Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2023/No. 193 i Western Art Collector

Welcome to the September issue of Western Art Collector! This fall issue has our extremely popular Collector’s Focus: Wildlife Art section. John O’Hern, our Santa Fe editor, sheds light on the genre of wildlife art while also highlighting a number of great artists in the section. Michael Clawson also addresses wildlife art in his editor’s letter on Page 6. Adolfo and I love this particular issue and we both have wildlife art in our office collection. This issue is complemented by several wildlife shows you don’t want to miss, including the Artist for Conservation Festival, the Society of Animal Artists’ Art and the Animal exhibition and Western Visions at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. All of the artwork in these articles is available for purchase to grow your collections.…

THROUGH OCTOBER 1 AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART Avedon’s West Fort Worth, TX – (817) 738-1933 www.cartermuseum.org THROUGH OCTOBER 2 THE BRINTON MUSEUM Edward Borein in Brush & Ink Big Horn, WY – (307) 672-3173 www.thebrintonmuseum.org THROUGH OCTOBER 14 AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM America’s Horse in Art Show & Sale Amarillo, TX – (806) 376-5181 www.aqha.com THROUGH OCTOBER 15 BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM Barbara Van Cleve: Women of the West Cartersville, GA – (770) 387-1300 www.boothmuseum.org THROUGH OCTOBER 29  PHIPPEN MUSEUM Al Glann: Poetry in Motion Prescott, AZ – (928) 778-1385 www.phippenartmuseum.org THROUGH NOVEMBER 5  BONE CREEK MUSEUM OF AGRARIAN ART Erin Hanson: Color on the Vine David City, NE – (402) 367-4488 www.bonecreek.org THROUGH NOVEMBER 30  COUSE-SHARP HISTORIC SITE Aún Aquí: Spanish Colonial Contemporary…

1 LISA DANIELLE COMPLETES STUNNING NEW WORK Still life painter Lisa Danielle has been busy in her studio in Sedona, Arizona. She recently completed this major new work, The Birds and the Beads, which shows three shelves of Native American objects. Her subjects for the painting came from her collection, filled with remarkable treasures and works of art. She calls it a “whimsical linking of diverse Pueblo and Plateau objects.” The work is part of a new showcase series inspired by frames reminiscent of fine cabinetry. The painting is headed to Sorrel Sky Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in time for Santa Fe Indian Market and major events during the late summer season. 2 ANN KRAFT WALKER SHOWS NEW STILL LIFE AT INSIGHT GALLERY Now available at InSight Gallery…

This August, the Society of Animal Artists is holding its 63rd Annual Exhibition, featuring the artwork of 118 artist members. Taking place in West Virginia’s Stifel Fine Arts Center, the exhibition features wildlife art in a range of styles and mediums, including paintings in oil, acrylic and watercolor, as well as sculpture in bronze, wood and more. Among these is Gerald J. Painter’s Dogtown Denizen, an owl sculpted from walnut burl. Executive director Wes Siegrist adds that visitors can expect to see a broad range of subject matter, from a goldenrod crab spider to an African elephant. And members of the SAA are as diverse as their animal subjects, hailing from across the United States, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, Scotland, England, France, Spain and Sweden. “While traditional techniques abound throughout…

UPCOMING SHOW Up to 12 works September 15-25, 2023 Legacy Gallery 225 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, (505) 986-9833 www.legacygallery.com SHOW LOCATION: SANTA FE, NM C. Michael Dudash and Thomas Blackshear II will be featured in the exhibition The Living Canvas at Legacy Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from September 15 through 25. “While both Thomas Blackshear and Michael Dudash are masters of Western art,” the gallery notes, “their styles and approaches differ significantly. Blackshear’s work often exudes a sense of romanticism and idealism, with his subjects portrayed in heroic and larger-than-life compositions. On the other hand, Dudash’s paintings tend to be more introspective and contemplative, capturing the quiet moments and intimate details of Western life.” Both artists come out of careers in illustration and also share a…

UPCOMING SHOW Up to 28 works September 5-17, 2023 Altamira Fine Art 172 Center Street, Jackson, WY 83001, (307) 739-4700 www.altamiraart.com SHOW LOCATION: JACKSON, WY When Geoffrey Gersten was a youngster, he would shred through his mother’s magazines looking for images of cowboys and the West. When his mother discovered his pile of torn pages, she was horrified to see that most were cigarette ads. “She was not pleased that I was so interested in the Marlboro Man, but I couldn’t help that they were cigarette ads,” Gersten says. “That image of the West was so appealing to me.” Today Gersten looks back on those images as important stepping stones to his own career as a painter of the West. “I’m not a cowboy and I don’t live on a…

UPCOMING SHOW Up to 30 works September 1-30, 2023 Mountain Trails Gallery 336 AZ 179, Suite A201 Sedona, AZ 86336 (928) 282-3225 www.mountaintrailssedona.com SHOW LOCATION: SEDONA, AZ Every year, Mountain Trails Gallery in Sedona, Arizona, hosts an exhibit that celebrates artists who create paintings and sculpture inspired by encounters with wildlife in the American West. This year, Call of the Wildlife features roughly 30 works by sculptors Raymond Gibby, Jeremy Bradshaw and Dustin Payne; and painters Maria D’Angelo, Joe Garcia and Jennifer O’Cualain. “The wildlife show at Mountain Trails Gallery is one of our most anticipated shows of the year for our collectors,” says gallery director Julie R. Williams. “For collectors, wildlife art represents many things to them including the beauty and grandeur of nature, their love of the outdoors,…

One of the great canyon painters in Western art, Dawn Sutherland, connects to art on a deep level that transcends the paint. “Paintings are more than just a pretty scene. I strive to bring the intangible to a viewer, triggering a memory, a feeling, a longing. I paint to communicate the truth; those scenes that implore me to convey their true beauty, uniqueness, or a small detail that begs to be highlighted,” she says. “It might be a reflection on a rock wall, or a streak of sunlight in a darkened side canyon. Paintings speak in different ways to different individuals and that is the magic of painting. If I lose myself in a painting, I’m almost certain someone will find they feel as though they can walk into the…

There is no shortage of inspiration an artist can draw from the majestic setting of the Grand Canyon. Capturing it alone can be intimidating, but capturing it in the moment with an audience is on another level. From September 9 to 16, invited artists from all over the country will find their spot on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon painting in plein air during the Grand Canyon Celebration of Art, hosted by the Grand Canyon Conservancy. Participating artists include Joshua Been, John Cogan, Michelle Condrat, Bill Cramer, Susie Hyer, Russell Johnson, Dawn Sutherland and many others. Works completed during this time, and at the annual paint-out event on September 15, will be shown with the artists’ studio pieces at Kolb Studio, which overlooks the South Rim. Any unsold…

Several years ago I found myself in a collector’s home that had magnificent views out over Texas Hill Country. On all the walls were wildlife paintings, and on pedestals, mantles and tables all over the house were wildlife bronzes—bison, bear, pronghorn, elk, many species of bird, moose, fish, and lots of little critters like rabbit, fox and squirrel. Being in Texas, I was curious why they didn’t have any cowboy artwork. The collectors surprised me with their answer: “We don’t know any cowboys, and we’ve never really been on a ranch or near cattle. But these animals in our home, we’ve seen every one of them. We seek them out wherever we go.” What they were telling me was something I have heard from many collectors of wildlife art: they…

OCTOBER 14-15, 2023 CHEROKEE ART MARKET Tulsa, OK– (918) 384-6714 OCTOBER 28, 2023  LONE STAR ART AUCTION Dallas, TX – (469) 608-7600 NOVEMBER 4-5, 2023 COWBOY ARTISTS OF AMERICA SHOW & SALE Fort Worth, TX – (817) 247-1200 NOVEMBER 10-11, 2023 SANTA FE ART AUCTION’S ANNUAL SIGNATURE LIVE AUCTION Santa Fe, NM – (505) 954-5858 NOVEMBER 2023 (DATES TBA) CHRISTIE’S AMERICAN ART SALE New York, NY – (212) 636-2000 NOVEMBER 2023 (DATES TBA) SOTHEBY’S AMERICAN ART SALE New York, NY – (212) 606-7000 NOVEMBER 2023 (DATES TBA) SWAIA WINTER INDIAN MARKET Santa Fe, NM – (505) 983-5220 JANUARY 7, 2024 COORS WESTERN ART EXHIBIT & SALE Denver, CO – (303) 291-2567 JANUARY 2024 (DATES TBA) BRIAN LEBEL’S OLD WEST MESA Mesa, AZ – (480) 779-9378 JANUARY 2024 (DATES TBA)  PIWAA SYMPOSIUM…

On November 3 and 4, the Cowboy Artists of America members will unite in Fort Worth, Texas, to present its annual exhibition and sale, a tradition that has been going strong since the group’s founding in 1965. In addition to the CA’s full members, and several emeritus members, this year’s show will also feature two special guest artists: Howard Post and William Matthews. The inclusion of guest artists, unprecedented in the CA’s long history, should bring an added level of excitement to the show and open up interesting possibilities for future shows. “Adding the artwork of Post and Matthews is a unique opportunity for our event to expand in terms of drawing in additional collectors and admirers, and will present CAA members’ work to a broader audience,” says Teal Blake,…

Subscribe today to get the best Western art magazine in the country, and the only monthly magazine that highlights the top artists, galleries, museums, fairs and auctions throughout the art market. Need proof? The proof is in your hands. Flip through this issue to see the best coverage of the American West: ★ Previews of all the biggest events, shows and sales. ★ Destination guides from the hottest art markets. ★ Special genre sections to expand your collecting power. ★ 12 issues a year, each one presenting work from the top artists and the rising newcomers…and everyone in between! Hitch your wagon to the go-to source trusted by artists, gallery owners, museum curators, auction specialists and collectors. Saddle up with Western Art Collector. SUBSCRIBE TODAY BY VISITING www.WesternArtCollector.com/subscribe $ 55 FOR…

Barbara Meikle Fine Art 236 Delgado Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 992-0400, info@meiklefineart.com www.meiklefineart.com Bill Langis Colorado Springs, CO, (603) 608-7265 billlangisfineart@gmail.com www.billlangisfineart.com Cher Anderson (602) 571-8094, cherscreations@cox.net www.cherandersonwildlifeartist. com Cindy Sorley-Keichinger (780) 847-2294, goldfarm@telusplanet.net www.goldenkstudio.com Claggett/Rey Gallery 216 Main Street, Suite C-100, Edwards, CO 81632, www.claggettrey.com Don Woodard Broomfield, CO, (720) 217-2029 don@donwoodard.com, www.donwoodard.com Edition One Gallery 729 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 982-9668, www.editiononegallery.com Elise Mahaffie (301) 325-4899, elisemahaffie@mac.com www.elisemahaffie.com Gallery Wild 80 W. Broadway, Jackson, WY 83001 (307) 203-2322 203 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 467-8297 www.gallerywild.com Jeanie Edwards Fine Arts (828) 526-2933, jeanie@jedwardsfineart.com www.jedwardsfineart.com Legacy Gallery 7178 E. Main Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 (480) 945-1113, www.legacygallery.com Manitou Galleries 123 Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 986-0440, www.manitougalleries.com Museum of the Big…

The 13th edition of SLOPOKE Art of the West Exhibition and Sale returns to Flag Is Up Farms in Solvang, California, from September 22 through 24. Nestled in the rolling hills and vineyards of Santa Ynez Valley, the event is the brainchild of art lovers Tom and Sherie Burgher, who wanted to bring a Western art show to California’s North Coast that could rival anything in a big city. Originally staged in Pismo Beach, in 2016, Pat and Monty Roberts offered their thoroughbred horse ranch as a venue and they have been holding the juried art show in Solvang ever since. On the advice of their collectors, SLOPOKE limits the exhibition to roughly 30 artists, each showing an average of 10 pieces, so attendees can expect to find 300-plus paintings,…

UPCOMING SHOW Up to 12 works Sept. 29-Oct. 14, 2023 Blue Rain Gallery 544 S. Guadalupe Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501, (505) 954-9902 www.blueraingallery.com SHOW LOCATION: SANTA FE, NM For Jim Vogel, painting is often a family affair. He is a storyteller, having inherited the storytelling gene from his grandfather and his mother. His studio, on a tributary to the Rio Grande, is in an area rich in history from Picuris Pueblo to the traditions of Spanish settlers who arrived in the 18th century. The stories are still alive today in the tranquil valley. His admiration for his neighbors and their histories is manifested in colorful, fictional narratives. He and his wife, Christen, are collectors of “things.” Christen conjures the “things” into frames, tableaux settings for Jim’s paintings. Their son,…

UPCOMING SHOW Up to 100 works September 1-22, 2023 InSight Gallery 214 W. Main Street, Fredericksburg, TX 78624 (830) 997-9920 www.insightgallery.com SHOW LOCATION: FREDERICKSBURG, TX Ushering in the autumn season is InSight Gallery’s annual Fall Group Show. The exhibition showcases some of the best the gallery has to offer, with works on view from all 60 of its artists. The primary focus this year is Santa Fe-based painter Dan Bodelson, who brings more than 13 paintings depicting scenes from old Mexico. “I love the idea of a featured artist at a gallery show. Every artist has new works and one artist is showcased with a small show of new works,” Bodelson says. “What I like is the pressure of a large one-man show is not there. I found that makes…

UPCOMING SHOW Up to 6 works Sept. 29-Nov. 30, 2023 Gerald Peters Gallery 1005 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501, (505) 954-5700 www.gpgallery.com SHOW LOCATION: SANTA FE, NM Gerald Peters Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will soon showcase the abstract impressionist paintings of Theodore Waddell, a culmination of 18 months of work. In his paintings, Waddell lovingly depicts the land and animals of the rural West. Working in oil and encaustic, Waddell’s works have an almost sculptural quality to them, making it easy for the viewer to imagine his animal subjects moving across the canvas. “Artist, rancher and storyteller, Theodore Waddell, is one of the West’s most celebrated and recognized contemporary artists,” says Maria Hajic, director of Gerald Peters Gallery. “His signature style of bold brushstrokes, textures, and…

On October 6 and 7, Santa Fe Trails Fine Art will present a four-artist show in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Along with Jenny Booth, Cheri Cappello and Dan Deuter, one of the artists participating in the show is Jerry Salinas, who has been painting for 25 years. “I have been passionate about art since childhood, so I have always felt very fortunate that the path to my present-day career as a full-time oil painter has been a continuous thread,” Salinas says. “I was lucky enough to start very early and be encouraged by my family to draw and paint. I received my first real art lessons in high school and knew this is what I will do for the rest of my life. I was accepted to the prestigious American…

Painter Kim Randleas started painting as a self-taught portrait painter, but soon began exploring other genres. “I’ve come full circle to painting portraits again, this time with unrivaled enthusiasm,” she says. “Painting the people of the West allows me to combine two of my other passions—collecting antique clothing and the history of the American West—with art-making.” For her newest work, First Glimpse of the Tusayan, Randleas used an antique bodice that is a “wonderful piece from the late-19th century, handstitched with heavy wool fabric, interior boning, and lovely red velvet-covered buttons and piping.” “Also, I’m enamored with the Western Frontier, the events, people and the often heartbreaking consequences of this time period,” she says. “During this time, dreams were made and lives were being destroyed. The United States was being…

The Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale returns to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West for its 42nd year, featuring more than 100 contemporary Western artists working in oil, watercolor, pastel, bronze and more. All works will be available to view in the live auction gallery beginning August 18, with the auction itself taking place on Friday, September 22. The evening includes dinner, an open bar and a silent auction as well. Other events taking place during the show and sale include the Buy-it-Now Sale (August 18 to September 22); a three-day workshop titled Painting on the Porch with Terry Cooke Hall (September 18 to 20); Colorful Canvases with Stephanie Hartshorn (September 21), a half-day painting workshop for beginner-to-advanced painters; the Quick Draw & Sale on September 23 and…

While the 40th annual Roundup Exhibition and Sale will be on view through October 28, the real action takes place during opening weekend on September 8 and 9, when attendees have the opportunity to support the Museum of Western Art, experience the changes and additions to the event, and purchase original Western paintings and sculpture by top artists working in the genre today. The 60-plus invited artists participating in the sale hail from all over the West and Midwest including Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, California, Utah and Texas, and together will exhibit close to 120 works. Among them are well-known names like Todd Connor, Jason Scull, Linda Glover Gooch, Eric Slocombe, Brandon Bailey and Jennifer Johnson and many more. “This year promises to be one of the most important…

It’s been said that you can’t throw a rock without hitting an art event in Wyoming in the month of September. At the center of all of it is Jackson Hole, which will once again play host to the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival from September 6 to 17. The annual 12-day period features a suite of activities and events that support the arts culture that thrives in this mountain town at the base of Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. It is organized by the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce, which also hosts many of the events, including the food-focused Palates & Palettes Free Gallery Walk on September 8 and the famous Jackson Hole QuickDraw on September 16 in the Town Square. This year’s Jackson Hole QuickDraw will feature…

Western Art Collector magazine has changed the way artists, galleries and collectors connect. It has closed the gap that previously existed in the Western art market. On this page you can read just some of the spectacular feedback pouring into our office from coast to coast on sales and connections achieved. Jay Moore completes massive Colorado commission At the beginning of 2023, Colorado painter Jay Moore was contacted by an art consulting firm about a commission for an 8-by-16-foot landscape for the newly remodeled Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado. “Coming from a golfing family, I knew the prestige of this club and was very excited to do a painting of this size for them,” Moore says. After negotiating a price for the work and the final…

The National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, has recently announced the acquisition of two pieces of wildlife art: Richard Friese’s Three Polar Bears and Bruno Liljefors’ Fox in Snow with Prey, both from around 1912. Both works are gifts from museum patrons Tim and Karen Hixon. “The Hixons are longtime supporters of the museum, and we are so pleased that Karen Hixon chose Fox in the Snow to come to us. Bruno Liljefors was the most influential Swedish wildlife painter of the late-19th and early-20th centuries, and he is known today as a part of the Big Four, which includes Wilhelm Kuhnert, Richard Friese and Carl Rungius,” says museum curator Tammi Hanawalt. “Liljefors’ style is quite unique, perhaps because he lived in Sweden, he painted with an…

William G. Kerr, the founder and chairman emeritus of the National Museum of Wildlife Art, died on July 4 in Oklahoma City. He was 85 years old. Kerr—along with his wife Joffa, who passed away in 2022—was part of the original 10 founding trustees of the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Kerrs began collecting wildlife art in 1962 when Joffa gifted her husband a painting of a panfish to celebrate his graduation from law school. In their third year as wildlife art collectors, they purchased Carl Rungius’ Wanderers Above Timberline, widely considered the greatest painter of North American big game. By 1984, the Kerrs had a museum-quality collection of wildlife art and wanted to share it with others. By the time the museum opened in…

UPCOMING GROUP SHOW Up to 30 works September 8-11, 2023 Gallery Wild 80 W. Broadway Avenue Jackson Hole, WY 83001 (307) 203-2322 www.gallerywild.com SHOW LOCATION: JACKSON HOLE, WY With a mutual focus on wildlife and wilderness, husband-and-wife artists Carrie Wild and Jason Williams have joined forces for their September showcase titled Dual Spectrum. The duo celebrates their distinct differences, met with similar themes, for their first show together during the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival, as part of the popular Palates & Palettes event. “Our focus will be our shared devotion to capturing the raw beauty and spirit of the natural world and expressing our shared experiences in our own unique language,” Wild says of the upcoming show. “Jason’s photography captures fleeting moments in the wild, freezing them in time,…

UPCOMING SHOW Up to 125 works September 1-23, 2023 Coeur d’Alene Galleries 213 Sherman Avenue, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814, (208) 667-7732 www.cdagalleries.com SHOW LOCATION: COEUR D’ALENE, ID Sixteen years after the first show, the annual Miniatures by the Lake event at Coeur d’Alene Galleries still draws excitement from both artists and collectors. “Our collectors have always loved the variety of styles, subject matters and artists,” says Buddy Le, owner of Coeur d’Alene Galleries. “Every year, collectors comment on how they love the price points of smaller works and they can always find wall space for them. For the gallery, we love the opportunity to work with so many different artists that we don’t normally get to feature.” This year’s show will feature around 125 new works from 75 different artists.…

Naomi Brown is hard at work in her Arizona studio preparing for a busy fall all around the Western art market. But as later summer shifts to fall, she admits it can be difficult to capture the subtle shifts in season. “As a Southwest landscape artist, I find one of my biggest challenges is to portray the different seasons in the deserts of California, Arizona and sometimes New Mexico. The colors of the sky change with the seasons in the desert. Whether I am painting a sunset, or a blue sky, there are subtle and sometimes more drastic changes that take place in the winter versus the extreme heat of the summer,” Brown says. “Sunsets in the winter become more vivid because of low humidity and cleaner air, especially after…

Timothy Gump lives in wild and wonderful West Virginia, where he enjoys the natural beauty offered within the Appalachian countryside. “My art is driven by and basically consists of this: ‘I can only imagine what it must have been like long before the modern world set in.’ The scenes and the people I love to paint certainly fill in where time and imagination leaves off,” he says. “Bringing them back through a brush and canvas gives us a glimpse back in time that brings tremendous joy to me. I am always pleased to have the opportunity to share my artwork that is inspired from this time period in hopes of revealing segments of history, as well as the inspiration that prompts my passion to paint such amazing people.” The artist…

Thirty-seven years ago, a group of creative individuals from Alpine, Texas, were inspired by a cowboy poetry gathering held in Elko, Nevada, accompanied by a small show of cowboy gear and Western art. This experience helped establish a similar event known today as the Trappings of Texas, now celebrated every year in Alpine, and hosted at the Museum of the Big Bend. “Trappings of Texas showcases works by the men and women who know the cowboy lifestyle,” explains Mary Bones, director of the Museum of the big Bend. “Their work encompasses the ‘trappings’ or ‘gear’ that cowboys need on a day-to-day basis to do their work, as well as [artworks] that reflect the land and animals—both domesticated and wild that they encounter throughout the year.” Bones notes that the gear…

At the opening night sale and awards dinner on Saturday, September 9, the Bosque Art Classic will unveil more than 200 pieces of Western art for its 38th annual exhibition and sale. Established in 1986, the show is open to all artists creating representational Western art. This year 125 artists, selected from 700-plus entries, are participating in the event. Oil and acrylic are the predominant mediums, but water media, sculpture, pastels and drawing will also be represented, with more sculpture this year than in the past. “We have some wonderful Western art in the sale, and some artists that have entered year after year and still bring wonderful work,” says longtime BAC Art Council member Joyce Jones. “If you like horses and bluebonnets and Western subject matter, you’ll like this…

Major works from many of the top Western artists will be available to bidders September 16 during the Jackson Hole Art Auction in Wyoming. The 300-lot sale will have a special focus on wildlife paintings and bronzes, with many of the iconic names represented in the sale. “Wildlife has always been our stronghold within the sale. Wildlife consistently comes to us, whether that is Carl Rungius, Bob Kuhn, Ken Carlson, Wilhelm Kuhnert or many others, our sales are typically well represented by many of the greats,” says the auction’s managing director Kevin Doyle. “We bring out all the big guns, and always with very high-quality pieces.” For this year’s sale, all eyes will be on Rungius’ Caribou, a 49-inch-tall work that has been with an East Coast family since 1930.…