance to see these incredibly layered and textured paintings and drawings by Mary Ann Kelly and Harold Schlotzhauer!!! This Sunday, August 30, is the last day to see their work. The gallery is open on Saturday and Sunday between 1pm and 4pm.
Kelly Kelly
haroldschlotzhauer

Only two more weekends left to see the “Possibilities and Reality” exhibition by Harold Schlotzhauer and Mary Ann Kelly!...
08/21/2026

Only two more weekends left to see the “Possibilities and Reality” exhibition by Harold Schlotzhauer and Mary Ann Kelly!! We’ll be there this Saturday and Sunday, from 1 pm to 4 pm.
Thanks to everyone who stopped by so far, for the opening night and throughout the weeks that followed.
haroldschlotzhauer
Kelly Kelly

“Remembrance II” by Mary Ann KellySix panels on board pastel37.5 “ x 24.5” 2024Come today and Sunday, between 1 and 4 ...
08/15/2026

“Remembrance II” by Mary Ann Kelly
Six panels on board pastel
37.5 “ x 24.5”
2024

Come today and Sunday, between 1 and 4 PM, to see this work and all the others that are part of the “Possibilities and Reality” duo-show by Harold Schlotzhauer and Mary Ann Kelly.

“There is a place in one’s consciousness where observation, memory and imagination act as a metaphorical explanation for understanding the beauty of the natural world. Our realization of our own significance is put into perspective as we place ourselves into the mixture of light and shadow, form and current, obstacle and pathway. There is an element of timelessness found in a moment of high perception and awareness as well as in the circular nature of time that I often try to delineate. Reflecting upon the elements of our sensual experiences in moments of awareness or reflecting on the memory of ones’ collective imagination presents an assemblage of significant signs that form a visual language. This language appears to me as a combination of gesture, movement, color and form that when read together recall the significance of experience, the importance of observation and the power of memory. When gesture and color meet the current of experience, the poetic language of the visual symbol emerges.” Mary Ann Kelly

Drawing installation and other works by Harold Schlotzhauer, as part of “Possibilities and Reality,” a duo-show with Mar...
08/07/2026

Drawing installation and other works by Harold Schlotzhauer, as part of “Possibilities and Reality,” a duo-show with Mary Ann Kelly. This exhibition is on display until August 31. We are open every Saturday and Sunday, 1pm - 4pm, or by appointment.

 “I am interested in the fluid boundaries between abstraction and representation. My art is a journey to a place created by the imagination and influenced by the extreme polarities of objective and non-objective configuration. It is a world of energy, movement, and change where the viewer can engage in complex relationships relative to nature without the pictorial dogma of absolute representation. Functional objects and parts of things can be identified, and symbolic relationships can be determined, but complete access to a rational conclusion is denied. I want a curious ambiguousness to be present and long for the viewer to participate in the pleasure of imagining the possibilities.”
Harold Schlotzhauer
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08/01/2026

Many thanks to everyone who came last night to celebrate the opening reception of Mary Ann Kelly’s and Harold Schlotzhauer’s newest exhibition, “Possibilities and Reality”. It was wonderful seeing you all! The gallery will be open every Saturday and Sunday, 1pm - 4pm, or by appointment.

Up next!!! “Possibilities and Reality”, a duo show by Mary Ann Kelly and Harold Schlotzhauer, July 31 - August 30. We ar...
07/27/2026

Up next!!! “Possibilities and Reality”, a duo show by Mary Ann Kelly and Harold Schlotzhauer, July 31 - August 30. We are looking forward to sharing this exhibition of past and present work of two wonderful artists!
Come celebrate this event and see us this Friday, July 31, from 4:30pm to 7:30pm for the opening reception.

Images:
Sentry of Chaos, pastel on board, 32 x 48 inches by Mary Ann Kelly
Untitled, oil pastel on paper, 50 x 49 inches by Harold Schlotzhauer

Up next!!! “Possibilities and Reality”, a duo show by Mary Ann Kelly and Harold Schlotzhauer, July 31 - August 30. We ar...
07/27/2026

Up next!!! “Possibilities and Reality”, a duo show by Mary Ann Kelly and Harold Schlotzhauer, July 31 - August 30. We are looking forward to sharing this exhibition of past and present work of two wonderful artists! Come celebrate this event and see us this Friday, July 31, from 4:30pm to 7:30pm for the opening reception.

Images:
Sentry of Chaos, pastel on board, 32 x 48 inches by Mary Ann Kelly
Untitled, oil pastel on paper, 50 x 49 inches by Harold Schlotzhauer

We can’t wait to see you this week! The opening reception for the “Deer Diary” exhibition is on Friday, from 4-7:30 PM. ...
06/16/2026

We can’t wait to see you this week! The opening reception for the “Deer Diary” exhibition is on Friday, from 4-7:30 PM.
We’ll be opening our gallery earlier than usual, just so you can meet Lauren Grabelle and hear her talk about her exciting project. Lauren previously exhibited this work at the Missoula Art Museum in Missoula, and Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts in Portland; now we are happy to have it here at Aunt Dofe’s in Willow Creek.

Aunt Dofe’s Gallery is excited to announce this year’s artist lineup and schedule!Lauren Grabelle - Deer Diary - opening...
04/23/2026

Aunt Dofe’s Gallery is excited to announce this year’s artist lineup and schedule!

Lauren Grabelle - Deer Diary - opening reception June 19, through July 19
Mary Ann Kelly and Harold Schlotzhauer – Possibilities and Reality - opening reception July 31, through Aug 30
Cristina Marian – Rib to the South, Jaw to the Left - opening reception Sept 4, through Oct 4
Jennifer Pulchinski – The Snow Told Me So - opening reception Oct 16, through Nov 15



1. “2023/10/16 19:35:37 51oF” by Lauren Grabelle
archival pigment print
17” x 30”
2023
2. “Glimpse” by Mary Ann Kelly
monoprint mixed media
10” x 8”
2026
3. “Untitled” by Harold Schlotzhauer
ink on paper
28” x 21”
2003
4. “Rib to the South” by Cristina Marian
acrylic, inks, image transfers, pencils and charcoal on canvas
36” x 36”
2026
5. Process Photo by Jennifer Pulchinski
2026




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