Empowering Emerging Artists, Inspiring Art Enthusiasts

The Water’s Edge Gallery is located inside the Riverside Hotel above the main lobby, and artwork in every genre is displayed throughout the hotel. A mainstay in the Boise art scene, we exhibit local and emerging artists in a vibrant and dynamic space that showcases the creativity and innovation within our community. In addition to exhibits, the Water’s Edge Gallery also hosts workshops, special art exhibits, and other events.

Misty Monster, an Idaho native, creates her Morbidly Adorable characters from her nest in curiouser and curiouser Boise. Painting in acrylics, she uses figurative fantasy, big eye kitsch, and pop surrealism to create tarot, give voice to animals, promote vegan ethics, and explore the tenuous connection between beauty and tragedy in sensitive subjects such as grief and loss.

Weaving stories from travel, dreams, and fairy tales, Misty lives and breathes the fantasy genre. She won a HOT TOPIC X LAIKA award with her Tea Time with Coraline painting. She was given a grant to study with world-renowned artists Wendy and Brian Froud at a Dark Crystal Sculpture Workshop in England. Her art has been featured in magazines, such as Gothic Beauty and Tattoos for Women, and included in the book, Big Eye Art: Resurrected and Transformed.

Upcoming Exhibits and Events

October 2025