Oil on Canvas Board 18" x 18"
Paintings
Captain Pablo De Melgosa and Juan Galeras
30" x 40" Charcoal Drawing on Gesso Hardboard In his charcoal drawing CAPTAIN PABLO DE MELGOSA AND JUAN GALERAS: PLANNING DESCENT- GRAND CANYON 1540, Curt drew his models standing at the edge overlooking Grand Canyon near Lipan Point. Captain Melgosa is wearing a...
Calle Delfin
Oil 12" x 12"
Redolent May
18” x 18” oil on canvas board $9,500.00 My childhood from age nine was spent in the La Plata Valley north of Farmington, New Mexico, just four miles from the Colorado state line. My father wore many hats, a practicing dentist with degrees in agriculture and...
Aide-Mémoire
Aide-Mémoire: Cholla Power Plant 20” x 30” Oil on Canvas Board $24,000.00 When I was a child the giant towers of the Cholla Power Plant rose high from the desert floor, near Joseph City Arizona, next to what became Interstate 40. Defining the west, all through my...
West from Mohave
20" x 20" Oil on Canvas Panel West from Mohave features the vista looking west from the famed view point, Mohave, on the west rim drive of the South Rim, Grand Canyon. Recently painted just for this show, Curt has captured a multitude of planes receding into...
Back Road to Hart Prairie
Oil on Canvas 10 x 10 Most certainly one of my favorite painting trips in the fall is Hart Prairie. On the way to Grand Canyon Hart Prairie road intersects with US-180 in the Coconino National Forest north of Flagstaff, AZ. While Jeeping around this country last fall,...
In the Shade of San Stae
Enchantment Reigns
To my delight a series of spectacular storms crossed Northern Arizona in the spring of 2023. In March I was lucky to catch a cold front as it was passing, leaving the rim and much of the upper levels of the Grand Canyon elevations covered with snow.
Wizard’s Touch
10" x 8" Oil on Canvas Board Wizard's Touch will be one of the items available for auction during the Saddle Up event at the Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West on October 15, 2022. Saddle Up II was recently awarded AZ Foothills magazine’s “Best Annual...
The History Behind the Scene: CAPTAIN PABLO DE MELGOSA AND JUAN GALERAS
CAPTAIN PABLO DE MELGOSA AND JUAN GALERAS: PLANNING DESCENT - GRAND CANYON 1540 In 1539, Friar Marcos de Niza, a Franciscan priest, had reported to Spanish colonial officials in Mexico City that he’d seen the legendary seven cities of Cibola far to the north of...
Lipan Vista in Smoke
8” x 6” Oil on Panel Auction Value: $2500.00 SOLD In June 2020 California was struggling with a series of wildfires, the worst in our nation's history. The smoke from those fires was carried an astonishing five hundred miles, across state lines, into Northern Arizona....
Antagonistically Beautiful
28” x 22” Oil on Canvas SOLD $24,500.00 As a guide using my 8x6 inch canvas from this experience I began a 28x22 in the studio. The color from this field study was my guide. I used a classic composition to begin my drawing and started with the sky. I added a...
Old Grove Color
12” x 12” Oil on Canvas Panel SOLD $5200.00 Forced to be apart from the public and because I wanted quite freedom in the color of the season, I packed my paint set and picnic lunch for a hike north of Flagstaff. I discovered this old grove of aspen and it seemed alive...
Halcyon Air of a February Morning
14” x 14” Oil on Canvas Panel SOLD $6400.00 This painting was in many ways a gift to myself. Because of the pandemic, endless smoke and a year without clouds, a trip to Grand Canyon after my first covid shot seemed like the right thing to do. I set up early to paint...
Coronado’s Vista (2019)
Oil on Canvas Board 8" x 12" Rising from the Canyon Floor as a grand crowned pyramid, Coronado Butte stands alone as a king of his domain. I painted overlooking the Coronado Saddle, a location known to few these days, but popular with the visiting tourist artist...
The Crowning of Sunset
28" x 28" Oil on Canvas $28,000 In 2015 Tom and I visited the canyon in early March. Most of the day was gray and fog covered most of the canyon. On the rim trail that day, just east of El Tovar, the sun was breaking only in spots. I had a chance to quickly do a...
South From Point Sublime – by Curt Walters
12" x 12" Oil on Canvas Board VIEW THIS PAINTING ON THE PRIX DE WEST WEBSITE The 20-mile forest road to the point is extremely rough and it takes most of a day to negotiate it one way. But when you arrive you know it is well worth the effort. I think it is the most...
A Chasm of Sublime: Plateau Point
36" x 36" Oil on Canvas This is one of four paintings featured at the 2019 Prix De West Invitational at the National Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The Changing Imprint of Summer
20" x 20" Mount Hayden from Point Imperial on the North Rim in August.
An Audience of Immortals
40" x 24" Oil painting
Confucius in Smoky Silhouette
14" x 11" Oil on Canvas Board Price $5,200 This is one of four paintings being featured at the 2019 Prix De West Invitational at the National Cowboy Museum in Okalhoma City, Oklahoma
A Day in La Cruz
12" x 12" Oil on Canvas Board Price $4,800 This is one of four paintings being featured at the 2019 Prix De West Invitational at the National Cowboy Museum in Okalhoma City, Oklahoma
A Chasm of Sublime: Plateau Point
36" x 36" Oil on Canvas SOLD $62,500 This is one of four paintings being featured at the 2019 Prix De West Invitational at the National Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Changing Imprint of Summer
20" x 20" Oil on Canvas Mount Hayden from Point Imperial on the North Rim in August. This painting will be shown at the 2019 Prix de West Show and Sale in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Adumbration
12" x 10" Oil on Canvas Panel Sold during a fundraising auction at the 2018 Prix de West show.
Cathedral Gap
30" x 48" Oil on Canvas Cathedral Gap will be one of three entries in the 2018 Prix de West Invitational in Oklahoma City, OK. I have wanted to paint Cathedral Gap for a very long time. This unique and epic scene is located 5 1/2 miles down the Hermit trail from the...
Jensen Boat Yard
14" x 14" Oil on Canvas Panel $5600 This will be one of three entries Curt has in the 2018 Prix de West Invitational. Painted on location in Washington state, Curt captures the essence of a working boat yard. Living in southwest, surrounded by rock formations and...
Island Chief Seattle
8" x 8" Oil on Canvas Board
February’s Finale
20" x 20" Oil on Canvas Board $17,000 “February’s Finale” is a Grand Canyon, oil on canvas board, measuring at 20” x 20” and is priced at $17,000. The Tower of Set complex is bathed in the vermilion light of a winter sunset. The snow tipped trees in the foreground...
West from Plateau Point
14” x 14” Oil on Canvas Panel $6,800 “West from Plateau Point" was painted on one of Curt’s hikes down Bright Angel Trail and the side trail to Plateau Point. Looking west from the overlook, the awe inspiring view of the Colorado River 1200 feet below carves its way...
August Evening and Merrick Butte – Monument Valley
8" x 10" Oil on Canvas Board. This is a view of last light as the day ended at Monument Valley. This will be one of the featured paintings at the 2018 Masters of the American West Art Exhibit and Sale.
Mystique of March
20" x 20" Oil on Canvas Board This painting was at the 2017 Quest for the West Show and Sale at the Eiteljorg Museum.
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...
Deluge of Light
18" x 18" Oil on Canvas Board $12,500 Deluge of Light shows a breaking of light during a winter storm at Grand Canyon. This painting was a study in preparation for Compilation of the Gods. This work will be included in the 2017 Prix de West Show and Sale in Oklahoma...
Midnight: San Filipe’s Chapel
24" x 24" Oil on Canvas Board $22,000 Midnight: San Filipe's Chapel, is a 24" x 24" which is a studio painting based on a plein air study he did while in Mexico City earlier this year. This is a nocturne of Metropolitan Cathedral. This work will be included in the...
Compilation of the Gods
70" x 60" Oil on Canvas $185,000 Compilation of the Gods is a 70" x 60" depiction of moments Curt experienced at Grand Canyon over February and March 2017. The main temple formations and foreground composition come from the trail leading to Maricopa point. The snow...
Winter Opulence
30" x 48" Oil on Canvas
Tempestuous Depths
48" x 60"
Sunset at Bright Angel Trail
28" x 28" Oil on Canvas
Spring Encounter
24" x 24"
September Morning at Yaki Point
20" x 20"
September Morning at Navajo Point
12" x 10" Oil on Canvas Board
Pont Au Change
10" x 12' Oil on Canvas Board
February’s Catharsis
16" x 16" Oil on Canvas Board $11,000 This painting will be available at the 2017 Masters of the American West Exhibit and Show at the Autry Museum of the American West.
Nocturne San Felipes Chapel
12" x 12" Oil on Canvas Board $5800 This painting will be at the Autry Museum of the American West Exhibit and Show from February 11-March 26th, 2017.
Coronado’s Vista
30" x 24"
Clement Hues of September
12" x 10"
