Innholdsfortegnelse for March 2022/ No. 175 i Western Art Collector

A precision and narrative flow through and connect each piece of Lisa Gleim’s Western artwork. “The anatomical exactness of my mark making, as I layer pastels when drawing creatures great and small, can be traced to my training at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts where I studied for my first career as a portraitist,” Gleim explains. “Including the ever-changing light and atmosphere of the outdoors, I am a realism artist eagerly sharing what I see and experience. Often appearing against subtle backdrops of vintage maps and collectible memorabilia associated with each creature’s habitat, such elements are intended to invite a viewer to linger and contemplate the story before and after the framed moment. “My career affords me hours to observe my subjects living in, exploring, and interacting in their environments,”…

1 DUKE BEARDSLEY UNVEILS NEW WORK AT ALTAMIRA FINE ART Opening March 3 at Altamira Fine Art in Scottsdale, Arizona, is a new solo show for Colorado painter Duke Beardsley. The artist is known for his Pop Art and modern aesthetic, with repeating forms of horses and riders, as well as colorful displays of paint that don’t often turn up in Western art. He is also known for the presentation of his works, from immense paintings that fill walls, to diptychs and triptychs, to arrangements of small paintings. See more of Beardsley’s work at Altamira by visiting www.altamiraart.com. 2 NEW WORKS BY ANDREW FLOREA EXPLORE THE DESERT LANDSCAPE Born in Long Island, New York, but now living in the West, Andrew Florea is offering new perspectives of desert landscapes. The…

The West is peppered with iconic landforms. In northwestern New Mexico, Cerro Pedernal is visible for miles. The flat-topped mesa is capped by the remnants of a lava flow from millions of years ago. The lava protected the sandstone beneath as the surrounding rocks eroded over time. Known to locals simply as Pedernal, it has inspired artists for generations. Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) looked out on it from her home in Abiquiú and painted it often. She once said, “It’s my private mountain. It belongs to me. God told me if I painted it enough, I could have it.” Her ashes were scattered over the top of the mesa. Gene Kloss (1903-1996) and her husband Phillips Kloss (1902-1995) traveled between Berkeley, California, and Taos, New Mexico, for 20 years before settling…

On a recent visit to Ed Mell’s studio in central Phoenix, the artist was found sitting in a relaxed state in front of a new painting, his brush still dabbing at the canvas as he glances at incoming guests. The lights are relatively low, but the room is filled with soft daylight reflecting into a north-facing window next to his easel. Mell is famously soft-spoken. “Hey, man,” he says as he greets studio visitors. Paintings are everywhere. Paintings are always everywhere, but in recent years Mell has come to terms with this part of his career. Not only is his work in demand, but he’s also exploring new venues, including the recent Masters of the American West in Los Angeles and the upcoming Prix de West in Oklahoma City. There…

Something gallery owner Mark Sublette said on his podcast, Art Dealer Diaries, resonated with landscape artist Jill Carver. “He was saying that in an artist’s lifetime, there are going to be a few really important pieces,” Carver recalls. Keystone pieces, she calls them, that portray some of best and most important work by that artist. For the past year, Carver has embarked on several camping trips in the Southwest, gathering notes in the field and painting studies that inform her final studio works. The aim is to go bigger than she’s ever gone before, creating large-scale works at around 36 by 72 inches that truly envelope viewers in the landscape. Six new large-scale paintings, ones Carver sees as especially important, will be showcased in an upcoming exhibition at Mark Sublette…

The American West is recognized for its beautiful variations in terrain, everything from the desert vistas to the lush forestry of places such as Yellowstone National Park. In the new exhibition Across the West: Details and Impressions at Mountain Trails Gallery in Sedona, Arizona, artists will show the fine details and stories of this dynamic region through paintings and bronze sculptures. Julie R. Williams, gallery director, says, “Our gallery has always chosen artists whose intention is to convey the unique history as well as the spectacular nature of the American West. This springtime exhibition is an opportunity to showcase the range of remarkable art available at our gallery, including several new artists who are passionate about telling their stories and experiences. Whether it is realism with awe-inspiring detail or through…

Don Lorang, Free Flight, oil on board, 10 x 24” 1 Western Heritage Artists’ Footprints on the Trail March 16-19, 2022 Holiday Inn Great Falls, 1100 Fifth Street South, Great Falls, MT 59405 www.westernheritageartists.com Western Heritage Artists marks its 41st annual show by bringing back Footprints on the Trail, an event to celebrate the West and the artists who use it to inspire their artwork. The event will take place the Holiday Inn Great Falls, which is a major art destination during Western Art Week in Great Falls, Montana, in March. Nearly 50 exhibitors are expected to be showing work, including 40 from Montana alone. This year’s show will feature both Western and contemporary art, both offered in a variety of media. The Great Western Living & Design Show in…

When Troy Collins begins a new painting, it involves so much more than just the physical act of putting the palette knife onto the canvas. It is the reflection of his intent to develop a relationship between a higher power, himself and his collectors; to invoke an emotional connection between a person and the specific piece he is creating. The way each painting develops is unique, and it mirrors a journey that he unwittingly takes with the painting and the person that it will eventually speak to. “I love watching people come into a gallery and connect with a painting that I have created,” says the artist. “Those connections run deep and are always such an amazing moment for an artist to experience. I am a firm believer that art…

The first manifestation of La Fonda on the Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico, opened its doors in 1922. The site has seen hostelries since Santa Fe was founded by the Spaniards early in the 1600s. This year, celebrating its centennial, La Fonda welcomes guests to a facility expanded and refined over the years including last year’s unveiling of the upgraded Terrace Inn. Ten years ago, when I worked with the staff of La Fonda to write the text for the book In Every Room: A Story of the Art, the hotel was well on its way on a multi-phased project to bring all the rooms and public spaces to a new standard of luxury and comfort. La Fonda honored the artists and designers who had contributed to its ambiance…

In Sight Gallery in Fredericksburg, Texas, will host its 13th annual Texas Masters Show March 4 through 25. The exhibition and sale will feature nearly 50 works by the Texas-based gallery’s artists who portray all aspects of the state’s life and history. Gladys Roldan-de-Moras was born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico, and has lived in San Antonio, Texas, for more than 30 years. She specializes in portraying the Spanish influences in her own life, her native Mexico, and in Texas. Her love of family and devotion to God are combined in her painting Que Dios Te Acompané (God Be with You) as a mother adjusts her daughter’s regalia before she mounts her horse. Rolda-de-Moras says, “I paint the beauty that I see around me. I am inspired by turn-of-the-century Spanish…

Featuring more than 300 works of art by 75 of the top Western artists working today, the annual Night of Artists exhibition and sale is returning to the Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas. Like many shows over the past two years, the Night of Artists has had to make changes to its programming in 2020 and 2021, but this year’s show is expected to be a grand return, with a full slate of programming to complement the exhibition and sale. The museum kicks off the opening weekend the afternoon of March 25 with the Briscoe Collectors Summit, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., followed by the second half of the summit on March 26, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Moderated by Western Art Collector executive editor Michael Clawson,…

The 41st annual Western Spirit Juried Art Show & Sale is highly anticipated, with it returning for an in-person showing at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum. After a strictly virtual show last year due to Covid restrictions, many will now have the opportunity to see astounding Western contemporary works in the flesh and engage with the artists. “We are planning to move forward with an in-person show this year, and a lot are excited to have it back,” says art show and events coordinator, Amanda Byzewski. “We expect to have good attendance just based on being back in-person, with some artists also in attendance. We feature artists from all over the country so some can’t make it but we’re encouraging as many to attend that are able.” Approximately…

Santa Fe Art Auction will hold its Prints + Works on Paper sale this March, featuring an array of two-dimensional historic and contemporary works of art. “[This sale] is our wonderfully broad overview of works on paper, prints and multiples, both American and international, historic and contemporary,” says Gillian Blitch, Santa Fe Art Auction president, “From Gene Kloss, to Howard Cook and Will Shuster as well as Native American artists including Veloy Vigil, Woody Crumbo and R.C. Gorman.” Artwork in the spring sale includes woodcuts, lithographs, etchings, serigraphs and more. Additional artists represented include Barbara Latham, Fritz Scholder, Carl Oscar Borg and Ila McAfee. Blitch adds, “We [also] have a very beautiful group of Janet Lipponcott monotypes…and a strong group of John Nieto’s lithographs.” Especially exciting, she says, is a…

MARCH 25-26: Night of Artists BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM | San Antonio, TX | (210) 299-4499 | www.briscoemuseum.org February FEBRUARY 25 HERITAGE AUCTIONS Art of the West Sale Dallas, TX – (214) 528-3500 www.ha.com THROUGH FEBRUARY 27 NATIONAL COWBOY & WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM Framework: Exploring the Artistic Process Oklahoma City, OK – (405) 478-2250 www.nationalcowboymuseum.org March MARCH 1-31 ANN KOROLOGOS GALLERY Wild and Wonderful Basalt, CO – (970) 927-9668 www.korologosgallery.com MARCH 4 MOUNTAIN TRAILS GALLERY Across the West: Details and Impressions Sedona, AZ – (928) 282-3225 www.mountaintrailssedona.com MARCH 4-25 INSIGHT GALLERY Texas Masters Show Fredericksburg, TX – (830) 997-9920 www.insightgallery.com MARCH 4-31 MOUNTAIN TRAILS GALLERY Across the West: Details and Impressions Sedona, AZ – (928) 282-3225 www.mountaintrailssedona.com MARCH 5-6 HEARD MUSEUM Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market Phoenix, AZ…

Gary Byrd graduated from Oklahoma State University with bachelor’s degrees in biological science and advertising. He has been a professional artist since 1993. Byrd has studied with Greg Beecham, John Seerey-Lester, Dustin Van Wechel, Mark Maggiori, Chad Poppleton, Martin Grelle and Jim Wilcox. After a successful career in the energy business, Byrd and his wife made the decision to pursue his art full time. They implemented a plan to accomplish that goal and since 2012 he has produced a large portfolio of diverse works. “I have always been drawn to the outdoors and the storylines I find there. Whether it is a wildlife or Western theme, there needs to be a compelling element. A look or movement…a particular situation and, of course, beauty. My main interest lies in subjects accurately…

The seven-car caravan has the movement of a very big accordion stretching down the highway. The lead car slows down, and the other six bunch up behind it one by one. Fingers start shooting out windows, pointing at distant cliffs or a sandy river bottoms in low-lying valleys. One can only imagine the discussion in the lead car: “Too much shadow over there. But the afternoon light will be better. OK, let’s keep going.” Brake lights go off, the first car accelerates and slowly the accordion pulls back apart. The vehicles—including a truck with a camper shell, a rented Jeep, several SUVs, an electric car and tall utility van—are bounding down U.S. Highway 191 near Bluff, Utah. As road signs indicate turns-offs for places such as Calf Canyon, Sand Island,…

Colorado’s landscape is diverse, from arid deserts to the snow-capped Rockies, to rivers, canyons and more. The state, with its towering mountain ranges, attracts visitors year-round for epic hikes, skiing and snowboarding. Possibly even more robust, though, is its arts and cultural scene—especially art with a Western flair. Let’s start with Denver’s powerhouse event, the Coors Western Art Show & Sale. Having just celebrated its 29th year this past January, the annual show returned to a 100 percent in-person format, featuring new works by 60 contemporary Western artists. It’s a beloved event that takes place in conjunction with Colorado’s National Western Stock Show and features such big names as Michael Blessing, Luke Anderson, William Haskell, Linda Lillegraven and many others. The Mile-High City truly has a thriving arts scene. Near…

Western landscape painter Steve Latimer will be featuring a new collection of work at Faust Gallery beginning March 17. The new series includes landscape and nature scenes from Latimer’s time spent in Northern Arizona and Southern Utah, completed in his distinctive, modernist style. Latimer grew up alongside his first cousin Ed Mell, a renowned artist native to Arizona. I wound up following [in his footsteps],” says Latimer, “and my art has developed with him as one of my mentors, along with Georgia O’Keeffe and Maynard Dixon.” One can see the resemblances to all three artists in his body of work, while maintaining his very own look and feel. Latimer has been a Florida resident for quite some time, but has been back and forth to the West a lot throughout…

Twenty women artists come together for an exhibition at Ann Korologos Gallery that explores the “joyous moments of life and landscapes across Colorado and the West.” Moving through the exhibition, viewers can witness the wonders of nature in all of its diverse forms, from wildlife art by Diana Woods, to bronzes by Lisa Gordon, to gentle landscapes by Linda Lillegraven. “These women are not afraid to explore, to imagine, to create, to redefine, to compete,” says gallery owner Ann Korologos. “As a group, their work is wild, diverse, bold, refined, playful and exploratory.” Lillegraven’s Moonrise on a Frozen Lake distills that quiet, ethereal moment at the very crest of twilight. “I knew I wanted to paint the full moon rising over water… The evening had to be clear and still,…

Unless you share a birthday with Frederic Remington (October 4), Joseph Henry Sharp (September 27), Georgia O’Keeffe (November 15) or Frank Tenney Johnson (June 26), it’s highly unlikely you know their birthdays. It’s just not information most people store in their memory banks. And yet, March 19 has become a date that many Western fans know quite well. It’s the day Charles M. Russell was born way back in 1864. One of the reasons why that date has become something more and more people know—and can summon on trivia nights—is the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana. Every March, to honor the museum’s namesake, organizers put on The Russell, a series of events and auctions to celebrate Russell and his accomplishments to Western art. Since Covid, though, the museum…