began utilizing new mediums, including cattle markers, pigment sticks, and paint sticks to create new modernist work based on the landscapes around her. DeWeese also expanded into creating giant scrolls rather than traditional canvases as well as working in wood-cut printmaking, monoprints and lithographs. Personal life In 1946, Gennie married Robert “Bob” DeWeese. In 1947, Gennie gave birth to the couple’s first child, Cathie, in Iowa City. Their second child, Jan, was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1948. Bob had accepted a position at Texas Tech in Lubbock Texas, with Gennie and the two children joining him after Jan was born. In 1949 the couple moved to Bozeman, they had three more children: Gretchen, Tina, and Josh. In 1965, the DeWeeses purchased land in Cottonwood Canyon and built a house. In 1977, DeWeese and her husband made their Bozeman home into a gallery, where they exhibited work by local artists. The house became a meeting place for the Montana art and intellectual community, including Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Awards and recognition “DeWeese has won numerous awards and been featured in workshops and publications. In 1983, she served as juror for the Women's Show, at the Black Orchid Gallery in Butte, Montana, and was featured in the October 31 issue of Newsweek in article on Montana artists. In 1985, she was featured as part of a Wall Street Journal article on the Western Arts Foundation. In 1986, she was the curator for Women's Work the Centennial Exhibition. In 1994, she was honored as ‘Printmaker of the Year' by the Billings Print Club. In 1995, DeWeese received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts and a Governor's Award for the Arts.” In 1995, DeWeese and her husband received the Montana Governor's Award for the Arts, and DeWeese was awarded an honorary doctorate of fine arts from Montana State University. In 1996, a major retrospective of DeWeese’s works was presented at the Missoula Art Museum. The DeWeeses were mentioned by Robert Pirsig in his book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Later years Gennie DeWeese died on November 26, 2007. References External links https://arc.lib.montana.edu/finding-aids/item.php?id=478 Modernists Artists from Montana American women painters University of Michigan alumni People from Indianapolis 1921 births 2007 deaths Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences alumni 20th-century American women artists 20th-century American people 21st-century American women American women curators American curators