Art of the West Magazine

03/06/2025

The Customs House Museum & Cultural Center in Clarksville, Tennessee, will host Homeland, the Women Artists of the West’s 55th national exhibition and sale, from March 6 through May 4. Homeland will celebrate and showcase diverse subject matter and mediums, as well as a broad array of styles. For more information, visit www.waow.org.

🖼️ Tougher Than the Rest by Leslie Lambert

03/05/2025

The Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, Georgia, will host its largest annual fundraising event March 7 and 8. This year’s theme is Giving Thanks, inspired by a sculpture created by Deborah Fellows, the event’s 2025 Artist of Excellence.

The event will kick off March 7, during an evening called Boots n’ Saddles at the Booth’s sister museum, Savoy Automobile Museum, and will include an artists’ quick draw, a miniature art silent auction, and live music. The gala will begin at 5:30 the following day and will include a cocktail reception, light hors d’oeuvres, and silent auction items. A gourmet meal and the live art auction will follow.

03/05/2025

When Randy Van Beek Art sees a landscape that he wants to paint, he grabs his camera and his outdoor painting kit. He then alternates between painting a small study that captures the light, colors, and emotions of the place and looking through the lens of his camera to compose the scene.

“The adrenaline just starts rushing through me when I look through the camera lens,” he says. “With your eyes, you’re taking too much in, and there’s no way to communicate all of it. But with the camera, I find the little slices that are the most interesting. It’s all about composition with the camera.”

Learn more about Van Beek and his work in the March/April 2025 Issue of Art of the West and at aotw.com

🖼️ Montana Gold, Randy Van Beek, oil 36" by 36"

03/04/2025

“I’ve probably had a different journey to art than most artists,” says oil painter Lauri Ketchum, in what is actually a monumental understatement. “As a kid, I liked art and had an artistic brother, but I played basketball. I had nothing to do with art, didn’t pursue it whatsoever.”

Learn more about Ketchum's career from a decidedly unartistic path early in her career to being a successful Western artist int he March/April issue of Art of the West. Subscribe at aotw.com.

🖼️ Smoke Show, Lauri Ketchum, oil, 12" by 16"

03/03/2025

Since she was very young, Ramona Youngquist has known she was going to be an artist. During a drawing period in an early preschool program, she drew a rooster. The teacher admired her work and showed it to the class saying, “Look at this; look at this art that Romona did.” Youngquist immediately thought, “Oh my goodness. I’m an artist; this is what I do.” That was the start of everything.

Learn more about Youngquist's work and journey as an artist in the March/April Issue of Art of the West. Subscribe at aotw.com.

🖼️ Sunflower Farm, Ramona Youngquist, oil 24" by 30"

02/26/2025

Naomi Shachar grew up with a passion and appreciation for art. As her kids grew to adulthood, she felt a pull to pursue art as more than just a hobby. “I always knew what a good painting and good painter were and that my own artistic path would require dedication, time, and effort,” Shachar says.

Learn more about Shachar's art and career in the March/April Issue of Art of the West. Subscribe now at aotw.com

🖼️ Well Deserved, Naomi Shachar, oil, 20" by 20"

02/21/2025

For Nebraska native Todd A. Williams, capturing beauty and rendering it in ways that excite viewers on multiple levels is his greatest love. His distinctive way of texturing paint and his paint quality and manipulation allow viewers to take in the entire design and the overall harmony of the visual layout whether they’re up close, studying details, or standing at a distance.

Learn more about Williams' career and how he achieves this balance in the March/April 2024 Issue of Art of the West. Subscribe at aotw.com

🖼️ Chief Lone Wolf, Todd A. Williams, oil, 24" by 39"

02/19/2025

Don't miss our Creative and Production Director Jenny Lang sharing her insight on "Marketing Yourself for Publication" at the Western Spirit Juried Art Show!

📢 Western Spirit Art Seminar Spotlight: Marketing Yourself for Publication 🎨🖼️

Join Jenny Lang, Creative & Production Director at Art of the West magazine, as she shares expert insights on how to market yourself and your art for publication! From artist websites and advertising to social media strategies and art photography, this session is a must-attend for artists looking to expand their reach.

📅 March 8 | 9 AM - 2:30 PM
🍽️ Breakfast & lunch included

🎟 Reserve your spot now: https://www.oldwestmuseum.org/event-details/western-spirit-art-seminar-series

02/19/2025

Richie Vios grew up in a house in Cebu City in the Philippines that was filled with the smell of oil paints, thanks to his father and siblings, who were all painters. “The smell of oil paint was always present in my home,” he says. “That was my childhood smell.”

Learn more about Vios' artist journey that budded from his family's of artists and has flourished into a successful career in the March/April 2025 Issue of Art of the West.

🖼️ Canyoneering, Richie Vios, watercolor, 12" by 16"

02/17/2025

The second annual Western Horizons event will be conducted February 21 and 22 at Legacy Gallery in Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona. It will include a benefit for Western Spirit Scottsdale's Museum of the West which will feature works by 35 Western artists.

The weekend will begin with an exhibition preview and reception February 21. Artist and panel discussions will be conducted the following day, and the exhibition and sale will begin at 5 p.m. at the museum; a sundown dinner will follow. Participating artists will include Tony Abeyta, Tom Browning, Glenn Dean, Quang Ho, Grant Redden, Scott Rogers, Kim Wiggins, and Morgan Weistling.

🖼️ Pawnee Night by Phil Epp

02/16/2025

What a night at for the opening of Masters of Drawing. It was a wonderful celebration of so many great artists and works. Congratulations to Mark Sublette and his team as well as all artists, including .l.brownlee who won the At of the West award for her piece “It’s About to Get Western.”

02/15/2025

Art with a Heart, an art auction to benefit OCCA, Cavett Kids Foundation, and K Club, will open at 6 p.m. February 15 and run for two hours at 211 North Robinson Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The event will feature artwork created by current and past patients of the Jimmy Everest Center at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital. For more information, visit www.artwithaheartokc.com.

02/14/2025

Masters of Drawing will open February 15 and run until March 1 at the Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery and Maynard Dixon Museum in Tucson, Arizona. The event will feature more than 100 drawings and several paintings rendered from the drawings. Participating artists will include Tony Abeyta, Amery Bohling, Glenn Dean, Donna Howell-Sickle, Susan Lyon, Howard Post, Roseta Santiago, Ezra Tucker, and more.

🖼️ Bull Elk Drawing by Ezra Tucker

02/13/2025

Ray Brown will be the featured artist at the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, which will be conducted at multiple venues in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, February 14, 15, and 16. His original work, Veiled, will be featured on the exposition’s poster and will be auctioned off during the event. For more information, visit www.sewe.com.

🖼️ Hall of the Mountain King by Ray Brown

02/12/2025

The American Impressionist Society, Inc.'s American Impressionist Society’s (AIS) 9th Annual Impressions: Small Works Showcase will open February 14 at Fallbrook Art Center in Fallbrook, California, and run until March 29. The opening reception is set for Saturday, February 15.

More than $25,000 in prizes and awards will be presented, and AIS Master Peggi Kroll Roberts, who will also serve as awards judge, will teach a workshop, present a painting demonstration, and participate in a panel discussion. The exhibition will feature approximately 160 works of art, with an additional 20 paintings by ASI Masters, board members, officers, and founders on display.

🖼️ First Light by Bhavani Krishnan

02/11/2025

Working in a studio that overlooks the historic square in Saint Jo, Texas, Donna Howell-Sickles is surrounded by the tools and atmosphere she needs to create her award-winning paintings and drawings of women who inspire her: cowgirls. She previously worked in a studio—a former church—in the city, but left that behind in 2013, after she and her husband John opened a gallery downtown and renovated that building to include a studio on the second floor.

Learn more about Donna Howell-Sickles' studio and work in the March/April 2025 issue of Art of the West.

🖼️ Waiting at the Gate, Donna Howell-Sickles, acrylic and charcoal, 36" by 60"

02/07/2025

March/April 2025 Cover Reveal!

Setting Camp in Rising Chief Basin, Randy Van Beek Art, oil, 30” by 40”

Don't forget to fold out the cover to reveal the entire piece. Also featured in this issue are Lauri Ketchum, Ramona Youngquist, Naomi Shachar, Todd A Williams, Richie Vios, and the Studio of Donna Howell-Sickles.

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01/31/2025

The Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles, California, will present Romance Reimagined from February 8 to March 23. The exhibition is a retrospective featuring Western masterworks, major works, and miniatures from the museum’s collection.

Those works were created by Howard Terpning, Tammy Garcia, Ton Abeyta, Ed Mell, Thomas Blackshear, George Carlson, Mian Situ, Logan Hagege, and many others. It will also include new works by more than 70 artists created specifically for the museum’s miniatures and small works auction, which will be conducted Saturday, March 8. For more information, visit www.TheAutry.org.

🖼️ Time and Space by Logan Maxwell Hagege