10" x 8" unframed 15" x 13" framed This painting will be shown at the Forbes Galleries during the "Nedra Matteucci Galleries," presented by Nedra Matteucci Galleries. Please visit the Nedra site to make your reservations for this show.
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The Red Sail, Honfleur
12" x 10" unframed 20"x 18" framed This painting was shown at the Forbes Galleries during the "Nedra Matteucci Galleries," presented by Nedra Matteucci Galleries.
January Levity
18" x 18" unframed 25" x 25" framed This painting was be shown at the Forbes Galleries during a show presented by Nedra Matteucci Galleries in 2011.
Hillside Hollyhocks
28" x 22" This work was featured in the West Select, A New Western Classic show and Sale at Steele Gallery from October 23,- November 20, 2011.
Sun Shadow Wind
40" x 50" Oil on Canvas The inspiration for this painting was conceived in 1986, on a painting trip to Grand Canyon with my artist friends, Earl Carpenter, Matt Smith, M.L. Coleman, and Joe Abbrescia. We naively tried to paint during a March windstorm near Mohave...
On the Trail to Maricopa
16" x 16" This piece was a featured work at the 2011 Quest for the West Show and Sale at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indiana.
The Arborist’s Reward
28" x 28" This painting was awarded with the Best Painting Award at the 2010 Quest for the West show and Sale. I have always been fascinated by the arborists’ craft, especially with regard to apple trees. This ancient agricultural art reveals manicured old wood...
Enigmatic Longhouse
36" x 36" This painting will be featured at the 2011 Prix de West Show and Sale in Oklahoma City which runs from June 10th through August 7th.
Nocturne Of Boston Avenue Church, Tulsa
12" x 10" This painting will be featured at the 2011 Prix de West Show and Sale in Oklahoma City which runs from June 10th through August 7th.
Monument to San Rafael Cordoba, Spain
10" x 8" This painting was available at the 2011 Salmagundi Club Show and Sale during the month of March.
Sun After A Winter Rain
18" x 14" This painting was at the 2011 Salmagundi Club Show and Sale.
Deliquescence
36" x 28" This painting holds a special place for me, as it was one of the first paintings of mine to be seen at The National Cowboy Museum’s Prix de West. The title is derived from the fact that while I was painting this scene, on location, the warming of the day...
Winter at Mather Point
48" x 48"
Winters Eloquent Solitude
40"x 60" This painting appeared at the 2010 Prix de West Show and Sale.
Overture to Twilight
28" x 22" I was extremely pleased to have won the Patrons' Choice Award, at the Salmagundi Club’s American Masters show in New York. I am thrilled that a western subject matter, painted by a western artist, can transcend borders. The Grand Canyon has the power to...
Ra’s Domain
60" x 90" This painting was the winner of the 2007 Nona Jean Hulsey Buyer's Choice Award at the Prix de West show and sale.
Winter’s Levity
50" x 80" One of my greatest pleasures is to show up at Grand Canyon as a cold front is moving across the region. In this painting, I have tried to reflect the playful dance of light as the sun peeks in and out of the moving clouds. This is a view from Powell Point,...
Harbor of Honfleur
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...
Lake Aluma
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...
Last Light on Vishnu
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...
A Wistful Moment
28" x 22" Oil on Canvas
Winter Grandeur Revealed
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.
Mercurial Sun of January
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...
Splendid Turmoil
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...
Spring’s Caprice
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
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
Clement Esque
6" x 8" This painting was featured at the Autry National Museum for the 2010 Masters of the American West Show.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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
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
Touched with Mystery
40" x 40" Oil on Canvas
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...
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...















































