12" x 10" The end of October 2010, I traveled with my friends John and Terri Moyers, to Normandy, France followed by a month in southern Spain. These are a few of the paintings that were done en plein air on that trip. It was great fun to have a dramatic change of...
12" x 12" The last week of September 2010, I visited the Canadian Rockies with my friends John and Terri Moyers. Most of our trip was at or near Lake O’Hara, which is part of the Yoho National Park. Each and every day we would load up our packs and hike the trails to...
5" x 11" I painted this while teaching an art class at The National Cowboy Museum. I arrived early to prepare for my class at nearby Lake Aluma. It was a foggy morning and I could not resist painting this scene for myself. This painting was shown during the Gilcrease...
12" x 10" In September 2010 I was invited by Veryl Goodnight to join her and several other artists to paint at Mesa Verde. We had the great privilege to actually set up our easels inside one of the ruins, the first time artists have been allowed to paint inside the...
8" x 6" I painted this in the summer 2010. Vishnu’s pointed crown dominates the vistas of the east rim drive at Grand Canyon. Prominent in this view is the Vishnu Temple bathed in late afternoon sun. Most of the formations at Grand Canyon have unusual and exotic...
8" x 6" I first started doing one-subject series as a study of impressionism. Through this process it has made my studio paintings stronger. This kind of day-long exercise connects me to the place, and allows me to later do a large interpretive studio painting of a...
28" x 22" Oil on Canvas
8" x 10" Oil on Canvas Board This work is available for purchase at the Nedra Matteucci Galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico
40" x 60" This painting was awarded with the Nona Jean Hulsey Buyers' Choice Award in 1998 at the Prix de West show and sale. Winter Grandeur Revealed is now available as a Brushstrokes Limited Edition Artist Proof Print.
40" x 40" Oil on Canvas In January, on the rim of Grand Canyon, the sun can be amazingly warm until you step into the shadow of a cliff or a cloud. Instantly the temperature drops significantly and you can feel chilled to the bone. It’s not unusual for snow patches to...
54" x 84" Oil on Canvas Winter weather can hang at the Grand Canyon for many days, remaining overcast and frigid. I had stopped in the late afternoon to admire the great vistas and snow flurries from Mather Point on the South Rim, when in a magical moment, the sun...
36" x 36" This painting won the Prix de West Purchase award in 2007. View this page for the full article on the win.
Canyon Sinuosity 50" x 40" This painting won the Patron's Choice Award at the Masters of the American West, Autry National Center, L.A. in 1999
6" x 8" This painting was featured at the Autry National Museum for the 2010 Masters of the American West Show.
14" x 12" This painting was a part of the collection which won Walters the Best Overall Presentation at the 2007 Quest for the West Show.
36" x 28" This painting was a part of the collection which won Walters the Best Overall Presentation at the 2006 Quest for the West Show.
28" x 28" This painting was featured at the Autry National Museum for the Masters of the American West Show.
48" x 78" This painting was awarded with the Frederic Remington Award at the 2004 Prix de West show and sale.
16" x 16" This work was showcased in the 2010 Master's of the American West Show at the Autry National Museum.
36" x 36" Oil on Canvas
50" x 80" This painting won the Nona Jean Hulsey Buyers' Choice Award in 2003 at the Prix de West show and sale.
16" x 24" This painting was a part of the collection which won Walters the Best Overall Presentation at the 2007 Quest for the West Show.
40" x 60" This painting was a part of the collection which won Walters the Best Overall Presentation at the 2007 Quest for the West Show.
36" x 36" This painting is always confused for one of Monet’s lily ponds at Giverny. And, although I have painted Giverny on several occasions, this pond is actually in Bernalillo, New Mexico. Central Valley New Mexico artists are familiar with this hidden gem. This...
48" x 48" This painting was awarded with the Frederic Remington Award at the 2005 Prix de West Show and Sale.
40" x 40" Oil on Canvas I have visited and painted the incredible Escalante landscape in southern Utah since the early 1970’s. At the 75th Anniversary of Grand Canyon National Park, in 1994, I heard President Bill Clinton designate 1.9 million acres of this amazing...
30" x 50" Oil on Canvas I remember the magic I felt in 1960, at age 10, when on a summer vacation road trip (without air-conditioning) my parents took us to Monument Valley. I will never forget my first greeting by the gigantic buttes of red sandstone known as the...
60" x 50" This painting was featured at the Autry National Museum for the 2010 Masters of the American West Show.
5" x 14" Oil on Canvas Board This painting was featured in the 2007 Eiteljorg Museum Quest for the West Show and Sale.
28" x 22" Oil on Canvas This was painted in Curt's newly remodeled backyard with a special hollyhock terrace during the summer of 2009. This painting was featured at the 2010 Prix de West Show and Sale.
30" x 48" Oil on Canvas I remember seeing images of Budapest as a child and dreaming of visiting this city, which I finally did in 2003. The city did not disappoint me. The feature of this painting is the great Szechenyi Chain Bridge that connects Buda and Pest, and...
Gilding the Altar 18" x 14" This painting will be available at the 2010 Prix de West Show and Sale. [Learn More]
20" x 16" Artists throughout history have turned to scenes right out their backdoor for inspiration. I was enticed by the fragrance and colors of the large profusion of rose blossoms along this fence line, in my own backyard, this past spring. Sometimes it is the...
10" x 12" Oil on Canvas This painting was featured at the 2009 Prix de West
40" x 50" Oil on Canvas This painting was featured and sold at the 2006 Prix de West Show and Sale.
36" x 36" This painting was the recipient of the Victor Higgins Work of Distinction given for the best individual work in the Quest for the West exhibition in 2007. It also won the Patrons' Choice Award that same night. Canada's Lake O'Hara, in Yoho National Park, is...
10" x 12" Canada, on Oesa trail above Lake O'hara This painting was featured
40" x 60" Because a good portion of my family is in Farmington, NM, I have traveled across the Painted Desert countless times and I never fail to be impressed by its incredible beauty. During the monsoon season the storms over the desert floor are simply spectacular....
36" x 36" This painting was featured at the 2010 Prix de West Show and Sale. [Learn More]
12" x 12" Oil on Canvas Board This painting was featured in the West Select Show on November 14, 2014. Painted at the end of September, this painting shows Mount Biddle as seen from near the Lodge at Lake O'Hara.
40" x 40" Oil on Canvas
48" x 72" My paintings tend to be a diary of my life. Early teenage influences in my dairy were the images painted by Bierstadt, Moran, and Hurley and yes, my own father, which served as the guidepost for me to go forth and discover worlds of beauty in the American...
8" x 6" In 2002, just prior to the war in Iraq, I was compelled to visit Jordan and tour the country with Landmine Survivors Network. This organization is the one that Princess Diana helped publicize and promote. The trip was an emotional one for me, and I...
12" x 12" Oil on Canvas Panel
36" x 36" The Artist of Distinction Award was given to Curt for this piece at the Quest for the West Show and Sale in 2008. It was one of the works chosen for the retrospective show in 2009, "Moments and Monuments," also at the Eiteljorg Museum.
48" x 48" Oil on Canvas In 2003, I was very fortunate, thanks to the Grand Canyon Foundation, to raft the lower half of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon with the Intermountain Region Director for the National Parks, Karen Wade and several National Park...
40” x 30” Oil on Canvas The moods of a winter day at Grand Canyon are ever-changing. The vista seen here is from the trail just north of Mather Point. Snow flurries engulf the north rim as Osiris temple emerges from the storm. A turquoise-quality light, and snow...
36” x 36” Oil on Canvas Following a 1993 painting trip to Bali, I painted a series of koi fish and water gardens. Inclinations was part of that series. My color palette changed considerably for a few years following my time in Bali. I think it is important for artists...
