Two rising artists team up for unique new Western works
A pair of artists have been on our radar this year and, as luck would have it, they teamed up to collaborate on some new works. The painters are Fort Guerin and Jason Lohmeier. Both artists were born in Arizona, spent a great deal of time in the desert and raised by stories of the West in TV and film. Lohmeier’s work is more representational, featuring both historic and contemporary subject matter, while Guerin’s work has an almost Pop Art aesthetic with repeating imagery, iconographic subjects and even words and text painted right into his works. The paintings they teamed up for present elements from both of their studios. Guerin’s work can be seen at wvguerin.bigcartel.com, and Lohmeier’s work can be seen at www.jasonlohmeier.com.
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Artist turns cattle skulls and other objects into beaded art
The beauty of Western art is that it often stretches beyond paintings and bronzes, and that’s certainly the case with Corbett Kesler, who transforms animal skulls and other objects into stunning fine art pieces with colorful arrangement of beads. Here it is in his own words: “I think of my work as artfully re-purposing a previous life; celebrating and honoring animals and culture long forgotten…Each piece of work has 18,000-65,000 beads placed individually by hand and helps show my passion for the art form.” For more information on Kesler’s work visit www.corbettkesler.com.
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New Mexico is a the setting for Bryan Haynes’ newest work
One of the most famous churches in the Southwest is the subject of Bryan Haynes’ newest painting, Hollyhocks of Chimayo. Inspired by El Santuario de Chimayo in Chimayo, New Mexico, Haynes’ piece is a celebration of the building and the life that surrounds it. “This just-finished painting is an almost baroque take on a place in Chimayo, New Mexico, that is sacred to many: the Santuario de Chimayo,” the artist says. “It was fun to frame a lone shepherd, and the Santuario with floral ornament, and a few indigenous hummingbirds to this, the Land of Enchantment.” The painting will be on available through Manitou Galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico. For more information visit www.manitougalleries.com.
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Sarah Dean heads into the mountains for her new work
In April we highlighted paintings from up-and-coming Western painter Sarah Dean and since then she’s been busy with stunning new work. One of her newest pieces is Down the Mountain, a 36-by-48-inch oil work that captures a horse and rider as the sun rises—or perhaps falls—from behind a mountain ridge in the distance. The Colorado painter is not represented by a major gallery yet, but her work already has a following among collectors. She sells her work directly from her hugely popular Instagram (@sarahdeanarts) and from her website, www.sarahdeanarts.com. —
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