November 2025
"Water and Woodland"
Katie Frey paints the Paths, Homes, and Habitats of Inland Northwest wildlife.
October 26, 2025 – November 29, 2025
First Friday Reception to Meet the Artist:
November 7, 2025 | 5:00-8:30 pm
Liberty Gallery
203 N Washington Street, Spokane
On the mezzanine in the historical Liberty Building.
Katie Frey is a Spokane artist who primarily paints landscapes and animals. She has been teaching and creating art in Spokane for over 15 years. She paints with bright colors and expressive lines. The main subject matter is planned, but everything else is intuitive: abstract blocks of color, tangled plants, a landscape disintegrating into the abstract. Katie wants her art to be wild and invigorating; to look as spontaneous and joyful as it feels when she creates it.
“My paintings explore storytelling through animals and their environment. I am continuously trying to expand, examine and capture my relationship to wildlife and their habitat; to create an open door for viewers to engage with the elements.” - Katie Frey
December 2025
"Renewal"
The magical life force of moving water and reflected light painted by Hannah Fountain.
November 30, 2025 – December 27, 2025
First Friday Reception to Meet the Artist:
December 5, 2025 | 5:00-8:30 pm
Liberty Gallery
203 N Washington Street, Spokane
On the mezzanine in the historical Liberty Building.
Hannah Fountain is a self-taught artist living in Moses Lake, Washington. She began drawing and painting in her early childhood in California, being drawn to realism and the effects of light in artwork. In 2019, Hannah launched her art business, and began appearing at local shows. In 2023, she was voted “Best of the Basin” in the Columbia Basin, in Washington state. She has been featured in Florida’s Surfmag magazine, as well as many gallery shows and fine art festivals in California, Montana, Idaho, and Washington.
“My process involves capturing images of water in motion, light reflecting, or even still life, and following the reality of what I see closely… up to a certain point! I call my style “realistic expressionism” because realism is beautiful, but when we deviate from reality, it truly becomes a work of art. I almost always begin with a photo reference, but then I begin to add the magic, the sparkles and splatters that bring it all to life.”
January 2026
"An Illustrated Thanksgiving Address"
In gratitude for the gifts of the natural world
December 28, 2025 – January 24, 2026
First Friday Reception to Meet the Artists:
Earth Mother by Robbin Miller
January 2, 2026 | 5:00-8:30 pm
Liberty Gallery
203 N Washington Street, Spokane
On the mezzanine in the historical Liberty Building.
The Thanksgiving Address, also called "Greetings and Thanks to the Natural World" is an ancient indigenous statement of gratitude for the gifts of the natural world that sustain us all. Although passed down for centuries by the people of the Haudenosaunee Confederation of northeast North America, Robin Wall Kimmerer has shared the Thanksgiving Address worldwide in her book “Braiding Sweetgrass”, published by Milkweed Editions. The Liberty Gallery exhibit features art inspired by this statement of gratitude, created by nine local artists. Participating artists are Cherylee Duncan, Katie Frey, Sarah Goodwin, Debbie Hughbanks, Anette Lusher, Robbin Miller, Pierr Morgan, Denise Roberson, and Vicki West.
