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Western Art Collector 178

June 2022

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Table of Contents

Features

38

History & Honor

As the Prix de West marks 50 years, Western Art Collector takes a look back on the 49 previous museum purchase award winners.

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46

An Offer of Luxury

Marking 20 years as a gallery, Sorrel Sky brings together art and history within elegant packages in two key Western cities.

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52

Telling a Better Story

Donna Howell-Sickles paints authentic Western stories, one cowgirl at a time.

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56

Home on the Range

Arizona painter Shawn Cameron paints what she knows—ranching in the American West.

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60

Grand Views

Arizona painter Darcie Peet is exploring the beauty of North America one epic destination at a time.

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Upcoming Solo & Group Shows

88

Bryce Pettit

Bryce Pettit brings his newest bronzes to Blue Rain Gallery in Santa Fe.

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90

The Gilded West

Manitou Galleries in Santa Fe presents new work from Alvin Gill-Tapia and John Maisono

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92

Amber Blazina & Matt Flint

Fleeting Moments

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94

Summer Retreats

Broadmoor Galleries unveils the 2022 Broadmoor Art Experience in Colorado.

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96

Lightness of Spirit

Ann Korologos Gallery celebrates the joy found in Western art.

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98

Doing What They Do Best

Mountain Trails Gallery hosts a show of all female artists depicting their love and experience of the West.

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Special Sections

64

A Woman’s Perspective

Collector's Focus: Women of the West

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82

A Bygone Era

Collector's Focus: Western Frontier

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Museum and Event Previews

106

Golden Jubilee

The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum celebrates the 50th Prix de West in Oklahoma City.

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112

Capturing a Feeling

The Booth Western Art Museum highlights the work of Arturo Chávez and Grant Redden during a prominent dual exhibition.

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116

The Big Bend and Beyond

The Museum of the Big Bend examines Fred Darge’s artistic journey, beginning with his passion for scenes of Western Texas’ Big Bend.

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118

Artists in Their Own Right

The National Museum of Wildlife Art celebrates the achievements of Rosa Bonheur and other significant women artists of the wildlife genre.

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120

East to West

A striking new exhibition at the Brinton Museum shows the Western influence on Japanese leatherworkers.

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122

Canyon Light

Doel Reed is the subject of a new exhibition at the Taos Art Museum at Fechin House in New Mexico.

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124

Into the Sunlight

The New Mexico Museum of Art brings Western modernism into focus with a new exhibition now open in Santa Fe.

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126

Geared Up

The Summer Stampede returns with more than 30 artists exhibiting paintings, sculpture, silverwork and more.

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Museum and Event Reports

138

Deep in the Heart of Texas

The Briscoe Western Art Museum’s Night of Artists brings in nearly $2 million in sales.

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140

The Arizona Glow

Mejo Okon takes the top award at Cowgirl Up! in Wickenburg, Arizona.

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Auction Previews

128

Collecting Legacy

A grouping of Emil Bisttram works and the Charles Loloma Collection are key highlights at the Santa Fe Art Auction’s summer sale.

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Auction Reports

134

Consistent Bidding

Steady live, phone and internet bidding pushed the Scottsdale Art Auction to $14.7 million in sales.

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136

Furious Selling

March in Montana reports a 97 percent sell-through rate across two huge sales in Great Falls.

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Artist Focus

100

Artist Focus: Lori Putnam

A focus on the artwork of Lori Putnam

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102

Artist Focus: Jennifer Wendt

A focus on the artwork of Jennifer Wendt

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103

Artist Focus: Karen Roehl

A focus on the artwork of Karen Roehl

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104

Artist Focus: Shirley Quaid

A focus on the artwork of Shirley Quaid

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Western Art News

30

Livin’ Large

The National Cowgirl Museum now showing Bob Wade’s famous cowgirl photography in new exhibition.

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Departments

18

Western Art Trail

Our guide to special events, sales & auctions from coast to coast

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26

Curating the West

Each Month We Ask Leading Museum Curators About What’s Going On In Their World.

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28

Recently Acquired

Couse-Sharp Historic Site: Ed Smida

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32

Fresh Paint

Highlights from Up-and-Coming Artists and Brand New Works Available in Studios and Galleries Around the Country

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143

Sold!

Who’s buying whose art they first saw in this magazine.

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Western Art Collector
June 2025
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