Western Art Collector September 2025/No. 217

Welcome to the September issue of Western Art Collector! This issue happens to be my favorite issue of the year. Of course, every issue is Adolfo’s favorite, but I really like wildlife. Growing up we had many wildlife sightings with cowboy cousins from Pullman, Washington, and a large cattle ranch and wheat farm. Viewing this wildlife issue brings great joy to me. The artists in this issue are amazing and wildlife art is an important collecting genre for most people. Wildlife art adds visual tension, texture, narrative and emotion to your collection. This is why people are drawn to wildlife in the natural world and in art. In my opinion, a Western art collection, complete with examples from the wildlife category, shapes the experience of entering a room. Good design…

In this month’s issue, I wrote a piece about a new Ed Mell and Maynard Dixon exhibition in Tucson, Arizona. It is the first exhibition of Ed’s work since he died in 2024. I’m honored to have crossed paths with Ed as frequently as I did after joining Western Art Collector in 2013. He would drop by our offices, or we’d run into him around town or at shows. He was a beloved fixture around Phoenix and Scottsdale. Artists’ lives and legacies will live on through their art, but also through the stories that we all share about them, both in these pages and informally as we chat with friends, collectors and other artists. Their stories are vital and should be shared. If you look closely, these stories are out…

Western Art Trail September 2025 OUR GUIDE TO SPECIAL EVENTS, SALES & AUCTIONS FROM COAST TO COAST September 13 Jackson Hole Art Auction CENTER FOR THE ARTS Jackson, WY - (307) 734-9739 www.jacksonholeartauction.com September September 2-20 Miniatures by the Lake COEUR D’ALENE GALLERIES Coeur d’Alene, ID – (208) 667-7732 www.cdagalleries.com September 2-24 Annual Fall Gallery Showcase INSIGHT GALLERY Fredericksburg, TX – (830) 997-9920 www.insightgallery.com September 2-26 Jivan Lee: Uplift ALTAMIRA FINE ART Jackson Hole, WY – (307) 739-4700 www.altamiraart.com September 3-14 Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival VARIOUS LOCATIONS Jackson Hole, WY – (307) 733-3316 www.jacksonholechamber.com September 5-15 Kenneth Peloke and James Randle: Infinite Horizons MANITOU GALLERIES Santa Fe, NM – (505) 986-0440 www.legacygallery.com September 5-October 5 Quest for the West EITELJORG MUSEUM Indianapolis, IN – (317) 636-9378 www.eiteljorg.org September 5-October…

Through October 1, 2025 Logan Maxwell Hagege: Fertile Ground THE OWINGS GALLERY Santa Fe, NM – (505) 982-6244 www.owingsgallery.com Through October 26, 2025 People, Places, Predicaments: John Clymer’s West WESTERN SPIRIT: SCOTTSDALE’S MUSEUM OF THE WEST Scottsdale, AZ – (480) 686-9539 www.westernspirit.org Through November 15, 2025 Sun Brothers: Glenn Dean, Josh Elliott and Logan Maxwell Hagege COUSE-SHARP HISTORIC SITE Taos, NM – (575) 751-0369 www.couse-sharp.org Through January 18, 2026 The West in Focus: Women BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM Cartersville, GA – (770) 387-1300 www.boothmuseum.org Through February 1, 2026 American Landscapes in Watercolor from the Corcoran Collection NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART Washington, D.C. – (202) 737-4215 www.nga.org…

October 11-12, 2025 Cherokee Art Market Tulsa, OK – (918) 384-6714 Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2025 Lone Star Art Auction Dallas, TX – (469) 608-7600 November 7-8, 2025 Cowboy Artists of America Show & Sale Fort Worth, TX – (817) 247-1200 November 7-8, 2025 Santa Fe Art Auction’s Annual Signature Live Auction Santa Fe, NM – (505) 954-5858 November 14-15, 2025 Tehachapi Arts Commission Art 2025 Show Tehachapi, CA – (626) 945-3753 November 2025 (Dates TBA) Western Trading Post’s Advanced Collectors Auction Wickenburg, AZ – (520) 426-7702 November 2025 (Dates TBA) SWAIA Winter Market Santa Fe, NM – (505) 983-5220 January 2026 (Dates TBA) Petrie Institute of Western Art Symposium Denver, CO – (720) 865-5000 January 8, 2026 Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale Denver, CO – (303) 291-2567 January 23-24,…

Not since Charles M. Russell and Frederic Remington—and more recently, Joe Beeler—has an artist mastered painting, drawing and sculpture to the degree that John Coleman has across a sprawling, multifaceted career. His story is told in his book The Art of John Coleman: Spirit • Lives • Legends. The large monograph was released in 2024, but it was recently awarded the IPPY gold medal in the coffee-table book category by the Independent Publisher Book Awards. The competitive category featured works from all around the art world, but Coleman’s book came out on top with the gold medal. Spirit • Lives • Legends is framed within Coleman’s two historic solo shows at Legacy Gallery: one in 2016 and its sequel in 2020. Between these two milestones, Coleman’s career is explored in…