Innholdsfortegnelse for December 2022/ No. 184 i Western Art Collector

Welcome to the December issue! December brings nostalgia, holiday spirit, tradition and gift-giving. Lucky for you, our editorial team is prepared and timely with our Western Holiday Gift Guide starting on Page 78. We work very hard to bring new gift ideas from Western artists to our Western art lovers. It is one of our favorite features because it is different and unique each year. We are warning you in advance: It will be hard not to find something that you must have or must gift! To complement the season, many of our gallery previews offer small works as their focus. (Secret tip: Check them out and select your art early right from our pages before the show opens.) Some of the galleries offering these holiday shows include Legacy Gallery,…

THROUGH JANUARY 8, 2023 BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM The Shirt Wearers: The Plains Indian Art of Cathy A. Smith Cartersville, GA – (770) 387-1300 www.boothmuseum.org THROUGH JANUARY 8, 2023 NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART Western Eyes: 20th -Century Art Here and Now Santa Fe, NM – (505) 476-5072 www.nmartmuseum.org THROUGH JANUARY 8, 2023 THE JAMES MUSEUM OF WESTERN & WILDLIFE ART Black Pioneers: Legacy in the American West St. Petersburg, FL – (727) 892-4200 www.thejamesmuseum.org THROUGH JANUARY 13, 2023 COUSE-SHARP HISTORIC SITE The Infinite Landscape Taos, NM – (575) 751-0369 www.couse-sharp.org THROUGH JANUARY 16, 2023 KOLB STUDIO Grand Canyon Celebration of Art Grand Canyon National Park, AZ – (480) 277-0458 www.grandcanyon.org/coa THROUGH FEBRUARY 4, 2023 CARLSBAD MUSEUM Gary Niblett: His Life & Art Carlsbad, NM – (575) 887-0276 www.carlsbadmuseum.org THROUGH FEBRUARY 8, 2023…

The naturalist and essayist John Burroughs (1837-1921) wrote, “He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.” The eyes receive the reflected light of the landscape and send signals to the brain. Often, in the winter, the brain responds, simply, “white!” Artists encourage us to actually “see” what the winter landscape is like with their inescapable use of color, either as a representation of what they experienced, or exaggerated to stimulate awareness in the viewer. The startling blue shadows of trees in Silas Thompson’s The Way Up, draw attention to the gradations of “white” in the snow. The mere suggestions of small trees in slashes of color recall their being almost lost in the glaring reflected light. Thompson…

Los Angeles local Danny Galieote, distills Golden Age Illustration, movie magic and his own brand of iconography in his latest show, Americana West. Opening at downtown Los Angeles hotspot Maxwell Alexander Gallery on December 10, the narrative-rich body of work pays homage to early Southern California culture and Galieote’s own family history. Raised in a San Fernando Valley that was home to major movie studios, yet still close to its agrarian roots, Galieote’s upbringing was “one foot in the city, one foot out.” He grew up riding horses and pitching in with chores at the family property, something he traces his work ethic to and still pulls inspiration from today. Pieces like the loosely autobiographical Cooling off at the Water Trough call regionalists Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood to mind,…

As the year comes to a close, Mockingbird Gallery in Bend, Oregon, will host a three-artist show titled Lasting Impressions, featuring the work of Josh Clare, Michael Malm and Grant Redden. Some of Clare’s work is inspired by his family’s history in the West. “My ancestors were pioneers who were sent to establish a community in middle-of-nowhere southwestern Utah as part of the San Juan expedition,” he explains. “It was a no man’s land, and they had to make a home there.” His painting Desert Train depicts a wagon train being dwarfed by one of the landscapes his ancestors would have encountered on their journey. Plainsman is one of Clare’s first figurative paintings, and it, too, draws on a family story. “I have five kids, and my family is everything…

American artworks depicting hunting are almost entirely confined to the last two centuries, but in Europe the subject has a long and prosperous history that extends back much further. European hunting scenes are the subject of a new exhibition, A Noble Pastime: Hunting Pictures from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, at the Stark Museum of Art in Orange, Texas. What do these images from across the Atlantic Ocean have to do with the American West? More than you might think, according to the museum. “We have talked about this exhibition for a number of years. The exhibit is a little different than our usual Western art exhibition, but it will connect and resonate with audiences because it offers a great way to look at hunting within a different context, a…

As we start to look into the coming year—where did A 2022 go?!—we are turning much of our attention to the upcoming show and exhibition calendars of galleries, museums, auction houses and even from individual artists. We’ve already shared numerous sneak peeks into 2023, which you’ll find in this and other recent issues, and I can assure you it’s going to be an amazing year for Western art. Our whole editorial team, from top to bottom, takes great pride in the number of shows and events covered in Western Art Collector. Not only do we aim to cover as many openings as we can fit in the magazine, but we try our hardest to also devote some serious coverage to the big shows, the important shows and the shows that…

JANUARY 3, 2023 Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale Denver, CO – (303) 291-2567 JANUARY 20-23, 2023 Brian Lebel’s Old West Mesa Mesa, AZ – (480) 779-9378 JANUARY 2023 (DATES TBA) PIWAA Symposium Denver, CO – (720) 865-5000 FEBRUARY 11-MARCH 26, 2023 Masters of the American West Los Angeles, CA – (323) 667-2000 FEBRUARY 17-19, 2023 Southeastern Wildlife Exposition Charleston, SC – (843) 723-1748 MARCH 16-18, 2023 Out West Art Show & Sale Great Falls, MT – (406) 590-1961 MARCH 16-18, 2023 March in Montana Coeur d’Alene, ID – (208) 664-2091 MARCH 24-SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 Desert Caballeros' Cowgirl Up! Wickenburg, AZ – (928) 684-2272 MARCH 24-25, 2023 Briscoe Western Art Museum Night of Artists San Antonio, TX – (210) 299-4499 APRIL 14-15, 2023 Scottsdale Art Auction Scottsdale, AZ – (480) 945-0225…

1 DAVIDSON PAINTS INCREDIBLE NEW WILDLIFE WORKS Georgia wildlife painter Nikki Davidson is continuing to paint works showing the majestic beauty of wildlife from all around the world. The artist recently completed a new work showing the amur leopard, one of the rarest big cats in the world. The leopard is common in Russia and China. Other recent works include buffalo, chickens and hens, primates, goats and also human figures, including Native American subjects. For more information visit www.nikkisartstudio.com. 2 MODERN VIEWS OF UTAH BY JAMES AYERS Arizona-based painter James Ayers created stunning new landscapes, several of them from Utah’s Dead Horse Point State Park in Utah. One of the works, Spectacle of the Flow, Dead Horse Pass, UT, is a 36-by-48-inch oil painting showing the meander of the river as…

Broadmoor Galleries 1 Lake Circle, Colorado Springs, CO 80906 (719) 577-5744, www.broadmoorgalleries.com Gallery Wild 80 W. Broadway, Jackson Hole, WY 83001, (307) 203-2322 203 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 467-8297, www.gallerywild.com Georgia Carter georgiacarterpaintings@gmail.com www.georgiacarterpaintings.com Jacalyn Beam (302) 893-1775, www.jacalynbeam.com Kay Contemporary 600 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 365-3992, www.kaycontemporaryart.com Scott Yeager scott@scottyeager.net, www.scottyeager.net Tom Lockhart (719) 850-2256, tlockhartpainter@hotmail.com www.tomlockhartfineart.com…

Parsons Gallery of the West, in Taos, New Mexico, excitedly presents the annual Holiday Show, featuring around 80 traditional Taos art works from approximately 21 artists. Show attendees can expect to see a mix of small- to large-scale works in a variety of mediums. “This event is a great chance to catch up with our artists and community, enjoying a warm fire, hot cider, holiday treats and great art,” says gallery director Ashley Rolshoven. “The building where Parsons Gallery of the West calls home is the perfect place for creative spirits to gather, as it was once Victor Higgins’ studio in the 1920s, and later became one of Taos’ first galleries, the Blue Door, in the 1950s.” Those lucky enough to show in such a historic gallery setting include artists…

Claggett/Rey has been hosting its annual Holiday Gala and concurrent exhibition since the gallery was founded 33 years ago, but this will be the first year the event will take place in Edwards, Colorado, where they relocated to from nearby Vail three years ago. “We always hold it around the holidays because that’s when most of our clientele in town,” says gallery co-owner Maggie DeDecker. “Though we’ve moved from main shopping area of Vail, where we’re at now is a beautiful little community with great restaurants and an abundance of parking. It’s been a great move for us and we encourage our clients to come visit us if they haven’t already.” Those who do visit during December will find works that range from Western-themed paintings and classical sculpture to artisan…

Approximately 50 works of art, including painting, sculpture, mixed media and more, will be on show for nearly the entire month of December at Mountain Trails Gallery during Treasures and Objects of Delight. “This holiday exhibition is a festive gathering of Treasures and Objects of Delight by a group of award-winning traditional and contemporary artists,” says Julie R. Williams, director of Mountain Trails Gallery in Sedona, Arizona. “From masterful paintings of objects to delightful treasures in bronze, many of these artists surprise us with something special.” Among the artwork in the show is Marcia Molnar’s Acapella, a square composition of buffalo grazing beneath complementary yellow, pink and purple hues. “Grand Canyon, Sedona, Vermilion Cliffs are always an inspiration. Throw in a sunset, a storm, a river or creek, and I…

In 2012, Logan Maxwell Hegege, then one of the top young artists rising through the ranks of Western art, started a gallery with his brother, Beau Alexander. Their aim was to show the best art on the market, but there was also a twist: “We wanted to do it differently,” Hagege says. Ten years later and Maxwell Alexander Gallery has not only survived but also thrived. The gallery celebrated its first decade in the art world with a massive show and party from October 14 through 16 in Los Angeles. Hundreds of collectors and dozens of artists came out for the 10-year bash, with the sale bringing in more than $1 million in sales. Alexander not only encouraged his artists to bring their best work, but also large pieces that…

The Montana Museum of Art & Culture at the University of Montana recently acquired 125 Western works of art. The collection comes from the Stan and Donna Goodbar Collection, much of which will be on view in an exhibition opening early next year. Imagining the West: Selections from the Stan and Donna Goodbar Collection of Western Art opens February 4, 2023, and continues through May 27 at the museum in Missoula, Montana. “This collection reveals how artists interpreted the West during the 20th century. MMAC is proud to present a selection of these works featuring artists who made a living primarily as illustrators, both shaping and reinforcing quintessential myths about the West’s important archetypes, its settlers, cowboys and Indigenous inhabitants,” the museum notes. Artworks in the collection include pieces by…

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Claggett/Rey Gallery 216 Main Street, Suite C-100 Edwards, CO 81632, (970) 476-9350 www.claggettrey.com Kim Frank Fujiwara (248) 840-0551, www.kfgallery.com Legacy Gallery 7178 Main Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 (480) 945-1113, www.legacygallery.com Mary Ann Cherry maryanncherry@icloud.com www.maryanncherry.com Monte M. Moore 5765 Aspen Leaf Drive, Littleton, CO 80125 (303) 901-1870, www.theartofmontemoore.com Sorrel Sky Gallery Durango, CO • Santa Fe, NM (970) 247-3555, (505) 501-6555 www.sorrelsky.com Relévant Galleries Denver, CO • Scottsdale, AZ www.relevantgalleries.com Victor Blakey Fine Art Dallas, TX, (214) 587-6103 victor@victorblakeyfineart.com www.victorblakeyfineart.com…

Western art is truly one of the most vast and varied genres in the art world. While painters and sculptors undoubtedly make a massive impact upon the sphere of collecting, so do all of the jewelry artists, leatherworkers, silversmiths, potters, printers, weavers and more. While their artwork may be wildly different in nature, all of these artists have something in common: a dedication to their craft that elevates their work beyond mere items, and into works of art. So this holiday season, as you ponder what to give the Western art lover in your life, let us help you out. Enjoy perusing the variety of treasures throughout this December 2022 Holiday Gift Guide! JENNIFER JESSE SMITH JEWELRY AT THE NAMBE TRADING POST www.nambetradingpost.com 20 Summer Road, Santa Fe, NM 87506…

In his first solo show at Medicine Man Gallery, Josh Gibson revisits landscapes he once called home. “When you move away from a place, you get a much better sense of that place,” the Tucson-turned-Bay-Area artist tells us. “My appreciation of the desert is at much greater magnitudes now not living there than it was when I lived there,” he notes. “Having grown up in Arizona, there’s some part of that place that sticks in your head that you kinda can’t get rid of. It’s the environment, but it goes beyond that in a way too,” says Gibson. “That mysterious, powerful thing is what I’m trying to channel in the paintings.” Trained in animation and illustration at California College of the Arts, Gibson’s practice reflects today’s visual culture with a…

Manitou Galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico, celebrates the holiday season with their Small Works Annual Show, beginning with a show opening reception on December 2. Described by the gallery as a “treasure trove for collectors, art lovers and gift givers,” the show will offer a large variety of Western inspired small works, with no restrictions on material or subject matter—making for affordable art collecting opportunities. Artist Michael Baum presents at least four small works of his spectacular landscape paintings, showcasing his love and admiration for the “visual paradise” that is the Southwest. “The bones of the earth are often laid bare by erosion, creating powerful visual and spiritual impressions. I strive to represent this in my work,” Baum explains. The artist also notes that light is a key tool…

Charles Muench is an artist living in between the Sierra mountains and the high plains desert of Nevada. “I believe to create good paintings and develop as an artist it is essential that you listen to nature,” Muench says. “The result of this dialogue is a distillation of everything that is before you into a statement of heightened reality. Through a contemplative interaction with your subject, you create something that is truly independent of yourself and nature-art.” His painting, Nevada, is an orchestration of accumulated visual experience inspired by his 13 years of exploring northern Nevada. It took more than a year for Muench to transform his emotions and experiences into pigment and canvas. Simply titled Nevada, it represents the subtle beauty of the state. Understanding this beauty requires patience…

Science says that gray wolves were domesticated between 27,000 and 40,000 years ago either in Europe or Asia. Hunter-gatherers used them for hunting as well as for protection. In Roman myth, the abandoned twins Romulus and Remus were found and nursed by a she-wolf. Romulus later founded the city of Rome. Today, our domesticated dogs retain their genetic relationship to their wolf ancestors as well as to other canines such as foxes and coyotes, all of which have a complicated history in the American West. Among Native American tribes, the coyote can represent everything from a teacher to a trickster. They also see the fox as a trickster but admire them for their gifts of anticipation, observation and stealth. Wolves are admired for their loyalty, familial ties, good communication, education…

The Shirt Wearers: The Plains Indian Art of Cathy A. Smith, an exhibition at the Booth Western Art Museum, features meticulously researched replicas of the war shirts and regalia of 12 historically important Plains Indian chiefs. The 60-plus pieces in the exhibit were created by Cathy A. Smith, who gained widespread recognition for her costume designs for the movies Dances with Wolves, Comanche Moon and Geronimo, as well as the miniseries Son of the Morning Star, for which she won an Emmy award. In 1996, Smith was commissioned to recreate the material accoutrements of these tribal leaders—in part chosen because few, if any, of their actual artifacts exist—for a private museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The articles were reproduced based on historical documentation including photographs, paintings, ledger drawings, scholarly…