20 years on

Legacy Gallery presents works from more than 100 artists at its annual Holiday Small Works Show

More than 100 artists will have work featured in Legacy Gallery’s annual Holiday Small Works Show when it kicks off on December 10 in Scottsdale, Arizona. It is the gallery’s 20th year hosting the popular small-works show.Mark Maggiori, Taos Monsoon, oil, 12 x 16”

This year’s event will include several noteworthy additions, including an auction component. The show, which offers works from some of the top Western artists working today, will run through much of December, but collectors should mark their calendars for December 10, when the art will be sold via by-draw sale and live auction. The quality of the works, and their more affordable prices, usually generates a lot of interest, and this year’s show is no exception. Don Oelze, Captured Ponies, oil, 13 x 14”

Artists in the show include Morgan Weistling, Cyrus Afsary, Don Weller, Greg Beecham, John Moyers, Jason Rich, C. Michael Dudash, Joni Falk, Martin Grelle, Z.S. Liang, George Hallmark, Kyle Polzin and many others. John Moyers, At the Edge of the Black Hills, oil on gessoboard, 12 x 16”

Morgan Weistling, End of the Ride, oil on linen, 16 x 9”Don Oelze will be showing Captured Ponies, showing two Native American riders leading horses down an embankment and through a small stream. “A warriors wealth and status was in many ways measured by how many horses he owned and therefore when a chance to steal them presented itself, it was rarely passed up,” the artist says of the work. “The warriors didn’t actually see it as stealing or thievery, but more like capturing the horses from their enemies.”

Greg Beecham, Always on the Lookout, oil, 9 x 12”

Cyrus Afsary, Sunday Shrine, oil, 11 x 14"

Another major work in the show is Mark Maggiori’s Taos Mountain, showing a blanket-clad rider under what many of the artist’s fans refer to as “Maggiori clouds.” Maggiori, after living in Los Angeles for many years, recently moved to Taos, New Mexico, and now has these views outside his studio window. “These little miniatures are fun because you can get in there and rough it out, but also push the detail in fun ways,” he says. “With these clouds, though, now they just come to me here in Taos, especially this summer in June and July as they roll over the mountains. It’s super exciting to watch.”

While Maggiori’s studio was being built at his home, the artist was working out of a storied art destination—Joseph Henry Sharp’s studio at the Couse-Sharp Historic Site. —