On May 2 Settlers West Galleries will close out its season with its annual Summer Show, a massive group show featuring work by 42 top Western artists from a variety of different categories including wildlife, landscape, still life and pieces that show the Old West, from cowboys and cattle to Native Americans.
Todd Connor, Westward, oil, 24 x 36”
“Our warm summers here in Tucson, Arizona, usher many of our collectors off to cooler climates for the season, but before they go we like to tempt them with over 80 new works at our annual Summer Show,” says gallery manager Mike Salkowski. “This event offers us the opportunity to showcase paintings and sculpture by artists we have proudly represented for years alongside new and emerging talents, and this mix makes for an exciting collecting opportunity for art enthusiasts.”
Don Oelze, Furs, Foofaraw and Fair Trade, oil, 38 x 56”
Artists in the show include William Acheff, Mark Boedges, Harley Brown, Ross Buckland, Stephanie Campos, Mikel Donahue, John Fawcett, Charles Fritz, Robert Griffing, Bonnie Marris, Scott Tallman Powers, Roseta Santiago, Dustin Van Wechel and Jeremy Winborg, as well as many others.
Kenneth Yarus, Just Turn Me Loose, oil, 9 x 24”
One of the works in the show is Todd Connor’s Westward, which shows a wagon train spread out across a vast desert scene under towering clouds. “Westward tells the story of the journey west evoking a spirit of optimism and hope. A late August day in what is now southern Idaho was the hottest part of the journey to the Oregon country. The uncertainty and hardships the pioneers faced were an undertaking they were willing to endure in their quest for a new start out west.”
Chauncey Homer, Reverie in Red & Ocher, oil, 20 x 24”
Don Oelze will also be showing a classic Western scene with Furs, Foofaraw and Fair Trade, a large painting showing Native Americans trading with one another and possibly some trappers who are approaching in the background. “During the annual mountain man rendezvous, a group of Indians have come to deal at a small trader’s tent on the edge of the main camp,” the painter says. “Furs and hides are being exchanged for all manner of goods including shiny trinkets.”
For Chauncey Homer, he turned to a breathtaking image of running horses in Reverie in Red & Ocher. “My goal for this painting was to create a rich, colorful, abstract background of reds and ochers,” Homer says. “The spectacular white horses are an ideal complementary subject with their neutral tones and subtle temperature shifts. The piece was developed in multiple layers using a variety of indirect techniques that reveal a history of the painting process. While creating this piece,I envisioned weaving a tapestry of texture and broken color to create vibrations which give the impression of movement.”
Darcie Peet, Ventana Spring Runoff, oil, 24 x 18”
Several landscape artists will be offering new works, including Darcie Peet, who has painted the Arizona desert in a piece titled Ventana Spring Runoff. “For years, I had not hiked Ventana Canyon in the Catalina Mountains on the edge of Tucson, but today I was in search of water for painting ideas. With periodic winter rains there was a good chance I would find running water in the canyon, and I was in luck, as I had to crisscross streamlets and brooklets many times,” Peet says. “In late February, the sun is still low, casting bold shadows down steep hillsides from the cliffs above. The desert quickly soaks up this moisture and even in February, starts to sprout hints of green and early, yellow wildflowers bloom across sunny hillsides. Further up the trail there were wildflowers of every color. A magical time in the desert, but I’ll not get to the Maiden Pools today, with signs of another storm moving in.
Richie Carter, Aching it Felt, oil, 20 x 15”
Richie Carter offers a colder view of American lands with Aching it Felt, a snowy scene that should send a shiver down the backs of those who look upon it. As cold as it feels, though, there is hope of warmth with a glowing window that draws eyes to the center of the painting. “Finding home takes many forms as we grow through life,” Carter says. “Home greets us with great comfort and warmth, yet just as warmth is accompanied by cold, so too will we feel that deep aching when inevitably we say goodbye.”
Daniel K. Tennant, Log Cabin Quilt, gouache, 30¼ x 38¼”
The Summer Show opens May 2, and all works will be sold via a fixed-price, by-draw sale. Inquire with the gallery about making absentee bids.
Upcoming Show
Up to 100 works
May 2, 2020
Settlers West Galleries
6420 N. Campbell Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85718
(520) 299-2607
www.settlerswest.com
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