Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2018/ No.133 i Western Art Collector

The Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists has announced a special Art Business Summit from September 7 through 9 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. The weekend-long event will give professional working artists the opportunity to learn and ask questions about the business side of their art careers. The Art Business Summit will help artists “take charge of their careers, captivate their audience, maximize the extraordinary professional advantages they already possess, and sell their art effectively and profitably.” Topics during the event include building an action plan, creating a brand story, establishing a portfolio, multiplying revenue streams, pricing for profit, selling art online effectively, building a strong support team, squashing resistance, sales strategies and much more. Artists can also participate in interactive sessions where they get to ask summit leaders their specific…

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Earlier this year a group of C.M. Russell Museum board members and museum staff had an opportunity to go up to “Indian Hill” and follow the trail down to Jake Hoover’s cabin. Our preparations for the trip included invaluable discussions with Russell scholar and re-enactor Dr. Raphael Cristy, Montana musician Bruce Anfinson and Judith Basin Russell expert Floyd Forbes. These inputs were immensely helpful in orienting us to judging the current landscape and vegetation patterns versus those with which Charlie Russell was so familiar 135 or so years ago. Forbes’ extensive knowledge of Charlie Russell’s time in the area was gained by virtue of his years of cowboy activities on the Judith Basin’s Circle Bar Ranch. This enabled us to see the site most likely to have inspired…

The National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming, is recognized for its dedication to collecting and displaying North American wildlife artwork as well as pieces depicting creatures throughout the world. One of its missions is to expand visitors’ knowledge of humanity’s connection to nature. In the collection, artwork explores how animals interact within their habitat, how urbanization is affecting many species and the overall preservation of wildlife. John James Audubon, whose name is synonymous with ornithology due to his prolific Birds of America that features more than 400 pages on these majestic creatures, was not only an avid outdoorsman but also a conservationist. He recognized the impact that man was having on the earth, and once stated, “A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is…

Every animal has its own distinct personality—each species with a unique set of characteristics that makes them intriguing and relatable. This is how accomplished oil painter Edward Aldrich views wildlife, and this is what he keeps in mind when setting out to portray their personalities on the canvas. “It’s kind of like an intimate experience of the animals themselves,” Aldrich says of his new body of work. “These are paintings of the animals close-up, some with very minimal background, so it’s more about the animals themselves rather than their habitat,” he adds. “Birds have an almost quizzical sense about them. Predators have that intensity, they have their eyes locked on you.” This body of work reflecting the colorful range of animal expressions will be on view at Mountain Trails Gallery…

Scan for VIDEO Insight Gallery ushers in the fall season with its massive Annual Fall Group Show, featuring Western works from 60 nationally recognized artists, culminating in more than 100 works of art, including paintings, drawings, bronzes and stone carvings. The show, which runs September 7 to 28, highlights renowned oil painter George Hallmark, whose architectural paintings illustrating buildings throughout the Southwest, Mexico, France, Spain and Italy can be found in museums and private collections across the world. Widely known for his distinctive depictions of stucco walls, tile roofs and long shadows, Hallmark was named State Artist of Texas and participates yearly in the Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition & Sale and the Eiteljorg Museum’s Quest for the West, among many others. “We always enjoy the exhibitions because it…

Born in Ohio in 1981, Darin Miller grew up with nature nearby. He started painting with oils when he was barely a teenager and subjects ranged from landscapes and still life, to the occasional animal. Eventually, he brought more and more of his experiences with nature into his artwork. A few trips early on to the western states sparked his interest in the larger mammals that the east generally lacks. “Hiking many miles and searching for new subjects to include in my work is definitely rewarding,” he says. Sometimes Miller encounters a particular bird or butterfly only once or twice in a few years. The rarity of a subject can be a real draw for him to want to paint it. “I enjoy painting the habitat as much as the…

For the past decade, the Grand Canyon Celebration of Art has paid tribute to the beauty and majesty of the iconic landscape. The event provides an opportunity for invited artists to paint en plein air for a week inside the park, and those works are then shown beside studio-produced pieces in an exhibition and sale at Kolb Studio, on the canyon’s South Rim. “During its 10-year history, over 80 artists from all over the United States have participated in the Grand Canyon Celebration of Art. Three of this year’s artists—Joshua Been, John Cogan and Cody DeLong—have been involved all 10 years. Each year new artists have been invited to participate, including Suzie Baker, Calvin Liang, John Lintott and Mick McGinty this year,” says event coordinator Kathy Duley. “I am always…

SEPTEMBER Sept. 1-30 INSIGHT GALLERY Annual Fall Group Show: Focus on George Hallmark Fredericksburg, TX – (830) 997-9920 www.insightgallery.com Through Sept. 2 THE LEGACY GALLERY Gary Lynn Roberts Jackson, WY – (307) 733-2353 www.legacygallery.com Through Sept. 3 BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM Andy Warhol: Cowboys and Indians San Antonio, TX – (210) 299-4499 www.briscoemuseum.org Through Sept. 3 BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM Billy Schenck: Myth of the West San Antonio, TX – (210) 299-4499 www.briscoemuseum.org Sept. 5-16 Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival Jackson, WY – (307) 733-3316 www.jacksonholechamber.com Sept. 7-Oct. 14 EITELJORG MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INDIANS AND WESTERN ART Quest for the West Indianapolis, IN – (317) 636-9378 www.eiteljorg.org Sept. 8-22 BOSQUE ARTS CENTER 33rd annual Bosque Art Classic Clifton, TX – (254) 675-3724 www.bosqueartscenter.org Sept. 8-Jan. 13, 2019 BOOTH WESTERN ART…

Signal Fire is an organization in Portland, Oregon, that “provides opportunities for artists and creative agitators to engage with our remaining wildlands. Our projects foster resilience, creative energy and interdisciplinary collaboration. We utilize public lands to advocate for equitable access, and protection of, wild and open places.” Last year, Zoe Keller participated in the organization’s Wide Open Studios visit to Klamath National Forest in Oregon. One of the drawings inspired by the trip is River Otter, showing the semiaquatic mammal swimming among the other species that inhabit its world. Armed with field notes and photographs as well as a library of field guides, Keller creates intricately detailed graphite drawings of the interrelationships of flora and fauna sometimes up to five feet wide. She often concentrates on endangered or even extinct…

It’s been 12 years since Morgan Weistling had a solo show. Not that he wasn’t active—demands for paintings at the Masters of the American West and Prix de West museum exhibitions kept him plenty busy—but now, at the fringes of his first solo show in a dozen years, the California painter is thrilled to have a unique storytelling opportunity knocking at his door. “A solo show offers a great opportunity to present a group of paintings that all go together. It’s a rare chance to do that,” Weistling says. “One painting can stand on its own, but it’s a different feeling when you can offer some insight on a group of paintings that are filled with new discoveries and new revelations.” The solo exhibition, A Brush With History, which shares…

Anton Ovsianikov has been interested in the Wild West since childhood, with his first exposure being through the books of James Fenimore Cooper and the illustrations of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s The Song of Hiawatha. He also was drawn to O. Henry’s stories of the ranches and cowboys because of the author’s unique humor. “It made me dream about Indians,” says the artist. “When I grew up and began to paint, I loved to paint Indians, cowboys and anything to do with their lives. And, of course, as a child I collected tin figures of Indians.” Western movies were rather rare when the artist was growing up, but the ones he saw made a lasting impression. “The Magnificent Seven, for example, I saw about 30 times,” he says. “In my mind…

Now in its 11th year, the Jackson Hole Art Auction is once again returning to one of the West’s most celebrated cities during one of its signature events, Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival. The roughly 10-day event features Western art of all kinds—as well as music, food and culture—before closing with the annual sale. This year’s sale will take place across two sessions on September 14 and 15 at the Center for the Arts, where more than 200 works of historic and contemporary Western art will be offered to bidders. “I just can’t believe we’re already on our 11th year. It’s certainly grown over the years and really become a destination sale for many people and we couldn’t be happier,” says auction partner Roxanne Hofmann-Mowery. “We’re so proud that we…

Now in its 37th year, the Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale is a cornerstone of the Rendezvous Royale: Celebration of the Arts taking place in Cody, Wyoming, from September 17 through 22. The show and live auction features works by more than 100 contemporary Western artists, including Rox Corbett, Ann Hanson, Ron Kingswood, Walter Matia, John Potter, Kevin Red Star, Michael Ome Untiedt and Michele Usibelli. Hanson’s painting Eagle’s Gift is of fellow artist John Potter, holding a staff given to him by his uncle. “John was told by his uncle that the carving on the staff symbolizes the Eagle’s spiral ascent higher into the sky—taking the prayers of the people to the Creator. I also added an element of John’s work into the painting to depict his awesome…

From September 9 to 22, the Bosque Art Classic, the national juried exhibition and sale known for its inclusion of works by some of the top Western artists in the country, will display artwork in a variety of categories comprising drawing, oil/acrylic, pastel, sculpture and water media. Past winners returning to the show this year include Herman Walker, Kathy Tate, Randy Meador, Matt Atkinson, Jeff Segler, William Schneider, Joel Edwards, Cindy Long and many others. “I am looking forward to seeing some of the best efforts by artists from around the country,” says Walker. “The quality and diversity of the work is always amazing and a joy to see.” For the 2018 show, Walker brings an oil titled Blanca, a portrait of a young, white heifer. “Blanca is like a…

Now open at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City is an exhibition dedicated to the life and work of Chiura Obata, a Japanese-American whose work were inspired by the West, particularly national parks such as the Grand Canyon and Yosemite. Chiura Obata: An American Modern is the first internationally traveling survey of the artist’s work and features more than 150 paintings, watercolors, prints and screens, from intimate ikebana studies to grand landscapes of the American West. The exhibition will also feature more than 30 drawings and paintings documenting his forced internment during World War II, including many scenes from the Topaz Relocation Center near Delta, Utah, where he was held from 1942 to 1943. Many of these images have never been on public display. Obata was…

Richard and Carol Rinehart are native Californians now settled in Taos, New Mexico, with a foothold in Denver. Rich’s family arrived with the Gold Rush when the area was still part of Mexico and Carol’s grandfather arrived in San Francisco in 1919. When a friend opened a bed-and-breakfast in Colorado they went to visit and soon began buying Western art. They bought a house in Taos in 2011 and, today, Carol is on the board of the Taos Art Museum and Rich is president of the Couse Foundation. Not only do they collect Western art and contribute to the local art scene, they live in an historic house with its own art connections. John Young-Hunter (1874-1955) was born in Scotland and became fascinated by the American West after attending Buffalo…

Mian Situ prides himself on the variety of his interests in the Western world. “I like so many subjects,” he says. “Chinese-Americans, mountain men, Canyon de Chelly, Monument Valley, historical scenes…I love all of it.” For his newest show, opening September 8 at Maxwell Alexander Gallery in Los Angeles, the accomplished painter will be laser focused on cowboys, the most iconic figures of the American West. Situ, who’s originally from southern China, has been acquainted with the American cowboy nearly his whole life, even before he first lived in Canada and now the United States. “The cowboy was a legend even in China. We knew about them and were attracted to them, how they dressed, how they lived and how they acted,” the California-based painter says. “It was John Wayne…

September in Jackson, Wyoming, means Western art. The Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival reaches every corner of the town, and for its part of the celebration Mountain Trails Gallery will host a group show for its artists participating in the 23rd annual Jackson Hole Quick Draw Art Sale & Auction on September 15, including Amy Lay, Chris Navarro, Dustin Payne, Lyn St. Clair and Troy Collins. Vic Payne will also be featured as an honorary artist. Navarro will have rodeo-inspired bronzes including 90 Or Nothing and Turn and Burn featured. “Rodeo has always been a passion and big part of my life and one of my favorite subjects to sculpt,” Navarro says. “Riding bulls and creating art are similar in nature. To give your very best you have to put…

In the lead-up to the Cody Old West Show & Auction, show owner Brian Lebel was looking forward to being in a “walkable city,” one where guests could wander around, and even get lost in the charm and culture that is Santa Fe, New Mexico. By all accounts, that’s exactly what happened June 22 through 24 during the show’s inaugural run in Santa Fe. Not only did dealers show up—all 115 vendor booths were sold out—but collectors showed up in droves, enough to elicit one complaint: “The only complaint was that there were too many shoppers, it was difficult to get through the aisles,” Lebel says. “That’s a complaint we’re happy to receive.” As the dust settled in the main exhibition hall on June 23, the action quickly moved to…

In 2018, the Rockwell Museum has turned their exhibition focus to that fine line that divides science and art, driven by the belief that these are “two disciplines in pursuit of new truths.” The latest in this series of exhibitions is titled Audubon in the Exotic West: North American Quadrupeds, which shines the light on John James Audubon’s ambitious attempt to document all North American mammals once he finished his classic Birds of America. “Art and science share common territory,” says Kirsty Buchanan, curator of collections and exhibitions for the Rockwell. “While they have distinct cultures, both artists and scientists have a curiosity for the unknown. Creativity is as essential to the scientific method as it is to the artistic process. While widely celebrated as a skilled artist, Audubon was…