Summit Bid Highlight: Mountain Art

The ACC is committed to building our Environment Fund to increase our investments in mountain conservation. We’re committed to stewardship of the areas in which we recreate and to leadership in their preservation and protection.

The Summit Bid auction at our annual Mountain Guides Ball is online and live now and your auction bids directly fund the ACC’s legacy of environmental improvement. We thank you for your support!

The auction will include great gear, fantastic experiences and exceptional mountain art. Browse the art offerings below, and follow the links to the bidding. You don’t have to be present at the Ball to bid or to win.

Mountain Art

Adam J. Temple

The paintings of Fisher Peak and Mount Gimli are both from Adam’s "Peaks of Interest" portrait series dedicated to presenting some of the most beloved peaks of Canada’s wild west through the eyes of an alpinist.

Kayla Eykelboom

Kayla is inspired by adventuring with my loved ones, protecting wild spaces and creatures, celebrating this beautiful and precious planet, sharing the essence of Adventure and encouraging others to responsibly GET OUTSIDE!

In winter, a trip to the Bow Hut is a common first ski-mountaineering experience, being a reasonable days ski from the highway and providing access to fantastic powder skiing and great ski-mountaineering objectives like Mt. Olive and St. Nicholas Peak.

Patti Dyment

Living, hiking and painting in the Canadian Rockies for over three decades has given Patti a profound connection to, and appreciation of, the mountain landscape. She paints en plein air as much as possible. “When I look back at my plein air paintings, I am immediately returned to the experience of painting in that location; the wind, the temperature, the elation of grand splendour. My goal is to communicate all those sensations in all my landscapes, to connect with the viewer through a shared experience of natural beauty," she says. "I paint relentlessly, I teach painting, I study painting, I think about and dream about painting. It’s a wonderful fascination." In 2011, Patti was awarded signature status with the Federation of Canadian Artists.

Roy Millar

Mt. Rundle in Banff National Park.

Donna Jo Massie

Donna Jo lives and works in Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Her art is inspired by her location in the Canadian Rockies and her paintings are based on numerous hiking trips such as her Artist in Residency at the Columbia Icefields.

Jennifer Annesley

Jennifer Annesley is a Canadian artist whose career currently spans 29 years and 75 exhibitions. Her work resides in nearly 900 collections worldwide. receives international recognition through juried exhibitions and fine art publications.

Glen Boles

Glen Boles is an iconic climber, writer and artist that contributed mightily to climbing in the mountains of Western Canada over several decades. He has many first ascents to his credit and has captured many of the mountains and routes he climbed in his beautiful drawings and paintings.

Phee Hudson

Hallam Glacier: Acryllic on canvas. Hallam Glacier was the site of the ACC’s 2018 General Mountaineering Camp and Artists’ Week.

Phee Hudson has been climbing mountains all her adult life. When she sold her business in 2006 she started painting, mountains being her choice subject. Her work now hangs in collections across the world including the three works in the lobby of the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise (which were commissioned in 2013). Phee was this year's Artist in Residence at the Hallam Glacier GMC. She will also be the Artist in Residence at the Banff Springs Hotel for the week following the Guides Ball.

Hallam Glacier. Acryllic on canvas, 16” x 20” [framed] by Phee Hudson. Retail: $1,500. Bidding starts at $750.

Robert Bateman

"In this painting, I have shown the bird in a dynamic calling pose. Although there is a fierce, bold thrust to the visual image, if you could hear the actual cry, you would probably be disappointed. It is a rather faint, high-pitched “chittering” noise. I have used the angular thrust of the dead tree to add to the force of the bird. In the far distance is a flock of gulls hinting at the proximity of water, which is the inevitable component of his habitat.” Robert Bateman.

The Robert Bateman Centre, supported by the Bateman Foundation, is a facility to house and preserve Robert Bateman’s legacy, and a multi-purpose meeting place for collaboration, creative thinking, and networking about in-nature education initiatives.

Louise Olinger

Inspired by the mountains in all seasons, Louise Olinger has explored the peaks and valleys and backcountry for decades. Motivated to capture the raw beauty of her mountain home, Louise's watercolour paintings are characterized by her powerful style and use of vibrant colours.

Fraser McGurk

Pigeon Spire in the Bugaboos.

LL Harrison

Rhapsody (Rundle Range) print from an acrylic painting.

LL Harrison

Dharma Mount Lefroy print from an acrylic painting.

LL Harrison

“The Road to Lake O’Hara” print from an acrylic painting.

Louise Olinger

“Three Sisters Sunrise”

Elizabeth Wiltzen

“Lunch - Divide Creek” Limited Edition Print. Elizabeth’s hiking, climbing and skiing expeditions were her initial inspiration to begin a career in art. Over time, her experiences have made her intimately aware of the magic and beauty that is present in the natural world, and in painting she has found an instrument to convey her reverence for it. Elizabeth is a member of the Oil Painters of America, and a signature member of the Society of Canadian Artists, the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, and the Federation of Canadian Artists.

CommunityKristy DavisonOctober 12, 2018summitbid, mountainart, adam j temple, kayla eykelboom