Undiscovered Gems of the West - Day 3

Undiscovered Gems of the West - Day 3

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Undiscovered Gems of the West - Day 3

Undiscovered Gems of the West - Day 3

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Welcome to our Undiscovered Gems of the West sale. This four-day Auction has over 4000 lots to choose from.

Day 3:

Northwest Coast Haida Indian Masks, John Fery Glacier National Park Painting, Charles M Russell Original Paintings and Sculptures, Alaskan Iridium Ingot Bar, Margo Hoff Lute Player Painting, Dimitri Haralamb Chiparus Bronze, Bob Scriver Lewis Clark & Sacajawea Bronze, Glenda Maxey Goodacre Pawna Bronze, William Louis Sontag Yellowstone National Park Painting, Earle Erik Heikka Bronze Collection, Newhouse No 6 Bear Trap, William Bill Gollings Watercolor Painting, Thomas J Scott Racehorse Painting, Brooke Wetzel Painting, Todd Connor Paintings, The Yellowstone and the Great Geysers Book, Randy Van Beek Painting, Record Book Montana Bighorn Sheep Taxidermy Mount, Ruana Knife Collection, Russian Icon Given by Tzar Alexander, Harry Andrew Jackson Bronzes, Sheldon Parsons New Mexico Painting, Howard Terpning Drawing, Carl Rungius Moose Painting, Paul Troubetzkoy Terrier Dog Bronze, Hans Kleiber Paintings, Newman Myrah Paintings, Gary Carter Paintings,...
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Tom Saubert Montana Indian Oil on Board Painting

Lot # 801 (Sale Order: 801 of 1396)      

40 1/2" by 50 3/4" framed, 30" by 40" unframed. Title is Mountain Alliance. Tom Saubert (Born 1950) is active/lives in Montana. Tom Saubert is known for Historical Americ...morean frontier scene figure and genre, Indians, white settlers, horses. In a career spanning 40 plus years, the paintings of Tom Saubert focus on the representation of the Western Genre, its people and history, with an emphasis on historical accuracy. With a breadth of professional experience from college educator to Disney instructor Tom’s work possesses all the attributes of truth in subject, dress, and location, yet still artistically introspective of the human condition. He is a dedicated historian, a story teller whose work transports you to a moment in time, a place and people, past and present. Tom has participated in several prestigious invitational shows including the Master of the American West at the Autry National Center, and over the course of his career he has received several awards for merit. He has been a member of the Rendezvous Group of Artists since 2000. A Montana native, he works from his studio outside Kalispell, MT.

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Newman Myrah Oil on Canvas Indian Painting

Lot # 802 (Sale Order: 802 of 1396)      

35" by 46 1/2" framed. 24" x 36" unframed. Title is Navajo Trace. Newman Myrah (1921 - 2010) was active/lived in Oregon, Saskatchewan. Newman Myrah is known for Horses, w...moreestern genre, illustrator. Known for his western scene paintings, especially with horses and cowboys, Newman Myrah has his studio in Oregon and was born in Saskatchewan, Canada. He said: "...my interest in the horse and what the animal meant to the West determines the subject matter of many of my paintings." When he was five years old, Myrah moved to Deer Lodge, Montana with his parents and was raised in a small town, where he was the only kid that seemed to have art talent. After high school, he went to commercial art school in Portland During World War II, he was in Japan and in 1949, became a free-lance artist in Portland. By 1980, he was a full-time fine-art painter and credits Charles Russell for much of his inspiration. Myrah was a charter member of the Northwest Rendezvous Group.

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John Fery Glacier Park Montana Oil Painting

Lot # 803 (Sale Order: 803 of 1396)      

24" by 39" unframed, 32" by 46" framed. Oil on Canvas. Location is most likely Cosley Lake. Has two small spots of inpainting as shown. Gorgeous painting. Painted for and...more given to the Tripoli Temple in Wisconsin. John Fery (1859 - 1934) was active/lived in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Montana / Hungary. John Fery is known for Western panoramic landscape painting, cycloramas, promotional painting. Johann Nepomuk Levy--John Fery's name before he Americanized it--was born in Strasswalchen, Austria on March 25, 1859 to Hungarians Jahn and Mary Levy. Jahn was temporarily working for the railroad but soon returned to his wife's prosperous family farm near Pressburg, Hungary. Johann's idyllic childhood filled with painting, hunting, and hiking came to an end in his teenage years when both parents died unexpectedly. An inheritance allowed him to attend the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts where he studied many art styles including Realism, Romanticism, and Impressionism. Further formal training was obtained at the prestigious Munich Royal Academy of Fine Arts and the Dusseldorf Academy. As did many other European artists, Johann immigrated to the United States to seek the opportunities that the American Dream promised. A short time after his arrival in 1883, the young artist changed his name to John Fery.

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Thomas J Scott Racehorse Oil on Canvas Painting

Lot # 804 (Sale Order: 804 of 1396)      

18" by 24" unframed, 23 1/2" by 29 7/8" framed. Signed and dated 1885 lower right center Verso: Covington Fine Art Gallery sticker, Tucson, AZ. Black light reveals 3 area...mores of newer restoration - less than 5%. And possible areas of older restoration in a few areas. Thomas J Scott (1824 - 1888) was active/lived in Pennsylvania, Kentucky. Thomas Scott is known for Animal, horse painting. He was born in Tullytown, Pennsylvania, in 1824. His family relocated to Philadelphia where Scott attended Central High School, having as his Graphics Professor, Rembrandt Peale. He attended and graduated with a degree in Pharmacy at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1846. He worked as a druggist in Philadelphia for a few years, but was in Kentucky painting horses by 1856. He studied with Edward Troye, both painting the famous sire Lexington for his owner R.A. Alexander of Woodburn Farm the very same year, 1857. Scott painted horses for the most important early turfmen in Kentucky including Dr. Elisha Warfield, John M. Clay, James Grinstead, and Major B.G. Thomas. The Civil War interrupted Scott's animal painting pursuit and he served as Hospital Steward the entire war with the 21st Infantry Regiment Union. After the war he resumed his painting but also became a writer/correspondent for the sporting journal, Turf, Field, and Farm. He wrote articles ranging from breeding practices to the care of horses under the pen name "Prog." He was a highly respected authority on the conformation of a horse and was listened to by the top turfmen across the country. Scott married Mary E. Furman from Patchogue, Long Island on April 1, 1871. They had four children, only one daughter, Eliza, surviving to adulthood. Thomas J. Scott died in Lexington, Kentucky, at the age of sixty-four years. He is buried alongside other Civil War soldiers in the Lexington Cemetery.

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Walter Cooke England Ship Watercolor Painting

Lot # 805 (Sale Order: 805 of 1396)      

Unusual painting depicting a grounded ship during a storm. On the Coast of Cornwall England. Back of painting makes note of the painting being done by the son of Edward W...moreilliam Cooke. C.M. Russell Museum tag attributes the painting to a Walter Cooke. 18" by 24 1/2" framed. Edward William Cooke (1811 - 1880) was active/lived in United Kingdom. Edward Cooke is known for Landscape, seascape, marine. The London-born son of engraver George Cooke, Edward's first artistic endeavor was the sketch book, "Shipping and Craft" in which he presented 50-plate engravings from his drawings of sea-going vessels. Six years later he would begin a long association with the British Royal Academy, where he would exhibit 129 paintings over his career. Scholarly pursuits led Cooke to associate with intellectual giants. A member of the fellows of the Royal Society and numerous other such organizations, he was widely traveled and read. The beaches of Holland and the Canals of Venice were two of his favorite and repeated destinations. Still, his affinity with the common British folk of the fishing trades held through his life, painting views of the coastal activities of his native land far more than any other. He painted views of coastal waters which are best described with the oxymoron complexly simple. Each is a complete composition, usually full of places, landmarks and people which singularly could be the focus, yet the minute items present important natural context to his scenes. Combined with his enormous talent for subtle coloration and presentation of graduated light, it is in agreement that Cooke is to be held in the highest regard as a top-quality artist of the 19th century.

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Tom Saubert Nick Eggenhofer Charcoal Drawing

Lot # 806 (Sale Order: 806 of 1396)      

7" by 10" unframed, 18 3/8" by 21" framed. Title is Nick Eggenhofer Quick Draw 1982. Tom Saubert (Born 1950) is active/lives in Montana. Tom Saubert is known for Historic...moreal American frontier scene figure and genre, Indians, white settlers, horses. In a career spanning 40 plus years, the paintings of Tom Saubert focus on the representation of the Western Genre, its people and history, with an emphasis on historical accuracy. With a breadth of professional experience from college educator to Disney instructor Tom’s work possesses all the attributes of truth in subject, dress, and location, yet still artistically introspective of the human condition. He is a dedicated historian, a story teller whose work transports you to a moment in time, a place and people, past and present. Tom has participated in several prestigious invitational shows including the Master of the American West at the Autry National Center, and over the course of his career he has received several awards for merit. He has been a member of the Rendezvous Group of Artists since 2000. A Montana native, he works from his studio outside Kalispell, MT.

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Edward Borein Pen and Ink Rodeo Cowboy Drawing

Lot # 807 (Sale Order: 807 of 1396)      

8" by 10" unframed, 15 1/2" by 18" framed. Title is Rodeo. Provenance: Private Collection, Van Kirke and Helen Nelson, Kalispell, Montana. He was raised in San Leandro, a...more western cow town, in a family where his father was a county politician. Edward had many childhood memories of herded cattle and their cowboys, which he began sketching at the age of five. He was educated in the Oakland, California schools, and at the age of 17 began working on a ranch near Oakland and then drifted and sketched as a working cowboy throughout the Southwest, Mexico, and Guatemala. It was said that he practiced his art on anything he could find from bunkhouse walls to scraps of paper. At age 19, he enrolled at the San Francisco Art School, his only formal art training, and there he met Jimmy Swinnerton and Maynard Dixon who encouraged him in his art career. The first person to purchase his work was Charles Lummis, editor of The Land and Sunshine magazine in California, and the two became life-long friends. Borein and Lucille Maxwell were married in the Lummis home. Borein, a typical westerner in dress and manner, also became close friends with Charles Russell, actor Will Rogers, and President Theodore Roosevelt. Borein often traveled north to visit Russell in Great Falls, Montana and to travel among Indian tribes. In 1899, Borein visited Arizona while returning from Mexico. By 1902, he was a successful illustrator in San Francisco for the San Francisco Call, and in 1907 to enhance his illustration skills, went to New York to learn etching techniques. There he enrolled in the Art Students League and was a student of Child Hassam. In the theatre district, he opened a studio that became a gathering place for 'lonesome' westerners such as Charles Russell, Will Rogers, Olaf Seltzer and Oscar Borg. But Borein did not feel at home in New York, so he moved to Santa Barbara, California in 1921. This was a final move. He and his wife built a Hopi-style home, and he taught at the Santa Barbara School of the Arts until his death, and also turned increasingly from oil to watercolor painting. "On occasion Borein would decorate place cards for dinners with small watercolor sketches of cowboys, vaqueros, Indians and Bucking horses". (Santa Fe Auction) From his studio, which again attracted many of his friends, he depicted Indians, cowboys, and California ranch life and was financially successful.

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Hans Kleiber Wyoming Oil on Board Painting

Lot # 808 (Sale Order: 808 of 1396)      

Title is Tepee Lodge Alta Wyoming. 15 5/8" by 18 1/2" framed. 12" by 15" unframed. Painting board has another painting on the backside. Hans Kleiber (1887 - 1967) was act...moreive/lived in Wyoming / Germany. Hans Kleiber is known for Etching and painting-frontier genre, landscape and animal. Hans Kleiber was born in Cologne, Germany in 1887 and died at the Eventide Nursing Home in Sheridan, Wyoming in 1967. He was a traditional Western etcher, painter, and illustrator. He came to Wyoming from Germany in 1906 and in 1907, he entered the U. S. Forestry Service as a Ranger with duties throughout the Northwest. When he resigned in 1924, it was to devote his entire time to art, despite his lack of formal art instruction. In 1931, he received the Silver Medal Award from the California Print Makers Society. He was a member of the Associated American Artists. His work is in the collection of the Library of Congress; the Wyoming State Art Museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming; the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming; the Montana Historical Society in Helena, Montana; The Bradford Brinton Memorial and Museum in Big Horn, Wyoming; and the Buffalo Bill Historical Society in Cody, Wyoming.

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William Bill Gollings Indian Camp Painting

Lot # 809 (Sale Order: 809 of 1396)      

Watercolor Painting of a Cheyenne Indian Camp. 24 1/2" by 30" framed. William Bill Gollings (1878 - 1932) was active/lived in Wyoming, Idaho. William Gollings is known fo...morer Western genre-figure, animal, etcher. Bill Gollings (Elling William) did paintings known for their accurate accountings of the Old West. Gollings drew upon his own personal experiences as a cowboy, and was also known to have studied and admired the drawings of Frederic Remington, which often appeared in 'Harper's Weekly' magazine. Bill Gollings was born in 1878 in Pierce City, Idaho. As a boy, he spent much of his time was in New York, Idaho and Michigan. When he was twelve, he and his family moved to Chicago. At age nineteen, Gollings traveled to small mining and cattle towns in South Dakota and Nebraska where he spent most of his time as a sheepherder and cowboy. Despite his ranching activities, he had always possessed an interest in art. His first exposure to paints was at about age twenty-five when he began working with a set of mail-order paints. After selling several paintings, he was admitted to the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts on a scholarship. Returning to Wyoming, he spent time on a Cheyenne reservation as a cowboy once again. Gollings maintained his interest in art and became proficient in etching under the guidance of Wyoming artist Hans Kleiber. In 1909, Gollings built a studio in Sheridan, Wyoming, giving up ranch life. He did, however, continue to supplement his income by punching cattle and breaking horses. In Sheridan he devoted himself to his painting of western scenes, using "Gollings" and a pony-track symbol to sign his works.

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Hans Kleiber Wyoming Oil on Board Painting

Lot # 810 (Sale Order: 810 of 1396)      

Title is Teton Mountain Deer Alta Wyoming. 15" by 16 1/2" framed. 11 1/4" by 12 3/4" unframed. Painting board has another painting on the backside. Hans Kleiber (1887 - 1...more967) was active/lived in Wyoming / Germany. Hans Kleiber is known for Etching and painting-frontier genre, landscape and animal. Hans Kleiber was born in Cologne, Germany in 1887 and died at the Eventide Nursing Home in Sheridan, Wyoming in 1967. He was a traditional Western etcher, painter, and illustrator. He came to Wyoming from Germany in 1906 and in 1907, he entered the U. S. Forestry Service as a Ranger with duties throughout the Northwest. When he resigned in 1924, it was to devote his entire time to art, despite his lack of formal art instruction. In 1931, he received the Silver Medal Award from the California Print Makers Society. He was a member of the Associated American Artists. His work is in the collection of the Library of Congress; the Wyoming State Art Museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming; the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming; the Montana Historical Society in Helena, Montana; The Bradford Brinton Memorial and Museum in Big Horn, Wyoming; and the Buffalo Bill Historical Society in Cody, Wyoming.

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Janet McKenzie Twins Oil on Canvas Painting

Lot # 811 (Sale Order: 811 of 1396)      

Published work by this artist KESTREL No. 15; A Journal of Literature and Art (cover). 42" by 52" unframed, 43 1/2" by 56" framed. Janet McKenzie (20/21st century) is act...moreive/lives in Vermont. Janet McKenzie is known for Female figure. Janet McKenzie is an American artist known for her depictions of religious themes which represent a wide range of human subjects. Her painting "Jesus of the People," for which she used an African American woman as the model, won the Jesus 2000 competition hosted by the National Catholic Reporter. Born and raised in and near New York City, McKenzie studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Art Students League. She relocated to Vermont with her son, and supported herself through her art, often painting female figures. In the 1990s, she became more interested in creating art with sacred themes, and in including images of people of color in her work. In 1999 she won the competition sponsored by the National Catholic Reporter for an image of Jesus 2000. Her painting Jesus of the People, depicting Jesus as an African-American woman, was met with both acclaim and condemnation.

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Gary Carter Montana Cowboy Oil Painting

Lot # 812 (Sale Order: 812 of 1396)      

Title is The Squaw Men. 18" by 26" unframed. 25" by 33" framed. Oil on Canvas. Gary Carter (Born 1939) is active/lives in Montana, Arizona. Gary Carter is known for Weste...morern frontier genre and landscape painting. Born in Hutchinson, Kansas, Gary Carter is a realist painter and sculptor of the contemporary and historic American West including cowboy's, mountain men, Indians and the landscape where they live or lived. Many of his childhood trips were with his father backpacking in the Sierra Mountains of California. He served in the Army, and then earned a BFA degree with honors from the Art Center College of Design* in Los Angeles. He had moved to California with his family when his father took a job with Walt Disney productions. From 1971-1972, he was the in-house illustrator for a California design studio, but a sell-out show in 1973 of his own art persuaded him to become a full-time painter. In 1978, he won Best of Show at a Montana Historical Society exhibition. He paints the landscape and wild animals of a remote area of Montana where he lives with his wife, Marlys, near the West Entrance of Yellowstone Park. His former bunkhouse studio, where he acquired much insight into the life of the cowboy, is several miles from his home at Sun Ranch. In 1982, Gary Carter was elected to membership of the Cowboy Artists of America*, and in 1986, served as President. In CAA annual exhibitions, he received a Gold award for Drawing and Other Media in 1990 and 1997. In 1991, he was adopted by the Crow Tribe and the Real Bird Family, and, made a member of the Big Lodge Clan, given an Indian name of "Eagle Man." This adoption occurred at a Pow-Wow on the Crow reservation at Medicine Tail Coulee near Hardin, Montana, at a redesignation of the Little Horn Battlefield.

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Gary Carter Montana Cowboy Oil Painting

Lot # 813 (Sale Order: 813 of 1396)      

Title is Wolf Creek Camp. 8" by 14" unframed. 16 1/4" by 22 1/4" framed. Oil on Board. Gary Carter (Born 1939) is active/lives in Montana, Arizona. Gary Carter is known f...moreor Western frontier genre and landscape painting. Born in Hutchinson, Kansas, Gary Carter is a realist painter and sculptor of the contemporary and historic American West including cowboy's, mountain men, Indians and the landscape where they live or lived. Many of his childhood trips were with his father backpacking in the Sierra Mountains of California. He served in the Army, and then earned a BFA degree with honors from the Art Center College of Design* in Los Angeles. He had moved to California with his family when his father took a job with Walt Disney productions. From 1971-1972, he was the in-house illustrator for a California design studio, but a sell-out show in 1973 of his own art persuaded him to become a full-time painter. In 1978, he won Best of Show at a Montana Historical Society exhibition. He paints the landscape and wild animals of a remote area of Montana where he lives with his wife, Marlys, near the West Entrance of Yellowstone Park. His former bunkhouse studio, where he acquired much insight into the life of the cowboy, is several miles from his home at Sun Ranch. In 1982, Gary Carter was elected to membership of the Cowboy Artists of America*, and in 1986, served as President. In CAA annual exhibitions, he received a Gold award for Drawing and Other Media in 1990 and 1997. In 1991, he was adopted by the Crow Tribe and the Real Bird Family, and, made a member of the Big Lodge Clan, given an Indian name of "Eagle Man." This adoption occurred at a Pow-Wow on the Crow reservation at Medicine Tail Coulee near Hardin, Montana, at a redesignation of the Little Horn Battlefield.

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Margo Hoff Lute Player Oil on Board Painting

Lot # 814 (Sale Order: 814 of 1396)      

21 1/2" by 41 1/2" framed. As good as it gets, this is one of the most pivotal paintings produced in the artists career. While researching the painting we found an image ...moreof it hung behind Mr. Frederick Sweet during the 1955 Paris Magnificent Mile Art Festival. The notation on the back of this photo reads: "Mr. Frederick Sweet, Curator of American Painting & Sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago participating in selection of Hoff exhibition for Paris with Mr. Vladimir Vissen and Mr. J.W. Alsdorf (not shown)." Directly behind Mr. Sweet at shoulder level is "Butterflies," Margo Hoff's winning entry in the Magnificent Mile Art Festival, 1955, which secured her a one-man show at the Wildenstein gallery in Paris. Other paintings in this photograph include (top right) "Dream of Flying" (1950); "The Lute Player" (resting on floor directly behind Mr. Sweet); "Three Babes" (leaning against radiator); "Murder Mystery" (1945) (to immediate right of radiator). Provenance: The Artist Fairweather Hardin Gallery Label. Sold at the 1955 Paris Magnificent Mile Art Festival. From the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Lee C. Shaw Evanston Illinois. Margo Hoff (1912 - 2008) was active/lived in New York, Oklahoma, Illinois. Margo Hoff is known for Abstract painting, woodcuts, lithography, crayon drawing, collage, textiles, stained glass. Artist Statement from the website of Margo Hoff, 1910-2008: I am a painter living in New York City. I am an autobiographical artist in that I have always used the events, places, images, remembrances of my life as central themes of my work. I am looking for an essence, or inner life of an idea. When asked what my influences have been my answer is "Almost anything except the work of other artists." I've been influenced by rocks, weeds, views from airplanes, rivers, subways, forests, machines, kinds of light, red things and imagination. One of my constant companions is my sketchbook. Since it is a small black book, people have thought me a poet, a scholar, a religious person carrying a prayer book. Once at Customs in Moscow my sketchbook was taken from me (later returned) because my notes were a "code." The sketches are actually a kind of shorthand writing. The world moves so quickly that images are blurred or lost. I try to record responses and moments. Later, I work with the note-sketches, developing them to the final form. I was born into a large family, six brothers and one sister, and into a small house. This made it natural to spend much time out of doors. In Oklahoma the summers were long and hot and filled with small adventures. In my childhood explorations of nature (plants, rocks, caves, landscapes) I made discoveries that I use even now in my painting. At six years, I modeled small animals and people from clay that the well drillers dug. I learned about color from rocks, leaves, and berries. A game we had was "coloring rocks." We pounded small rocks to dust, mashed berries or leaves, made colors, painted surfaces of large rocks and let them dry in the sun. At eleven I had typhoid fever. For a summer I was bedridden. I did many drawings and cutouts, and my imagination came alive. Thirteen was an important year. I began high school. I saw an oil painting for the first time. It was called Moonrise on Blue River. I began drawing from a live model, from casts, from imagination. I did a mural on four sides of the art room. The following year I won a silver medal in "Free-Hand Drawing" at the Scholastic Meet at the University of Oklahoma. Many years later I won another silver medal, at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Thomas English Oil on Board Painting Montana

Lot # 815 (Sale Order: 815 of 1396)      

Title is Late Spring. 10" by 12" unframed, 15 3/4" by 17 3/4" framed. Thomas (Tom) English (Born 1949) is active/lives in Montana, Texas. Thomas English is known for West...moreern landscape painting, mountains, water, snow scenes, still life, graphics. Originally from Austin, Texas, Thomas English has been a Montana resident since 1991. He is an avid outdoor painter as well as a studio painter. He has participated in many shows throughout the United States and his work has been widely collected. English has shown many times in the C.M. Russell Auction, Quick Draw, and Masters in Miniature. Other shows include the Treasure State Invitational, the Montana Land Reliance, Plein Air Tucson, Masters in Montana, and many gallery shows. He was invited to attend the annual Glacier National Park "Superintendents" Hike and many times to the annual "Russell Ride" at the Circle Bar Ranch, near Utica, Montana, as an "artist guest". English has had one-man shows at the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art in Great Falls, Montana and at the Hockaday Museum of Art in Kalispell, Montana. During the Hockaday Museum showing the museum purchased one of his paintings of Glacier National Park for their permanent collection. His work has been displayed at the Governors' Mansion in Helena, MT, and he also was awarded the prestigious "Artist in Residency" in Glacier National Park. He is a founding member and was the first President of the Montana Painters Alliance. "The wonderful world and work of the California Impressionists, the American Impressionists, and Hew Hope School near Philadelphia, have all had an influence on my life, my painting and my philosophy." by Thomas English

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Dustin L Lyon Cowboy Oil on Board Painting

Lot # 816 (Sale Order: 816 of 1396)      

16 1/2" by 19 1/2" framed. Dustin L. Lyon (Born 1951) is active/lives in Idaho, Arizona. Dustin Lyon is known for Luminous western mountain scene painting, frontier figur...morees and wild animals, murals. Dustin Lyon invites all to step back into a time when life was more genteel. A quiet walk through a town square, a short trolley ride home, a grand landscape or the quiet solitude of a Native American encampment are just a few of the excursions that Dustin will take you on. As a native of Idaho, Lyon’s early life was filled with horses, farming, and wildlife in a land rich in history. These familiar subjects are often painted against a backdrop from a specific locale encountered in his travels throughout the United States. Recognizable landmarks and monuments create compositional effects in his paintings as well as lending an attitude of familiarity for the viewer of each of his paintings. Lyon received a degree in Art Advertising and Design from Ricks College and furthered his art education at Boise State University. He developed his professional career as a commercial artist through 1978, while coming home to work on his own art well into the night. In 1978 he began to paint full time and has been a professional fine artist since then. He lists numerous awards and shows to his credit and his work hangs in many private and public collections. Dustin re-located to Arizona in 1996 to continue his artistic endeavors. In 1999 he completed 2 major historical murals in Scotts Valley, California. Dustin opened an art gallery in January of 2005 where he painted and showcased his work as well as the work of other talented, well established artists.

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Sheryl Bodily Oil on Board Painting

Lot # 817 (Sale Order: 817 of 1396)      

Title is Fording the River. 20" by 24" framed. Sheryl L. Bodily (Born 1936) is active/lives in Montana, Idaho. Sheryl Bodily is known for Western frontier scene painting,...more wildlife, horses. A western wildlife and landscape artist, Sheryl Bodily is a resident of Montana. He was the winner of the 1986 Ellensburg Washington Rodeo Association Poster Award, and recently received Best of Show/Flatwork at the Florence Festival Art Auction in Florence, Montana. Favorite subjects rendered in oil and pencil include Indian scenes with children, old cabins, wagon trains and wildlife. He is widely exhibited in Sante Fe and Taos, New Mexico, Sedona, Arizona and Idaho. In the fall of 1970, an art auction was held through the Pacific Northwest Indian Center in Spokane, Washington. To that auction a young man named Sheryl Bodily, from Columbia Falls, Montana, brought a few of his oil paintings. A good deal of excitement was caused by the fact that Mr. Bodily's paintings were sold at auction for twice their listed value. A few months later the performance was repeated at another art auction in Great Falls, Montana, and suddenly an artist who had been painting professionally for 12 years, two of them full time, was discovered. Suddenly a man who had had to work hard to sell his work, found himself with more advance commissions than he could readily complete. Western artist Sheryl Bodily was born in Boise, Idaho, on April 20, 1936, the second oldest in a family with one brother and four sisters. Mr. Bodily's father was a farmer in the Boise Valley, and he remembers six moves to different farms in that region. He described his father as the breadwinner and his mother as the counselor and teacher in his early years. "I remember milking eight to fifteen cows which was always my chore at home, but my real interest at that time was the hobby of collecting arrowheads and other artifacts in Rocky Canyon with my younger brother near Meridian, Idaho." His enthusiastic interest in Indian people and their contemporary culture has continued to grow over the years and has had a tremendous influence on his art. Mr. Bodily first remembers drawing in the first grade of the Meridian Idaho Grade School, and being told at that time by his teacher that someday he would become an artist. The artist laughingly suggested that, "it took nearly thirty years to prove her right." Mr. Bodily began oil painting at 14, and oil has been his primary medium since that time. He has also completed a number of works in pen and ink, but at present works almost entirely in oils. "I would like to do more pen and inks, but I´m so busy now with oils that I really can't find the time." After completing high school, Mr. Bodily studied commercial art for two years at Brigham Young University in Utah. He found during those two years that commercial art held little interest for him as a lifetime pursuit and at the end of two years he accepted a call to serve a two and one half year mission for his church to the Spanish speaking peoples of Texas and New Mexico. During this period, and shortly afterward, he traveled extensively in the southwest and expanded his interest in contemporary and historical Indian culture to include those of the southwest. Those years influenced his art and this influence can occasionally be noted in the rich colors used in the countryside depicted in some of his works.

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Sheryl Bodily Stagecoach Oil on Board Painting

Lot # 818 (Sale Order: 818 of 1396)      

Title is Short Cut. 17 3/4" by 21 7/8" framed. Sheryl L. Bodily (Born 1936) is active/lives in Montana, Idaho. Sheryl Bodily is known for Western frontier scene painting,...more wildlife, horses. A western wildlife and landscape artist, Sheryl Bodily is a resident of Montana. He was the winner of the 1986 Ellensburg Washington Rodeo Association Poster Award, and recently received Best of Show/Flatwork at the Florence Festival Art Auction in Florence, Montana. Favorite subjects rendered in oil and pencil include Indian scenes with children, old cabins, wagon trains and wildlife. He is widely exhibited in Sante Fe and Taos, New Mexico, Sedona, Arizona and Idaho. In the fall of 1970, an art auction was held through the Pacific Northwest Indian Center in Spokane, Washington. To that auction a young man named Sheryl Bodily, from Columbia Falls, Montana, brought a few of his oil paintings. A good deal of excitement was caused by the fact that Mr. Bodily's paintings were sold at auction for twice their listed value. A few months later the performance was repeated at another art auction in Great Falls, Montana, and suddenly an artist who had been painting professionally for 12 years, two of them full time, was discovered. Suddenly a man who had had to work hard to sell his work, found himself with more advance commissions than he could readily complete. Western artist Sheryl Bodily was born in Boise, Idaho, on April 20, 1936, the second oldest in a family with one brother and four sisters. Mr. Bodily's father was a farmer in the Boise Valley, and he remembers six moves to different farms in that region. He described his father as the breadwinner and his mother as the counselor and teacher in his early years. "I remember milking eight to fifteen cows which was always my chore at home, but my real interest at that time was the hobby of collecting arrowheads and other artifacts in Rocky Canyon with my younger brother near Meridian, Idaho." His enthusiastic interest in Indian people and their contemporary culture has continued to grow over the years and has had a tremendous influence on his art. Mr. Bodily first remembers drawing in the first grade of the Meridian Idaho Grade School, and being told at that time by his teacher that someday he would become an artist. The artist laughingly suggested that, "it took nearly thirty years to prove her right." Mr. Bodily began oil painting at 14, and oil has been his primary medium since that time. He has also completed a number of works in pen and ink, but at present works almost entirely in oils. "I would like to do more pen and inks, but I´m so busy now with oils that I really can't find the time." After completing high school, Mr. Bodily studied commercial art for two years at Brigham Young University in Utah. He found during those two years that commercial art held little interest for him as a lifetime pursuit and at the end of two years he accepted a call to serve a two and one half year mission for his church to the Spanish speaking peoples of Texas and New Mexico. During this period, and shortly afterward, he traveled extensively in the southwest and expanded his interest in contemporary and historical Indian culture to include those of the southwest. Those years influenced his art and this influence can occasionally be noted in the rich colors used in the countryside depicted in some of his works.

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Sheryl Bodily Moose Hunt Oil on Board Painting

Lot # 819 (Sale Order: 819 of 1396)      

Title is Surprise Encounter. 14" by 18" unframed, 18 3/4" by 22 3/4" framed. Sheryl L. Bodily (Born 1936) is active/lives in Montana, Idaho. Sheryl Bodily is known for We...morestern frontier scene painting, wildlife, horses. A western wildlife and landscape artist, Sheryl Bodily is a resident of Montana. He was the winner of the 1986 Ellensburg Washington Rodeo Association Poster Award, and recently received Best of Show/Flatwork at the Florence Festival Art Auction in Florence, Montana. Favorite subjects rendered in oil and pencil include Indian scenes with children, old cabins, wagon trains and wildlife. He is widely exhibited in Sante Fe and Taos, New Mexico, Sedona, Arizona and Idaho. In the fall of 1970, an art auction was held through the Pacific Northwest Indian Center in Spokane, Washington. To that auction a young man named Sheryl Bodily, from Columbia Falls, Montana, brought a few of his oil paintings. A good deal of excitement was caused by the fact that Mr. Bodily's paintings were sold at auction for twice their listed value. A few months later the performance was repeated at another art auction in Great Falls, Montana, and suddenly an artist who had been painting professionally for 12 years, two of them full time, was discovered. Suddenly a man who had had to work hard to sell his work, found himself with more advance commissions than he could readily complete. Western artist Sheryl Bodily was born in Boise, Idaho, on April 20, 1936, the second oldest in a family with one brother and four sisters. Mr. Bodily's father was a farmer in the Boise Valley, and he remembers six moves to different farms in that region. He described his father as the breadwinner and his mother as the counselor and teacher in his early years. "I remember milking eight to fifteen cows which was always my chore at home, but my real interest at that time was the hobby of collecting arrowheads and other artifacts in Rocky Canyon with my younger brother near Meridian, Idaho." His enthusiastic interest in Indian people and their contemporary culture has continued to grow over the years and has had a tremendous influence on his art. Mr. Bodily first remembers drawing in the first grade of the Meridian Idaho Grade School, and being told at that time by his teacher that someday he would become an artist. The artist laughingly suggested that, "it took nearly thirty years to prove her right." Mr. Bodily began oil painting at 14, and oil has been his primary medium since that time. He has also completed a number of works in pen and ink, but at present works almost entirely in oils. "I would like to do more pen and inks, but I´m so busy now with oils that I really can't find the time." After completing high school, Mr. Bodily studied commercial art for two years at Brigham Young University in Utah. He found during those two years that commercial art held little interest for him as a lifetime pursuit and at the end of two years he accepted a call to serve a two and one half year mission for his church to the Spanish speaking peoples of Texas and New Mexico. During this period, and shortly afterward, he traveled extensively in the southwest and expanded his interest in contemporary and historical Indian culture to include those of the southwest. Those years influenced his art and this influence can occasionally be noted in the rich colors used in the countryside depicted in some of his works.

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Sheryl Bodily Cowboy Oil on Canvas Painting

Lot # 820 (Sale Order: 820 of 1396)      

Title is Cattle Drive. 11" by 14" unframed, 19" by 22" framed. Sheryl L. Bodily (Born 1936) is active/lives in Montana, Idaho. Sheryl Bodily is known for Western frontier...more scene painting, wildlife, horses. A western wildlife and landscape artist, Sheryl Bodily is a resident of Montana. He was the winner of the 1986 Ellensburg Washington Rodeo Association Poster Award, and recently received Best of Show/Flatwork at the Florence Festival Art Auction in Florence, Montana. Favorite subjects rendered in oil and pencil include Indian scenes with children, old cabins, wagon trains and wildlife. He is widely exhibited in Sante Fe and Taos, New Mexico, Sedona, Arizona and Idaho. In the fall of 1970, an art auction was held through the Pacific Northwest Indian Center in Spokane, Washington. To that auction a young man named Sheryl Bodily, from Columbia Falls, Montana, brought a few of his oil paintings. A good deal of excitement was caused by the fact that Mr. Bodily's paintings were sold at auction for twice their listed value. A few months later the performance was repeated at another art auction in Great Falls, Montana, and suddenly an artist who had been painting professionally for 12 years, two of them full time, was discovered. Suddenly a man who had had to work hard to sell his work, found himself with more advance commissions than he could readily complete. Western artist Sheryl Bodily was born in Boise, Idaho, on April 20, 1936, the second oldest in a family with one brother and four sisters. Mr. Bodily's father was a farmer in the Boise Valley, and he remembers six moves to different farms in that region. He described his father as the breadwinner and his mother as the counselor and teacher in his early years. "I remember milking eight to fifteen cows which was always my chore at home, but my real interest at that time was the hobby of collecting arrowheads and other artifacts in Rocky Canyon with my younger brother near Meridian, Idaho." His enthusiastic interest in Indian people and their contemporary culture has continued to grow over the years and has had a tremendous influence on his art. Mr. Bodily first remembers drawing in the first grade of the Meridian Idaho Grade School, and being told at that time by his teacher that someday he would become an artist. The artist laughingly suggested that, "it took nearly thirty years to prove her right." Mr. Bodily began oil painting at 14, and oil has been his primary medium since that time. He has also completed a number of works in pen and ink, but at present works almost entirely in oils. "I would like to do more pen and inks, but I´m so busy now with oils that I really can't find the time." After completing high school, Mr. Bodily studied commercial art for two years at Brigham Young University in Utah. He found during those two years that commercial art held little interest for him as a lifetime pursuit and at the end of two years he accepted a call to serve a two and one half year mission for his church to the Spanish speaking peoples of Texas and New Mexico. During this period, and shortly afterward, he traveled extensively in the southwest and expanded his interest in contemporary and historical Indian culture to include those of the southwest. Those years influenced his art and this influence can occasionally be noted in the rich colors used in the countryside depicted in some of his works.

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Sheldon Parsons New Mexico Oil on Canvas Painting

Lot # 821 (Sale Order: 821 of 1396)      

Title is Santa Fe in Spring, a New Mexico Landscape 1914. 14" by 18" unframed, 19 1/2" by 23 5/8" framed. Provenance: Covington Fine Arts Gallery Sheldon Parsons (1866 - ...more1943) was active/lived in New York, New Mexico. Sheldon Parsons is known for Landscape, Indian pueblos and figure painting. In 1918 becoming the first director of the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, Sheldon Parsons was a painter of local residents, plaza scenes, and landscapes. He applied Impressionist techniques to convey the New Mexico landscape, and his work became popular. He was born in Rochester, New York, and studied at the National Academy of Design with William Merritt Chase, Edgar Ward and Will Low. He was married to noted photographer Caroline Reed Parsons, and from 1895 to 1912, was a much sought after New York portrait painter, whose subjects included prominent persons such as President McKinley and Susan B Anthony. He also won much recognition for his autumn scenes of the countryside of Westchester County. In 1913, to start a new life after his wife's death and to find a better climate because of his tuberculosis, he gave up his successful career in New York to move to Santa Fe where he became one of the earliest resident artists. The more he painted in that environment, the looser his style became, and his impressionist landscape paintings were popular. They were exhibited at the Palace of the Governors and the new Museum of New Mexico, where a number of his paintings are in the collection.

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Elbridge Ayer Burbank Navajo Girl Conte Crayon

Lot # 822 (Sale Order: 822 of 1396)      

Conte Crayon on Paper. Title is A Little Navajo Indian Girl. Dated 1943. 20" by 26 1/2" framed. Provenance Trailside Gallery Jackson Wyoming Private Collection, Van Kirke...more and Helen Nelson, Kalispell, Montana. Elbridge Ayer Burbank (1858 - 1949) was active/lived in Arizona, California, Illinois. Elbridge Burbank is known for Indian portrait and still life painting. Born in Harvard, Illinois, Elbridge Ayer (E.A.) Burbank became a portrait painter of Indian chiefs, leaving a rich historical legacy. He graduated from the Chicago Art Academy and then, working from a studio in St. Paul, Minnesota, painted scenery for Northwest Magazine to inspire homesteading along the railway line of the Northern Pacific. This job took him West to the Rocky Mountains, Idaho, Washington, and Montana. In 1887 and 1889 to 1891, he studied art in Munich, Germany, and there became friends with artists Joseph Henry Sharp, William R. Leigh and Toby Rosenthal. Following this, he briefly had a portrait studio in London, England, and then he returned to Chicago where in 1892, he had his first exhibition at his studio that he had just opened. Among the works were portraits including Portrait of a Woman, Munich, 1892 that was positively reviewed by a writer for the Chicago Tribune. Because the work was formal and characteristic of society portraiture of that era. it is suggested that Burbank was trying to attract portrait commissions. The sitter was likely the artist's wife, Alice Blanche Wheeler. In 1894, Burbank became an American citizen, and graduated from the Chicago Art Institute where he was invited to stay and teach. He spent many summers painting in Giverny, France, the home of Impressionist Claude Monet. Burbank's Giverny paintings were typical Giverny subjects of women in outdoor landscape. In 1898, he experienced a great turning point in his life as a result of a special commission from his uncle, Edward Ayer, who was first president of the Field Columbian Museum and owner of one of the most complete libraries on Indian culture. Ayer hired his nephew to do portraits of Indians prominent in that time. On this assignment, Burbank traveled west again, and in Ganado, Arizona, met trading post owner Lorenzo Hubbell who became a life-long friend. During his western trips, he painted over 2000 portraits of Indians from 125 tribes: 1000 were oil portraits and 1200 were with Conte Crayon. He was one of the few artists to use crayon as a medium for portraits. He was the only artist to paint Geronimo from life, and he also painted Red Cloud and Chief Joseph. The collection of paintings from these western travels in is the Newberry Library in Chicago, and another large group of his paintings is at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. From 1900, he traveled constantly in the West and divided his time between California, Arizona, Oklahoma and New Mexico. He spent much time at the Hubbell Trading Post, writing in a letter: "Whenever I am away from Ganado, I always fell I am away from home. I am happiest there than any place I have yet been to." (Portraits of the People) It is thought that it was his influence that stirred Hubbell's interest in art, which in turn, led to him forming an art collection that remains at the Trading Post in the Hubbell private home. Work by Burbank comprises about one-third of the collection. He also painted numerous Navajo rug designs for Hubbell, who then used them as samples for commissioning rugs to sell. For the last eighteen years of his life, he was in mental hospitals, treated for manic depression, and towards the end of his life, lived in the basement of the Manx Hotel in downtown San Francisco where he had moved in 1917. He died on March 21, 1949 at age 97 from injuries from being hit with a cable car several months earlier.

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William Standing Montana Oil on Board Painting

Lot # 823 (Sale Order: 823 of 1396)      

Title is The Edge of Evening. 19" by 24 1/4" framed. William Standing (1904 - 1951) was active/lived in Montana. William Standing is known for Horse, landscape, Indian, g...moreenre. William Standing was born July 27, 1904 in Oswego, Montana. He was a Native American, member of the Assiniboine Tribe. Educated at the Wolf Point Mission School and, from 1920-24, at the Haskell Indian School in Lawrence where he received his formal art instruction. Standing was one of the five Kiowa Indians who became special students at the Univ. of Oklahoma under the guidance of Oscar Jacobson during the 1920s. After attending Haskell Institute, he worked as an interior decorator in Kansas. Standing is best known for his humorous sketches published as postcards, and he was also adept in oil, watercolor, and clay. During the 1930s, in collaboration with James Long, he produced a book, The Land of the Nakoda. This volume, an in-depth sketch study of the Assiniboine tribe, is the focal point of the greatest body of Standing's works. He died on June 27, 1951 in Oswego, Montana.

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Vladan Stiha Oil on Canvas Painting

Lot # 824 (Sale Order: 824 of 1396)      

Title is Two Women with Children. 16" by 20" unframed. 24 3/8" by 28 3/8" framed. Vladan Stiha (1908 - 1992) was active/lived in New Mexico / Yugoslavia (former), Brazil....more Vladan Stiha is known for Western landscapes, cowboys, Native American figure. Vladan Stiha, a painter of Western American landscapes, Indians and cowboys, began his long, colorful life in Belgrade, Yugoslavia on October 18, 1908. His life would end three continents and eighty-four years later on April 25, 1992, at the end of the old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Born into a family of artists, Stiha learned to draw and paint from his father. He began formal art education in Belgrade, then had the opportunity to study at The Academy of Arts in Vienna with Professor Karl Faringer, and later with Professor Carlo Saverri at the Academy of Art in Rome. Stiha spent a total of twenty years in South America after Yugoslavia was invaded during World War II. Since their first choice of emigration, the United States, had its quota filled, Stiha and his wife Elena chose Buenos Aires as a first refuge. An impressionistic style emerged for Stiha during this period, inspired by his freedom and the colorful backgrounds of the Pampas and Gauchos, resulting in a vibrant expression of his individuality on his canvas. Stiha's spirit was always searching, and after ten years in Argentina his friends in Brazil enticed him to relocate to Sao Paulo. The dramatic beaches and primitive marketplaces in Bahia captured Stiha's heart and he fell in love with the colorful peasants who filled his canvases with the rich colors of his pastel palette. He was then a mature artist, confident in his own style and technique, and it was during this period that he began experimenting with Cubism. Stiha's studio and art school in Brazil was located across the street from the American Embassy. His reputation as a celebrated European and South American artist attracted the attention of the United States through the American Consulate, and the Stihas were offered citizenship. Their long awaited dream of immigrating to the United States came true when Stiha was 62 years of age and Elena was 66. After a short stay on the West Coast, they found their way to New Mexico, opening the Stiha Gallery at the historic La Fonda Hotel in 1971. During their first year in the Southwest, the Stihas traveled from reservation to reservation, painting traditional Indian pageants and their reenactments of the arrival of settlers in covered wagons. These ceremonies were held in the spirit of healing the old wounds by "walking in the white man's shoes." Stiha's ability as a colorist and portrait painter earned him a place in the collections of museums like the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.; Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe; Navajo Ceremonial Museum; Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas; Pioneer Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Oklahoma Museum of Art, Red Ridges, Oklahoma; and Fort Huachuca Historic Museum in Arizona.

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Randy Van Beek Indian Camp Oil Painting

Lot # 825 (Sale Order: 825 of 1396)      

Title is Amongst the Clouds. 18" by 24" unframed. 26" by 32" framed. Randy Van Beek (Born 1958) is active/lives in Washington. Randy Van Beek is known for Western landsca...morepe painting-Indian encampments. Randy Van Beek was born June 28, 1958, and raised in the Pacific Northwest. As a child he exhibited exceptional artistic talent with a specific interest in drawing. His drawings portrayed his different interests throughout childhood. After graduating from high school, Randy pursued no formal art training. During that period, Abstraction and Expressionism were the trends for most art colleges. Randy's interest was always Traditional Realism, so he sought out his own education. Living near Western Washington University gave him access to their extensive art library where he studied and practiced the techniques of his favorite master artists. Most of his attention was focused on the eighteenth century Dutch and Austrian masters, and the nineteenth century American painters, particularly the Hudson River School Group. The time spent in museums in the U.S. and Europe also proved invaluable to his artistic development. His work has evolved into a unique style truly his own, but the influence of the masters is evident. He uses many of the glazing techniques or transparent layers of colors. An illusion of depth is created as light travels through these layers of transparent color instead of immediately reflecting off of an opaque surface. He is continually striving to improve in composition, which is the most intellectual aspect in painting---the design and arrangement of dark and light masses, the harmonious union of line, form and color to which a viewer is attracted. He develops the composition to communicate a message or a sensation. Of his working method, he said: "Whenever I travel I carry my painting equipment and camera. When I discover a scene or an effect that excites me, something unique, I attempt to capture what I feel or the impression of my visual experience." Later in the studio Randy refers to the outdoor study paintings as well as the photographs to execute larger works. When he composes these more complex versions, he may incorporate figures, children, or wildlife, sometimes creating a story. Randy enjoys a broad range of subjects and painting styles. "I don't want to limit myself to a theme in subjects, or a repetitive formula in techniques. I need to continually challenge myself. The creative process is over once I've accomplished something, and it's that process I'm most passionate about. I think the creative mind is one of God's most fascinating gifts. I see it as a responsibility to explore and develop my gift, but mostly to share what I've created. We can seek solace in the appreciation of beauty. Art, music, and literature can elevate our spirit providing relief from the common place. A work of art is passed on for centuries, communicating ones personal insights in a particular era." Randy is concerned with the preservation of natural areas on our planet and hopes his work will inspire others to share in the responsibility of maintaining balance between conservation, economic, and social needs. A portion of the proceeds from Art Impressions West, Inc., goes toward organizations that preserve and improve wildlife habitat thus promoting our quality and enjoyment of life now and for future generations. A partial list of memberships include: World Wildlife Fund, National Park Foundation, Wilderness Society, Whatcom County Land Trust, and Children's Compassion International.

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