20" x 20" Oil on Canvas Board This painting was at the 2017 Quest for the West Show and Sale at the Eiteljorg Museum.
Quest for the West
Sienna’s of April
24" x 24" Oil on Canvas The European style tower is misleading and mysterious to the setting of Oak Creek Canyon just north of Sedona, AZ. I set up my easel close to Indian Gardens and this painting was completed entirely on location in April 2017. I was attracted...
Road to Tohatchi
30" x 50" Oil on Canvas This painting features the Navajo Indian Reservation in August as the monsoon rolls over the desert. The small village of Tohatchi lies on the edge of the Reservation and was originally the meeting place of both the young and the old in the...
On the Trail to Coronado’s Saddle
14" x 14" Oil on Canvas Board This painting is featured in Curt's newest video. This will be one of three works featured at the Eiteljorg Museum 11th Annual Quest for the West Show and Sale.
August’s Alchemy
16" x 16" Oil on Canvas Board Monsoon season is always an exciting time for me to visit Grand Canyon. The weather swells and dark clouds give way to rain shows in late afternoon. When the clouds start to lift, warm moist air is set against the cool canyon walls, and...
Texture of the Monsoon
8" x 16" This painting was a featured work at the 2015 Quest for the West Show and Sale at the Eiteljog Museum. The Mittens of Monument Valley stand the test of time and Mother Nature as a dust and wind storm as it starts to travel across the desert floor during the...
Januarius
24" x 24" This painting was a featured work at the 2015 Quest for the West Show and Sale at the Eiteljorg Museum. This features Grand Canyon during the last hour of light the first week of January. The nearly full moon rising in the distance, preparing to fill the...
Alizarin Hues of August
8" x 6" $3,500.00 This painting will be a featured work at the 2015 Quest for the West Show and Sale at the Eiteljorg Museum. As the August sun set behind me, the pink and alizarin hues seemed to almost pop out of the walls of the canyon. This is one of my favorite...
November Color: Oak Creek Canyon
28" x 22" $24,000 This painting will be a featured work at the 2015 Quest for the West Show and Sale at the Eiteljog Museum. This was painted during early fall in Oak Creek Canyon at a location called Thompson's Crossing.
Perchance for Eons
18" x 18" $12,000.00 The Grand Canyon, perchance for eons in creation, is the widest and deepest of its kind. It has never disappointed me. Every visit and every painting has its own unique story. In this painting the erosion of an early November rain intensifies the...
Temple Bar: Lake Mead
28" x 28" Oil on Canvas This painting was featured at the 2012 Quest for the West Show and Sale at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indiana in September. The lake was named in honor of Dr. Elwood Mead, who drafted the specifications for the Hoover Dam, on the Colorado River...
Crystal Rain
40" x 60" Oil on Canvas This work was featured at the 2012 Quest for the West Show and Sale at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana in September I was very fortunate to be at Grand Canyon this year in the later part of March when a heavy snow covered...
High Country Cascade
10" x 12" This was painted during a trip to the Canadian Rockies. It was done at Victoria Falls, high on the Opabin Plateau trail above Lake O'Hara. This work was available at the 2012 Quest for the West Show and Sale at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana...
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...
Breaking Surf: Point Lobos
24" x 36" Oil on Canvas This piece was a featured work at the 2011 Quest for the West Show and Sale at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indiana. I will never forget my first costal painting trip to Point Lobos in 1972. As a young painter I struggled to understand the rhythms...
Centurion of Desert View
12" x 12" This piece was a featured work at the 2011 Quest for the West Show and Sale at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indiana.
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"
A Wistful Moment
28" x 22" Oil on Canvas
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...