Western Art Collector November 2025/No. 219

Welcome to the November issue of Western Art Collector! Happy Thanksgiving and we hope you enjoy the festivities as the holidays begin. Small artworks are synonymous with this issue for a good reason—they make great gifts! Small works are the most versatile way to add to your collection. If you have a small space available on your wall, bring in a masterpiece at a small scale for that space. Small works can sometimes have more detail, more storytelling and more emotion in them. This is because the artist must get their vision across in a smaller space than on a large canvas. They get in there and create scenarios that astonish collectors. In fact, on several occasions Michael Clawson, while judging for our Award of Excellence, has chosen a small…

Kevin Doyle, managing director at the Jackson Hole Art Auction, said something after his hit September sale that really reverberated with me. The quote is in the article on Page 116, but here it is again: “I’m so grateful to be in this genre. It doesn’t get more exciting than this.” International Artist Publishing has five art titles: American Art Collector, American Fine Art Magazine, Native American Art, International Artist and Western Art Collector. Having contributed to all five titles, I have something I want to repeat: “I’m so grateful to be in this genre. It doesn’t get more exciting than this.” Every American art community is unique and wonderful. I truly love the scenes that swirl around each one, whether it’s contemporary realism in Los Angeles, or American Art…

November 7-8 Cowboy Artists of America 59th Annual Exhibition & Sale WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL CENTER Fort Worth, TX – www.cowboyartistsofamerica.com November November 1 Lone Star Art Auction RENAISSANCE DALLAS HOTEL Dallas, TX – (469) 608-7600 www.lonestarartauction.com November 5-8 Beaux Arts Fundraiser Gala and Online Art Auction SCOTTSDALE ARTISTS’ SCHOOL Scottsdale, AZ – (480) 990-1422 www.scottsdaleartschool.org November 6 Western and Contemporary Native American Art Online FREEMAN’S | HINDMAN Denver, CO – (303) 825-1855 www.hindmanauctions.com November 6-December 6 Phyllis Shafer STREMMEL GALLERY Reno, NV – (775) 786-0558 www.stremmelgallery.com November 7 Small Works, Great Wonders NATIONAL COWBOY & WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM Oklahoma City, OK – (405) 478-2250 swgw.nationalcowboymuseum.org November 7 Western Art: Visions of the American Frontier HERITAGE AUCTIONS Dallas, TX – (877) 437-4824 www.ha.com November 7-8 Cowboy Artists of America 59th Annual Exhibition &…

January 8, 2026 Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale Denver, CO – (303) 291-2567 January 16, 2026 Petrie Institute of Western Art Symposium Denver, CO – (720) 865-5000 January 23-24, 2026 Old West Show & Auction Las Vegas, NV – (877) 968-8880 February 14-15, 2026 Southeastern Wildlife Exposition Charleston, SC – (843) 723-1748 March 2026 (Dates TBA) Out West Art Show & Sale Great Falls, MT – (406) 590-1961 March 2026 (Dates TBA) Heritage Auctions’ Art of the West Dallas, TX – (877) 437-4824 March 19-21, 2026 March in Montana Coeur d’Alene, ID – (208) 664-2091 March 19-21, 2026 The Russell Great Falls, MT – (406) 727-1939 March 27-28, 2026 Briscoe Western Art Museum Night of Artists San Antonio, TX – (210) 299-4499 March 27-29, 2026 Desert Caballeros Cowgirl UP!…

When collectors return to Denver in 2026 for the Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale, they will have the chance to own work from Logan Maxwell Hagege, who was recently announced as the featured artist of the January 2026 show. Next year’s Coors event will be a significant one as the show moves into its new home at the Legacy, a state-of-the-art exhibition space that has been planned for many years by the show’s presenter, the National Western Stock Show. “We are delighted to have Logan Maxwell Hagege as the featured artist for the 2026 edition of the Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale,” says Kate Hlavin, curator of the Coors Western Art Show. “This year marks a milestone for the National Western Stock Show as we embark on our new…

1 Liz Hovley unveils major new work We first mentioned Liz Hovley’s work in this section in July 2022. Since then, her painting has not only stepped up quite a bit, but she is also evolving in an exciting direction. Last time we showed her work, she was painting large animal subjects, such as bulls and bison, against abstracted geometric backgrounds of color. She does still work in that style, but she has also added a more grounded style with realistic backgrounds and a focus on human subjects. One stunning recent example from her studio is Throwing the Quilt, showing a woman unfurling a country quilt outdoors in the prairie wind. Definitely keep watching this artist and the exciting work coming from her studio. See more of her work at www.lizhovley.com.…