Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2021/ No. 169 i Western Art Collector

Welcome to our September issue! Like the rebirth of spring each year and the buds opening to set the stage for a beautiful blooming summer, so too has the Western art world opened for our collectors. Record sales are happening across the United States with no end in sight. Executive editor Michael Clawson just returned from the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction in Reno, Nevada, and witnessed Western art sales over $17.5 million. And then Adolfo and I just returned from the LA Art Show, where every single copy of Western Art Collector we had at the show was taken like it was a stock trading guide. Galleries at the show talked about the first six months of the year being their best months yet. We even saw Arnold Schwarzenegger get…

August 21-22 SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market Santa Fe, NM – (505) 983-5220 September 10-11 Quest for the West Indianapolis, IN – (317) 275-1341 September 17-18 Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Cody, WY – (307) 587-5002 September 17-18 Jackson Hole Art Auction Jackson, WY – (866) 549-9278 October 9-10 Cherokee Art Market Online – (877) 779-6977 October 16-December 31 The Woolaroc Retrospective Exhibit & Sale Bartlesville, OK – (918) 336-0307 November 5-6 Cowboy Artists of America 55th Annual Sale & Exhibition Fort Worth, TX – cowboyartistsofamerica.com November 6 Santa Fe Art Auction’s Annual Signature Live Auction Santa Fe, NM – (505) 954-5858 November 2021 Small Works, Great Wonders Oklahoma City, OK – (405) 478-2250 December 2021 (Date TBA) SWAIA Winter Indian Market Santa Fe, NM – (505) 983-5220 January…

Addison Gallery of American Art 3 Chapel Avenue, Andover, MA 01810 (978) 749-4015, addison.andover.edu Amanda Ward Alamosa, CO, (719) 992-4509 award0311@yahoo.com www.artbyamandaward.com Annie Allen Clark Lincoln, MT, (406) 431-9479 sunnybunny60@gmail.com, www.annieallenart.com Booth Western Art Museum 501 Museum Drive, Cartersville, GA 30120 (770) 387-1300, www.boothmuseum.org Carly Quinn Designs 730 S. Russell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701 (520) 624-4117, www.carlyquinndesigns.com Cindy Sorley-Keichinger (780) 847-2294, goldfarm@telusplanet.net www.goldenkstudio.com Dan Knepper danknepperart@yahoo.com www.danknepperart.com Don Woodard Broomfield, CO, (303) 430-1986 www.donwoodard.com Elizabeth Mordensky Gardiner, MT, (406) 219-8307 www.elizabethmordenskyfineart.com Gallery Wild 80 W. Broadway, Jackson, WY 83001 (307) 203-2322, www.gallerywild.com J Watson Fine Art (661) 476-7558, info@jwatsonfineart.com www.jwatsonfineart.com J.M. Brodrick www.jmbrodrick.com Jackie Lee (707) 328-7755, www.jackieleeart.com Jeremy Bradshaw (509) 212-2513, www.bradshawsculpture.com Kenneth Ferguson Phoenix, AZ, (262) 374-2984 fergusonfineart@gmail.com www.kennethfergusonfineart.com Linda Sacketti Palatine, IL, (847) 691-1732 lindasackettiart@gmail.com, www.lindasacketti.art Lisa…

Living in the Hill Country of Texas gives artist Barbara Mauldin ample opportunity to observe the changes in the landscape as time passes, and those changes are the inspiration for her artwork. “Whether it is the changes observed as the seasons arrive and depart, or the changes that occur as time marches by, it is all interesting. Some years the wildflowers are abundant along every country road, other years the countryside is poorly decorated. This year bluebonnets were not plentiful, but white poppies were abundant. Then the prickly pear cactus burst into bloom,” she says. “All these changes that I observe tell a story of determination to persist and to thrive. I want to tell that story of perseverance despite the obstacles of time and weather.” Mauldin enjoys exploring color…

The Museum of the Big Bend in Alpine, Texas, has long celebrated the Old West. Its annual Trappings of Texas fundraiser, supporting the museum’s endeavors, is just one event where the cowboy tradition is brought to life. This year’s 35th edition is being called a homecoming, because it will take place mostly on museum grounds and two nearby venues after having to take a year off. The show also now opens in September, which is a change from previous editions. “This might be one of the good things that came out of last year. It gave me the chance to reevaluate when it is a good time to have the show,” says Mary Bones, executive director of the museum. “Much of it is happening outside, and April can get windy,…

If you’ve followed the magazine for any length of time, you know that we like to mix things up here and we’ll take Western art wherever we can. A number of years ago we jumped whole heartedly into social media by bringing unique content—everything from artist interviews and studio visits to event coverage and real-time auction updates—right to our followers on Instagram and Facebook. We also used YouTube, where we posted comprehensive videos related to events, openings and artists. When collectors were looking for easier ways to shop, we introduced the Online Exhibition Spaces, allowing readers to make inquiries about art right from our homepage. And as more and more magazines offered interactive ways of reading digital magazines, we revamped our entire website to make flipping through the online version…

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The animal kingdom has been a long-standing source of inspiration for artists. There are many painters and sculptors who portray a deep connection to the natural world through years of experience interacting with animals. Others focus on conservation by painting endangered species or environments that are disappearing. Some artists even combine these concepts to create beautiful and thought-provoking works of art. The National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming, has been a major force in helping elevate this dynamic genre of art. Found throughout the museum are works by some of the great past masters, as well as pieces by today’s artists who are pushing wildlife art to new levels. The institution aims “to impart knowledge and inspire appreciation of humanity’s relationship with nature through art and education.” Helping…

A four-day event taking place in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Artists for Conservation Festival embodies a love and reverence of nature and wildlife, immersing visitors and collectors in a variety of visual art centered on the natural world. This is international artist group Artists for Conservation’s flagship event, established back in 2011 as a means for “social change through better appreciation and understanding of nature.” The 2021 exhibition features 200 paintings and sculptures by 173 artists from more than a dozen countries. Of those, 90 will be on display at the premiere. Approximately 40 percent of proceeds from artwork sales benefit conservation and environmental education, and each artwork is dedicated to supporting a conservation organization of the artist’s choice. Among the artists in the exhibition is Tammy Taylor, whose sentimental…

Leon Loughridge’s new woodblock prints are an evolutionary record of his work as an artist, he says, reflecting his growing knowledge of the Japanese print process, as well as a means in which to understand his feelings about the world around him. “The woodblock process becomes my vocabulary. Carving or printing techniques become descriptive notes that build upon the core abstraction, always striving for the spontaneous mood from the original sketch,” he says. Those original sketches are Loughridge’s observations, rendered in watercolor while out in nature, immersing himself in his surroundings. “My art reflects my emotions and connection to my subject. Having grown up in a rural ranch setting, environment becomes an entity that affects one’s daily routine. That personal connection to the environment can evolve into a relationship, a…

InSight Gallery’s annual Fall Group Show for 2021 will highlight the work of Chinese artist Jie Wei Zhou. More than 75 works will be shown at the Fredericksburg, Texas, gallery September 3 through 24. Jie Wei Zhou studied both Russian and French painting styles in Shanghai, absorbing and integrating them into his own painterly style. Yet, he says, “I don’t want people to see my brush strokes. I want them to see the heart.” Now living and working in Colorado, he explains, “In my paintings I prefer to depict senior people and children. In my opinion, these people represent the two sides of our lives. An old person looks like a thick book filled with many untold, exciting stories, while a child is filled with curiosity and wants to learn…

Spend enough time with the animals and it’s easy to start to identify with their plight in the modern world. Climate change, loss of habitat, hunting issues, land development—wildlife’s biggest enemies can come in many different forms. For wildlife painter Edward Aldrich, he’s painted countless species in a variety of settings, but one animal he keeps coming back to over and over again are wolves. So when an opportunity arose to help out the Wolfwood Refuge, a Colorado safe haven for wolves and wolf-dog hybrids, Aldrich jumped into action. “They are a great bunch of people at Wolfwood, and they’ve helped me out with some wonderful reference material in the past,” the Colorado painter says. “They’ve been a benefit to me, so I wanted my new show to benefit them…

Kathryn Mapes Turner will be presenting a new solo show starting September 6 at Turner Fine Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The title of the show, Walking the Soul Back Home, will feature a number of new works, including bird paintings and landscape scenes. New works include A Raven’s World, an oil painting that shows a raven amid an abstracted field of red blotches that seems to instigate a response from the cawing subject. Barbara’s Bluebird also uses a more modern background, but this time a rust-hewn strip slides down the canvas with whispers of color dabbing at the edges. The bird itself is beautifully rendered with simple brushstrokes and forms of color. Elsewhere in the show will be two landscapes, Crater Lake and Schwabaker’s Landing, both of which show…

Steve Kestrel is a rare breed of artist. His empathy and passion for the natural world are well documented over the decades through his creations. What truly sets Kestrel apart is his choice to work in some of the toughest mediums known, such as granite and riverstone. He gathers and hauls unique stones out of very tough terrain on his nature and wildlife preserve and then finds a place to house them, each awaiting their stories yet to be revealed. Some stones may lay in waiting for many years before the deeper story of the earth and its creatures is exposed. The subjects are as diverse as they come, whether two whales intertwined in his vertical stone Old Souls, or a delicate dance of dragonflies revealed on a granite river…

The Grand Canyon Celebration of Art returns for its 13th year with a lot of excitement, as many are eager to return to the national park after a long absence. Put on by the Grand Canyon Conservancy, this special event not only provides a unique experience for visitors, but proceeds go toward programming, along with the hopes of establishing a permanent art venue at the canyon. While the event did take place last year, there were frustrating restrictions and many unknowns, with some artists having to drop out. “Last year wasn’t that bad, we did well with sales,” says Kathy Duley, Grand Canyon of Art Coordinator. “[However], we hope to get more people in attendance this time around and have an even better year. We invited all the same artists…

On June 26, the Santa Fe Art Auction presented a two-session sale of Edward S. Curtis material from the Christopher Cardozo Collection. Not only did the materials realize more than $2 million, it sold more than 98 percent of its 316 lots. The collection’s previous owner, Christopher Cardozo, was considered one of the great champions of Curtis’ photography, research and his famous book project, The North American Indian. Cardozo died suddenly in February during the initial planning stages of the sale, which he was looking forward to so he could pass on his materials to other collectors. “It was an absolutely terrific sale,” says Gillian Blitch, Santa Fe Art Auction’s president and CEO. “We couldn’t have hoped for a better sale. The only sad part was that Chris wasn’t there…

In 2011, watercolor artists Marlin Rotach and Don Weller had a chance meeting in the photography pit at Cheyenne Frontier Days. Tucked back behind the fence, just out of reach from the kicking hooves and general mayhem of the rodeo arena, they introduced themselves and became fast friends. Though their paintings were very different—“My work was kind of splashy and Marlin’s work is more photorealism,” Weller says—they were linked together by their love of watercolor. “Even though we were at extremes as far as what you could do with watercolor, we believed in the power of the medium, so much that we started talking about doing a show to celebrate watercolor,” Weller remembers. “The more we talked about it, we also realized we probably should do a book too.” Sometimes…

The annual SLOPOKE event is often considered a bit “different” than other Western shows, as owners Tom and Sherie Burgher designed it to be. While it’s modeled after and inspired by high-quality museum shows such as the Masters of the American West hosted by the Autry Museum of the American West, the Burgher’s set out with a mission to “encourage contemporary artists to depict the 20th and 21st-century West rather than the 19th century, which is what most paint,” says Tom. It’s believed that artists are beginning to reach out in this new direction, which the Burghers think they must in order for the next generation of collectors to be interested in this genre. Therefore, SLOPOKE is meant to be seen as more of a Western-themed art event rather than…

Known for her modern interpretations of classic wildlife subject matter, Carrie Wild will be showing her newest work at a solo show opening September 10 at Gallery Wild in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Wild, who uses acrylic paint along with gold leaf, reimagines and reinterprets the land and its wildlife through a prism of contemporary form and design. The works are at once recognizable—elk, fox, bison and other Western icons—and yet they inhabit colorful fields and loosely painted backgrounds that evoke abstract expressionism. In several of the works, including her Rendezvous in Color Twenty-Five, there is even a Pop Art sensibility to her work as she paints 25 neon-tinted bison arranged in rows. Raised on a horse ranch in Michigan, Wild grew up around horses and the outdoors and learned to…

“I don’t consider myself a fancy artist. I don’t have a big art studio to paint out of. I purposely paint out of my bedroom for a couple reasons,” says artist Naomi Brown. “I’m a mom first, so my girls know where to find me. I like to wake up and see my paintings sitting there reminding me that I need to paint and finish them.” The biggest part of being an artist, she says, is the discipline in the drive. Another important aspect is feeling an emotional connection or, as the artist says, the “emotional high” when she paints her subjects. “This feeling kicks the drive into action for me. When you have both an emotional high and the drive, you then can become passionate about what you’re painting.…

John Moran Auctioneers’ forthcoming Art of the American West sale will take place August 31, showcasing a variety of items, some encompassing the Old West and others channeling the new. One of the highlights is a well-curated selection of more than 75 Native American objects and jewelry from the collection of Loren Ingraham, who amassed early squash-blossom necklaces, concho belts and a wide variety of Zuni, Navajo and Hopi cuff bracelets. “ Moran’s next Art of the American West sale will feature two collections of American Indian jewelry, one historical and one contemporary,” says Maranda Moran, Western and American Indian specialist at John Moran Auctioneers. “Two necklaces in the Leekya Deyuse style, a Navajo headstall, several impressive concho belts, a wide range of squash blossoms and an enviable collection of…