Dave McGary’s Bear Tracks bronze sculpture in front of Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West in Scottsdale, Arizona. Photo by Alyssa M. Tidwell.
Arizona has a thriving art scene from the southernmost areas of the state all the way to its northern border. We’re talking the Phoenix Valley and Scottsdale, Wickenburg, Prescott, Flagstaff, Tucson, the Southern Arizona area and more. Every one of these cities and metropolitan areas has something significant to offer in the world of art and culture. When in Arizona, you really can’t go wrong.
Located in the Valley, Scottsdale’s Old Town district is teeming with Western art and the Western way of life. Ed Mell’s iconic bronco sculpture Jack Knife sets the tone for numerous galleries that focus on cowboy culture and Western art. Check out Main Street for a stroll through galleries such as Legacy Gallery, Alta Mira Fine Art, the recently relocated King Galleries and more. Close by, on Marshall Way, is Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West, one of the great new Western destinations in the country. And be sure to stop in for the annual January event, the Celebration of Fine Art held in the big white tents in north Scottsdale, in which a number of Western paintings and bronzes are on view in addition to a wide range of contemporary art.
The entrance to Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West in Old Town Scottsdale. Photo by Alyssa M. Tidwell
Traveling northwest, you’ll find Wickenburg, where prospector Henry Wickenburg originally settled in the mid-1800s in search of gold. This is a town that feels truly Western with wide-open spaces and guest ranches. The Desert Caballeros Western Museum is a gem for Western art lovers, holding many prominent shows annually, including the heART of the West Gala and Cowgirl Up! Art from the Other Half of the West Exhibition and Sale. Running through March 8 is Ed Mell’s Southwest: Five Decades, celebrating Mell’s visionary art across the past 50 years.
The Phippen Museum in Prescott is known for its vast collection of 19th- to early 21st-century paintings, etchings, drawings, bronze sculptures, photography and Native American artifacts. The museum holds major annual Western shows and events like the Western Art Show & Sale and Hold Your Horses! Exhibition & Sale.
Nearing the northern portion of the Grand Canyon State is Flagstaff, where visitors will find not only an energetic atmosphere for arts and culture, but great breweries and gastropubs. Explore venues like West of the Moon Gallery, as well as the Museum of Northern Arizona, which houses a collection of 1,900 works by important Native American and Anglo-American artists, many of whom lived and worked on the Colorado Plateau. 
The historic Yavapai County Courthouse in Prescott, Arizona
And finally, there’s the southern city of Tucson, awash in the distinct culture of the Southwest. The Tucson Museum of Art contains an art of the American West collection, filled with historic works that tell the stories of the American West. Artists whose works can be found in the collection include Maynard Dixon, Howard Post, Charles M. Russell, Fritz Scholder, Joseph Henry Sharp, Olaf Wieghorst and others. In addition, collectors can browse artwork in Tucson at places like Settlers West Galleries and Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery. 
The Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg, Arizona.
Arizonans and visitors alike can explore dozens of other outstanding art venues, artists and Western events across the state, some of which include the anticipated yearly exhibition and sale Brian Lebel’s Mesa Old West Show & Auction, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Alexandria Winslow, Bill Nebeker, Madaras Gallery, Lisa Danielle, Mountain Trails Gallery, Randy Galloway, Risa Waldt, Bischoff’s Gallery, Sheila Cottrell, Russell Parker, Sherry Blanchard Stuart, Bruce Aiken, Susan Kliewer, Thunderbird Artists Gallery and more.
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Legacy Gallery, Pathfinders of the North, oil, 52 x 46”, by C. Michael Dudash.
Legacy Gallery
7178 E. Main Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
(480) 945-1113
www.legacygallery.com
The Legacy Gallery has been a staple in art world for the past 31 years. Their showroom in Scottsdale is on the corner of Main Street and Scottsdale Road, right in the heart of the art district. They represent the top Western artists including Martin Grelle, Kyle Polzin, John Coleman, Bill Anton and Glenn Dean to name a few.
Legacy Gallery will be hosting two artists’ focuses during the winter—Daniel Keys from January 30 to February 9, which will feature 20 new works encompassing still lifes, landscapes and portrait subject matters. Oreland Joe’s works will be on display during the Heard Museum’s Indian Fair and Market from February 27 to March 8. Tales of the Painted West Show and Sale will be C. Michael Dudash’s first major show in a long while, on display from March 7 to 15 with an artist reception and sale on March 7.
The interior of Legacy Gallery on Main Street in Old Town Scottsdale.
Legacy Gallery, Harmony in Yellow & Green, oil, 19 x 31”, by Daniel Keys.
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The “Rug Room” at Medicine Man Gallery in Tucson, Arizona.
Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery
6872 E. Sunrise Drive, Suite 130, Tucson, AZ 85750
(520) 722-7798, (800) 422-9382
office@medicinemangallery.com
www.medicinemangallery.com
Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery specializes in Native American antiques, with a large online inventory that includes Navajo rugs, Navajo blankets, Pueblo pottery, Native American basketry, Hopi and Zuni katsinas, beadwork and old pawn and contemporary Native American jewelry. Other specialties include the lifework of Maynard Dixon, and the Taos founders. Contemporary artists include Ed Mell, Howard Post, Billy Schenck, Josh Elliott, Francis Livingston, Ray Roberts, Dennis Ziemienski, Stephen C. Datz, John Moyers, Terri Kelly Moyers, Glenn Dean, Fred Fellows, Deborah Copenhaver Fellows, Susan Kliewer, Veryl Goodnight, Doug Hyde and many others. A number of shows are planned at the gallery for January and February: Stephen C. Datz, Canyons, Buttes, & Beyond from January 17 to February 7; New Works by Ziemienski running February 9 to 20; and New Works by Mell from February 21 to March 13.
Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Wild and Scenic, oil, 30 x 60”, by Stephen C. Datz.
Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Deep Canyon Forms, oil, 20 x 20”, by Ed Mell.
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The exterior of Settlers West Galleries in Tucson.
Settlers West Galleries
6420 N. Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85718
(520) 299-2607, www.settlerswest.com
info@settlerswest.com
Established in 1971, Settlers West Galleries is the premier destination for fine Western paintings and sculpture, featuring works by Daniel Smith, R.S. Riddick, A.T. Cox, Robert Griffing, Scott Tallman Powers and many other talented artists.
Settlers West Galleries, Bright Eyes, oil, 6 x 6", by Mark McKenna.
The gallery’s next exhibition is its annual American Miniatures show on February 8, which features more than 350 small works by 200 artists. “We pioneered this concept in the Western art market, and while we’ve seen many galleries and museums duplicate our format, our show holds a special place in discriminating collectors’ hearts,” says the gallery. The show opens with a preview beginning at 9 a.m. on February 8, followed by a reception at 5:30 p.m., and concludes with a purchase draw at 7 p.m. All works from the sale will be featured on the gallery website beginning January 24.
Settlers West Galleries, Change is Coming to His Way of Life, oil, 12 x 9", by Z.S. Liang.
Settlers West will also host the 50th Anniversary National Exhibition for Women Artists of the West. March 27 is the opening reception, where collectors will be able to choose from more than 120 works by 120 women. This exhibit will hang in the gallery through April 17.
On May 2 the annual Summer Show closes out the season. This show features familiar favorites as well as rising stars in the art world and will include 90 works by 51 talented artists.
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An outdoor view of King Galleries’ new location on Main Street in Scottsdale, Arizona.
King Galleries
7077 E. Main Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85251,
(480) 481-0187, www.kinggalleries.com
King Galleries is one of the premier galleries for Native pottery. The gallery features clay art from 1920 to the present representing contemporary work by Nathan Youngblood, Al Qöyawayma, Virgil Ortiz, Susan Folwell, Tammy Garcia and historic work by Tony Da, Maria Martinez and Margaret Tafoya. The gallery also features paintings by young Native artists including Mateo Romero, Kwani Povi Winder, Derek No-Sun Brown, George Alexander and Patrick Hubbell. Upcoming events at the gallery include a show featuring landscape paintings by Romero in January; Jennifer Tafoya and Chris Youngblood: New Works in Clay in February; and in March King Galleries hosts its annual Heard Indian Market Show, which will feature more than eight gallery artists and is one of the gallery’s best-attended events in Scottsdale each year. 
King Galleries, Abique, oil on canvas, by Mateo Romero.
King Galleries, Hopi Sun, oil on board, 20 x 15", by Kwani Povi Winder.
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Bischoff’s Gallery, Ancestor’s Voices, oil on board, 20 x 24", by G. Russell Case.
Bischoff’s Gallery
3925 N. Brown Avenue, Scottsdale, AZ
(480) 946-6155, sales@bischoffsouthwestart.com
www.bischoffsouthwestart.com
For anyone who knows the Southwest, G. Russell Case paints what you actually see. Somehow he captures on a two-dimensional canvas the three-dimensional vistas of some of nature’s most magnificent formations and landscapes. The light and color he paints is true and unique to the moment. The artwork of Case, along with many Western artists, is showcased at Bischoff’s Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona. The artist’s work also has an aura of realism that makes viewers feel as though they were standing next to him as he makes his brush strokes. In his own words he says, “What I love about painting our natural world are those moments of the day that seem to transcend and make you stop breathing so there is no distraction.” Bischoff’s Gallery invites art lovers and collectors to visit its collection of Case’s extraordinary work. 
Bischoff’s Gallery, Autumn Cliffs, oil on board, 12 x 16", by G. Russell Case.
The gallery also features a wide array of different collections including Native American pottery and jewelry, Navajo rugs, Southwest jewelry, Hopi katsina dolls, baskets and more.
Bischoff’s Gallery, Watching Sheep, oil on board, 12 x 16", by G. Russell Case.
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An interior view of Mountain Trails Gallery in Sedona, Arizona.
Mountain Trails Gallery
336 SR 179, Suite A201, Sedona, AZ 86336, (928) 282-3225
www.mountaintrailssedona.com
Mountain Trails Gallery in Sedona has been a destination for American Western fine art for more than 30 years. From traditional subjects and styles to more contemporary interpretations of the West, Mountain Trails Gallery continues to offer a large and varied selection of paintings, sculpture and mixed media fine art from more than 50 award-winning artists.
Mountain Trails Gallery, Close Friends, oil, 48 x 48”, by Gregory Stocks.
New to Mountain Trails Gallery is Western cowboy artist Don Weller, whose oil paintings capture the proud traditions of ranching life. The gallery’s fresh face of Western contemporary is Utah landscape painter Michelle Condrat who is captivated by the grandeur as well as all the intricate configurations of the Grand Canyon. The gallery is also honored to exhibit the works of Linda Glover Gooch, Bill Cramer, Dustin Payne, Susan Kliewer, Vic Payne, Deborah Copenhaver Fellows, Curt Mattson, Raymond Gibby, Bryce Pettit, Mark Edward Adams, Kristii Melaine, Marcia Molnar, George Molnar, Sandra Passmore Byland and many others. 
Mountain Trails Gallery, Rain Showers, oil, 12 x 12”, by Linda Glover Gooch.
Upcoming shows at Mountain Trails Gallery include Ancient Lands: Grand Canyon and Beyond, which opens with a reception on March 6; Traditions in Western Sculpture: Figurative, Wildlife, and the Stories They Tell, opening with a reception on July 3; and Colors of the West, opening with a reception on October 2.
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The interior of Madaras Gallery.
Madaras Gallery
3035 N. Swan Road, Tucson, AZ 85712,
(520) 615-3001, diana@madaras.com
www.madaras.com
Madaras Gallery has been located in Tucson, Arizona, for more than 20 years and is known as the “Home of Southwest Art.” Diana Madaras’ iconic depictions of the Arizona landscape recently earned her Tucson’s Best Visual Artist a record nine times. Her colorful artwork celebrates the breathtaking beauty of the desert in a way that is both intense and dramatic. She paints in watercolor and acrylic, and her diverse portfolio also includes expressive animal portraits, rustic Western scenes and vibrant florals. 
Madaras Gallery, Sea of Prickly Pear, acrylic, 36 x 72”, by Diana Madaras.
Madaras Gallery, Quanah Parker, acrylic, 30 x 24”, by John Nieto (1936-2018).Madaras Gallery also features the work of 26 guest artists including John Nieto, Doug Oliver, Chauncey Homer, Nicholas Wilson, Jim Gruzalski, Al Glann and Rory Combs. When visiting the 2,800-square-foot location guests can find original paintings, sculpture, canvas reproductions and a unique line of Southwest gifts. The gallery is a must-see for locals and travelers alike. On January 19, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Madaras Gallery will host a Bling in the New Year party, where Madaras will be on-site signing art and 2020 calendars. Whitney Wilkening will also be in the gallery showcasing her original collection of royalty-inspired travel jewelry. On Thursday, March 5, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Madaras Gallery will host First Thursday with special guest Glann. The gallery then hosts its annual All Artist Show, one of the biggest events of the year, on Sunday, March 8, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Madaras will unveil her new original paintings. The show will also feature small works from several Madaras Gallery guest artists.
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Bill Nebeker (center) along with Red Steagall, Steve Todd, Marshall Trimble and Mike Ingram at the Shemer Honors dinner gala where he was named Arizona Artist of 2019 by Shemer Art Center & Museum.
Bill Nebeker
(928) 445-7170
bronzes@billnebeker.com
www.billnebeker.com
Bronze sculptor Bill Nebeker began sculpting in 1964 after attending an art show by the first president of the Cowboy Artists of America, George Phippen. Nebeker then became a member of that same prestigious Western art organization in 1978. Nebeker strives to produce artwork that gives an honest and authentic portrayal of the historic American West or contemporary ranch life, with quiet tributes, subtle humor and wry observations making up the fiber of his work. Nebeker’s 20-inch-high bronze Beats Any Job in Town, depicting a cowboy with his rope and saddle, will be included in the Autry Museum of the American West’s annual Masters of the American West Exhibition and Sale from February 8 to March 22. “The American cowboy has always been an example of the independent, self-reliant, dependable man who always gives his boss a hard day’s work for an honest day’s pay,” says the artist, reflecting on the piece. This past fall, Nebeker was named Arizona Artist of 2019 by the Shemer Art Center & Museum in Phoenix during its annual Shemer Honors dinner gala. The award recognizes an Arizona artist who has achieved great success in his or her career and given back to the Arizona community. 
Bill Nebeker, Beats Any Job in Town, bronze, 20 x 12 x 9"
Bill Nebeker, High Noon, bronze, 32 x 15 x 16”
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Visitors browse Manitou Galleries’ booth at the 2019 Mesa Old West Show & Auction.
Brian Lebel’s Old West Events
3201 Zafarano Drive, Suite C585 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507
(480) 779-9378, contactus@oldwestevents.com
www.oldwestevents.com
Famed for its wide variety of Western materials—from repeater rifles and cowboy hats to poker chips and silver spurs—Brian Lebel’s Mesa Old West Show & Auction is one of two major events organized by Brian Lebel’s Old West Events. Held every January in Mesa, Arizona, and every June in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Old West Events’ shows consist of a weekend vendor sale with hundreds of dealers, along with an exciting, live Saturday night auction. Both events feature the best authentic Western art, antiques and artifacts available for public sale. 
Brian Lebel’s Old West Events, Wind Riders, oil on linen mounted on board, 30 x 24”, by Eric Michaels. Estimate: $3/4,000
The auction portion of Lebel’s events feature the finest Western artists and craftsmen, and hold a number of auction records for artist Edward Borein. Frequent artists available include Will James, Maynard Dixon, Charles M. Russell, Olaf Wieghorst, Nick Eggenhofer, John and Terri Kelly Moyers, Michael Coleman, Eric Michaels, William Moyers, Joe Beeler, Edward S. Curtis, Marjorie Reed and many others. 
Brian Lebel’s Old West Events, Shoshone beaded gauntlets Estimate: $4/6,000
The 30th Annual Mesa Old West Show & Auction will be held January 25 in Mesa, and the 31st Annual Cody Old West Show & Auction will be held June 27 in Santa Fe.
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The studio on the porch of Cottrell’s family’s ranch near Tombstone, Arizona, where she often works.
Sheila Cottrell
(520) 245-8166
sheilacottrell@aol.com
www.sheilacottrell.com
A love of Old West history and the lives of her family in Texas in the 1800s inspire the artwork of oil painter Sheila Cottrell, as well as the stories of early Arizona. Represented by Settlers West Gallery in Tucson, Arizona, and Big Horn Gallery in Tubac, Arizona, and Cody, Wyoming, Cottrell’s paintings capture the sentiments of the West with scenes of cowboys on horseback, cattle, wagons, ranching and other quintessentially Western subject matter. While the artist studied at the University of Arizona and Scottsdale Artists School, she considers her real painting education to have begun in 1983 with her tutorship under James Reynolds.
Collectors can view Cottrell’s work at numerous upcoming or currently running shows, including Settlers West Gallery’s American Miniatures show beginning February 8 and the 50th Annual Mountain Oyster Club Contemporary Western Art Show & Sale running through January.
Sheila Cottrell, Cowboy Hitchin’ Up for a Dry Ride, oil, 20 x 30"
Sheila Cottrell, Catchin’ Up, oil, 18 x 24"
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Bruce Aiken hiking through the Himalayas
Bruce Aiken
113 N. San Francisco Street, Suite 209, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
(928) 226-2882, www.bruceaiken.com
Born and raised in New York City and classically trained at the School of Visual Arts, painter Bruce Aiken is one of the leading artists capturing scenes of the Grand Canyon and the American Southwest. Beginning around 1972, the artist spent 33 years living in Roaring Springs, about 5½ miles below the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Bruce Aiken, Ama-study, watercolor on Arches paper, 12 x 10”
“I have spent probably three-quarters [of my art career] living and painting in the Grand Canyon,” says Aiken. “I really made an impact there.” He’s had numerous retrospective exhibitions over the years and his artwork can be found in private and corporate collections across the world. “I’ve sold virtually everything I’ve done...As a result of that, I’ve had great success and I’m thankful for that. I’m personal friends with all of the older career artist in Arizona,” he says, citing artists like Ed Mell and Curt Walters, with whom the artist has had numerous exhibitions.
Aiken works on a sketch amid magnificent mountains.
“I have to say, people mostly like my Grand Canyon work, and that’s what I’m mostly commissioned to do,” says Aiken. However, his sense of wanderlust extends across the globe as the artist embarks on worldly adventures, always ready for the next great scene to capture. Recently, he’s been focusing on painting other “magnificent, huge” mountains including a trek that took him through the Himalayas. Most recently, he reached the summit of an 18,000-foot peak in the Himalayas just to get a glimpse of Mount Everest. “My career has expanded so many decades, it’s critical for artists to have growth, and that’s what I’m going through right now,” he says. While Aiken still works primarily in oil, he also does field work in watercolor as well as pen and ink sketches. “I will not accept mediocrity,” says Aiken. “I must continue to follow my creative core and not be stuck doing one thing.”
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A bright and early view of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute.
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Ironwood Art Gallery
2021 N. Kinney Road, Tucson, AZ 85743
(520) 883-3024
arts@desertmuseum.org
www.desertmuseum.org
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a renowned combination of zoo, natural history museum, botanical garden and art gallery that reflects the diverse flora and fauna of the Sonoran Desert. The ASDM Art Institute was founded more than 20 years ago with the goal of promoting conservation through art education. In the 1990s, Priscilla Baldwin studied botanical illustration and became an ardent conservationist. In 1998, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum School of Natural History Art was founded by Priscilla Baldwin and her husband Michael. A few years later the name was changed to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute (AI). Today the Art Institute provides art classes, curates art exhibits and manages a growing art collection, all of which attract students and visitors from around the world.
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Northern Aplomado Falcon, oil on linen, 28½ x 22½”, by Larry Fanning.
The museum hosts Artists for Conservation’s annual juried International Exhibit of Nature in Art, one of the top conservation-themed art exhibits and sales in the world. The show provides a rare opportunity for art collectors to buy original artwork by internationally acclaimed artists and directly support conservation work. ASDM will also be hosting Vanishing Circles: Portraits of Disappearing Wildlife of the Sonoran Desert Region, including works of art that portray vulnerable, endangered and extirpated species indigenous to the Sonoran Desert regions. 
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Aravaipa Canyon, oil, 18 x 24”, by Ken Stockton.
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The Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg, Arizona. Photo by Wayne Norton.
Desert Caballeros Western Museum
21 N. Frontier Street, Wickenburg, AZ 85390
(928) 684-2272, www.westernmuseum.org
Embark on a genuine adventure at Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg, Arizona, where world-class art collections meet immersive historical exhibitions. DCWM’s galleries and audio tours tell the fascinating stories of explorers, cowboys, miners and others who lived and worked in the American West. At the core of the museum’s art collection are works by George Catlin, Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Remington, Charles M. Russell, the Cowboy Artists of America and the Taos Society of Artists. Recent additions to the museum’s collection include pieces by New Mexico artists Michael Naranjo and Kim Wiggins.
Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Southern Arizona Longhorn, oil on linen, 18 x 24”, by Ed Mell.
Painter, sculptor and illustrator Ed Mell will become the seventh recipient of the Desert Caballeros Western Museum’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Museum’s annual heART of the West Gala on Saturday, January 18, 2020. An accompanying exhibition, Ed Mell’s Southwest: Five Decades will be on view at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum from December 21 through March 8 and will cover the full breadth of his career. With an eye on the horizon, the museum hosts its Cowgirl Up! Art from the Other Half of the West Invitational Exhibition and Sale each spring. Featuring the talents of more than 50 of the country’s best Western women artists, the event runs from March 27 through May 10.
Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Study for hard set of Riders of the Purple Sage, oil on linen board, 20 x 10”, by Ed Mell.
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Lisa Danielle, Vestment of Valor, acrylic, 36 x 48"
Lisa Danielle
Paintbrush Ranch Studio
Sedona, AZ, (928) 821-0796
paintbrushranch@yahoo.com
www.paintbrushranch.com
Thirty-eight years in Arizona has given still life painter Lisa Danielle abundant inspiration. From her cottage studio in West Sedona, she envisions the connections between the artifacts she lives with or has access to from her vantage point near reservations, ranches and museums and how these things inter-relate and play off one another. All things made by hands of those for whom every day was a struggle for survival, yet prioritized surrounding themselves with beauty—these are irresistible subjects for this artist.
Lisa Danielle, Keepers of the Corn, acrylic, 24 x 20"
Danielle’s artwork exudes dramatic lighting and bold design to draw the viewer across the room, then rewards with rich patina, nuance and detail upon closer examination. This is her goal and style. These primarily acrylic paintings are featured in divergent galleries like Mockingbird Gallery in Bend, Oregon, and Sorrel Sky in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as well as at Mountain Trails Gallery in Sedona, Mainview Gallery in Scottsdale and Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery in Tucson.
The artist can be found in her studio nearly every day, preferring the continuity of creating to supply her galleries over the deadlines and travel of shows. The major exception has been participation in the Desert Caballeros Museum’s Cowgirl Up! show for 13 years. This year will also be her first showing in Prescott at Phippen Museum’s Miniature Masterpiece sale, through the month of May. Whether through her galleries or interacting with the public, Danielle is excited to share the aesthetic that connects across cultures and vast time spans and feels the ultimate connection in her life is someone so moved by her art that they make it part of their life.
Lisa Danielle, Storm Patterns, acrylic, 40 x 40"
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Susan Kliewer in her studio working on her bronze Victory Dance.
Susan Kliewer
P.O. Box 897, Sedona, AZ 86339,
(982) 282-4612, (928) 282-3225
www.mountaintrailssedona.com/susan-kliewer
Susan Kliewer is a native of Southern California, but has made Arizona her home for 45 years. She spent five of those years at Marble Canyon Trading Post in a remote area of Northern Arizona, adjacent to the Navajo Reservation. A painter since the age of 10, Susan turned to sculpting in 1987, after working in an art casting foundry for 10 years.
Susan Kliewer, Victory Dance, bronze, 21 x 7½ x 7”
Among the numerous awards she has won, Kliewer is especially proud of the Governor’s Award at the Cowgirl Up! show in 2007 as well as in 2012, First Place for Sculpture in 2008, and the People’s Choice Award in 2012, also at Cowgirl Up! at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg, Arizona. Susan is represented by Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery in Tucson, Arizona; Mountain Spirit Gallery in Prescott, Arizona; and by Cameron Trading Post in Cameron, Arizona. She is also represented by Mountain Trails Galleries in Sedona, Arizona; Jackson, Wyoming; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Park City, Utah.
Susan Kliewer, Crow Fair Shawl Dancer, bronze, 25 x 16 x 9”
Kliewer focuses on figurative, expressive works using her Native American, as well as her ranching, friends and relatives as models to capture that special intimacy which is a hallmark of her work. She will be participating in a number of exhibitions at Mountain Trails Gallery Sedona in 2020 including Made in Arizona, which opens with a reception on Friday, January 3, from 5 to 8 p.m. The show features artists who are inspired by the beauty of place and the spirit of the history and cultures that make Arizona unique.
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Randy Galloway, Serenity, oil on linen, 18 x 14"
Randy Galloway
Twisted Fire Studio, 4774 E. Quailbrush Road, Cave Creek, AZ 85331,
(480) 745-0451, dreamworx@q.com, www.randygallowayfineart.com
Randy Galloway was born in Carlsbad, New Mexico, surrounded by adobe buildings, women in crushed velvet and squash blossom necklaces and Native American kids bused in from the reservation for school. Galloway says he knew he lived in a special place and loved the Southwest as a kid. “No one in our family had ever been an artist, so I was an anomaly,” says the artist. “I had something unique but no one to mentor me, so I had to grow with it slowly, making discoveries on my own.”
Randy Galloway, Stealing the Show, bronze, 16 x 9 x 8"
Earning a BFA in graphic design from Arizona State University, Galloway worked in graphic design for 35 years. “Soon after my older brother died of melanoma, I decided I had better do my fine art before it was too late…Inspired by Howard Terpning, then Martin Grelle and John Coleman I fell in love with the Old West and the Native Americans of the 1800s. I started going to photoshoots and sold at various shows around the Southwest. A few years ago I decided to try sculpting and now spend my time split between painting, drawing and sculpting. I enjoy being versatile.” His current style is defined by realism, detailed but remains textural. He tends to focus on images that are like character portraits, mostly full figures in scenes of the Old West—sometimes a little whimsical, but always seeking to capture the beauty of the people. “I’m drawn to the Buffalo culture of the Plains tribes and the beautiful craft of the Pueblo tribes…I have a million ideas and projects to do, if only the clock would slow down. I’m so glad I got to express myself as an artist.”
Randy Galloway, Lakota Honor, charcoal on toned handmade paper, 22 x 16"
Galloway will be showing at the Celebration of Fine Art in Scottsdale January through March as well as the Phippen Western Art Show and Sale in May.
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Museum of Northern Arizona, Inlaw/Outlaw, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20”, by Ryan Singer.
Museum of Northern Arizona
3101 N. Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
(928) 774-5213, www.musnaz.org
Immerse yourself in Southwest Native arts and natural wonders at this nationally awarded museum. Colorful art installations by Dan Namingha and Melissa Cody greet visitors approaching the museum. Inside, nine exhibit galleries present paintings, sculpture, traditional Native arts and culture, jewelry, pottery, weaving and more. The Native Peoples of the Colorado Plateau Gallery portrays the arts and culture of 10 tribes of the Colorado Plateau: Zuni, Acoma, Southern Ute, Southern Paiute, Hopi, Havasupai, Hualapai, Yavapai and Dilzhe’e Apache and Diné (Navajo). Through more than 350 objects selected by 42 tribal consultants, this collection reflects tribal histories, values and cultures. Babbitt Gallery houses an impressive and beautiful ceramics and jewelry collection, including works by Nampeyo and a display on Hopi overlay jewelry. Current exhibitions include a playful and thought-provoking display of Native art inspired by the Star Wars series and large-scale watercolors of the Grand Canyon and Mount Everest. These modern exhibitions are housed in a historic building shaded by ponderosa pines with stunning views of the San Francisco peaks, conveniently located on the road connecting Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon. Admission is free for children ages 9 and under, with lots of hands-on activities to engage them. Bring home genuine tribal art, jewelry and fun facts. Look online for the schedule of festivals and events. Upcoming exhibitions at the museum include Searching for a Bigger Subject: Tony Foster through February 16 and The Force is With Our People through May 25.
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Alexandria Winslow, Great American Southwest, acrylic on gallery wrap canvas, 36 x 48”
Alexandria Winslow
(520) 272-9302, backporchstudio@q.com
www.alexandriawinslowart.weebly.com
Alexandria Winslow is full of creative energy that pushes her to new levels of expression, experimentation and immersion in the local and regional culture of the American Southwest. As a lover of nature, she hikes, camps and travels, particularly in Arizona, Utah and New Mexico, where she is rewarded with an abundance of resources for her paintings. Her work is a reflection of these journeys as well as a mindset of wonderment that translates onto the canvas. She works to express the universal feelings of connection, joy and passion for the natural world around us. The landscapes in her art are colorful, whimsical, joyful, imaginative and sometimes outside the box. Winslow’s art is representational with a twist of whimsy in a high-definition style. Growing up in the ’60s and ’70s she fell in love with illustration and poster art, which is evident in her technique and style today. The artist is represented by Jane Hamilton Fine Art in Tucson, Arizona.
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Sherry Blanchard Stuart, Free Trapper, oil on linen, 30 x 17"
Sherry Blanchard Stuart
(602) 738-4941
art@sherryblanchardstuart.com
www.sherryblanchardstuart.com
Raised in Wichita, Kansas, and currently living in the Sonoran Desert of north Scottsdale, Arizona, Sherry Blanchard Stuart has been painting most of her life. She works in the traditional style, painting with a richness of color that illuminates the intensity of sunlight upon her varied subject matter. Her work is both traditional and representational in style, and she paints figurative as well as landscape and still life. The majority of her work, however, is Western and equine subjects. The history and tradition of the American West inspires much of her work.
Sherry Blanchard Stuart, The Guardian, oil on board, 12 x 9"
Stuart’s work is in the permanent collections of the Tucson Museum of Art, the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg, Arizona, and the Phippen Museum in Prescott, Arizona, among others. Several of her many awards include the Award of Merit at the American Academy of Women Artists annual show in 2005, Best of Show at the American Plains Artists annual show in 2005 and 2007, and Best of Show at Cowgirl Up! at the Desert Caballeros Western Art Museum in 2008. Her work has been displayed in many juried and solo exhibitions nationwide and can be found in private and corporate collections worldwide. Stuart is constantly refining and developing her unique style. She hopes to continuously grow and broaden her use of light, values and color, and push her work to the next level. Stuart’s work is on view at the 50th annual Contemporary Western Mountain Oyster Show in Tucson running through January 11.
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Russell Parker, Tall Hat, cottonwood bark, 12 x 4 x 2½"
Russell L. Parker
5824 Cinnamon Drive, Prescott, AZ 86305, (928) 308-2483,
rlparker@cableone.net, www.rlparkerstudios.com
Russell L. Parker works both as a wood carver and a sculptor of clay casting in bronze. He’s lived in the Southwest for nearly 50 years and finds inspiration in Native American history, especially trappers and Indian stories of the early to mid-1800s. “I love the character of the people and try to bring that into my work. I’m also inspired by other artists who do pieces from that era,” says Parker. Currently, the artist is working on a new carving that is approximately five feet long and will have somewhere between six and eight faces. “I intend to model the faces after well-known Native American chiefs,” he says. Parker’s work will be showing at the Phippen Western Art Show & Sale in Prescott, Arizona, in May.
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Risa Waldt, July, oil, 13 x 32”
Risa Waldt
(520) 825-9601, www.risawaldtfineart.com
“Western sunsets, light and color have been my inspiration since I was a child riding my horse by Rillito River [near Tucson, Arizona]. For 47 years now I have painted mostly plein air and I am always spiritually renewed, outside, engaged with what I love,” says Risa Waldt. The artist, who works primarily in oils and watercolors, says the Grand Canyon and Sedona are among some of her favorites locales to paint. Artwork by Waldt will be on view at Art on the Llano Estacado at the Museum of Texas Tech University from April 23 to 26. Waldt is a Women Artists of the West Signature Member; a Saguaro Fellow in the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild in Tucson, Arizona; and winner of the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Thunderbird Artists Gallery, A Grand Adventure, Lee’s Ferry, watercolor on panel, 20 x 24", by Raleigh Kinney
Thunderbird Artists Gallery
99 Easy Street, Carefree, AZ 85377
(480) 688-4960
www.thunderbirdartistsgallery.com
Denise Colter, (480) 837-5637
denise@thunderbirdartists.com
Thunderbird Artists Gallery is filled with a diverse range of subject matter including Western, contemporary, realism, abstract, impressionism and more. Award-winning, international and emerging artists are represented at the gallery: sculptor and painter Jacinthe Dugal-Lacroix of Canada is the latest rising star; Guilloume Perez of New Mexico is the master of contemporary circles and roundish forms that define the very essence of the human figure; Pueblo artist Virgil Ortiz’s time-traveling, innovative pottery brings crowds into museums and Native history into the mainstream; and Donna Armstrong, prestigious gemologist, creates the finest gemstones and precious metals in gold and silver. 
Thunderbird Artists Gallery, Sonoran Treasures, watercolor on panel, 30 x 30”, by Raleigh Kinney
Collectors can find a variety of mediums as well, such as oil, acrylic, watercolor and mixed media, as well as numerous bronzes, metal, stone, clay, wood, pottery, ceramic sculptures, fiber, glass, pottery, jewelry and more. In addition, collectors are invited to walk in during First Friday Art Walks, where the gallery will host guest artists like Ortiz, Perez and husband-and-wife team Jeanne and Tod Steele for January and February. —
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