At Gallery Walk, art taps into childhood memories

Art has the power to do many things. It can inspire us. It can spark conversation. It can transport us to different worlds.

This Friday, March 11, the participants in the Sun Valley Gallery Walk will open doors across downtown Ketchum, displaying exquisite art for the public. At two new exhibitions in town, featured artists are using painting and photography as a vessel to unpack their own childhoods. Decades later, the presence of parents looms large. 300×250 image ad Linda Christensen’s collection “Solace” is on display at the Gail Severn Gallery. ”Solace,” Linda Christensen’s collection of emotive figures, will show at the Gail Severn Gallery. The work is inspired by childhood memories.

“My parents were simultaneously building a life together and going in separate directions, leading to uncertainty and disappointment in their marriage and my childhood,” Christensen wrote in a statement.

Her mother was her first muse.“I noticed that her body language […]

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