Jean Albus
— Featured Artist —
HDJ Issue 32
A Note from the Artist
My relationship with nature is the grist that informs my work. The landscape is my inspiration and backdrop. I've lived for long periods in the mountains, in the high desert, and now, among cottonwood trees alongside a rocky creek. Each of the landscapes has given me the opportunity to create different kinds of art.
My connection to the land has become about more than one kind of vast beauty, that of sky, water, and vista; it’s deepened to include the vast beauty of the ground and all its delights. Time changes us all. My work is an homage to the effable force that erodes all living beings, that returns me to the ground. With both my photography and installation work, I am trying to bring you into my world. I hope you find truth and beauty there.
"Feathers Before Wings"
"Fertile Ground"
"Nest"
"Spring Tempest"
"Dale in the Afternoon"
"The Forewarning"
"The Weight"
"Vestige"
"Wind to Her Back"
"Broken Beauty"
"Evening Star"
"Free Fall"
"Mushroom"
"Solitude"
Jean Albus was born and raised in Montana. She left to live and work in Seattle 15 years before returning to live in Red Lodge, MT in 1988. Later, she and her husband lived off the grid in the high desert above the Clarks Fork Vally near Bridger, Montana where a large body of her photography was created. She currently resides in small town Carbon County with her husband and faithful dog. She continues to work in photography and sight-specific installation. She is represented by Walker Fine Art in Denver. Her work resides in the Yellowstone Art Museum permanent collection.