Artist Curt Walters, known for his plein air work, is one of two featured artists this year at Gilcrease Museum’s annual Rendezvous Artists’ Retrospective Exhibition and Art Sale.

Rendezvous will open to the public on April 14, 2011 and continue through July 10, 2011.

The Art Sale is set for Friday, April 15, 2011.
Works not sold at the opening night art sale will be available for purchase throughout the exhibition by calling the Museum Shop at (918) 596-2725.
For information about the Art Sale, contact Linda Galbraith at (918) 596-2757.

Plein Aire Master Class with Curt Walters
Monday – Wednesday, April 11 – 13, 2011, Gilcrease House
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
$175/members; $200/non-members

Master Artist Curt Walters will join 74 of his peers at the Masters of the American West Fine Art Exhibition and Sale at the Autry National Center in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 6, 2010. The Sedona, Arizona-based painter will lead off the schedule of events with a special First Presentation, “Place and Moment,” detailing the history behind some of his greatest works, including his acclaimed Grand Canyon pieces.

Walters, known as the “Greatest Living Grand Canyon Artist,” will display five paintings, the centerpiece being “Return to Spider Rock,” a 60″ x 50″ oil on canvas depicting the 800-foot monolith found at Canyon de Chelly in northwest Arizona Navajo Reservation. He captures his favorite subject with his other four entries, including the 28″ x 28″ “New Day Encounter” and a 6″ x 8″ piece for the Masters Miniatures wall.

“The Greatest Living Grand Canyon Artist,” Curt Walters, will host a special four-day gathering of friends and fellow artists “on the rim” September 21-24. This rare opportunity to meet and paint with one of America’s most critically-acclaimed artists is opened to the public as a special workshop with the Scottsdale Art School.

Curt Walters of Sedona, Arizona, is a fan favorite from coast to coast, winning the first Patrons’ Choice Award from the American Masters Fine Art Show & Sale held at the Salmagundi Club in New York City.

At the May 7th gala event, “Overture of Twilight” was distinguished with the award. The piece is a 28″ x 22″ interpretation of the Grand Canyon from Maricopa Point.

Though this was the 3rd annual American Masters show, it is the first year that an artist has been honored in such a way, and was the only award given for the show.

Master landscape artist Curt Walters of Sedona, Arizona, will be a part of the third annual American Masters Fine Art Show & Sale held at the exclusive Salmagundi Club in New York City May 5 – 16, 2010.

Walters will be in attendance, displaying two new pieces in the show, which benefits The Salmagundi Club.

Long regarded as the “Master of the Grand Canyon,” Walters’ first piece, “Overture to Twilight,” is a 28″ x 22″ view of the National Park from the trail to Maricopa Point, as a late light dapples the landscape through the clouds. The second is “Above Borum Lake” (10″ x 12″), painted on location in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming.

Master Artist and longtime Sedona resident Curt Walters will be sharing a special symposium with community group The Sedona Women, known as “Dames Who Make a Difference.” Presented at the Sedona Creative Life Center on Wednesday, March 10th, “Curt Walters: The Man and His Art” will start at 10:00am and end at about noon.

Walters will discuss his struggles and triumphs through his career as a painter in his speech “Place and Moment” and reveal a few of his newest pieces to the group.

‘Master Painter’ Curt Walters, of Sedona, Arizona, will have a one man show at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, in Indianapolis, Indiana, set to begin August 19, 2009.  “Monuments & Moments:  The Plein Air and Studio Paintings of Curt Walters” will be curated by James Nottage, Chief Curator of the Eiteljorg Museum.

“Monuments & Moments” will feature many of the artist’s signature Grand Canyon and Southwestern-themed paintings, as well as works from his travels to Canada, Jordan, Bali, and a number of European cities.

Master Painter Curt Walters Returns to the Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition Regarded as Western Art’s biggest show, this event takes place at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This will be Walters’ 12th year with the...

Master artist Curt Walters of Sedona, Arizona, finds himself as in-demand for his insightful lectures as for his world famous paintings of the Grand Canyon, nowadays.

He was recently tapped to deliver a special seminar to the Board of Trustees during the 2009 Masters of the American West expo, at the Autry National Center in Los Angeles.  The presentation was accompanied by a slide show featuring over 350 images, most of which are paintings.

Grand Canyon Association is sponsoring an historic art event at the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. The first annual Grand Canyon Celebration of Art will take place September 14-19, 2009.

All proceeds from this event will be dedicated to the preservation of Grand Canyon art and to ensuring that future generations of park visitors will be able to experience Grand Canyon art at its best.

This major art show will provide an opportunity for visitors to see the works of some of the best master artists in the nation as they seek to capture the beauty of the timeless Grand Canyon landscape on canvas.

Curt Walters, the most distinguished landscape artist of our time, is gearing up for the first major Western Art show of the year, the 12th annual Masters of the American West Fine Art Exhibition and Sale.  Walters will be on hand at the Autry National Center in Los Angeles for the opening weekend events, beginning on Saturday, February 7, 2009, at 10:00am.

Sedona, Arizona artist Curt Walters has won The Artist of Distinction Award at the 3rd annual Quest for the West Art Show and Sale, held at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The Artist of Distinction Award, sponsored by the Western Art Society, is presented to the artist with the best body of work. During the Quest for the West’s inaugural show, Walters was awarded Best Overall Presentation, and the second year found him with a Victor Higgins Work of Distinction and the Patron’s Choice Award.

The Story of Leanin’ Tree: Art and Enterprise in the American West chronicles the 60 year course of Leanin’ Tree’s fine art greeting cards. Designed by the celebrated Carol Haralson, the book spotlights a number of Arizona’s most prominent artists, including Curt Walters and James Reynolds of Sedona, as well as the late Frank McCarthy and R. Brownell McGrew.

Featuring hundreds of images from The Leanin’ Tree Museum’s legendary collection, and art commentary by Leanin’ Tree founder Ed Trumble, many of these now classic pieces were collected before Western Art was considered a serious genre.

Sedona, Arizona, artist Curt Walters is preparing to head East for the 3rd annual Quest for the West Art Show and Sale, held in Indianapolis, Indiana, at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art.  Boasting more than 50 of America’s top Western artists, the show opens September 5, and runs through October 5, 2008.

Walters begins to prepare for upcoming shows months in advance, and the 2008 Prix de West Art Exhibition and Sale is no exception.  Scheduled to begin on June 13th of this year, Walters had begun the show’s centerpiece even before he attended, and won at, the Masters of the American West show on February 2.

His past record at Prix de West is nothing short of astounding, with six awards received over a ten year period.  Last year, Walters took home his third Nona Jean Hulsey Buyers’ Choice Award in addition to the Prix de West Purchase Award.  “Spring’s Caprice,” the Purchase Award winner, has since been inducted into the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum’s permanent collection.

Celebrated landscape painter Curt Walters of Sedona, Arizona, will be one of 48 artists to participate in the first annual American Masters fine art show and sale held at The Salmagundi Club in New York City May 1 – 7, 2008.

Walters will display three pieces in the show, which benefits The Salmagundi Club.  Known worldwide for his impeccable interpretation of the Grand Canyon, it comes as no surprise that Walters’ first entry is “Tower of Set,” one of the National Park’s many famous landmarks.  The second is “Rocky Shore Sea of Cortez,” from one of his frequent trips to Mexico.  The last piece features his home state, New Mexico, and is titled “Winter Sun at Taos Pueblo.”

Internationally acclaimed artist Curt Walters, of Sedona, Arizona, will again be in attendance at the upcoming Prix de West Invitational’s opening weekend exhibition and sale in Oklahoma City on June 13 – 14.  The event, which runs through September 7, 2008, features over 300 paintings and sculptures by contemporary Western artists, as well as special seminars and receptions, and concludes with the awards banquet and a fixed sale.

“Moments & Monuments:  The Plein Air and Studio Paintings of Curt Walters” is a rare retrospective of a living Master Artist’s work, presented by The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, located in Indianapolis, Indiana.  This special show is guest-curated by James Nottage, and began August 19th.  The official opening will coincide with the Friday, September 11 opening of the 4th annual Quest for the West exhibition.

Local artist Curt Walters has continued living up to his immaculate reputation as a True Master painter with yet another award from one of Western Art’s top two shows. At this year’s Masters of the American West exhibit at the Autry National Center in Los Angeles, the artist received the Trustees’ Purchase Award, given in recognition of artwork designated for purchase by the museum. This places Walters side by side with other great American artists such as Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran and Thomas Hill, as well as contemporary greats such as Howard Terpning, Clyde Aspevig and Bob Kuhn.

Over the past decade, Sedona artist Curt Walters has become a phenomenon he only dared dream of as a struggling young painter.  As an encore to his record-setting win at this year’s Prix de West, Walters scored a new pair of accolades from the second annual Quest for the West Art Show and Sale at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, located in Indianapolis, Indiana.

“September Afternoon at Lake O’Hara” was the show’s big winner, given both the Victor Higgins Award of Distinction for the best individual work of the show, and the Patrons’ Choice Award, selected by the large body of collectors in attendance.  The awards were presented by John Vanausdall, president and CEO of the museum, at a dinner banquet held after the Saturday sale.  Walters said, “So many of my past awards come from Grand Canyon paintings, so it feels good to be recognized for my other subject matter.”

Continuing an unprecedented decade, artist Curt Walters of Sedona, Arizona has won 2 more medals on Sunday, June 10th, from the Prix de West Art Exhibition and Sale, the western art genre’s most prestigious show. This pair brings Walters’ total to a staggering 6 --...

Friday, June 8, marks the 34th annual Prix de West invitational, and will embrace more than 100 artists, including every past winner, so Curt Walters, of Sedona, Arizona, is going to have to be in top form. Preparing for his 10th year with the exhibition at the...

Winner of Best Overall Presentation Artist Curt Walters of Sedona, Arizona is having a fabulous decade. Since 1998, the plein aire impressionist has received seven major awards from some of the country’s biggest shows, including Masters of the American West at the...

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