Robert Peters, Springtime, Canyon De Chelly, oil, 24 x 38 in.

Not only was the show a huge hit—tickets sold out and sales numbers were exceptionally high—but it proved that the gallery could offer an elevated version of a gallery opening to benefit collectors and artists together. Now a year later, Legacy Gallery will return with the second edition of the show, Western Horizons. The two-day show, with a bevy of programming and activities, will take place February 21 and 22 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Billy Schenck, Outlaw Cows, oil, 36 x 36 in.

Corazzi admits he and Richardson added to the show carefully, if only because they didn’t want to veer away from the 2024 show. “We didn’t want to make too many changes. We felt last year was very successful,” he says, adding that this year’s event will include 37 artists. “It was great visiting with the artists as they prepared for the show, because now they’ve seen what we did last year, so we just stressed what we told them last year: this is a major show so bring major work. It’s not as large as a museum show, but the work is museum-level quality.”

Jerry Jordan, The Stillness of October, oil, 24 x 40 in.

Western Horizons begins on February 21 with a 2 p.m. tour of Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West, followed by an evening preview party at the gallery at 5:30 p.m. The following day, February 22, begins at 9 a.m. with a presentation by Kim Wiggins, followed by a 10 a.m. lecture by Western Spirit curator Andrew Nelson, whose program is called “The Color and the Movement: The American West in Art and Film.” At 11 a.m., there will be a panel discussion with artists Jeremy Lipking, Kyle Polzin and Bill Anton. (I will be moderating the panel on behalf of Western Art Collector, which is sponsoring the awards at the show.) The sale and awards presentation will commence at the gallery at 5 p.m., followed at 7 p.m. by the closing party, Sundown Roundup, which will take place at Western Spirit. The show is being held in partnership with, and to benefit, the museum.

Sean Michael Chavez, Rooted on the Western Horizons, oil, 30 x 30 in.

“When Brad set out to do this show, he said he knew a show like this could get bigger, but we also had to be more creative. It’s been fun putting our heads together to try and make this show as beneficial to the collectors as we could,” Corazzi says. “We want to get collectors more engaged in Western art. A sale is great, but it’s not enough. We decided to put enough goodies on the plate to make people want to come to the show and participate in all the events.”

 Tom Browning, Getting’ Out Front, oil, 20 x 14 in.

Tom Browning will be showing four major new pieces, including several of his classic cowboys scenes, one being Getting’ Out Front. “I’ve always enjoyed painting the scene where the rider is coming right at you at a full gallop. And having him coming out of a cloud of dust always helps add a little drama,” he says. “The viewer is never quite sure whether he’s at the tail end of things or leading the charge. Although I usually try to keep these pieces on the smaller to medium size, I do have an urge to try this subject on a larger scale. It might have a lot more impact than I’ve imagined.”

William Haskell, Desert Ascension, acrylic, 12 x 9 in.

Robert Peters will be presenting several large landscape works that show the grandness of nature. In Springtime, Canyon de Chelly, he paints ancient lands overlapping with ancient civilizations. “The ancient peoples of the Southwest have been an inspiration to me for over 50 years. In my painting Springtime, Canyon de Chelly, I enjoy sharing the extraordinary sense of wonder that is experienced while visiting an ancient pueblo in its natural environment,” Peters says. “The people that built and inhabited these structures are known as the Ancestral Puebloans or Anasazi. They built these remarkable pueblos in and around Canyon de Chelly and chose the soaring sandstone walls of the canyon and its meandering river to be their home nearly 1,000 years ago.”

Glenn Dean, Gathering Storm, oil, 25 x 25 in.

Z.S. Liang, known for his epic scenes of Native American warriors, will be bringing a large 48-inch-wide painting, Watching the Covered Wagon Train. The painting was inspired by a 2010 trip to Chimney Rock along the Oregon Trail. “I went…to study and collect landscape information. I stood on Chimney Rock and looked down to the valley through the Indian people’s eyes in my mind,” Liang explains. “I felt the line of covered wagons moving toward me. Suddenly, I had the picture in my mind. That strong feeling has been living in my heart for a long time. And now, finally, I have the chance to let it present on the canvas.”

Z.S. Liang, Watching the Covered Wagon Train Pass By, oil, 34 x 48 in.

For Western Horizons, Jerry Jordan revisited a place he originally photographed in October 2021 for his hit 2023 show in Santa Fe. The painting is titled The Stillness of October. “I returned to the same location without the riders. I re-lived that glorious day and pictured my Native brethren riding, hair flowing in the wind,” Jordan says. “It wasn’t a stretch to pull from the memories that were rushing through my mind. The execution of The Stillness of October is a tribute to my beloved Native friends and the contribution they made for 25 major works featured in my Legacy Gallery solo show of 2023.”

John Coleman, Victory! Plenty Coups, bronze, 29 x 13 x 8 in.

Western Horizons is a ticketed event, with all proceeds going directly to Western Spirit. (Purchasing a ticket even includes a general membership to the museum.) Limited tickets are available and are expected to sell out, so collectors are urged to book tickets early on the gallery’s website. —