Archives for 2012 September-October Issue

For the Love of Art

For the Love of Art

November 26, 2012 | by

While many great gallery owners and artists make our business special, we chose to visit with a few of them and ask them to share thoughts about what they do. John Coleman (Arizona) 1804, The Newcomers Bronze 37″ High Morgan Weistling End Of Harvest Oil 34″ By 50″ Morgan Weistling Emmie’s Rose March/April 1999 Howard Terpning (Arizona) Among The Spirits Of The Long-Ago People Oil 42″ By 40″ Frank Johnson Night Time In The Canyon Oil 24″ By 18″ Bill Anton (Arizona) Branding At Red Bluff Oil 16″ By 20″
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Keeping Risk Alive

Keeping Risk Alive

September 26, 2012 | by

Bill Anton has been wowing Western art lovers with his paintings of the cowboy for three decades and shows no signs of slowing down. Bill Anton (Arizona) New Mexico Morning Oil 20″ By 30″ I’ve never found anything more compelling to paint than cowboys doing ordinary things. Bill Anton (Arizona) Wild And Rugged Oil 30″ By 48″ The backwater West, canyon-slashed and sun-baked, is home to ranching. As development engulfs more and more of the rural areas, ranchers are left to eek out livings in hard lands with tough, experienced men and women.
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A Journey of My Life

A Journey of My Life

September 26, 2012 | by

The life that Dean Mitchell knew in the poverty stricken rural area where he grew up in many ways can be glimpsed by looking at his art. Dean Mitchell (Florida) Snow Hills Watercolor 20″ By 30″ I love the white of the snow on the land in winter. It is beautiful, airy, and peaceful. Dean Mitchell (Florida) Winter On Gillham Road Watercolor 12″ By 16″ This winter scene is in the greater Kansas City area, about a block or two from the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art. I traveled this road many times when I was a teacher at the
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Filtering Nature’s Truth

Filtering Nature’s Truth

September 26, 2012 | by

Montana artist Josh Elliott has a tag line for his art: “Nature’s truth filtered through the artist.” Josh Elliot (Montana) St. Mary Shores Oil 18″ By 36″ I enjoy painting scenes where you can see the connection of the foreground to the background. Josh Elliot (Montana) Floating Gold Oil 20″ By 20″ Blue and gold is a pleasing color combination. I tried to make an interesting composition. Dividing a painting with half water, half land is typically not recommended. Because the patterns of light and dark are varied, the painting doesn’t look split in half and stagnant.
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A Man and His Medium

A Man and His Medium

September 26, 2012 | by

The stone speaks to me. I let the stone tell me what to do. Doug Hyde (Arizona) People Of The Red Tailed Hawk Bronze 62″ By 40″ By 76″ The Red Tailed Hawk is one of the most common hawks. He is revered in Indian country for his hunting skills and keen vision. The sculpture shows him flying over all the different tribes, from early history to today. Doug Hyde (Arizona) The Drum Echoes Through Our Hearts Utah Alabaster 10″ By 27″ By 19″ This intertribal gathering of many different tribes has the common thread of the drum. It is
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Opening Windows

Opening Windows

September 26, 2012 | by

Born in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1958, and raised in Monroe, Louisiana, Heide Presse is one of a long list of renowned artists, who first honed their talents in the field of commercial art. Heide Presse (Florida) Transition Oil 12″ By 9″ This painting features a mid-19th century teen, still young enough to wear the low neckline common for children’s garments, but transitioning into a young lady with her hair up and wearing one of her mother’s shawls. This is one of my antique paisley shawls, which were very popular in this era. Heide Presse (Florida) The Sound Of Wings Oil
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Emotional Intensity

Emotional Intensity

September 26, 2012 | by

William Shepherd’s still life paintings are more than renditions of interesting objects placed in aesthetically pleasing compositions. They are tantalizing vignettes made even more compelling by the shadows Shepherd places so strategically in each setting. William Shepherd (New Mexico) Shadow Flight Oil 50″ By 48″ This painting was a marathon. I believe it was Picasso who said, ‘Paintings aren’t finished, they are abandoned.’ Shadow Fight gave real meaning to those words. The two greatest difficulties were finding the subtle shades of color and density in the shadows, and finding just the right colors on the surface of the tray to
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