Archives for Portrait

Pursuing Her Passion

Pursuing Her Passion

November 22, 2014 | by

Terri Kelly Moyers has earned several prestigious awards for her paintings, but she has her feet firmly planted on the ground, continuing to challenge herself to paint the scenes and subjects that inspire her and to do so in a way that touches viewers. Affirmation of her doing so has come in the form of numerous awards and a growing cadre of collectors. Terri Kelly Moyers Balconies of Cordoba Oil 24″ x 30″ “This is a painting of some balconies in Cordoba, Spain. We gain inspiration and love to paint wherever we go.” Terri Kelly Moyers El Tejedi de la
Read More

Sharing the Love

Sharing the Love

November 22, 2014 | by

Art is to be appreciated. While a photograph might capture a moment in time or a memorable scene, a painting or sculpture created at the hand of an accomplished artist evokes ongoing conversation—a conversation that changes with each viewer or emotion. Robert Duncan The Chicken Wranglers Oil 22″ x 28″ “The chicken wranglers are my grandchildren, who have these chickens they have raised to be like members of the family. They often carry them around, and the birds are right in the middle of any family activity in the yard. I had to paint them!” Robert Duncan Home For the
Read More

Relationships Are Key

Relationships Are Key

September 22, 2014 | by

After running a successful veterinary practice in Pennsylvania for 20 years, John Fawcett decided to cash it in and forge a new career as a fine artist. It was not a decision he made lightly, however. After all, his first love has always been animals (he bought his first horse at age 10), and leaving his practice behind hadn’t even been a consideration, until he and his wife Elizabeth happened on a Western art show in Arizona. John Fawcett Savvy Watercolor 23″ x 14″ “During gatherings and brandings, it is essential for cowboys to have a good horse that knows
Read More

An Independent Spirit

An Independent Spirit

September 22, 2014 | by

As a fifth generation Oklahoman and a member of the Sweet Potato Clan of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, sculptor Paul Moore has long been fascinated by stories depicting the history of his home state. Many of those stories document the involvement of family members in significant events such as the Trail of Tears, cattle drives along the Chisholm Trail, and the Oklahoma land rushes. Paul Moore Hopi Snake Dancer Bronze 42″ High “Back in the late ’80s, I was fortunate enough to witness the Snake Dance at the Hopi’s first mesa. It was an amazing experience that has remained permanently
Read More

The Softer Side of the West

The Softer Side of the West

July 22, 2014 | by

Spring in the Midwest can be a fickle. One it’s day warm, the next day cold, the next day a blanket of snow settles on the daffodils. Snow is exactly what thwarted a painting trip Montana artist Loren Entz had planned with Alise, his 6-year-old granddaughter, last April. On his way to Kansas, via Omaha, Nebraska, he had stopped to visit his daughter, Rebecca, and was planning to take Alise plein air painting, after hearing a comment she had made not long before. Standing before her mother, Alise had announced, “I don’t know if I want to be a mommy
Read More

I Have Enjoyed Every Minute

I Have Enjoyed Every Minute

May 22, 2014 | by

John Moyers says he is a lucky man. As a young boy, he was surrounded by art and art supplies, thanks to his father, award-winning artist William Moyers. As a teenager, he was mentored by distinguished painter, Robert Lougheed. And, as an adult he met and married his soul mate and fellow artist, Terri Kelly, and the two have happily traveled the world, painting as they go. He is modest about his accomplishments, grateful for the opportunity to spend his life doing what he loves, and excited about the future. John Moyers Return From Blue Lake Oil 30˝ by 48˝
Read More

‘I’m Doing What I Love’

‘I’m Doing What I Love’

May 22, 2014 | by

In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” Polonius counsels his son Laertes, “To thine own self be true,” offering a sage bit of wisdom that remains relevant four centuries later. In the case of Montana-based landscapist Greg Scheibel, defining and responding to his deep inner “self” became an evolutionary process that required more than two decades to come to fruition. Although Scheibel was born in Minnesota, the 53-year-old artist has been a Montana resident since he was 12, when his father, a contractor, relocated the family to Bozeman in order help build the Big Sky ski area. “As a hockey player on our local
Read More

For the Love of Oils

For the Love of Oils

May 22, 2014 | by

Thankfully, there are men and women who eagerly, although admittedly somewhat fearfully, stand in front of blank canvases and gather their courage—and summon all of their skills—to transform them into wondrous works of art. Before they reach that point, however, they have settled on a medium that they feel is best suited to them and their subjects. The artists we feature here have found, for the most part, what they need in oil paints. Nancy Howe Heliotrope Oil 18˝ by 24˝ “I paint because this is the ‘gift’ I was given, the means for me to grow, appreciate, and navigate
Read More

Addicted to Painting

Addicted to Painting

March 22, 2014 | by

Don Weller always intended to make horses his career—but he wasn’t planning on painting them. His goal, he says, was actually to be a rodeo cowboy. It was an obsession that started when Weller was 7 or 8 years old and reading cowboy stories by Will James. He says he whined enough that his mom bought him a horse of his own, which he started riding around his hometown of Pullman, Washington. Don Weller (Utah) A Culdesac of Conjecture Watercolor 18″ x 24″ “These guys are discussing where the cow might be. Nobody knows for sure, but the debate goes
Read More

Fine Art and Freedom

Fine Art and Freedom

March 22, 2014 | by

It’s been an interesting ride for Michael Dudash, an award-winning illustrator who, early in is career, occasionally spent nights locked in a cadaver room at the University of Minnesota, as he sketched illustrations for a medical magazine. Those days are long behind him, and today Dudash is a fine artist, who paints everything from portraits and landscapes to still lifes and Western scenes. C. Michael Dudash (Idaho) Sheriff, A Deputy, A Day’s Catch Oil 28″ x 42″ “As with a lot of my work, this painting tells a story by only telling part of the story. The viewer has to
Read More