Bio

Artist Statement:
My art is a reflection of my passion for the landscape, animals and people of the West. I am a self taught artist and these thoughts/ visions are purely my own.

I start with a very small rough thumbnail sketch to get the composition right and then go directly to canvas. Once I know where the lighting is coming from the rest is a playground of abstraction. Using a palette knife I start to apply spontaneous strokes of thick oil paint, one on top of the other. I do not think about it, I just react to the paint and the emotional energy within myself. After applying many layers of paint, new shapes, colors and images appear and a buffalo or rugged mountain landscape starts to emerge through the paint. I sometimes add two or three colors onto the palette knife, just to see what will happen.

By working in this wet on wet technique, the joy for me is making new discoveries with each painting. I don’t have set colors or details in mind, it could look many different ways. It’s not a matter of looking right, it’s a matter of feeling right. Each stroke of color is a journey and I embrace the mistakes to find the beauty and live in the moment of every painting created.

My goal is to convey constant motion, spiritual energy and show absolute beauty in creating my own personal vision of Colorado and the Southwest.

Biography
My home and studio are in the beautiful Canyons of Castle Pines, Colorado. I have been an artist and illustrator for over thirty years and lived in Colorado for most of my life. Previously I was a freelance illustrator and created illustrations for national advertising agencies, design firms and publications. Some of my clients included IBM, Coors Light, McGraw-Hill Publishing and American Express.

I am a full time painter and have been selling these new contemporary oil paintings here in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah and Oklahoma.

Represented by:

West Lives On Gallery
75 Glenwood Street
Jackson WY 8300
www.westliveson.com

Wilde Myer Gallery
4142 N. Marshall Way
Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

2890 E. Skyline Drive, Suite 170
Tucson, Arizona 85718
www.wildemeyer.com

Wilder Nightingale Fine Art Gallery
119 Kit Carson Rd, Taos, NM 87571
www.wnightingale.com

Lovetts Gallery
6528 E. 51st St
Tulsa, Ok 74145
www.lovettsgallery.com

Thomas Anthony Gallery
340 Main St, Park City Utah 84060
www.thomasanthonygallery.com

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Exhibitions:

2023

Broadmoor Traditions Fine Art Festival
COLORADO SPRINGS’ BROADMOOR NEIGHBORHOOD
The Colorado Springs School
Saturday and Sunday July 22 – 23

Crested Butte Arts Festival
Crested Butte Community School
Friday to Sunday August 4th – 6th

SUMMER ART MARKET
August 26 – 27
Art Students League of Denver
200 Grant Street, Denver

2019

Crested Butte Arts Festival
August 3-4 2019
Elk Avenue in Downtown Crested Butte, a National Historic District

Breckenridge July Art Festival
July 4-6 2019
Main Street Station and the Village at Breckenridge at the south end of town

Art Students League of Denver Summer Show
June 8-9 2019
Annual Summer Show at the League 200 Grant St Denver

Denver Arts Festival
May 25 -26 2019
8304 E 49th Pl Denver 80216

2018

Curtis Center for the Arts and Humanities – Group Show
November 5 – December 29 2018
Greenwood Village CO

28th Annual Golden Arts Festival
August 18 – 19 2018
Annual Summer Show Golden CO

Center For The Arts, Evergreen Summerfest 2018
July 21-22 2018
Evergreen CO

35th Annual Breckenridge Art Festival
July 6-7-8 2018
Annual Summer Show in Breckenridge, Colorado

Art Students League of Denver Summer Show
6-9-2018
Annual Summer Show at the League 200 Grant St Denver

2017

Lovett’s Gallery
10-16-2017
The Good, The Bad and the WTF Group Showing Opening night October 21st

Mirada Fine Art Gallery
08-04-2017
“Natural Elements” 3 Person show, Opening night October 6th 6-9pm, show runs through the October 31

Colorado Artfest at Castle Rock
07-24-2017
28th Annual Colorado Artfest at Castle Rock Colorado
September 9-10

Wilde Meyer Gallery
05-30-2017
“Celebrate Summer” Group showing, July 2-August 2

Tracy Miller Gallery
05-05-2017
“Cowboys and Indians” May 19 – June 15

Lovetts Gallery
05-05-2017
“Mirror Mirror” June 10th Opening, group showing

Art Students League Summer Show
05-05-2017
“27th Annual Summer Show” June 10th and 11th 200 Grant Street, Denver

Wilde Meyer Gallery
04-06-2017
“Wild Things” April 6th – April29th

Mirada Fine Art
03-27-2017
” Calm In The Storm” Group showing of the core artists, show runs April 1-31

Wilde Meyer Gallery
01-05-2017
“Oil and Acrylics” Show begins January 8th, runs through February 1st

2016
Mirada Fine Art, Indian Hills CO
“Wild” and “Storytellers – Group Shows