“Ephemeral”
oil on linen panel
36 x 24 in.
 
https://www.grandcanyon.org/arts-and-culture/2016-celebration-art
 
About the Artist:
Bill Cramer is one of the 26 artists participating in the 8th annual Grand Canyon Celebration of Art. The plein air event at the South Rim and in the Canyon takes place September 10-17, 2016 with the exhibit and sale of their work at Kolb Studio opening on September 18 and continuing through January 16, 2017. Proceeds from this event support the goal of funding a permanent art venue at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
 
This Arizona artist explains the inspiration for this painting: “I was seduced again by the sun’s last rays coming to rest on the temples and ridges of the Grand Canyon. It’s a temporary phenomenon, but so too are the clouds, the trees, and in the depths of time, the canyon itself – each one ephemeral through processes both fleeting and ancient.”
 
For more information and a schedule of events please visit:
https://www.grandcanyon.org/arts-and-culture/2016-celebration-art
or contact Kathy Duley [email protected] 480-277-0458
 

“Towering Skies of New Mexico”
  24″ x 36″
  acrylic
  $6,000

http://www.johncogan.com/
 
About the Artist:
John Cogan captures the beauty of creation on canvas, painting the landscapes of the American West in a unique style that has become known throughout the United States and the world.  He paints primarily in acrylic, focusing on color and the effects of light. John earned a PhD in physics from Rice University in 1981. But he loved painting more than science and by the following year however painting had become his vocation.
 
John has won numerous awards and his paintings are part of the permanent collections of the Grand Canyon, Bernalillo County, Citizens Bank, Conoco Phillips, McGraw Hill, San Juan College, Eastern New Mexico University, Raymond James Financial, Xanterra, Zion National Park and John has 25 pieces in the collection of the Sultanate of Oman. 
 
John’s work is represented by Mainview Gallery in Scottsdale, Cimarron Sky in Charlotte, Marigold Arts in Santa Fe and Turpin Gallery in Jackson Hole.
 
Contact info 
http://www.johncogan.com/
[email protected]
505.486.6388
505.327.3602
 

On view now through September at the Bruce Museum in Connecticut is a remarkable exhibition that explores the evolution of Paris as the center of the technological and artistic worlds during the mid-19th century.
 

 
To learn more, visit the Bruce Museum.
 
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This 19th-century painter’s works are rare and very much sought after by museums around the nation, especially in his home region of the Pacific Northwest. The Tacoma Art Museum was overjoyed to recently announce its acquisition of a gorgeous oil. Who’s the artist?
 
On Wednesday, May 25, the Tacoma Art Museum in Washington unveiled one of the institution’s most anticipated acquisitions in years: a gorgeous oil by 19th-century painter Grafton Tyler Brown. The artist’s surviving works are rare and a treasure for any collection.
 
The stunning painting — titled “A Canyon River with Pines and Figures (Yellowstone)” — is a dramatic and stylized representation of Yellowstone National Park’s beauty. Viewers find themselves deep within the wilderness, looking down into a jagged and sun-bathed canyon. The beautiful overlapping and atmospheric perspective draws the viewer into the scene as the river winds and recedes into the distance.
 
Stephanie Stebich, TAM’s executive director, said, “We are delighted to acquire Brown’s stunning landscape painting. This is our first significant purchase to complement the Haub Family Collection of Western American Art since the opening of the Haub Family Galleries in November 2014. We are grateful for the community support that made it possible to acquire this exceptional museum-quality work. This painting beautifully links TAM’s focus on the art of the Northwest with the art of the broader Western region. It helps us to tell a more complete story of Northwestern art and artists.”
 
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Although it has been traditionally considered to be a “lesser” genre, contemporary painters continue to explore the range, power, and depth of still life. These contemporary approaches to the genre form the core of this magnetic exhibition.
 
The still life genre has undergone many changes — through celebration, ridicule, and experimentation — throughout art history, and this vacillating dynamic continues today among many of the most accomplished artists. On view now through August 7 at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas, “Object Romance: Contemporary Approaches to Still Life” is a fascinating opportunity to witness firsthand the current state of the genre.

Via the gallery: “Rather than promote the interests of an elite class, 20th-century still lifes reflect the individual histories and creative ambitions of their makers. With the rise of modernism and consumer culture, artists depicted unconventional objects such as mass-produced goods and broadly experimented with their methods of representation, turning the aged genre into a vital means of contemporary expression. The subject of still life is widely represented in the McNay’s collection, the most recent example being David Ligare’s Still Life with Apples and Vessel, which serves as inspiration for this exhibition. Gathering tabletop compositions and studies of single objects, all works in Object Romance initially appear straightforward. However, many objects are strategically lit, positioned, and described, giving them a theatrical presence that suggests symbolic meanings and larger narratives. Together these works in painting, sculpture, printmaking, and photography declare the importance of the ordinary and the familiar and the vitality of this enduring genre.”

To learn more, visit the McNay Art Museum.

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A comprehensive collection of works from six acclaimed artists at Principle Gallery in Charleston, South Carolina, will compose the gallery’s one-night event at the luxurious Vendue Inn.
 
Balkan, Bradley, Kulenovic, Oaxaca, Wilk, and Zang are the incredible artists whose works will be the subjects of an outstanding one-night event/exhibition hosted by Principle Gallery at the Vendue Inn in Charleston, South Carolina. The works featured include figurative, wildlife, and still life painting and sculpture.
 
To learn more, visit Principle Gallery.
 
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A captivating exhibition at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum will reveal to all who are willing to hear the secrets of this masterful watercolorist’s artistic theology and process.
 
Although he died in 2008, the legacy of watercolorist Lowell Ellsworth Smith is one that is sure to stand the test of time. Opened on May 27 at the delightful National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, “Lowell Ellsworth Smith: My Theology of Painting” will explore the award-winning artist’s “deeply personal artistic interpretations concerning his varied subject matter,” the museum writes. Highlights from the exhibition include more than 20 watercolor portrait and landscape studies inspired by the American West and Mexico. Among the watercolors is the outstanding 1983 Prix de West Purchase Award-winning “Church Façade, Plaza del Oriente.”
 
To learn more, visit the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
 
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He’s one of the foremost wildlife painters working today. His paintings are rich in color and expressive in touch. This artist’s endless fascination with Western landscapes and wildlife is highlighted with intense power and beauty in a solo exhibition.
 
Growing up in West Texas, William Alther developed a passionate interest in art and the natural world at a very early age. Eventually this fascination led Alther to a career in zoology and wildlife biology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science for nearly 13 years. Luckily for us, Alther began focusing on his art full-time after 2004 and has quickly risen in the ranks as one of the nation’s top wildlife painters.
 
His works will undoubtedly feel right at home on the walls of Legacy Gallery in Jackson, Wyoming, next month as Alther and his art are the subjects of a compelling solo exhibition. Featuring the artist’s newest works, the show will be yet another display of Alther’s command of wildlife and natural beauty in brush and paint. The exhibition will open on July 1 and run through July 10, with an artist reception on July 7.
 
To learn more, visit Legacy Gallery.
 
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Save the date for June 10 at Abend Gallery in Denver, Colorado, as the nationally known gallery is poised to host a major group exhibition of stellar landscape painting.
 
Alex Beck, Sherrie York, Zhaoming Wu, and Jane Hunt are only a few of the names in an impressive lineup of artists participating in Abend Gallery’s “Landscape” exhibition. Opening June 10 and on view through July 23, the exhibition will be one of the greatest displays of variety in landscape painting in the country. In fact, the exhibition is expected to be so large that the gallery is planning two opening receptions, one on June 10 and another June 23. With works ranging from tight realism to loosened abstraction and expressionism, there will surely be something for every connoisseur to enjoy.
 
Also currently on view at Abend Gallery is an equally outstanding exhibition of figurative painting, which features works by — among many others — Teresa Elliott, Emilio Villaba, and Mary Chiaramonte.
 
To learn more about both shows, visit Abend Gallery.
 
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An outstanding organization that seeks to preserve the agricultural lands surrounding San Francisco, the Marin Agricultural Land Trust — or MALT — hosts a landscape art show and sale each year to raise funds for its mission. Its most recent event broke records.
 
Featuring nearly 40 acclaimed Marin and Santa Barbara Oak Group artists, the Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) recently hosted its annual “Ranches & Rolling Hills Landscape Art Show and Sale,” which realized over $142,000 in sales — smashing previous records. Even more impressive was the fact that this total was achieved through the sale of only 110 paintings — a testament to both the skills of the artists and the support for MALT’s mission. Among the participating artists were Meredith Brooks Abbott, Susan Hall, David Perkins, Richard Schloss, Leslie Allen, Ward Walkup, Jon Francis, Jeanette Le Grue, and Dana Hooper.
 
Plans are already in progress for the organization’s 20th-anniversary celebration, scheduled for May 2017. To learn more, visit The Marin Agricultural Land Trust.
 
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