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Carrie Penley, Abe, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40”. © Carrie Penley.

Booth Museum in Georgia features work by Carrie Penley

Ongoing now at the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, Georgia, is Carrie Penley: Reflections on Nature. Penley, a Georgia-based painter, spent time as a designer before make the switch to fine art in 2012.

“I experiment with many different styles and genres but my subject of choice is wildlife,” she says. “I paint wildlife for the sake of reminding my audience we have beautiful creatures worthy of admiration and protection.” In addition to acrylic paint, Penley’s materials include torn or cut paper from discarded magazines, books and other glue-able materials that she finds in thrift stores or collects from friends. She adds: “In some pieces I leave a lot of the collage material exposed and in others it becomes a subtle texture that can barely be seen.” The show runs through March 14. For more information visit www.boothmuseum.org.—

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Anouk Krantz, American Rancher, 2018, pigment print, 39 x 58”. Courtesy of the artist. © Anouk Krantz.

Photography show highlights Western traditions across many cultures

Opening February 13 at the Booth Western Art Museum, is Vaquero Legacies & Diverse Descendants, a photography show that traces the many legacies left behind by the first cowboys, who came to the Americas in the late 1600s. Legacies brings to the forefront the charros of Mexico, Black Rodeos and cowboy culture, Indian Relay Races and Rodeos, the paniolos of Hawaii and many more rich expressions of this deeply Western tradition. The exhibition will feature dozens of photographers, including Nadine Levin and Jay Dusard. It runs through July 11. —

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Glenna Goodacre (1939-2020), Sacagawea plaster relief, plaster, 1999. Glenna Goodacre Papers, Dickinson Research Center, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.

The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum focuses on women in the West

Blazing the Trail, an ongoing exhibition that looks at women in the West, is now open at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. “Women in the American West faced specific challenges that their Eastern counterparts often did not, such as lack of health care on the frontier and lack of property rights. Western women often had to improvise, showing great innovation, in certain precarious situations,” the museum notes. “They continually adapted to circumstances beyond their control. And they frequently overcame the odds in a male-dominated society.” The exhibition will have materials related to trick rider and rodeo star Florence Hughes Randolph, and the late sculptor Glenna Goodacre, who created the bas relief that appears on the Sacagawea dollar. The exhibition continues through May 16. Visit www.nationalcowboymuseum.org for more information. —

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Katherine Halligan

Bonhams names new specialist for its Western art department

Katherine Halligan has been named the new Western art specialist at Bonhams. The specialist will be joining the auction house’s Los Angeles location, which has seen several major Western sales in recent years, including works from the Eddie Basha Collection and the collection of L.D. “Brink” Brinkman. “I am thrilled to be joining Bonhams at this exciting time,” Halligan says. “Its reputation for selling Western art at auction is impressive and I am looking forward to helping the department build upon this success in the future.” She will be working with Scot Levitt, Bonhams’ director of Californian and Western art. Bonhams’ next Western art sale will take place February 26 in Lo Angeles. For more information visit
www.bonhams.com.