Dustin Payne, The Midnight Storm, bronze, ed. of 17, 47 x 15 x 11”
The third weekend of August is when all eyes turn to Santa Fe, New Mexico, home of the Santa Fe Indian Market,now in its 101st year. The market is at the core of the weekend with events taking place all around the downtown area and through the streets. But large portions of the excitement are also reserved for gallery shows happening all around the city.
Mikel Donahue, Early Light, acrylic, 9 x 12”
One event to add to your calendar is the annual group show held at Santa Fe Trails Fine Art, just one small block away from the Santa Fe Plaza. The gallery has held an annual show during the Santa Fe Indian Market for decades, and this year’s show will once again highlight stunning works by Western greats. The show opens with a reception on August 18, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., and then continues on August 19 and 20.
Jessica Garrett Lawrence, Blazing Sky, oil, 16 x 20”
Artists in the show include Jessica Garrett Lawrence, Vic Payne, Jack Sorenson, Brandon Bailey, Dustin Payne, Alexander Selytin and Mikel Donahue, who will be showing his cowboy work Early Light, showing two riders saddling their horses in beautiful morning light.
“The reference for that piece came from the Babbitt Ranch north of Flagstaff, Arizona,” says Donahue. “I make a few trips out there each year. The morning and evening light in that area can be so intense it’s amazing and makes for some great color, making even the most mundane and simple images interesting.”
Jack Sorenson, Supper... Maybe, oil, 24 x 36”
The show has several members from the Cowboy Artists of America, including Donahue, Bailey, Sorenson and Dustin Payne. Bailey’s work, The Good Omen, shows several Native American riders as a large thunderhead builds on the horizon behind them. Sorenson’s piece, Supper… Maybe, shows five cowboys and their horses as one of the figures points a gun directly at the viewer, which adds a sense of danger to the painting. Payne will be offering The Midnight Storm, a bronze showing stampeding cattle and two riders who are trying to bring the herd back together.
Brandon Bailey, The Good Omen, oil, 30 x 60”
Other works in the show include a still life by Selytin, a landscape by Lawrence and a large bronze by Vic Payne, Dustin’s father.
“Celebrate this year’s 101st Indian Market with us and meet some of your favorite artists while exploring their finest artwork in Native American, wildlife and Western paintings, sculpture and landscapes,” the gallery notes.
Many of the artists are expected to be in attendance at the reception. —
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