Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2025/No. 217 i Western Art Collector

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…

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…

GL Miller’s masterful, high-end jewelry has been continuously featured around the Santa Fe Plaza for five decades. Now the artist has his own space within the R.C. Gorman Navajo Gallery on San Francisco Street in Downtown Santa Fe. Miller will use the retail space to present his newest body of work, GL Collectionz, which will highlight his own jewelry as well as vintage collectible, Native American-made specialty items and collectible rock specimens from around the world. “I wanted a space where I could feature my own newest pieces alongside those of friend and fellow jewelers who I’ve met or worked with during my five decades of being in the industry,” says Miller. “The emphasis for my own work will be my inlay jewelry but I also do custom work, wedding…

Altamira Fine Art 172 Center Street #100, Jackson Hole, WY 83001, (307) 739-4700 www.altamiraart.com Joyce Cleveland clevel1858@aol.com www.joyceclevelandfineart.com Coeur d’Alene Galleries 213 E. Sherman Avenue, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814, (208) 667-7732 www.cdagalleries.com Terry Donahue (402) 250-5839 terry.donahue75@gmail.com www.terrydonahueart.com Duane Frey (701) 509-0724, contact@duanefrey.com www.duanefrey.com Gallery Wild 80 W. Broadway, Jackson Hole, WY 83001 (307) 203-2322, info@gallerywild.com www.gallerywild.com J Watson Fine Art California & Wyoming (661) 476-7558, www.jwatsonfineart.com Jackson Hole Art Auction 130 E. Broadway Avenue, Jackson Hole, WY 83001, (307) 734-9739 coordinator@jacksonholeartauction.com www.jacksonholeartauction.com Gary Johnson (760) 402-9986, www.garyjohnson.com garyjohnsonstudio Teresa Lynn Johnson Aztec, NM, (505) 334-1744 www.teresalynnjohnson.com teresalynnjohnsonartist Rana Jordahl Charleston, SC, (843) 270-4896 www.ranajordahl.com ranajordahl_fineart Manitou Galleries 123 W. Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, (505) 986-0440 www.legacygallery.com Mountain Trails Gallery Sedona 336 SR 179, Suite A201, Sedona, AZ…

The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin, celebrates a milestone 50th anniversary of its Birds in Art exhibition, which takes place each fall the weekend after Labor Day. For five decades now, the annual exhibition has celebrated avian art with an exceptional collection of original paintings, sculpture and graphics by bird and wildlife artists across the world. The 50th annual exhibition will feature artworks by 102 artists selected by a panel of jurors, including international artists representing 16 countries, as well as 41 Master Wildlife Artists. Each artist has a passion for avian life and the ways in which these winged creatures connect us to the natural world. “Birds are fascinating to me and have played a very important part in my work for many years,” says artist…

Known for his use of the palette knife to paint vibrantly colored landscape scenes, artist Brad Teare prepares a new collection of work for his upcoming solo show Painted Earth: The Impasto West, hosted at Legacy Gallery’s Santa Fe, New Mexico, location. “Each piece captures not just the scenery, but the spirit of the West, offering a tactile connection to its windswept mesas, towering peaks and endless horizons,” says Cyndi Hall, gallery manager. Teare originally saw this show as an opportunity to deepen his exploration of impasto painting, “especially the interplay of light, form and texture in the American West,” he says. “This body of work reflects a more distilled, confident use of impasto, with color and gesture driven more by emotion than detail.” Many of Teare’s new pieces began…

Coeur d’Alene Galleries is back with its 18th annual signature summer show, Miniatures by the Lake. Featuring 125 small works by 95 established and emerging Western artists, the show opens on September 2, with the main event on Saturday, September 20, from 6 to 8 p.m., when all artworks will be sold by fixed-price draw. Jessica Bryant created two small-scale pieces for Miniatures by the Lake. Midday Light portrays a favorite spot of the artist’s on the North Fork Coeur d’Alene River. “This is a frequent subject because of the many personalities this area has, depending on the light and time of year,” says Bryant. “The light at midday is often considered undesirable for painters and photographers because of the lack of drama and deep shadows. But many of us…

A new exhibition at the National Museum of American Illustration in Rhode Island explores how America’s most celebrated illustrators of the early 20th century have shaped the visual language of modern-day art. From the late-19th century to the middle of the 20th century, the Golden Age of Illustration gave us some of the most iconic images in American history, with works by such esteemed names as Norman Rockwell, N.C. Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish, J.C. Leyendecker, Howard Pyle, Jessie Willcox Smith and more. The upcoming exhibition celebrates this period by pairing historic 20th-century artists with artists working today. Parrish is paired with painter Dale Terbush; Rockwell with comedic parody artist Tim McDavid; and Leyendecker and Constantin Alajalov with three-dimensional pop artist Charles Fazzino. “I was influenced by the great masters of the…

Each September, the Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce presents the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival, a 12-day celebration of Western art. The town-wide festival includes over 50 events including gallery walks, artist demonstrations, and the popular Jackson Hole QuickDraw. The 2025 celebration, now in its 41st year, will take place September 3 through 14. This year’s featured artist is Colt Idol. His dramatic Teton painting Grand Finale was selected to be the official artwork of the 2025 festival, and will be auctioned during the quickdraw event on September 13. Idol has been participating in the festival paint-out for five years and has been attending for 10. “It means the world to me,” says Idol about being the featured artist. “I believe it to be my highest honor and accolade in…

More than 200 juried works will be available to view and purchase on the opening night of the 40th annual Bosque Art Classic, organized by the Bosque Arts Center. For four decades, the Bosque Art Classic has been supporting Western art and artists, showcasing some of the best that the genre has to offer. The show is juried by Cowboy Artists of America member Bruce Greene, who recently won the Express Ranches Great American Cowboy Award at Prix de West. Among the artwork in the upcoming show and sale is Calvin Carter’s Colors of the Past, a watercolor portrait of an early Blackfoot Headman. “The bright colors are inspired by Indigenous regalia and their scenic homelands. His stoic gaze exemplifies honor and tradition that he carries through time,” Carter explains.…

1 Concho belt stuns at Western Trading Post Western Trading Post is enjoying its brand-new space in Wickenburg, Arizona, and right out of the gate it had a strong sale of a concho belt. The sale took place May 7 during the inaugural Advanced Collector’s Auction. The solid 14K-gold belt, made by Navajo jeweler Sunshine Reeves, sold to the winning bidder for $67,000. “We expected the belt to bring at least $40,000 to $45,000 based on the price of gold nowadays,” says Jim Olson, co-owner of Western Trading Post as well as auctioneer for the event. “But when it got to the $60,000 range, we became very excited and were pleased with the final result.” 2 William R. Leigh sells over estimates Heritage Auctions’ May 16 American art sale in…

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…

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,…

Located in the beautiful wilderness surrounding Spirit Lake, Idaho, is the studio of Western and wildlife artist Joe Kronenberg. It was here in this pristine land where my life intersected with a father and son, all within the framework of Western art. The backstory that is woven through this story, a backstory that deserves sunlight here, is this: Joe Kronenberg is the son of an old comrade in arms, a dear friend this writer had not seen since the 1960s when we served together in Vietnam, in Marine Corps Helicopter Squadron HMM361. Several years ago, while driving Highway 95 up the Idaho Panhandle, signage pointed out that the studio of Western artist Joe Kronenberg was in nearby Spirit Lake. Seeing this, an epiphany followed. My old friend had joined the…

More than 120 wildlife artists will be represented in the 65th edition of Society of Animal Artists’ Art & The Animal Exhibition, opening October 10 at the Art Museum of Eastern Idaho in Idaho Falls. Besides the artists, the stars of the show are the animals, which will be shown in many shapes and sizes, and originating from all around the globe. The exhibition, which kicks off on October 10 with a reception that will include many of the society’s participating members, is meant to reinforce the core mission of the organization. The society was formed in 1960 by Patricia Allen Bott and Guido Borghi, “two visionaries who sought to reposition animal art as an important contemporary art form by creating a community of like-minded artists,” the SAA notes in…

This month, Manitou Galleries presents the work of Kenneth Peloke and James Randle in Infinite Horizons. Though the two artists’ styles might differ, they each draw viewers into a deeply emotional and immersive experience. When Randle first started out as a painter, he had a focus on architectural cityscapes. “Then I moved to the Southwest, and I became fascinated with painting this more desolate, abandoned, decaying Americana,” he explains. These days, neon signs are the primary focus of Randle’s work. “They are so freaking fun,” he says. “They’re works of art in their own right, and it feels like I’m creating a piece of art from someone else’s art,” he says. When painting, Randle isn’t aiming to create an exact copy of his reference photograph. He might change the lighting,…

Damian Kinsella was raised in the mountain town of Tehachapi, California, before moving to the Los Angeles area. His still life paintings often reflect his love of history and forgotten arts and crafts in a 19th-century trompe l’oeil style reminiscent of Richard La Barre Goodwin or William Harnett. He often creates the subjects he paints. Beaded items, carvings, scale models and dioramas are created, weathering and antiquing them to make them appear authentic. Even his backgrounds are created to reflect the proper mood and time. He’s named this process “honest forgery.” Kinsella says that it was two early memories that had the most influence on his work. He remembers the fear he felt upon entering his great-grandfather’s dark workshop, a large ram skull hanging over the door. “It was full…

In the early days of Western art, when artists were answering the call to head West, many of them came from the Midwest: Charles M. Russell and Oscar E. Berninghaus came from Missouri; Joseph Henry Sharp from Ohio; Frank Tenney Johnson from Iowa; and Gustave Baumann from Indiana. This “West meets Midwest” theme is the underlying foundation at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis. The popular museum is celebrating its role in Western art as it marks 20 years of its hit exhibition and sale, Quest for the West, which kicks off on September 5 at the Downtown Indianapolis venue. Forty-eight artists will be presenting more than 180 works at the annual show, which features a vast array of genres and categories, from oil paintings…

Trappings of Texas is returning September 18 with another edition of engaging experiences and exceptional Western art and gear. Hosted at the Museum of the Big Bend, the celebrated show will not only include fresh Western artworks in a variety of styles and mediums, but an array of special programming as well. “Trappings of Texas is more than just an art show; it’s a vibrant gathering that brings together artists, ranchers and collectors who share a deep appreciation for this unique way of life,” says Karina Canteñs, curator of temporary exhibits at the museum. “The craftsmanship on display is truly remarkable, with each piece telling a story of dedication, tradition and the enduring spirit of the West.” Featured in the show is everything from intricately designed silver spurs and handcrafted…

This year’s Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale, which runs from September 15 to 20, will feature more than 100 Western artists working in oil, watercolor, pastel, bronze and more. These works will be available to view at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West for a five-week exhibition before being sold at auction on Friday, September 19. A medley of exciting events will be taking place throughout the week in Cody, including a three-day painting workshop with Michael Ome Untiedt from September 15 to 17; a half-day scratchboard workshop with Sally Maxwell on September 18; a lunch and lecture on September 18; and the anticipated quickdraw and sale on September 20. “It’s such an honor to be included in this prestigious art event,” says artist Thomas Kegler, whose highly…

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…

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…

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The 3,000-foot-deep Little Colorado River Gorge appears suddenly on the plains of the Navajo Nation in Arizona. Brett Allen Johnson says it’s one of his favorite subjects. In his 50-by-100-inch painting Two Worlds, he approaches it boldly. “I set out with the idea to create the feeling of standing next to this gorge in this other-worldly landscape,” he explains. “I could paint how it looks. It’s cool when you stand there and see the strong shapes of the sedimentary rocks. I just love the shapes of it. Something about those strong shapes speaks to me, their inner construction like building blocks. I wanted to paint the essence of what I feel there.” He continues, “I was messing around with thumbnail sketches and wanted to sense the mass and the gravity…

Jivan Lee did not set out to be an artist. Though he studied painting at Bard College, he first pursued a career in environmental policy. He was coordinating educational intitiatives with the University of New Mexico in Taos when he started to feel a pull back to the arts. “Art landed with students in a way that didn’t require arm-twisting,” he remembers. “That’s when I started thinking, what if the artistic process could help us relate to complex social and environmental issues?” Lee recommitted himself to painting, and eventually left his environmental policy work behind. His latest show is Uplift at Altamira Fine Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and it takes a close look at New Mexico’s monsoon season. “Usually it takes me a long time to come up with…

Jeremy Bradshaw has long understood how his fascination with wildlife was forged and fostered over the course of his life and career. As a boy in rural California he passed the time chasing frogs, snakes and other critters, and tending the chickens, rabbits and cows on his grandparents’ farm, which led him to working, exploring and fly-fishing in the Sierra Nevada mountains as a young adult. His ever-deepening connection to the creatures of the natural world turned his attention to falconry, an art form he has practiced for the past three decades. When Bradshaw picked up sculpture roughly eight years ago, it was no surprise that his bronzes would take the shape of wildlife, from the tiniest of birds to the biggest of beasts, and everything in between. A selection…

For a new body of work being unveiled this month at Altamira Fine Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, David Grossmann found himself reminiscing about a transformative sunrise on the summit of Mount Sinai in Egypt. Although he climbed that peak more than a decade ago, Grossmann, now the father of two young children, is more keenly attuned to the passage of time than ever. He applies the same powers of observation to nature, and his canvases as they evolve over time. “My son is 3 and my daughter almost 1, and every day they’re a new person and yet they’re the same…so there’s this continuation of who they are and who they’re becoming,” says Grossmann. “With my work, it’s the same sort of process, whether it’s the colors in the…

On September 26, the greatest silver and leather artists in North America are returning to the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. The Traditional Cowboy Arts Association, or TCAA, known for its master craftsmen who create Western gear in silver and leather, is presenting its annual exhibition and sale at the famous Oklahoma museum. “The TCAA focuses on four main disciplines: saddle making, bit and spur making, silversmithing, and rawhide braiding. These crafts are not just about creating functional items for horseback riding and work; they are also about preserving a way of life—embracing the values, culture, and traditions of the cowboy way,” writes Michael J. Nicola for the museum. “The TCAA through their work embodies the code of the West, and this code is based not…