6" x 8" This painting was featured at the Autry National Museum for the 2010 Masters of the American West Show.
Galleries and Shows
Calf Creek Gorge
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.
A Diviner Air
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.
A New Day Encounter
28" x 28" This painting was featured at the Autry National Museum for the Masters of the American West Show.
Apache Walls
48" x 78" This painting was awarded with the Frederic Remington Award at the 2004 Prix de West show and sale.
Poet’s Light
16" x 16" This work was showcased in the 2010 Master's of the American West Show at the Autry National Museum.
Respectful Ascent
36" x 36" Oil on Canvas
Grandeur Besieged
50" x 80" This painting won the Nona Jean Hulsey Buyers' Choice Award in 2003 at the Prix de West show and sale.
West from Lipan Point
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.
La Plata Thunder
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.
Acquiescence
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...
Rio Grande Reflections
48" x 48" This painting was awarded with the Frederic Remington Award at the 2005 Prix de West Show and Sale.
Summer on the Escalantes
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...
The Mittens
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...
Return to Spider Rock
60" x 50" This painting was featured at the Autry National Museum for the 2010 Masters of the American West Show.
Sunset Over Mingus
5" x 14" Oil on Canvas Board This painting was featured in the 2007 Eiteljorg Museum Quest for the West Show and Sale.
New Garden Hollyhocks
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.
The Danube on the Budapest
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
Gilding the Altar 18" x 14" This painting will be available at the 2010 Prix de West Show and Sale. [Learn More]
Fence Line Roses
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...
Obtain Plateau
10" x 12" Oil on Canvas This painting was featured at the 2009 Prix de West
A Most Desirable Moment
40" x 50" Oil on Canvas This painting was featured and sold at the 2006 Prix de West Show and Sale.
September Afternoon at Lake O’Hara
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...
Victoria Falls
10" x 12" Canada, on Oesa trail above Lake O'hara This painting was featured
Monsoon Rain for Painted Desert
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....
A Memorable Cast
36" x 36" This painting was featured at the 2010 Prix de West Show and Sale. [Learn More]
End of September, Lake O’Hara
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.
Touched with Mystery
40" x 40" Oil on Canvas
Sunup on the Yellowstone
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...
The Treasury at Petra
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...
Season’s First Color
12" x 12" Oil on Canvas Panel
Evening’s Dance of Light
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.
Conquistador: Mile 129
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...
Osiris Revealed
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...
Inclinations
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...
Dallas Divide
30" x 48" Oil on Canvas This painting was featured in the 2003 Prix de West Show and Sale
Brilliant Soliloquy of Winter
48” x 48” Oil on Canvas One of the great opportunities afforded to me by living in Sedona is the short drive from my home to Grand Canyon. Days of extreme winter weather seem to entice me to the canyon’s edge. All alone, enveloped in the silence of a fresh snow at the...
In Media Res
48” x 36” Oil on Canvas Early spring is an in-between season and I always look forward to the uncertainty of the weather patterns. This painting is based on a few days in mid-April while painting near Mather Point. I was painting in warm clear sunshine while snow...
Nankoweap Sunrise
40" x 60" Oil on Canvas
Yaki Sunrise
28" x 22"
Corridor of Time
60" x 48" Oil on Canvas In September of 1999 I organized a painting and rafting trip through the Grand Canyon as a benefit for the Grand Canyon Trust. Several paintings resulted from this trip, which was one of the best experiences of my life; being with artist...
View from Nankoweap Granaries
12" x 19" Oil on Canvas This one-of-a-kind vista can only be seen high above the Nankoweap Delta in Marble Canyon. I was painting while standing next to ancient Ancestral Puebloan granaries. There is an unmatched elegance to this particular view of the Colorado River....
Summer’s Delightful Faire
48" x 36" This painting was done entirely on location, en plein air. The foreground formation do not have a name, that I am aware of. The painting features the Isis and Cheops temples, at center upper third. The view is looking down on Pipe Springs Creek, from the...
Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Chapel: Nocturne
30” x 24” Oil on Canvas Over the years, this chapel has appeared in several of my paintings. I enjoy the unique melding of traditional architecture with a uniquely Flagstaff approach; utilizing local stone, the bell tower and accents are rendered in pink. It seems to...
Illimitable
48” x 36” Oil on Canvas This view is from a few miles south of Cameron, where the old trading post stands near the east side of Grand Canyon. In this painting I was looking east toward the great landscape of the Navajo Nation and the valley of the Little Colorado...
National Treasure
30" x 60" Oil on Canvas Collection of Grand Canyon Association and Grand Canyon National Park This view is from Yaki Point on the South Rim. Crystalline ice falls over the North Rim during an October sunrise. I painted this as a gift to Grand Canyon National Park in...
Roof Top Vista: Chateau de Balleroy
16” x 12” Oil on Canvas One of the unique opportunities I’ve had in my career is getting to know Christopher Forbes, of Forbes Magazine. The invitation to paint at the Forbes’ Chateau Balleroy in Normandy, France was the sort of thing I could only have dreamt...
Enduring Espial
36” x 48” Oil on Canvas During the mid-1990’s I had the endurance and strength to frequently paint large canvases outdoors. This Monument Valley scene is an excellent example of that period of my work. Looking to the west, I painted Camel Butte, the Thumb, and the...
