Innholdsfortegnelse for November 2018/ No.135 i Western Art Collector

The 49th annual Mountain Oyster Club Contemporary Western Art Show and Sale returns to Tucson, Arizona, on November 18, when more than 200 local and nationally known Western artists will exhibit work at the historic Pond Mansion, home of the Mountain Oyster Club. This year’s sale will honor the show’s founder, John K. Goodman, who died on April 16 at the age of 97. Not only was Goodman responsible for organizing and promoting the show, he also helped select many of the artists, including oil and watercolor painter John Fawcett, who got his start at a Mountain Oyster show. This year’s exhibition will take place November 18, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $50 and must be purchased in advance. Admission is limited and the show often sells out,…

NOVEMBER Nov. 2-4 25th annual Carefree Fine Art & Wine Festival Carefree, AZ – (480) 837-5637 www.thunderbirdartists.com Nov. 2-19 MANITOU GALLERIES Small Works Group Show Santa Fe, NM – (505) 986-0440 www.manitougalleries.com Nov. 2-25 INSIGHT GALLERY Daniel F. Gerhartz: The Pursuit of Light Fredericksburg, TX – (830) 977-9920 www.insightgallery.com Nov. 5-10 ZION NATIONAL PARK Zion National Park 10th Plein Air Invitational Springdale, UT – (435) 772-3264 www.zionpark.org Nov. 8 HERITAGE AUCTIONS American Art Dallas, TX – (214) 528-3500 www.ha.com Through Nov. 8 SANTA FE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING New Mexico Invitational Painters Exhibition Santa Fe, NM www.nmhu.edu Nov. 9 JAY MOORE STUDIO In Their Own World Parker, CO – (303) 588-4152 www.jaymoorestudio.com Nov. 9 ALTERMANN GALLERIES & AUCTIONEERS Santa Fe Auction Santa Fe, NM – (480) 945-0448 www.altermann.com Nov. 10: Santa…

Over the course of nearly 1,000 years of human occupation, Taos, New Mexico, has encountered a variety of natural and man-made phenomena, each one a catalyst of change: A 13th-century drought. Spanish colonization in the 17th century. The arrival of additional European settlers. The Taos Society of Artists. The modernist and transcendentalist painters who followed. Dennis Hopper, Easy Rider and the ’60s counterculture. Poor economies and languid growth. A recession. Hipsters, airports and trendy dining. And yet for nearly 1,000 years, despite the threat of change at every turn, Taos has remained largely…well, Taos—unmistakable in its place within the fabric of North American culture. There’s a reason the town’s nickname is the Soul of the Southwest. Now, like many times in the past, Taos is undergoing a subtle transformation, one…

The Great American West Show, known for bringing a diverse grouping of artists and works to Tucson, Arizona, is returning to Settlers West Galleries on November 17. This year’s show will feature more than 100 works by 53 artists, with a stunning array of genres, styles and mediums represented. The annual show, which draws a large turnout and many motivated buyers, kicks off at 5:30 p.m. with a reception, followed by a by-draw intent-to-purchase sale that starts at 7 p.m. Artists in the show include William Acheff, Mark Boedges, Harley Brown, Ross Buckland, Mick Doellinger, Teresa Elliott, Joni Falk, Charles Fritz, Bonnie Marris, Kenny McKenna, Darcie Peet, Scott Tallman Powers, R.S. Riddick, Roseta Santiago, Andy Thomas, Dustin Van Wechel, Brittany Weistling and many others. John Fawcett will be presenting a…

Maxwell Alexander Gallery in Los Angeles bills itself as “A contemporary realism gallery with modern visions of the past.” Their artists, inspired by the great Western painters, blaze their own trails. Brett Allen Johnson—influenced by Maynard Dixon, the Taos Society and, even, Georgia O’Keeffe—says, “I’m excited to pull from them my own views of the Southwest.” Johnson is literally inspired, breathing in the atmosphere of the West and the scenes that also inspired his heroes. It becomes part of him, allowing him to portray a different sense of the reality of the West, not merely copying it. “I am not often a painter of literal places,” he explains. “I regularly invent entire works, or paint them from memory. I like to invite observers into a world which is merely similar…

Artist Anne Peyton has a motto for her life: “All birds, all of the time.” She elaborates, “Either I am looking at birds, training birds or feeding birds. But most days, you will find me painting birds. There are days when I am lucky to spend time working with captive birds of prey, including eagles, hawks, owls, falcons and vultures. The time with them allows me to study them carefully, which comes in quite handy when painting a raptor. I also find field study to be just as useful.” Over the years, Peyton has found that the painters she admires the most are the ones with direct knowledge of their subject matter. “Because of this, I try to spend as much time as possible studying raptors and other birds in…

Christie’s will offer Western works in a mix of genre and mediums at its American art sale on Tuesday, November 20. Works by Georgia O’Keeffe and Charles M. Russell come from the estate of prominent art dealer and historian Eugene V. Thaw. In Russell’s bronze Weapons of the Weak, which holds an estimate of $40,000 to $60,000, a porcupine skitters by a mother bear and her cub. “It’s a charming little bronze, characteristic of Russell’s wit” says Christie’s vice president, specialist, of American art Tylee Abbott. He also notes that the cast is particularly exciting because it was most likely cast during the artist’s lifetime, whereas a fair number of Russell bronzes were cast after his death. The O’Keeffe, Black Door with Snow (est. $1/1.5 million), sits in contrast to…

The Zion National Park Plein Air Invitational is an opportunity for 24 artists to come together as a close-knit community of creators for a week of painting in the idyllic beauty of this federally protected land. It also offers collectors the chance to view and purchase artwork born from an atmosphere of camaraderie and creativity. The 10th Annual Zion National Park Plein Air Invitational, organized by Zion National Park and the Zion Forever Project, begins on Monday, November 5, leading up to the “Art-In-The-Park” Paint Out celebration on the Great Lawn in front of the Zion Lodge on Saturday, November 10. Events throughout the week include artist demonstrations, wet-paint exhibits and evening lectures. The one-hour demonstrations will run Monday through Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with artists rotating…

On September 6 the C.M. Russell Museum honored painter W. Steve Seltzer with the prestigious Josephine Trigg Award for his contribution to Western art, including his role in contributing to the art community at the museum in Great Falls, Montana. The award is named after Josephine Trigg, a friend, neighbor and admirer of Charles M. Russell who bequeathed her extensive personal collection of Russell art, letters and sculptures to the museum. “Steve Seltzer’s talent and generosity have been instrumental in growing the strong Western art community that we enjoy today,” says Tom Petrie, C.M. Russell Museum board of directors chairman. “With this year’s Josephine Trigg Award we are proudly recognizing a dedicated man who has carried forward his family legacy of friendship with Charlie Russell for over 50 years.” Not…

The Plein Air Painters of New Mexico will celebrate its 10th annual National Juried Members Exhibition at Sorrel Sky Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, beginning November 2. Dozens of artists will have works on view and for purchase through November 25. An opening reception will take place November 3, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Artists will be vying for $15,000 in awards and prizes. Award categories include best of show, nocturne, oil media, wet media, dry media, figure in landscape and a popular artists’ choice award. The show will feature about 150 works of art. This year’s awards judge will be Western painter Ray Roberts, a Signature Member of Plein Air Painters of America. In addition to the opening night reception, an artist demo will also take place on…

Ken and Stacy Gamble Shaw’s roots in Central California run deep. In their adopted city of Pasadena they have a home that has its own roots in California history and are actively restoring it and filling it with art and artifacts that celebrate California and their place in it. Their home was designed in 1932 by Wallace Neff (1895-1982) for Clark Blanchard Millikan, who was the son of Robert Millikan, recipient of the Nobel Prize for physics in 1923 and president of California Institute of Technology. Clark Millikan was a professor at Caltech, renowned for his work in aerodynamics and chair of the board of directors of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The home was later owned by Hans W. Liepmann, who was director of the Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories at Caltech.…

The thrill of driving up out of the Rio Grande Gorge between Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico, and seeing the gorge continuing on towards Colorado, never lessens. Knowing that the rift in the earth’s surface was caused by the movement of tectonic plates heightens the fascination. Stephen Magsig paints the light and the details of the canyons of Manhattan and the industrial landscape of Detroit. He also paints the rugged landscape and extraordinary light of the southwestern desert. “I love the immediacy of doing a small painting,” he says. His scene, Rio Grande Gorge is 8 by 16 inches, capturing the visual majesty in a small format. He has distilled all the visual information in what he calls “an economy of means” from his memory of the scene and…

On November 16 Sotheby’s will return with its fall American art sale in New York City. In addition to American works across many categories and genres, the auction will present a number of major Western works. This season’s top Western lots include important pieces from William R. Leigh, Thomas Moran and 19th century German-American painter Emanuel Leutze, whose name does not frequently come up in conversations about Western art, but whose works of the American West are treasured by many museums and institutions around the world. Sotheby’s will be offering Leutze’s 1863 oil Indians Attacking the Wagon Train, a 68-inchwide painting of pioneers in covered wagons preparing for an attack by a largely unseen Native American war party on the horizon. In the work, Leutze, most famous for his 1851…

The 13th annual Small Works, Great Wonders fundraiser at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, will continue the tradition of offering some of the best in traditional and contemporary art available today. On view will be up to two small-scale works each by more than 100 artists. Paintings will reach up to 16 by 20 inches, while sculpture will measure no more than 20 by 20 by 20 inches. Because of size of the works, the show is a unique opportunity for new collectors and established buyers to add affordable works of art to their collections. “With the small works, you can buy artwork by nationally renowned artists at a smaller price simply because of the nature of the work,” elaborates Susan Patterson, curator of special exhibits at the…

A new book from the University of Oklahoma Press takes a deep look into the permanent collection at the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles. The museum, home to the Masters of the American West exhibition, is one of the premier Western art museums in the country and is respected for its magnificent collection that ranges from some of the earliest iterations of Western art to contemporary works by living artists. Art of the West: Selected Works from the Autry Museum takes a thoughtful look into the museum’s rich history and collection. The book, which features more than 150 color illustrations, is edited by Amy Scott, the museum’s Chief Curator and Marilyn B. and Calvin B. Gross Curator of Visual Arts, with a forward by Stephen Aron…

In 1653 Izaak Walton published The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Its subhead reads, “Being a Discourse on Fish & Fishing, not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers.” He continued to add to it for 25 years. Walton’s philosophy was, quite simply, “God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.” Anglers find their favorite spots, then familiarize themselves with the time of day, temperature and light. They are acutely aware of the environment and become one with it—a natural experience that is becoming unknown to many. Brett Smith writes, “I have always loved the classic sporting scene. One that puts the viewer in a place and time that may be gone but not forgotten. These are the places that generations before us took for…

With his statuesque, Pop Art figures, Danny Galieote creates paintings that feel timeless. At Maxwell Alexander Gallery in Los Angeles, he will show his works in a solo exhibition that takes place November 3 through 25. Afternoon Pastoral is a farm panorama that exemplifies the American Dream, showing men and women working the land to put food on the table for their families. “It’s a cinematic film pan across the farm,” explains Galieote. “It’s only 43 inches, but I can imagine it being 43 feet, as a grand landscape with those sculpturesque figures.” Galieote is inspired by the 1930s, ’40s and ‘50s. “My mom’s dad was in the Navy during those times and traveled the world. He would tell me those stories when I was a kid, so I feel…

At auction, some of the most hotly sought-after items are pieces arriving to market for the first time or making an appearance after being in private hands for years. During Heritage Auctions’ November 8 sale of American art, its Western segment—accounting for about a quarter of the total lots—will feature a selection of major pieces that fit that description. “A lot of the Western art is so fresh to the market to the point where the provenance is tracing back to the artist and they’ve stayed in the family,” elaborates Alissa Ford, director of Western Art at Heritage. Among the examples in the sale, Ford names works by Walter Ufer, Blanche Grant, Frank Tenney Johnson, Edith Hamlin and more. One of the most anticipated items in the sale is Johnson’s…

For one weekend each November, Easton, Maryland, becomes a must-visit destination for patrons of waterfowl, wildlife, landscape and sporting artwork, as its annual Waterfowl Festival gets underway. The event, highlighted by the artwork and decoys, also has ties to conservation of the Chesapeake Bay region. The 2018 show will take place November 9 to 11, with its Premiere Night, benefitting Waterfowl Chesapeake, kicking off the festivities on November 8. The official opening of the Waterfowl Festival takes place at 4 p.m. on November 8, when the Hall of Fame awards will be announced and the new Federal Duck Stamp-winning artist will be named. Following from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. is the premiere party where attendees have the first look at the artwork in the show, which is situated across three…

For three years, Jessica Henry has produced her own art instruction videos, and she’s gained a healthy following on YouTube and other social media platforms. After having her videos watched for a total of more than 12 million minutes, a television show came as a natural progression. Paint Your Adventure, produced by CLV Productions’ Jeremy Salo, highlights just how thrilling plein air painting can be. Traveling to gorgeous locales, Henry not only demonstrates painting, but truly experiences the area, exploring on hikes or in kayaks. Henry hopes that by reframing the landscape, viewers will gain a greater appreciation and says, “Instead of taking another snapshot with your phone, you can capture the moment and the meaning of the place.” Henry grew up in nature, hiking and doing rodeo, and in…