Atypical Navajo weaving designs are the muse for painter Francis Livingston’s abstract work Most collectors of Navajo textiles can readily identify a Navajo rug pattern; one with classic hooks and intricate design elements. But as with any artists, not all early Navajo weavers stuck to the script. There is a small subset of textiles that […]
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Today’s buyers use the Internet to acquire fine art Disposing and purchasing of art through traditional methods such as auction houses and galleries has changed dramatically with the advent of the Internet. The model is very different today than it was fifteen years ago. There are comprehensive online databases of artists and art valuations just
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The artist evokes the vast power of nature with his work Nineteenth century explorers often compared the act of crossing the Great Plains to crossing the ocean. The vast “sea of grass” flooding the center of the continent was featureless, disorienting, hostile; a dangerous void that must be traversed and endured on the way to
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Representing the connection that exists between man, God, and nature Glenn recognized his interest for art at the age of 13. However, he didn’t realize his fascination for traditional painting methods until his early 20’s. In particular, the methods employed by the artists of the Early California Impressionist School, with an emphasis on unified color,
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Americana at its finest Born in Cortez, CO, Francis Livingston has been painting for 30 years. He is in the top ranks of American illustrators, and his work has been widely published. His paintings have been exhibited in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. Francis studied at the Rocky Mountain School of Art in
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Arizona regionalist inspires with acclaimed images of the West Howard Post’s view of Arizona is not seen through rose-tinted glasses. Post paints scenes that could be anywhere within the context of the rural West. Howard Post is an artistic product of his environment, he paints what he is familiar with. Post was born in 1948,
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Award-winning Cowboy Artist of America painter John Moyers, the son of acclaimed Western artist William Moyers (a member and three-time president of the Cowboy Artistsof America), was bred to be a Western artist. And although John Moyers was born in Atlanta, GA, he spent most of his youth in New Mexico. John Moyers followed closely
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Renowned stone and bronze sculptor Excerpted from an original article by Rose Toehe, Flagstaff, AZ Oreland Joe is world-renowned for his work in stone and bronze sculpture. His works can be found in private, corporate, and museum collections in the United States and abroad. Oreland Joe was born in Shiprock, New Mexico on June 3,
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Interpretation of the West through the eyes of four artists Thomas Moran, the great western landscape painter, once said, “Art is nature viewed through a temperament.” A good landscape painting does not just re-create a scene, it selects and interprets the world around us in ways that convey the artist’s feelings and ideas about the
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Award-winning impressionistic painter As an artist, Peggi Kroll-Roberts has an almost uncanny ability to capture images as the mind sees them, not as the eye sees them. The figures, the landscapes, the still life paintings are done with bold colors and brush strokes; they are highly impressionistic, and yet each captures the essential qualities, colors,
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