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 Monday, February 08, 2010
Report from the Masters of the American West
The Sound of a Distant Bugle by Howard Terpning (oil, 45x68)
The rains came down in torrents, deluging the city of Los Angeles on Saturday. But inside the Autry National Center, the weather didn't dampen the applause for George Carlson when the news came that he won the Artists' Choice award for his lush landscape In the Shadow of the Sun. The announcement came at the Chuckwagon Lunch held as part of the annual Masters of the American West Exhibition and Sale. Later that evening, over the din of several hundred museum-goers attending the gala, Howard Terpning's evocative painting The Sound of a Distant Bugle (above) sold for more than $1 million at the silent auction. (Terpning's paintings regularly reach such blockbuster sale prices at the show.)
This year's event offered some great additions to the roster of artists, including works by landscape painter Scott Christensen and still-life artist Kyle Polzin. (Look for a feature story on Polzin in the April issue of Southwest Art.) The artists appeared to put their very best efforts into the juried show this year. Among the many stellar pieces was a stunning portrait of Native American activist Russell Means by Bob Coronato. "All total, I've been working on this piece for about 10 years," Bob said. The Masters of the American West exhibit is on display at the Autry through March 6 — learn more here.
—Bonnie Gangelhoff
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Dispatches from the West | Exhibits
Monday, February 08, 2010 5:39:44 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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Friday, February 05, 2010
Friday art news roundup
While waiting for snowmageddon, I thought I'd round up some of this week's top stories from the art world:
And, just for fun, the best Valentine's Day card ever:
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By Grace Dobush | News | Notable Artists
Friday, February 05, 2010 7:55:01 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, February 04, 2010 Monday, February 01, 2010
Contemporary Native American Art
Power Chords to the Past by Norman Akers (oil, 74x68)
When people hear Native American art they often conjure up images of pottery, rugs and turquoise jewelry. But contemporary Indian art is so much more these days. And now a new exhibit on the walls at University of North Colorado Galleries in Greeley, CO, goes a long way to dispel all the usual stereotypes and thoughts on the subject. "Currents: Native American Forces in Contemporary Art" features works by seven top artists working today. The art defies any particular label. There's everything from Oregonian Marie Watt's 10-foot-tall tower of blankets to Coloradoan Melanie Yazzie's colorful acrylics.
A personal favorite, Norman Akers, has several paintings in the show. Raised on an Osage reservation in Oklahoma, his oils mix disparate past and present universes to create surreal landscapes—ones that raise provocative issues, including what it's like to live in-between cultures. These layered worlds call out for multiple interpretations.
Almost equally intriguing are works by prominent New Mexico artist Jaune Quick-To-See Smith's. (Is this a great name for an artist or what?) In her works she often combines paint and collage as well as abstract and representational images that result in arresting visual narratives. While the mediums and styles may vary, the works all explore themes of cultural identity in the 21st century—a topic worth examining and a show worth seeing. The show runs through Feb. 17 and is organized by the Metropolitan State College of Denver's Center for Visual Art.
—Bonnie Gangelhoff
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Dispatches from the West | Exhibits
Monday, February 01, 2010 3:06:31 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, January 28, 2010 Tuesday, January 26, 2010
RIP Edie Harper, wife of Charley Harper
Pigeons in St. Mark's Square by Edie Harper (screenprint, 16.25x16.25)
Edie Harper, the wife of the late Charley Harper and an accomplished artist in her own right, passed away this Saturday at the age of 87, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. She is survived by her son, Brett Harper, who is also an artist.
"You can't think about Edie without thinking about Charley, and you
can't think about Charley without thinking about Edie," says Norah
Lynne Brown, founder and vice president of Gallery One in Cleveland. "The years that Charley was alive and Edie was in good health, they were bound at the hip." Charley Harper passed away in 2007 at the age of 84.
Charley and Edie met in 1940 at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. "Charley was a great raconteur, and he always talked about how he started
dating Edie when they were in art school because she had a car, and
they were together ever since," Brown says.
Charley Harper's worked in his signature modernist style, which he called minimal realism, largely unnoticed for decades until designer Todd Oldham brought his and Edie's work to a larger audience. Oldham's massive monograph Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life chronicles Charley's six-decade career and the story of his and Edie's lives.
Oldham was in Utah for the Sundance Film Festival today, but he passed along some kind words. "Edie Harper was just as lovely a woman as she was a great artist. She had an easy assimilation of any medium she was working in. She brought elegance and a new point of view to all that she touched," he says. "As a team, Charley and Edie were art megastars. They were endlessly and honestly supportive of each other's work. They were a true and magical love story."
Ken Carl, the owner of Fabulous Frames & Art in Cincinnati, says, "Edie was a great lady and really just a fun person." Her love of cats and Bible stories came through in her art. Where Charley's art was bold and bright, "she was a little more conservative [with her palette], and her subject
matter too. Charley's subject matter emphasized the point."
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, January 26, 2010, at the Cedars of Lebanon Chapel at Spring Grove Cemetery, 4521 Spring Grove Ave. in Cincinnati. Visitation will be from noon until the service.
"When you've been in the gallery business as long as Alan and I have,
you start to lose people," Brown says. "But you don't think you're
going to lose your favorites, so it's always a shock and something we
live with the regret of. But they left a wonderful son."
You can see more of Charley, Edie and Brett Harper's art here.
By Grace Dobush | News | Notable Artists
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 9:06:38 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, January 25, 2010
From the Rocky Mountains to the rocky Pacific Coast
Late Afternoon by Laurie Kersey (oil, 24x36)
Southwest Art's landscape-themed February issue is hitting newsstands and mailboxes about now. And the next best thing to being out west, whether it's the Grand Canyon or the Grand Tetons, is picking up a copy of the magazine.
For  starters, there's a feature story on Sallie K. Smith, a Colorado oil painter who discusses how she has walked thousands of miles through the state's vast network of hiking trails. This intimate knowledge goes a long way in helping her capture the color, mood, and light unique to the Rocky Mountains, she says. Also featured are Pacific Coast seascapes by Californian Laurie Kersey as well as Texas Hill Country scenes by John Austin Hanna.
Meanwhile, we also present contemporary figurative works by Malcolm Liepke, who charts the emotional expressiveness of the human landscape, and an array of expressionistic still lifes by New Mexico painter Laura Robb. Finally, in My World we visit the rural Montana studio of husband and wife duo Clyde Aspevig and Carol Guzman, who weigh in on topics ranging from studio music to what they do in their spare time when they aren't behind their easels.
—Bonnie Gangelhoff
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Dispatches from the West | News
Monday, January 25, 2010 4:23:15 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Wanted: 1 million hand-drawn giraffes
Such a fun project: Draw a giraffe (or make a giraffe out of pipe cleaners, tube socks, jello, old cars, people, or anything really) and send the picture to OneMillionGiraffes.com. Why?
My friend, Jørgen, doesn't believe I can collect one million giraffes by 2011. I'm gonna prove him wrong, but I need your help. You can create your giraffe(s) in any way you like, but not on a computer and no store bought objects. ... So far I've got 517,502 giraffes, so I need 482,498 more and I have 343 days left. Let's show Jørgen how amazing the internet is.
I'm gonna make at least one!
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By Grace Dobush | Cool Web sites | Random Thoughts
Friday, January 22, 2010 9:29:27 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Tip file: Using black in your palette
 From Michael De Brito, in the January/February 2010 issue of The Artist's Magazine:
Black is a very important color, but it can destroy a painting in no time. Even just a dab of black can turn a face muddy in seconds. Using vermilion is like using black—you need just a dab.
See more of De Brito's art in this online gallery.
By Grace Dobush | Notable Artists | Tips
Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:38:57 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Meet our Artists over 60 for 2010
(Just like last year, I marked the artists on a map to remember which time zones they were in.)
Our third call for artists over 60 got an incredible response: We received more than 2,000 entries -- double what we had last year! And judging them was really tough: We could select only 10 winners.
But the winners are absolutely stellar. You can all see the winning art in the March 2010 issue of The Artist's Magazine, which is already going out to subscribers and will be on the newsstand Feb. 2. (That's The Age of Mallory by Sharon Knettell on the cover!)
The 2010 Artists over 60 are: - George Bowles, Arlington, VA
- Paul Chapman, Hudson Falls, NY
- Jeff Hankins, Kernersville, NC
- Elaine Hahn, Holiday, FL
- Robin Kimball, Boston, MA
- Sharon Knettell, Woonsocket, RI
- Diana Lee, Santa Rosa, CA
- Geoffrey McCormack, Eugene, OR
- Brian Scanlon, Mt. Pleasant, SC
- James E. Trippler, Clifton, NJ
I can't wait for everyone to read the article and see the beautiful art.
Learn more:
By Grace Dobush | News | Notable Artists
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 4:39:00 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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