2016 BIGHORN RENDEZVOUS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, August 5

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Check-in and Registration Forrest E. Mars, Jr. Building at The Brinton Museum Tickets and nametags held at Admissions Desk 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. NWR Artists Annual Meeting Jacomien Mars Reception Gallery 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Opening Reception (ticketed event) Brinton Bistro & Patio, Jacomien Mars Reception Gallery, S.K. Johnston, Jr. Family Gallery

Saturday, August 6

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Check-in and Registration Forrest E. Mars, Jr. Building at The Brinton Museum Tickets and nametags held at Admissions Desk 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Quick Draw with NWR Artists and Guest Artists (ticketed event) Brinton Museum Grounds/Quarter Circle A Ranch 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Brunch Buffet (ticketed event) Tent on the Brinton Ranch House lawn 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Quick Draw Art Auction to benefit the Northwest Rendezvous Group of Artists Tent on the Brinton Ranch House lawn

Saturday, August 6, Evening: Banquet & Sale (ticketed event) Brinton Pavilion - event tent

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Cocktails 6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Awards 6:30 p.m. Dinner 8:00 p.m. Sale begins DIRECTOR’S WELCOME THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS & BUSINESS MEMBERS

BIGHORN RENDEZVOUS EVENT SPONSORS James & Christine Scott Homer A. and Mildred S. Scott Foundation HUB International Mountain States Limited Fine Art Connoisseur / Plein Air Magazine* Ashley Marie Weddings

BRINTON CORPORATE SPONSORS Sam Scott Family & Brian Creek Cattle Co., LLC Hammer Chevrolet HUB International Mountain States Limited Morrison Maierle Sysco Montana Witzel Family Foundation

BRINTON BUSINESS SPONSORS AlphaGraphics – Sheridan First Interstate Bank Fletcher Construction Company Mill Inn Mountain View Veterinary Hospital It is with great pleasure that I welcome the Northwest Robbins Dermatology PC Rendezvous Group of Artists and their invited guests to our Bighorn Rendezvous Art Show & Sale. Collectively, we take BRINTON BUSINESS MEMBERS pride and satisfaction in the trust that you have placed in Crazy Woman Trading Co. our institution to help perpetuate the legacy of first rate art, Heartland Kubota LLC The Jentel Foundation artists and exhibitions that have become synonymous with King’s Saddlery, Inc the Northwest Rendezvous Group. We hope you, and all of Security State Bank our guests for this show and its events, enjoy our amazing Sheridan Physical Therapy facility here at The Brinton Museum in Big Horn, Wyoming Top Office Products, Inc. situated in the foothills of the hospitable Bighorn Mountains. Kenneth L. Schuster *Media and Artist Award Sponsor Director & Chief Curator “CHANGES”

relationship for both of us. After 15 years in our last location everyone realized that a change was imminent and needed in order to grow and even to survive, but it was somewhat dreaded. When you are facing the unknown, the first step is always difficult. However, after a 3 year hiatus, when we were presented with the opportunities here at the Brinton, it was obvious that it was the right step to take. Now it is what we make of the opportunity, the challenges, the new direction and the changes that will allow us to achieve what we desire. Through those 3 years our members stuck together having the faith that we would eventually be presented a new location for the show and sale. During that time we lost only 2 members but we were fortunate enough to re-gain a previous member. So, despite those trials and tribulations, Rendezvous is continuing with a new name, “BIGHORN RENDEZVOUS”, a new vigor, a new look, a new personality and in a new and beautiful location. Our promise is to continue to bring our patrons a gathering that is personal and as welcoming as always. As we gather now we welcome all of our “old” friends who are here and we welcome all of our “new” friends as well. You are about to be a part of one of the nation’s finest, and without a doubt, the nation’s friendliest art shows anywhere. So as you enjoy this time with us please remember…… ..”changes”, for the most part, are actually a good part of our lives as they allow us to expand our horizons and grow. The world famous author and philosopher, “Unknown”, once said, “Don’t be afraid of change. You might lose Frank Montibeller, President, something good, but you’ll gain something better.” And so Northwest Rendezvous Group of Artists (NWR) it is. The Northwest Rendezvous Group of artists and the Rendezvous Show itself have indeed gained something better with our new partnership with the new and beautiful Brinton Museum and the wonderful staff and management here in Big Horn, Wyoming. Rendezvous was in a dreadful “limbo” position for 3 long years, but now, we have a new home and we are looking forward to a long and successful IN REMEMBRANCE NWR AWARDS SPONSORS

This past year, the Northwest Rendezvous Group Bill & Bobby Spilker of Artists (NWR) experienced the loss of two of its three Terry & Leslie Jackson founding members. NWR was founded in the early 1980’s John & Nina Baucus by artists Robert F. “Bob” Morgan, Jack Hines and Jack’s Wendy Willson wife, Jessica Zemsky. Bob and Jack shared a special irony, Chase T Hibbard & Emily L Stonington passing away within hours of each other on June 20, 2015. Bonnie Vermillion in memory of Bob Vermillion Those three artists were participants in the Rendezvous Catherine Campbell of Western Art Show in Helena, MT which later became the Dave & Jerri Kettman Western Rendezvous of Art. The three met with the idea of Wyoming Community Foundation-Padlock Ranch Donor forming a strong core of professional artists into a group Advised Fund insuring a solid nucleus for subsequent shows. Morgan drew from his knowledge of artists working in the West and Hines The NWR Artists wish to thank these generous patrons for and Zemsky used their knowledge of fine artists in the East their support of the NWR Awards Program. who they thought would be interested in participating. Thus, the Northwest Rendezvous Group of Artist was formed and continues on today. Morgan painted a great deal of early Montana scenes depicting historical Montana themes and locations. His paintings were always historically and technically correct. Hines was a strong painter of Native Americans and their culture along with many classical European scenes. Both of these fine gentlemen were inspirations to a number of young NWR members over the course of their painting careers and will be remembered by all of us who have had the distinct pleasure of knowing them. Their art will provide constant and fond memories to all of us who shared time with them, as well as the creative light they shared with the world.

God speed gentlemen……….you are missed.

William Alther Guest Artist Momentary Pause, oil, 16” x 20”, $2,700

Red foxes are fabulous subjects. Painting them is a pleasure and will never get old.

Sponsored by: Rob & Ginny Connor NWR Artist Carolyn Anderson Summer Sun, oil, 16” x 20”, $6,500

Two women relaxing in the summer sun at the Conrad Mansion in Kalispell, MT.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum Greg Beecham NWR Artist The Awakening, oil on linen board, 10” x 20”, $4,900

Dawn; Cold, clear, beautiful. The thrilling sounds of bull elk bugling surround us. This majestic six point stands in the first whisper of morning sunlight - a dominant figure in the local elk community. He turns to the sound of a rival’s call. The autumn ritual has begun anew.

Sponsored by: Wayne & Linda Boyd NWR Artist Bye Bitney Evaro, oil on panel, 24” x 20”, $5,500

A creek I pass weekly in all seasons.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum Joseph Bohler NWR Artist The Cowboy, watercolor, 19” x 15”, $4,400

I see the cowboy as a hard working, no-nonsense, patriotic, quiet man who works from day break to dark mending fences, driving cattle stacking hay, hunting - fishing but still having time to spend with his family. Seems like I’m describing my father. Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum Guest Artist George Bumann The White Lady, bronze, 23”l x 5.5” w x 18.25”h, edition of 22, $4,700

Though this sculpture depicts a specific wolf I have come to know here in Yellowstone, my ultimate goal was to model something much larger and fleeting - its thoughts. To me, this sculpture is about meeting the challenges of life and the winds of change with dignity and with grace.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum Blair Buswell NWR Artist Sentinel, bronze, 27h x 22”w x 12”d, $11,000

This Plains Indian stands as a “Sentinel”, watching from the high ground. Mounted on his trusted pony, overlooking the valley below for game or intruders, he is ready to take action. This is the scale model for the first of the Native American pieces which I will be adding to our wagon train project in downtown Omaha, Nebraska.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum Guest Artist Jill Carver Wyoming Majesty, oil on linen, 18” x 19”, $3,600

Nature has provided me with a spiritual compass in life. Observing it and drawing it has always been, for me, an essential way to honor that reverence. I believe that knowledge gained through quiet observation, study and meditation is just as important as the actual application of paint to canvas. For me a painting should be evidence of a process of observation, exploration, dialogue, and acquired knowledge. This process, this ‘conversation’, is the closest I have come to ‘being present’ in its truest sense. I enjoy taking more intimate scenes and making them iconic and celebratory; often, I find that they capture the very essence of a place more than a broad classical vista might. This scene is sourced from along the banks of the Snake River in the Fall. Glorious! Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum Lorenzo Chavez NWR Artist Afternoon Light, pastel, 24” x 16”, $3,950

Working in plein air at the edge of this old farm field in Douglas County, Colorado. I was inspired by the late afternoon light on the old willow tree. I was drawn by the patterns of shapes leading me to the sunlit willow. Sponsored by: Doug & Sue Moomey Guest Artist Brent Cotton Early Summer, oil on board, 20.5” x 32”, $8,200

This piece was inspired by a scene I witnessed in the Big Hole valley of Montana, a very picturesque ranching area of the state. I was struck by the setting sun on the hills and abandoned telephone poles and I thought it would a fun subject to recreate.

Sponsored by: Todhunter & Marjorie Windsor Jim Daly NWR Artist Handing Over The Reins, oil, 9” x 13.5”, $5,000

I hoped to depict the special bond between a grandparent and a grandchild. Heading out in the crisp air of a late winter morning and handing over the reins for the first time to his granddaughter, passing on a simple but meaningful tradition.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum NWR Artist Barry Eisenach CM Russell, bronze, 19” high w/o base, $7,200

Charles Marion Russell’s life was painting and sculpting his love of, as he called it, “the West that has passed”. He left a wonderful legacy for those artists who have carried on that tradition.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum Josh Elliott NWR Artist Ten Sleep Clapping, oil, 32” x 35”, $14,000

Wyoming’s Ten Sleep Creek can’t help but sing out praises in its quiet beauty.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum NWR Artist Gerald J. Fritzler The Carriage Team, watercolor, 14” x 19”, $5,300

This good looking team of horses led a beautifully decorated carriage around the Stare Miasto, the Old Town Square in Krakow, Poland. While relaxing in the square with my family, we were able to enjoy the sunlight on them as they took a late afternoon break in their busy schedule.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum Veryl Goodnight NWR Artist The Bachelor Band, bronze, 20”h x 36”l x 8”w, edition of 15, $12,000

I taught horse sculpture for 30 years and after retiring from teaching, I chose to once again do a horse sculpture of my own - “The Bachelor Band”. Horses are the best animal to study in order to learn anatomy since they have short hair and the bones and muscles are clearly visible. This also makes them one of the most challenging animals to get right. Because of the precision needed to sculpt the head and body, the real fun and creative options come with the movement, the use of interesting negative spaces between the legs - and most of all - how you handle the manes and tails. The manes and tails have to be thought of as masses rather than hair. The direction that mass flows as well as the silhouette it creates can make or break a horse sculpture. I was particularly happy with the effect gained by having the manes and tails flow back on the first two stallions, and then reverse direction to flow forward on the last stallion. By having him rear up, the change of direction made sense. In doing this, I was able to direct the eye of the viewer along the length of the sculpture and then return the eye back to the first stallion.

Sponsored by: Roger & Janet Haight NWR Artist Quang Ho Wood Nymph, oil on canvas, 36” x 36”, $16,000

This painting is an exploration of the figure in the landscape. The light and color of nature reflecting into the skin tones was what I was after... and integration of man and nature.

Sponsored by: Kevin & Rebecca McMahon Tony Hochstetler NWR Artist Horny Toad II, bronze, 6 ½”h x 14”w x 12”d, Edition of 15, $2,400

I sculpt the animals and plants that fascinated me as I was growing up, and that still intrigue me today. Insects, reptiles, amphibians, and fish have always been the animals that interest me the most. The diversity of these animals, the way they move, and the compositions that they form are the driving forces behind my desire to sculpt.

Sponsored by: Ken & Barbara Schuster NWR Artist Gary Kapp Beneath the Shining Mountains, oil on canvas, 12” x 16”, $1,600

This painting is set at the scene of one of the early Rendezvous camps on the Madison River. There were several teepees, Mountain men and Indians there so it wasn’t hard to imagine this little Blackfoot village on the banks of the river.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum Jim Lamb NWR Artist West Fork October, oil, 15” x 25”, $5,500

WEST FORK OCTOBER is the result of a plein air painting workshop I taught on the West Fork of the Bitterroot River in Western Montana. Several nights of snow at the higher elevations brought out the wonderful fall colors along the West Fork.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum NWR Artist Joan M. LaRue Saskatchewan Crossing, oil on board, 12” x 16”, $2,400

Famous “hot spot” location on the North Saskatchewan River. It was first used by the aborigines, then the fur traders and travelers and indigenous cultures. Located in the Banff National Park, it sits on the Trans-Canadian Highway headed for the spectacular Canadian icefields.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum Robert Lemler NWR Artist Sunset on the Kenai Mountains, oil on canvas, 30” x 40”, $8,200

Looking south east, from the Homer split, across Kachumak Bay, on the south central Alaskan coast, one may enjoy spectacular sunsets on the Kenai mountain range.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum Guest Artist Z.S. Liang Fish Hawk Medicine, oil on linen, 16” x 12”, $7,500

Many of the indigenous peoples of the Northern Plains assigned ‘medicine’ powers to the feathers and talons of the Osprey or Fish Hawk. Firstly, because it was a flying being, and secondly for its ability to enter the mysteries of the ‘underwater world’ after its prey! Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum Huihan Liu NWR Artist Tibetan Prayer, oil on canvas, 12” x 16”, $5,900

The piece depicts a scene during a trip to Lhasa, Tibet. I saw a Tibetan man from U-Tsang region holding a prayer wheel, spinning it clockwise while circling around Jokhang Monastery in faithful prayer.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum NWR Artist Tom Lockhart Peace and Quiet, oil on linen, 16” x 20”, $3,700

This piece is from some Plein-Air studies I did while traveling to one of the most dynamic mountainous areas in the West. This high lake area is pristine even though it is fairly accessible. It’s always peaceful and quiet this time of year.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum Jim Morgan NWR Artist Cat of Many Names, oil on linen, 12” x 9”, $3,000

A female mountain lion surveys her high desert domain from the security of a petroglyph etched cliff face.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum NWR Artist Ned Mueller To the Winner’s Circle, charcoal, 15” x 18”, $1,700

The American thoroughbred is one of the most beautiful and remarkable animals on earth. I tried to capture the grace and power of this magnificent animal with its resourceful jockey. This was my favorite of a series of drawings and paintings that I did. Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum Paul Mullally NWR Artist Cornwall Coast, oil on linen, 11” x 14”, $6,500

Low tide offers a unique and interesting perspective on the beautiful English harbor.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum NWR Artist Ralph Oberg Tangle Creek Falls, oil on mounted linen, 30” x 24”, $8,300

I have long wanted to paint these beautiful falls in the studio. They are located in the Canadian Rockies and are iconic in their stair stepping jumps. I have seen and photo’d them many times over the years, and done a single on site study painting. As with most subjects, the primary challenge is composition; the arranging and cropping of the subject into the frame of the work to create visual movement and balance for the viewer. Sponsored by: Jerry A. Berger Joel Ostlind Guest Artist Warm Winter Light, acrylic/linen, 12” x 24”, $3,250

The Hole In The Wall country was dreamland for me as a kid. After spending a couple of clear winter days in that country - I guess I’m still a kid.

Sponsored by: Tod & Jan Windsor Guest Artist Gregory Packard Autumn Resonance, oil, 24” x 18”, $4,200

There’s something substantive about autumn, the way leaves vibrate, the intense color harmonies, the feeling that the cycle of life is worth while—it all resonates with me in a walk through the changing forest. Sponsored by: Bill & Terri Baas John Potter NWR Artist Sunny Disposition, oil on canvas, 12” x 16”, $2,250

I’ve always enjoyed painting images of animals enjoying quiet moments in their lives; painted as if the viewer were already there in the setting, and the animal arrived to share it with you. I firmly believe that we can learn a lot from quiet observation of wildlife. For instance, I now know that a nap in the Sun improves my disposition.

Sponsored by: Huntley & Barbara McNab NWR Artist Don Prechtel “Shaking it Out” (The new Rope), oil/panel, 20” x 16”, $8,500

Young cowboy on the 320 ranch, circa 1916.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum Grant Redden NWR Artist Winter Chores, oil on canvas, 16” x 26”, $5,000

A young pioneer out feeding her small flock on a cold, gray, winter’s day is the subject of this painting. I was interested in the dark and mid-tone value patterns in the design of this piece.

Sponsored by: Hugh & Mercedes Batty NWR Artist Laura Robb Heron Tapestry with White Orchids, oil/linen, 18”x12”, $4,800

The image of the heron in this piece has an elegance and beauty that I find compelling. I like the strong, yet quiet mood it gives to the composition. Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum Rosetta NWR Artist High Country Totem, 22”h x 12”w x 9”d, bronze, $7,650

I’ve taken the concept of a “Totem”, which has been defined as “a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family or group” and applied it, instead, to a whole habitat, depicting some of the iconic animals that inhabit that environment, in this case, the “High Country.” And since it is an emblem or symbol rather than a snapshot, I have put the animals in a formal and symbolic relationship to each other rather than a natural one, but not as restricted as the well-known concept of a “totem pole” where the subjects are stacked one on top of the other. Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum NWR Artist Tom Saubert Work Ready, oil on panel, 22” x 28”, $6,800

A grey set against weathered grays, faithful partners ready to go!

Sponsored by: Doug & Sue Moomey Greg Scheibel Guest Artist Cherry Creek, oil, 18” x 24”, $3,200

This is an early winter scene of Cherry Creek on the Flying D Ranch near Bozeman. While hiking along the creek, I was attracted to the movement of the half frozen stream, and the contrast of the sunlit snow and shadows. I did a quick 6-8 study on the spot, which was my reference for this painting.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum NWR Artist Sandy Scott Jake, bronze, 17”h x 14”w x 9”d, $2,700

Wild Turkeys have a distinguished ancestry and are truly an all-American bird. The big bird has survived since early pioneer days and or wariness and cleverness, it is unsurpassed by any other. Over the years, the species has been a favorite subject for my sculpture. You can usually tell the difference between an adult male (a Tom) and a juvenile male (a Jake) turkey by looking at a turkey’s tail when he struts. All tail feathers of adult males are the same length. The feathers forming the center of a Jake’s tail are usually longer than the rest of the feathers in the tail.”

Sponsored by: Dr. & Mrs. Robert R. Hylton W. Steve Seltzer NWR Artist Picnic On The Pond, oil, 30” x 30”, $8,500

I always look for strong color, value contrasts, and interesting shapes. These are important elements for a successful composition and this scene had all the necessary ingredients. Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum NWR Artist Matt Smith Morning In The Cascades, oil, 16” x 20”, $5,700

September in the north western Cascades is tough to beat. Throw in a clear, crisp morning and a little space to yourself and it makes for a painter’s paradise.

Sponsored by: Gary & Susan Miller George Strickland NWR Artist Western Layers, oil on linen panel, 18” x 24”, $4,200

This is a scene of a mountain range in northern Utah that I came upon this year. The bright colors of these bluffs were being exaggerated even more intensely by a warm morning light. I was also impressed by the beautiful exposed strata of these cliffs and its subtle layering variations of both color and shade. It was just begging to be painted, so I did.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum NWR Artist Jim Wilcox String Lake Outlet, oil, 24” x 18”, $7,500

Lakes and rivers are a special treat as they emerge from their winter blanket of snow and ice and announce the coming of Spring with vibrant colors and interesting and changing patterns. Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum Rod Zullo Guest Artist Rolling Thunder, bronze, 22”l x 12”h x 5”w, $4,850

Rod Zullo is known for depicting heavy horses, he feels they have a friendly character of a large dog. Rolling Thunder is a proud Belgian draft horse running; revealing his majesty as the wind freely blows through his hair.

Sponsored by: The Brinton Museum

William Alther Carolyn Anderson

Born in 1959, William Alther grew up in West Texas, where Carolyn Anderson lives in Havre, MT. She is originally he developed an interest in both art and the natural world from the Chicago area and attended school at Illinois at an early age. A degree in wildlife biology from Texas State University. Anderson is a Master Artist with the A&M University eventually led to a position in the zoology American Impressionist Society, a member of the Northwest department at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science for Rendezvous and participates in the Prix de West. She is also 13 years. Throughout, he was an active artist and in 2004 a nationally recognized workshop instructor, having taught began painting full-time. He is endlessly fascinated by for Walt Disney Imagineering, the Frye Museum in Seattle, the landscape and the creatures that live there. “I do enjoy and the National Cowboy Museum. Her paintings have won painting other things but animals and landscapes just seem many awards and been featured in numerous major art to dominate my attention. Perhaps the best part is the field magazines. work. Whether it’s getting outside for a couple of hours or Anderson’s work is represented by Insight Gallery, going on extended trips, I thoroughly enjoy the exploring, Fredericksburg, TX; Gallery 1261, Denver, CO; and Simpson- observation, photography, sketching, and outdoor painting Gallagher Gallery, Cody, WY. that are essential parts of the process to produce paintings.” William participates in several prominent national shows each year in addition to his association with several established and respected galleries. His work is in the permanent collection of the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum and many private collections. He lives in Denver, Colorado, with his wife, Debbie.

Greg Beecham

Greg Beecham has been painting as a full-time artist for thirty eight years. His love for animals and his passion to be out “chasing critters” has defined his chosen genre. His vision: to understand and use the tools with which he has to work; color, value, texture, edges, drawing and composition exhibited in many national art shows, including The C.M. in a point/counterpoint approach, resulting in a unified Russell Museum, Gilcrease Museum, National Cowboy and finish in the context of simplicity and beauty. Western Heritage Museum and the Autry Museum in Los Greg and his wife, Lu, live a few miles west of Dubois, Angeles. Wyoming at 7,300 feet in elevation. He considers home to He is a member of the American Watercolor Society, be the absolute best place in the world to pursue a wildlife Allied Artists of America and the Northwest Rendezvous art dream. Group (NWR). Joseph has taught workshops throughout the U.S and Europe for many years.

Bye Bitney

Montana native and self-taught artist, Bye Bitney has Tom Browning been painting professionally for 35 years. He enjoys painting Artwork not available at time of catalog printing landscapes, portraits and still-lifes as well as doing charcoal drawings. He has been quite busy with various projects this Born in Ontario, Oregon in 1949, Tom Browning has been past decade as he and his wife, Kay, raise their children, painting professionally since 1972. Starting out with western Katy (11) and Carl (9) on the northwest shore of Flathead and wildlife as a choice of subject matter, Tom has had a Lake. multifaceted career that has provided many incredible paintings of many different subjects and mediums. But his love of the West has always been his biggest inspiration that has kept the western theme alive on his easel. Now working primarily in oils, Browning feels he is creating his strongest and most meaningful work. Browning has been a member of NWR since 1985 and has won numerous judges awards. In 2009 Browning won the prestigious Prix de West Award at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. And after being elected to the CAA later that same year, he Joseph Bohler said, “2009 was a big year, but I really look forward to the camaraderie of the group and hanging along with the best Joseph Bohler was raised on a cattle ranch near Augusta, artists in western art.” Montana. During his career he has won numerous awards, Tom and his wife Joyce make their home in Brasada Ranch in Central Oregon where the beauty of the high desert inspires many backdrops for his paintings.

Blair Buswell

Blair Buswell has always been fascinated with the human figure. He likes the challenge of capturing the gesture, mood, and expression of a person in thought which brings a sense George Bumann of life to his work. Blair has also studied the skilled athlete in action and has used his artistic talents to sculpt famous George Bumann doesn’t mind getting dirt in his clay. sports figures of our day, including Jack Nicklaus, Oscar Working in and around Yellowstone National Park, he Robertson, Doak Walker, and Paul “Bear” Bryant. He is also takes an unconventional approach to his art. Reared in his well known for his portraiture and since 1983 has sculpted mother’s New York sculpture studio, he found a way to more than 86 busts of the inductees of the Pro Football Hall express elements found in his parallel passion – ecology. The of Fame. Blair was honored in 1990 as the Sport Artist of the tug between art and science, in the end, led him on a very Year by the United States Sports Academy; the first sculptor personal journey to unify his two worlds. A sense of awe and ever to be so honored. the mystery found in wild places and wild creatures guides Blair enjoys sculpting a wide variety of subject matter in a his pursuit of their deeper meaning. When not working in his range of sizes. His pieces are displayed in museums, private Montana studio, he may be found modeling clay beside a collections, college campuses, sports complexes and fine art herd of bison, hiking primordial pathways or eavesdropping galleries nationwide. In Oklahoma City you can see two of on the croaks of a raven for coded messages. Blair’s monuments; Mickey Mantle at Redhawks stadium as well as Charlton Heston here at the National Heritage Museum. In 2010 Blair installed a larger than life size standing figure of NFL Hall of Fame football player, Merlin Olsen at Utah State University in Logan, Utah and a twice-life size figure of General Robert Neyland in Knoxville Tennessee at the University of Tennessee football stadium which bears the General’s name. In 2012 an 8’ figure of Coach John Wooden will be installed at the entrance to the renovated Pauley Pavilion on the campus of UCLA. In 2014 He installed two monuments honoring the Texas A&M Marching Band and Corps of Cadets at Kyle Field in College Station. A member of the Northwest Rendezvous Group, Blair is also a Fellow and board member in the National Sculpture Society, and serves, by appointment from the Governor, on the board of the Utah Arts Council. His traditional training has prepared him well, and Blair continues to push himself to learn new skills and techniques. The largest and most challenging project of Blair’s career was completed in 2009. In a collaborative effort, he and fellow sculptors Ed Fraughton and Kent Ullberg have produced larger-than-life-size works for downtown Omaha Nebraska. Blair and Ed’s part of this project was the creation Lorenzo Chavez of a wagon train, one city block long. Blair accepted this new and daunting task as yet another opportunity to broaden Lorenzo Chavez lives in Colorado and enjoys Painting his skills. Along with his figurative work, he has now sculpted in both pastel and oil. He participates in several national mules, oxen, horses, and other animals. He loves the old west invitational and international group exhibitions and has and is excited to have had the opportunity to permanently won major awards including the Pastel Society of America capture its spirit as exemplified by the early pioneers. In in New York; His work has been chosen to represent PSA in 2014 he as asked to add to the overall story of the frontier in the Butler Art Museum, Ohio. Pastel Society of Spain, Pastel Omaha. This will be another multi-year project, the majority Society of France, Artists of America Show in Denver, Rims to of which will represent the Native Americans of the area. Ruins Exhibition, Plein Air Painters of America, Albuquerque Art Museum, Maynard Dixon Country, 100 Gold Medal Exhibition at The Pasadena Art Museum, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, The Brinton Museum, Coors Show in Denver, Butler Art Museum, Laguna Art Museum, Gilcrease Museum, Steamboat Art Museum. Legacy Gallery, Cape Cod Art Museum, Blue Rain Gallery Santa Fe, Helena Fox Fine Art, and Settlers West Gallery, Trailside Galleries. He was featured in a successful one-man show at the C.M. Russell Museum and has participated successfully in several C.M. Russell Art Auctions. Jill Carver Feature articles have appeared in Southwest Art, Art of the West, American Artist Magazine, Plein Air Magazine, Originally from London, England, Jill Carver moved to Artists Magazine, Western Art Review, American Art Review, the United States in 2002. Before becoming a full time Pastel Journal, and Denver Post. Six new books feature professional artist, she was a curatorial research assistant his art: Les Mitres de Art France, Painted Sky, Colorado at the National Portrait Gallery in London for twelve years. Landscapes, and Pure Color: The Best of Pastel and Plein Jill currently divides her time between Austin, Texas, and Air New Mexico. Lorenzo is a nationally known Fine Art Rico, Colorado. Recognition for her work has come quickly; instructor who has taught numerous workshops across the in 2014, she won the Gold Medal (Artists’ Choice) for Best in United States since 1993. Lorenzo is represented by many Show at Maynard Dixon Country and in the same year was major fine art galleries and many private and corporate inaugurated as Signature Member in ‘Plein Air Painters of collections both nationally and internationally. America.’ Lorenzo is active member of the Plein Air Painters of America, Western Rendezvous of Art, California Art Club- Signature Member, Pastel Society of Spain and American Impressionist Society-Signature Member. www.lorenzochavez.com

Jim Daly

Jim Daly has been an artist his entire life. Encouraged by his mother who bought him art supplies while he was just a boy, he know that when he “grew up” he would follow in the footsteps of his heroes---Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish and Andrew Wyeth. Brent Cotton Jim was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma but spent much of his youth in Southern California. After a stint in the Army Brent Cotton (b. 1972) is an award winning, nationally (where he boxed on the Army’s boxing team) he studied at recognized artist living in the Bitterroot valley of western the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles and shortly Montana. He prefers to paint in the Tonalist/Luminist style thereafter began to live his lifelong dream. made popular in the late 1800’s, seeking to create works Jim’s paintings of American genre are represented in that are mood-evoking and have a timeless quality. His many private and corporate collections and have received work can be found in many private and corporate collections numerous awards. His works also appear in the permanent throughout the country. collections of several museums and articles about him An avid outdoorsman Brent can often be found standing have appeared in numerous magazines. Jim is an elected in one of the local rivers with a fly rod in his hand or on the member of the Northwest Rendezvous Group of Artists. oars of his drift boat. The close proximity to some amazing Jim and his wife, Carole, live in Eugene Oregon with their blue ribbon trout streams is one of the many reasons he dog, Max and cat, Leaf. and his family make their home in the Bitterroot valley of Montana. This passion has led Brent to focus on sporting art, particularly fly-fishing as a common theme in his work. He is represented by several galleries throughout the country and participates in many prestigious museum exhibitions including the Prix de West show at the National Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma City. Galleries currently represented by: Trailside Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY Huey’s Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM Sportsman’s Gallery, Beaver Creek, CO Samara Gallery, Whitefish, MT the importance of painting from life and discovered his passion for painting outdoors. He sees his outdoor paintings as a reaction to what is in front of him, and feels they act as an exercise to sharpen his skills. He considers his studio paintings to be a culmination of everything he has learned from painting out, combined with his own artistic interpretation. Born in Montana, Josh lived out of state for some time but always felt a deep connection with Montana’s Barry Eisenach landscape and people. Josh now lives with his wife and two daughters in Helena, Montana. Painter and sculptor Barry Eisenach works out of his Josh believes that we were made to appreciate beauty, studio in Arvada, Colorado. After two years at Colorado and he feels his work is a celebration of beauty and truth. State University he attended and graduated from Colorado Although being true to reality is important to Josh, he aims Institute of Art. After 23 years as an illustrator and graphic for creating “art”, something interpretive, something more designer he turned his attention to sculpting and painting. than a good rendering, something of himself. Josh says, “A He was elected to membership in the Northwest Rendezvous good painting, to me, is Nature’s truth filtered through the Group in 2003 and is a juried Sculptor Member of the artist.” National Sculpture Society. He and his wife, Patti, enjoy hiking in the Rocky Mountains, snorkeling, beaches and travel. Their son Justin lives in California.

Tony Eubanks

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Josh Elliott Tony Eubanks, born in Texas and still residing in the state, has been an artist his entire adult life. He studied at the Art Josh Elliott was born in Great Falls, MT in 1973. He was Center in Los Angeles and worked as an illustrator for several raised to appreciate art and is a third generation artist. His years before turning to easel painting and exhibiting his grandfather studied with Grant Wood and dabbled in all work in shows and galleries. Tony works primarily in oil, but sorts of artistic pursuits. His Father, wildlife artist Steve Elliott, occasionally paints in watercolor. His subject matter includes gave up a successful career as an ER doctor to become a western landscape, figurative, cowboys, and Indians. Eubanks full-time artist. exhibits in the Prix de West in Oklahoma City, the Quest for the Josh’s father taught and encouraged him. Josh learned West in Indianapolis, and the Night of Artists in San Antonio. Veryl Goodnight Gerald J. Fritzler Veryl Goodnight and her husband, Roger Brooks, live in Gerald J. Fritzler is one of America’s premier the mountains of Southwest Colorado, between Durango watercolorists. He studied at the prestigious American and Mesa Verde National Park. The dramatic landscape, Academy of Art in Chicago, and was a past President of abundant wildlife, and the ranching community provide the Northwest Rendezvous Group of Artists. He holds endless inspiration for both sculpture and painting. Signature Memberships in the American Watercolor Society, The essence of Veryl’s work is a result of working from life. National Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society Her main studio is at the end of their horse barn and includes of America, Colorado Watercolor Society, Rocky Mountain a “model run” to the west and an overhead door between National Watermedia Society, Northwest Rendezvous the studio and the barn aisle. More than four decades of Group, and the Plein Air Painters of America. He is also an close observation that comes from living with animals has Out of State member of the California Art Club. given her immense respect for them. Gerald’s watercolors have been featured in numerous Veryl’s career started as a wildlife painter in the early fine art books and magazines, including the March 1970’s. She began sculpting to educate herself about 2012 issue of Plein Air magazine, and the 2005 issue of anatomy. Sculpture then dominated her career throughout Watercolor magazine, where his workwas featured along the late 1900’s while she and Roger lived in Santa Fe, New with the work of Teague and Sargent. Gerald has been Mexico. Their 2006 move back to Colorado intensified her awarded the “NWR Award of Merit” three times for his work desire to return to oil painting. in the watercolor medium. A new video “Painting Seascapes Veryl has completed over 200 sculptures and 20 life size in Watercolor”, was just released this year by Streamline Art or larger monuments. The most notable is “The Day The Videos, featuring Gerald painting along the Monterey coast Wall Came Down,” a seven ton bronze sculpture consisting of including an interview and a video exhibition of a number of five larger than life size horses jumping over the fallen Berlin his watercolors. Wall. The United States Air Force delivered this monument to Berlin, Germany in 1998. A sister casting is installed at the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library in Texas Veryl’s work has been profiled in many books and her work has been repeatedly featured in all major American art magazines. “No Turning Back – the Art of Veryl Goodnight” was published in 2011 to correspond with a forty- year retrospective at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Veryl is now creating only one sculpture a year and the rest of her time is devoted to oil painting. The subjects that have her the most excited combine history and working animals – sled dogs, livestock guardian dogs, and burros. Veryl has always gone to great lengths to provide authenticity in telling the stories through her art. She now has a team of four sled dogs and does recreational mushing. She has befriended the sheep herders in order to learn where the livestock guardian dogs and bands of sheep Tony Hochstetler are camped in the mountains near her home. Veryl learned to tie a “Double Diamond” hitch and pack her own burro, Tony Hochstetler is a sculptor of animals, more DonKey, before creating “Prospector’s Partner.” particularly a sculptor of reptile, amphibians, insects, birds, and marine life. He is a member of, and has won various awards from, the Society of Animal Artists and the National Sculpture Society.

Quang Ho

Quang Ho was born in Hue, Vietnam, and immigrated to the United States at age twelve. He is now a U.S. citizen. Gary Kapp His artistic interests began at age three and continued through grade school, high school and art school. At age I was raised on a small ranch in Oregon and later went sixteen, Quang held his first one-man show at Tomorrow’s to BYU where I studied art and had the opportunity to study Masters Gallery. He studied on a scholarship at the Colorado with Ken Riley. I then went to work for a motion picture co. Institute of Art under Rene Bruhin and graduated in 1985 Painting backdrops, special effects and illustrating filmstrips. with Best Portfolio Award for the class. His fine-art career After a few years of this I decided to begin serious painting began with a one-man exhibition at Saks Gallery in Denver for galleries and found good success painting cowboys in 1990, and the show sold out at the opening reception. His and ranch life, the subject I knew best. Later I became very collectors vary widely from contemporary art appreciators interested in my Pioneer history and the Indian culture that to more classical representational buyers. One of his more was very prominent here in Utah and surrounding states. I notable collectors is the Prince of Brunei. Ho’s subject have been painting for major galleries for 40 years now and matter includes still-lifes, landscapes, interiors, dancers still love every minute. and figuratives. Among his numerous awards is the Artist’s Choice Award from the 1999 Western Rendezvous of Art. GALLERY REPRESENTATION: Dawson Cole Fine Art in: Laguna Beach, CA Carmel, CA Palm Desert, CA

Jim Lamb

Born in Hamilton, Montana, now living in Sammamish, WA, Jim Lamb studied at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles and has fifteen years experience as a professional freelance illustrator. His work has been commissioned by the Smithsonian Institution, the National Joan M. LaRue Football League, U.S. Postal Service, the White House, the Pentagon, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as well as numerous ‘’A’’ stands for ART AND ADVENTURE.’’ They go hand in leading movie studios and national corporations. hand for the outdoor artist. But Jim’s long-held interest in the landscape remained Allow me to mention a few incidents that would never have with him over the years, and he made the decision to pursue happened without art as my companion. We were trekking the painting of the landscape. Lamb’s entire illustration in Nepalese Himalayan foothills when sleet and fog moved career was built around working from photographs, so the in. Narrow trails became very slick and treacherous and it idea of working directly from life, with all the challenges was a long ways DOWN the slopes. I was arrested in a small presented by nature made him realize he was going to Spanish village for not being able to produce my passport have to learn how to paint, and paint more rapidly. It was which was in the hotel office in Barcelona for safekeeping. I an awesome challenge. He attended several workshops was bathing astride an elephant in the Chitwan Jungle near taught by leading landscape painters, which proved to be India when the mahoot gave her a command to submerge. invaluable in his desire to pursue the direct depiction of The other guests really enjoyed the show. I was seriously nature. chased by guard dogs in Moscow and Cochabamba when Lamb’s work was featured on the cover and inside the scouting out places to paint. I intruded into a Portuguese May 2010 issue of Southwest Art magazine. His paintings gypsy camp uninvited and lived to paint the scene. are collected throughout the United States and were recently HOWEVER, TOPPING THE LIST: a gigantic gray whale exhibited for one year at the Governor’s Mansion Gallery mama allowed me to pet her baby in one of Baja’s warm in Olympia, Washington. Jim is also a member of the water lagoons that opens out into the ocean; along with the prestigious Northwest Rendezvous Group (NWR) of artists. other regular rigorous hazards you have an idea of the life He resides in the state of Washington with his wife, Cathy, of the plein air artist. who is also a fine artist. Their adult children, Kristi, Tim, and Lisa are artists in their own right. Robert Lemler Z.S. Liang

Robert Lemler is a respected and dedicated artist Z. S. Liang was born in China in 1953. He studied at the and teacher educated at Northern Arizona University. Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing and Guangzhou His award-winning paintings have been exhibited in fine Academy of Fine Arts in Guangzhou. Liang furthered his art galleries throughout the country and are included in art study in the United States in 1982, he earned his MFA numerous corporate and private collections. Robert’s many in Painting at Boston University. Liang received his great honors include Gold Medals at the national exhibitions for inspiration in this country while studying and painting the Oil Painters of America and Pastel Society of America. In Wampanoag Indian culture at Massachusetts. This new 1996, Robert won the prestigious Grumbacher Hall of Fame found interest fired his imagination, and he began to focus Award. Robert was named the grand prize winner in the his painting primarily on Native American Indian cultures Fifth Annual Ray Mar Art Contest and has been a three time and their traditional ways of life. During the ensuing years of “best of show” winner of the Boldbrush Competition. 2012 field research, he has made many connections and friends was marked by election to membership in the Northwest among native tribes from the east coast to the west coast. Rendezvous Group and in 2014, Robert was named as a Liang’s obvious passion for the Indians as a people, coupled signature member of the Plein Air Painters of America. with his emphasis on historical accuracy, adds strength Lemler’s work has been exhibited with distinction at such and truth to his portrayals. Among the many awards Z.S. venues as the Pastel Society of America, Laguna Plein Air has received are: Masters of the American West Purchase Invitational, Maui Plein Air Invitational, Maynard Dixon Award 2011; the David P. Usher Patrons’ Choice Award, Country Invitational, Coors Western Art Sale and Exhibit, Master of the American West, 2009; the President’s Award American Masters Exhibit at the Salmagundi Club and at for Excellence, Oil Painters of America, 2005. Liang’s works the annual Northwest Rendezvous Group’s show. are in the permanent collections of Autry National Center, www.robertlemler.com. Briscoe Western Art Museum, West Point Museum, Harvard University and American National Portrait Gallery. atmospheric effects of light within the landscape, are some of the keys to a visually stimulating and interesting image. Painting from life, (En-Plein-Air as often as possible), helps to reinforce these visual stimulants when it comes to painting the landscape. Tom has been featured in several National Art Magazines including: Southwest Art, Art of the West and American Artist’s Watercolor Magazines. Tom has been selected to many Huihan Liu national Plein-Air Events and Juried Art Salon Exhibitions as well as prominent National Juried Shows. Tom is a multi- Huihan Liu was born in Guangzhou, China. He graduated award winning artist, He holds Signature Membership in the from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art in Oil Painting (NWR) Northwest Rendezvous of Art, (OPA) Oil Painters of Department with a B.A. in 1975 and an M.F.A. from the America, (CWS) Colorado Watercolor Society, (OPS) Outdoor Academy of Art University in 1989. He has been a Northwest Painters Society and the RMPAP Rocky Mountain Plein-Air Rendezvous Group member since 2003, a Master Signature Painters. Tom has exhibited at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Member of Oil Painters of America, a Master Member of the Art Show 2015-2006, The C. M. Russell Show 2010-2004, the American Impressionist Society, and an Artist Signature Colorado Governors Show 2015-2005, OPA National and Member of the California Art Club. Western Regional Exhibitions 2005-2003, and the National Huihan has participated in many shows and exhibitions Arts for the Parks 2004-1993. He teaches workshops in Oils, such as “First Place Winner” at the 9th Annual Mission San Watercolors and Pastels, and has taught workshops at the Juan Capistrano Plein Air Painting Event, Wilmington Trust Steamboat Art Museum and in Wisconsin, Texas, Colorado, Purchase Collection; “Best of Show in Painting-John Scott Florida, Arizona, Kansas, and Wyoming. People’s Choice Award” at the 25th Western Rendezvous of Tom continues to teach when time allows between Art, Helena…only name a few. National Exhibitions, Gallery shows and Plein-Air Events.

Tom Lockhart Joseph Mendez Artwork not available at time of catalog printing Colorado native Tom Lockhart was raised in the small alpine valley town of Monte Vista. Born in Lugo, Spain, Joseph Mendez studied art in Cuba Tom is a Representational landscape artist. Tom feels under various artists and became a successful commercial that solid drawing, correct values and colors, along with the artist, moved to Peru when Castro took power, and then a year later entered the United States. He studied with Russian impressionist Sergei Bongart for ten years. His method if painting is based on direct visual perception - an emotion. Joseph paints more than one subject, be it a person, a landscape, a cityscape or simply a bunch of flowers, as diversification has always been of great interest to him. He has taught at the Otis Art Institute and the Businessman’s Art Institute and currently teaches privately Ned Mueller from his studio. Joseph has won top awards from many leading exhibitions and is currently a signature member of Ned is a very accomplished and highly respected artist, the California Art Club, the Plein-Air Painters of America and having been drawing and painting for over 60 years. He is the Oil Painters of America. a graduate of the prestigious Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles where, as still a student, he also taught drawing classes. Ned has had two “One Man Shows” and organized two “Group Shows” at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle. He has participated in many of the major invitational shows in the country, including the “Artists of America Show”, “Great American Artists Show”, “Prix de West Show”, “Oil Painters of America”, “Laguna Plein Air Show”, “Pastel Society of America”, “The Autry Western Masters Show”, “The Northwest Rendezvous Show” and the annual “Plein Air Painters of America Exhibition”. He shows in some of the Finest Galleries Jim Morgan in the country, has won numerous awards and is included in many private fine art collections. He is a Signature member The most important aspect of being an artist is being of the Oil Painters of America, Plein Air Painters of America, a keen observer. Nature’s ever changing moods are a California Art Club, Northwest Pastel Society, Puget Sound wellspring of inspiration. Group of Northwest Artists, Northwest Rendezvous Group, My goals for my work are to enjoy the process of painting and the American Society of Marine Artists. Ned has been and seeing, to engage emotional participation from people designated as “Master Artist” status with the Oil Painters who view the painting, and to share the often overlooked, of America and he continues to challenge himself to grow intimate aspects of nature. I seek to achieve a balance artistically. He was a founder of the “Puget Sound Art between the subject and its environment. The excitement League” which was a nonprofit organization to help Artists for me is constantly exploring new and different ways to in the area improve their drawing and painting skills. Ned interpret the wonderful things I see in nature. is asked to jury Regional and National Art Shows and he loves to teach and share his many years of knowledge and experience by teaching classes and workshops, regionally, nationally and internationally. Paul Mullally Ralph Oberg

Paul was born in Seattle and is the second child of a Ralph Oberg was raised in Aurora, Colorado. His love large Irish-American family. He has a bachelors degree in of the Rocky Mountain Wilderness blossomed young and Fine Arts from Seattle University, has studied in New York developed into an active lifestyle of backpack hiking, at the Art Students League, the Salmagundi Club and the camping, peak climbing, fishing and hunting. The birds of Aviano Studio. Mullally’s subject matter is very diverse. He is the West in watercolor were his first artistic passion upon inspired by the color he finds in places such as India, Nepal leaving CSU in 1970 to begin his independent ways. A and Thailand. These people have a natural affinity for color brief stint in drafting and architectural illustration ended and an ability to put together beautiful harmonies of both in 1973 with a month long mountaineering adventure in vivid and muted colors. Living in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska. He never looked back and has worked at his art ever home of the Alaskan fishing fleet, he also finds inspiration since. The work of C. Rungius focused Ralph on big game in the harbors, on the docks and out at sea, and loves to animals in oil and developed his interest in the painting the paint these rugged and beautiful vessels. Of all subject pure Landscape as well. Several Workshops with admired matters, Paul says figurative drawing and painting is the working artists provided skills not available at the University, most challenging. and he has now painted landscapes plein air for over 30 Paul is a Master Signature Member of the Oil Painters years to learn the colors and values of the world. These of America and a Fellow of the American Society of Marine studies still inform his studio work whether he is focusing Artists. He resides in Seattle with his wife Bente and on wildlife or the pure landscape. Annual wilderness trips on daughters Annelise, 8, and Ise, 6. foot or horseback into the mountain wilderness continue to be his lifelong love, and inspire his paintings with authentic knowledge. In addition to NWR, he is a Signature Member of the Plein Air Painters of America, California Art Club and the Society of Animal Artists and has shown in many of the most prestigious Western Art shows, and has received numerous awards for his work. Joel Ostlind John Potter

Joel Ostlind was born and raised around Casper, Artist John Potter was raised in the Upper Great Lakes Wyoming. After some years of ranch work, he built a country – on and off the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe Indian studio in Big Horn, Wyoming and is now an observer of the Reservation in northern Wisconsin – where he grew up with West, giving his perspective on the region through etching, an abiding love for the Natural World in the forests of the drawing, and painting. Great Northwoods. Drawn to the Arts from childhood, he went on to graduate from Utah State University, earning Degrees in Painting and Illustration. He then spent twenty years as an award-winning illustrator before committing his attention to painting full time in 2002. Of his work, he says: “Painting for me is a form of communication with our Creator, and of gratitude as well; for the life and beauty brought forth on this Earth, especially in our remaining wild places. Because of this, I feel a sense of responsibility for the privilege of painting, for the gift of the Gregory Packard craft. Many painters are out there trying to be heard - I paint to listen.” It is this daily life we live, the nature of ourselves and He often paints en plein air, bringing his small outdoor our world, that so excites me when standing before my studies home, where they are then used as reference to canvas, life’s vital creation that is my source of inspiration create his larger studio works. Working directly from Nature, and humility. he firmly believes in the all-pervading Divinity found in the Natural World, and is always striving for an honest Born: May 3, 1970; Boise, Idaho expression of light and color. John spends many hours in the Education: BA English, Boise State University, Boise, ID, 1996 field, observing and studying light, mood, atmosphere, the Painting workshops and self-study land and sky. He carries paints and a sketchbook whenever Current residence: Montrose, CO possible, travelling extensively – but his favorite subjects remain the rugged mountain scenery of the American West. He says, “When I step outside to paint, my intent is to observe and to borrow from Nature, in order to orchestrate a moment of light, color, and my own emotional and intellectual responses to these on canvas. My hope is that the As I research historic events and places, I gain knowledge viewer may see the world through my eyes for a moment, regarding a specific scene, personal documents such and gain an appreciation for the quiet dignity to be found in as letters and diaries are sought for their insight into the the Wild, and hopefully, then, share a desire to help preserve experience of individuals. this good Earth that belongs to us all, and to our children’s My paintings commonly reflect a very personal moment children. occurring within the context of a well-known historical event. Potter is represented by Mountain Trails Gallery in In an effort to blend further the past and the present, and Jackson, WY and Sedona, AZ; Mountain Trails Fine Art in further illustrate the intertwined nature of broad historical Santa Fe, NM; Legacy Gallery, Bozeman, MT; Big Horn events and personal experiences. Gallery in Cody, WY; and the Depot Gallery, Red Lodge, MT. John is a member of the Salmagundi Club, the Society of Animal Artists, the Putney Painters, and a Signature Member of the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP). Potter has participated in shows and exhibitions throughout the U.S. and abroad, and his work hangs in private collections across the country and around the world. John maintains his home and studio in Red Lodge, Montana.

Grant Redden

Grant Redden lives and paints in southwest Wyoming. Having grown up around sheep and cattle, he is familiar with the hard yet rewarding rural life of the American West. The landscape and rural lifestyle are the subjects that inspire him to paint. Voted a member of NWR in 2010, Grant has since gone on to be included in regional and national art shows, and was installed as a member of the Cowboy Don Prechtel Artists of America in 2012.

As a career painter and muralist, of almost 50 years, I combine representational oil painting with a deep love of history. I am particularly a student of the settlement of the West and of the Civil War, and turn a sympathetic eye toward all participants. My interests are not limited, however, as I have completed many paintings with contemporary or natural (plein air paintings of existing locations, portraits) subjects. Inspiration comes to me from the words and artifacts found in the historical record, from visiting historical sites and from fellowship with other history centric artists. Rosetta’s art training came from the University of Delaware, Art Center College of Design in L.A. and a career in graphic design. Her work ranges from miniature to monumental and has been exhibited nationally and internationally in museums and galleries, and in juried and invitational exhibitions. A Fellow of the National Sculpture Society and member of the Society of Animal Artists, American Woman Artists and Northwest Rendezvous Laura Robb Group, Rosetta has won awards from these organizations and many others, and her monumental sculptures have Laura Robb grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and entered been purchased for museum, public art and corporate and Art Student’s Academy there at the age of sixteen. In 1974 private collections. she moved to New York City to study with Michael Aviano. After returning to the southwest she studied drawing with Ned Jacob and received critiques from Richard Schmid. Since moving to Taos, New Mexico in 1986, Robb’s art travels have taken her to France, Spain, Guatemala, and across the United States. She has exhibited in numerous group and solo shows and her paintings have received many awards, most notably the John F. and Anna Lee Stacy Scholarship.

Tom Saubert

In a career spanning over forty years, the paintings of Tom Saubert focus on the representation of the Western Genre, its people and history, specializing in historical accuracy. His paintings possess the appearance of truth in subject, dress, and location, yet are still artistically introspective of the human condition. Tom has participated Rosetta in several prestigious invitation Shows including the Masters of the American West at the Autry National Center, receiving Well known for capturing the essence of the cat in her several awards for merit over the course of his career. He feline sculptures, Rosetta’s subjects also include other has been a member of the Rendezvous Group of Artists creatures whose unique form and personality fascinate since 2000. A Montana native, he lives and works outside her. Her interpretive realism captures the animals’ form, Kalispell, MT. but it is their life force in all of its visual splendor, rather than their realistic physical form, that inspires her stylized interpretations. the Briscoe Museum in San Antonio, TX presented Sandy the Legacy Award for Lifetime Achievement. Sandy is being honored her with a retrospective in 2016 which will be shown at several museums including Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina and the National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, Wyoming. “The most profound realization of my life is that there are people I have never met who live with my art, and therefore I share with them a personal, if Greg Scheibel not intimate relationship,” Scott said.

Greg Scheibel is an artist from Bozeman, Montana who has always felt a strong connection to the outdoors. Greg paints on location as often as possible, trying to capture an honest interpretation of his emotional response to the subject. These field studies are the foundation for further works in the studio. The majority of Greg’s work is focused on the Western United States, but a passion for travel has produced paintings from across North America, Europe and Russia. W. Steve Seltzer

Steve Seltzer’s connection to the world of art, especially historical western subject matter began at an early age. As the grandson of noted western artist O. C. Seltzer, he grew up in a home filled with original art. These works provided the inspiration to spend many hours at drawing and painting as he was growing up. Despite the art interest, his college study was architecture followed by a year working for a design firm. The fine art Sandy Scott interest eventually lured him back and he has spent the last 45 years developing his art skills. Born 1943, in Dubuque, Iowa, lives in Lander, Wyoming. Five years sharing a study in California with his brother- Surrounded by mountains, lakes and streams Sandy Scott in-law, Dan McCaw, and workshops and exposure to is an avid outdoors woman, licensed pilot, and lives the life a number of successful artists have contributed to his she depicts. Trained at the Kansas City Art Institute, early in development. life, she worked as an animation background artist for the Access to books and shows of the great deceased motion picture industry. A Fellow of the National Sculpture masters of the art world has proven to be a wonderful Society, she has won many awards for sculpture and learning tool as well. He continues to study, experiment and etching and her work is included in many museums. In 2014 search for more effective and rewarding ways to present his pictorial ideas. “I love the surface quality of the impressionist’s oil seeing the influence of man. When I paint, I feel I’ve hit the paintings and I have been trying to incorporate that look mark when I’ve captured a balance between mood, look and feel with a more stylized approach. My edge control has and feel. You know you’ve succeeded when viewers sense changed to a “harder” feel with more emphasis on shapes. I the desert heat or the chill of a mountain snowfall.” am also pushing value contrast for a greater visual impact.” Smith currently lives in Arizona with his wife, Tracy, who is Steve returned to his roots many years ago and enjoys also a painter. incorporating the diversity of landscape in Montana into his paintings. The Southwest has recently peaked his interest Selected Awards: 2010 Merit Award - “Western Rendezvous of Art” and he hopes to utilize that region for new material and 2009 Merit Award & Best of Show - inspiration. “Western Rendezvous of Art” 2006 Merit Award - “Western Rendezvous of Art” 2005 Merit Award - “Western Rendezvous of Art” 2000 Robert Lougheed Award - “Prix de West” 2000 Merit Award & Best of Show - “Western Rendezvous of Art” 1999 Best of Show - “Tucson Plein Air Paint-Off” 1997 Red Smith Award - “Western Visions” - National Wildlife Art Museum 1997 Best of Show - “Emerging City” - San Jose, CA

Selected Publications: Matt Smith 2010 June - Southwest Art - “Catching the Light” 2010 January - Western Art Collector - “Southwest Light” Matt Smith was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1960. At 2009 December - Southwest Art - “Success Stories” an early age he moved to Arizona. 2009 July - Art of the West - “A Feeling of Time and Place” He later moved to Europe where he lived two years in France 2007 November - Art of the West - “Twenty One” 2002 January - American Artist - and one in Switzerland. In subsequent years Smith painted “Making the Landscape Your Own” in Germany, Austria and Italy. Smith has lived most of his 2001 April - International Artist - “Ask a Master” life in Arizona, where he has a deep attachment and respect 2000 September - Art of the West - “My Passion is for the Sonoran Desert. Nature” Smith graduated from Arizona State University with a 1999 May - Arizona Corridors - “Arizona Artists” Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting. He spent a vast 1998 February - Southwest Art - “Desert Vistas” amount of time studying the traditional styles of such 1993 December - Art Talk - “Artists Worth Watching” landscapes masters as Maynard Dixon, William Herbert 1992 March - Art of the West - “Pushing the Limits” Dunton and Edgar Payne. Most of the time, Smith can be found painting en plein air from southern Arizona to the Canadian Rockies. He also paints the California coast to the mountains of Colorado. “I appreciate traditional landscape painting and I am inspired by the pristine landscapes of the American West. I enjoy working in areas where one can travel for miles without George Strickland Jim Wilcox

George Strickland began his career in commercial Since 1969, Jim has painted extensively, both in art by working at a newspaper art department and then his home area of Jackson Hole and in many places graduating up to ad agencies, freelancing illustration throughout the world. Through his art career, he has been and co-owning a design firm. After several years in the able to both live in and visit his favorite places and call it commercial field he was inspired to move to Fine Art after work to express in paint the beauty that surrounds him. taking painting workshops with such greats as Howard Living and painting in Jackson was also a great place to Terpning, Ken Riley and several other Cowboy Artists of raise his family and enjoy the beauty of nature and the America. A few years later he was further inspired to paint activities that it provides. In 1969 he and his wife, Narda, outdoor landscapes by William Reese and Jim Wilcox, and started their first art gallery, and they now own two that experience really gave him the painting bug. George galleries, the Wilcox Gallery and Wilcox Gallery II which are and his wife have moved around the country, living in managed by two of their sons, Jeff and Eric. Texas, Nevada, Colorado and Arizona, building a successful Jim’s career developed quickly over the years, but his painting career and gathering awards along the way. He inventive mind was active as well, as he designed and is currently living and working out of Tucson, Arizona, while produced the Soltek Easel, on the market since 1999, which continuing to teach throughout the U.S. and Europe. He has been a great satisfaction to him and a delight to the is a signature member, and past president of the Plein Air artists that have enjoyed using it. Painters of America (PAPA), member of the California Art Jim continues to be fascinated by light, which he has Club, and Northwest Rendezvous Group (NWR). always considered to be his primary subject, regardless of what it enhances. Though realistic in his painting technique, the beautiful abstract patterns that he finds in nature continue to be an important part of his work. The changing qualities of light and abstract patterns combine with bold, painterly brush work to be a part of his unique vision of the world - the world as seen through the eyes of an artist. Rod Zullo

Rod Zullo is an avid outdoorsman, guiding both fishermen and hunters in Montana and Canada. Rod’s passion for animals is revealed in his earthly portrayals in bronze. Rod currently lives in Bozeman, Montana with his wife Angela. WESTERN RENDEZVOUS OF ART AWARD RECIPIENTS TO 2012

Ben Stahl Artist’s Choice Award Joe Halko Heritage Award Juried by their peers, winners of this award exemplify the finest The Heritage Award is an all-encompassing award that honors traditions of nonliterary art, whether painting or sculpture. The events or people who have contributed to our colorful history. This award is a fitting tribute to Ben Stahl, one of the finest illustrators award is presented annually for the work of art in any medium that in his field and a former NWR member. It is awarded for the best best portrays an aspect of American heritage. overall group of work by a single artist. Newman Myrah, 2000, 2002-3; Don Prechtel, 2001, 2004, 2005; Paul Mullally, 2004; Ned Mueller 1998; Quang Ho, 1999, 2003; Matt Barry Eisenach, 2006-9; Tom Saubert, 2010, 2012; Blair Buswell, 2011 Smith, 2000, 2009; Scott Burdick, 2001-2, 2007; Huihan Liu, 2005, Buckle Club 2006; Jim Morgan, 2008; Josh Elliott, 2010, 2011; Bye Bitney, 2012 The Buckle Club was created in 2000 as a way for the Northwest John Scott People’s Choice Award Rendezvous Group and the Western Rendezvous of Art to recognize Selected by patron ballot and highly coveted by the artists because and say thank you to some of its outstanding patrons, donors and it reflects the taste of the viewing public and signifies approval of the longtime supporters. artist’s work, this award was named for NWR member John Scott, 2000 HONOREES-Fleming Beasley, Jackie Coles, John Garrett, a prominent illustrator who insisted on quality and accuracy in his John & Sara Lynn Geraghty, Rick Hayes, David & Alice Johnson, work. Widely known as a fine painter, Scott’s work is represented in Jim & Joan Johnston, Ginger Renner, Tom & Lori Tierney, Bob & the finest collections of our day. This is a small tribute to a big man. Bonnie Vermillion SCULPTURE—Blair Buswell, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011; Veryl 2001 HONORESS-Rick & Jenna Ahmann, Gerald Kvill & Linda Goodnight, 2001-2; Gerald Balciar, 2003, 2009; Rosetta, 2005-6; Harvey, Jean Baucus, Dawson & Deanna List, Doris Heckerman, Joe Halko, 2008; T. D. Kelsey, 2010; Tony Hochstetler, 2012 Phil & Betty Maronick, Don & Mary Hildebrand, Bill & Bobby Spilker, PAINTING—Jim Daly, 1998, 2001-2, 2007, 2010; Paul Mullally, John & Judy Kline 2000; Gary Kapp, 1999; Huihan Liu, 2003; Greg Beecham, 2004- 2002 HONOREES-Marg & Marty Crennen, Stoney Burk, Loretta 5, 2008; Jim Wilcox, 2006; Laura Robb, 2009; Tom Lockhart, 2011; Bible, Midge & Hank Frost, Allyn Ann & Bob Cummins, Dave & Jeri Brent Cotton, 2012 Kettman, Dr. Joe & Lyn Kopta, Stan Lynde Merit Awards 2003 HONOREES-Martin & Carol Dickinson, John & Nina Baucus, Selected by NWR, these awards honor superior works recognized Ed & DeAnn Maronick, Rick & Lori Maronick, Dr. Monty & Wendy by the artists’ peers. The group may bestow up to five awards of Willson, John & Arlene Camper, Jim & Joann Christnacht, Inge & excellence each year, the total number of awards depending on the Marge Jacobson work and the whims of the artists. All in all, it seems a fine tribute 2004 HONOREES-Shirley & Bob Clausen, Bill Hunter, Bill to a year of hard work. Countryman, Terry & Leslie Jackson, Jay & Judy Harding, Allen & Paul Mullally, 2000, 2003-5, 2010, 2011; Blair Buswell, 1999, 2011; Susan Coles, Greg & Tracy Scheibel Gerald J. Fritzler, 1999, 2004, 2010; Don Prechtel, 1998; Steve Seltzer, 2005 HONOREES- Bob & Marge Duncan, Dr. Jerry & Barbara 2003; Quang Ho, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2007; Susan Lyon, 1998, 2000; Asher, Dwayne Watson, Marianne Rose, Denise & Bob Pennington Carolyn Anderson, 1999, 2002, 2006; Morgan Weistling, 1999; Scott 2007 HONOREES- A. J. Mullally Burdick, 2000-3, 2007; Matt Smith, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010; 2008 HONOREES- Dr. Van Kirke & Helen Nelson, Jim & Susan Reed Ralph Oberg, 2001-2, 2006; Rosetta, 2002; Huihan Liu, 2003-4, 2009 HONOREES- Doug & Karen Nelson, Jim & Lura Athearn, Bill 2012; Bye Bitney, 2003, 2008-9, 2011; Greg Beecham, 2004, 2011; & Mary Braunberger, Gary & Irene Swensen Barry Eisenach, 2004, 2008-9; Jim Morgan, 2006, 2009; George 2011 HONOREES- Mike & Mary Sue Ekerson, Ramona Stuehm & Strickland, 2005-6; Laura Robb, 2006; Jim Wilcox, 2006-7, 2011; Matt Dan Baum, Vincent & Catherine Mullally Smith, 2006-7, 2009, 2012; Josh Elliot, 2006-7; Milo “Skip” Whitcomb, 2012 HONOREES- Margaret Halko-Swan & Ms. Cathy Campbell 2008-9; Jim Lamb, 2008; Ralph Oberg, 2008; Grant Redden, 2010, 2012; Ken Backaus, 2010; Tom Saubert, 2012; Brent Cotton, 2012 BOZEMAN TRAIL GALLERY SPECIALIZING IN 19TH - 20TH CENTURY FINE WESTERN ART & COLLECTIBLES 190 North Main Street sheridan Wyoming 82801 Phone (307) 672-3928 Fax (307) 672-2616

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