Cross Country Skier is pleased to present the second annual Fine Art of Skiing a collection of Nordic skiing artwork from around the country and the world. The artwork presented here represents a diverse range of styles. We hope you find it interesting, amusing and engaging. We also encourage you to contact the artists with your feedback. If you know of other artists, please let us know or suggest that they contact us about including their work in future editions of The Fine Art of Skiing. Enjoy

Jeriann Sabin

Jeriann Sabin works from her home in Blackfoot, located in a Southeast Idaho valley not far from the world famous Teton Mountains and the Sawtooths Mountains. She is fortunate to be able to enjoy other cross country terrain closer to home including the Idaho State University yurt system and Harriman State Park, just a short distance from Yellowstone National Park. Her work has been shown regionally and nationally with private sales as far a field as South Africa, Germany and England. She and her husband devote the spring and summer to growing cut flowers, which they sell in the resort areas in Jackson, Wyoming and Sun Valley, Idaho.

For further information: Jeriann Sabin 457 N. Ash Street Blackfoot, ID 83221 208/785-4687 jasabinart@aol.com

Laurie Fry
Laurie Fry grew up in rural Pennsylvania. As a child she spent many happy hours roaming the woods and wondering at its beauty. She studied art at Mansfield University for two years, before moving to the state of Washington. Fry finished her studies at Central Washington University receiving a B.A. in Fine Art.

Now making her home in Winthrop, Washington, Laurie still spends many hours roaming the Cascade Mountains and surrounding Methow Valley in search of beauty and inspiration as she pursues her career as an artist. She has exhibited her work in several North Central Washington galleries and her paintings have found homes throughout the world.

I am mesmerized by the spirit of nature and try to capture what I see and feel moments that attract my soul. Enjoying the spontaneity of both watercolor and pastel as mediums, I paint the landscape as it changes by the season, the day, the moment. Nature has taught me much about color, light, composition about beauty.

Laurie is also a fully certified Nordic ski instructor, teaching for the Methow Valley Ski School for the past 12 years. She enjoys all forms of skiing including alpine, backcountry and just plain skiing from the house. I love the fact that I can combine my passion for being outdoors with both of my professions in order to make a living. It’s a tough life here in the Methow, I have to paint all summer and ski all winter!

Dieter Raoul Sauer
In conjunction with the 2002 Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City, the publishing firm of Dieter Raoul Sauer released a major collection of rare vintage Olympic Winter Games poster reproductions. The lithographed posters are entirely hand printed, one color and one sheet at a time, on an old German litho press using 320 grain Coventry Rag (100% cotton) Vellum paper. St. Croix et Les Rasses (below) is one of the most spectacular Art Deco ski posters. It was designed in 1922 by an obscure Swiss artist only his initials, H.R., are known. The other three posters are offset-printed in Italy reproducing early (and scarce) ski posters by diverse Italian artists.

For further information: Dieter Raoul Sauer P.O. Box 7654 Laguna Niguel, CA 92607 phone 949/493-5720 fax 949/493-5787