CURT WALTERS

Named "GREATEST LIVING GRAND CANYON ARTIST" by Art of the West Magazine

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A Lifetime of Art – Landmark Retrospective to Open in Sedona this September

A Lifetime of Art – Landmark Retrospective to Open in Sedona this September

Jul 19, 2026 | Galleries and Shows, Press Releases, Resilience, Speaking Engagements

Announcing a major upcoming exhibition celebrating the career of one of the nation’s most revered plein air masters! “Curt Walters: A Lifetime of Art,” presented by the Fine Art Museum of Sedona (FAMoS), will open to the public this fall, running from September 2 through October 28, 2026.

Captain Pablo De Melgosa and Juan Galeras

Captain Pablo De Melgosa and Juan Galeras

Jul 6, 2023 | Artwork, Conte drawing, Figures, Resilience

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...

Antagonistically Beautiful

Antagonistically Beautiful

Jun 18, 2021 | Grand Canyon, Prix de West, Resilience, Studio Painting

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...

The Crowning of Sunset

The Crowning of Sunset

Jul 31, 2020 | Grand Canyon, Prix de West, Resilience, Sold & Exhibited Work, Studio Painting

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...

The Changing Imprint of Summer

The Changing Imprint of Summer

Sep 24, 2019 | Resilience, Sold & Exhibited Work

20" x 20" Mount Hayden from Point Imperial on the North Rim in August.  

An Audience of Immortals

An Audience of Immortals

Aug 19, 2019 | Grand Canyon, Paintings, Resilience

40" x 24" Oil painting

Adumbration

Adumbration

Jun 13, 2018 | Grand Canyon, Plein Aire Study, Prix de West, Sold & Exhibited Work

12" x 10" Oil on Canvas Panel Sold during a fundraising auction at the 2018 Prix de West show.

Cathedral Gap

Cathedral Gap

May 31, 2018 | Grand Canyon, Prix de West, Resilience, Sold & Exhibited Work, Studio Painting

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...

West from Plateau Point

West from Plateau Point

Jan 26, 2018 | Grand Canyon, Plein Aire Study, Resilience, Sold & Exhibited Work, The Autry

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...

Midnight: San Filipe’s Chapel

Midnight: San Filipe’s Chapel

Jun 5, 2017 | Artwork, Mexico, Nocturne, Paintings, Plein Aire Study, Prix de West, Resilience, Sold & Exhibited Work, Style, Subject

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...

Tempestuous Depths

Tempestuous Depths

Apr 20, 2017 | Grand Canyon, Resilience, Sold & Exhibited Work

48" x 60"

Sunset on Bright Angel Trail

Sunset on Bright Angel Trail

Apr 20, 2017 | Grand Canyon, Resilience, Sold & Exhibited Work

28" x 28" Oil on Canvas

Pont Au Change

Pont Au Change

Apr 19, 2017 | Europe, France, Sold & Exhibited Work

10" x 12' Oil on Canvas Board

February’s Catharsis

February’s Catharsis

Feb 2, 2017 | Grand Canyon, Plein Aire Study, Sold & Exhibited Work, The Autry

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.

Coronado’s Vista

Coronado’s Vista

Feb 2, 2017 | Grand Canyon, Resilience

30" x 24"

Clement Hues of September

Clement Hues of September

Feb 2, 2017 | Grand Canyon

12" x 10"

Canyon Guardian

Canyon Guardian

Feb 2, 2017 | Grand Canyon

28" x 22"

Mission Wisteria

Mission Wisteria

Jan 10, 2017 | California, Sold & Exhibited Work

28" x 28" Oil

Last Light on Vishnu

Last Light on Vishnu

Jan 10, 2017 | Grand Canyon, Plein Aire Study, Sold & Exhibited Work

10" x 8" Oil

Mohave Fog

Mohave Fog

Jan 10, 2017 | Grand Canyon, Sold & Exhibited Work

48" x 48" Oil on Canvas

Last Light on O’Neil

Last Light on O’Neil

Jan 10, 2017 | Grand Canyon, Plein Aire Study, Sold & Exhibited Work

12" x 10" Oil on Canvas Board

Lake Morain

Lake Morain

Jan 10, 2017 | Canada, Coastal and Lakeside, Plein Aire Study, Sold & Exhibited Work

12" x 10" Oil on Canvas Board

Firehouse

Firehouse

Jan 10, 2017 | Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon, Sold & Exhibited Work

36" x 28"

Epilouge

Epilouge

Jan 10, 2017 | Grand Canyon, Resilience, Sold & Exhibited Work

40" x 60" Oil on Canvas

Celebrating Spring

Celebrating Spring

Jan 9, 2017 | Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon, Sold & Exhibited Work

28" x 22" Oil

Appochment

Appochment

Oct 24, 2016 | Grand Canyon, Resilience, Studio Painting

40" x 60"

Winter Textural Debut

Winter Textural Debut

Sep 22, 2016 | Plein Aire Study, Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon, Sold & Exhibited Work

20" x 20" Oil on canvas

Road to Tohatchi

Road to Tohatchi

Sep 2, 2016 | Featured Available Work, New Mexico, Quest for the West, Sedona Art Center First Friday, Trailside Gallery

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...

Ancients Revealed

Ancients Revealed

Jun 7, 2016 | Grand Canyon, Plein Aire Study, Prix de West, Resilience, Sold & Exhibited Work, Studio Painting

20" x 20" Oil on Canvas Board One of four entries into the 2016 Prix de West Show and Sale. It displays the temples as they rise out of the fog in the earliest part of February. This was started on a very cold afternoon at the Canyon and later finished in the...

Spring’s Subtle Intonation

Spring’s Subtle Intonation

Jun 6, 2016 | Grand Canyon, Plein Aire Study, Prix de West, Resilience, Sold & Exhibited Work

Oil on Canvas The third painting of Curt's to go to the 2016 Prix de West Show and Sale which was completed on location is Springs Subtle Intonation, was painted at Navajo Point, from the eastern side of the south rim. This oil on canvas depicts the 75-mile fault and...

Beneath the Cloak of Notos

Beneath the Cloak of Notos

Feb 12, 2016 | Grand Canyon, Museum of Northern Arizona, Resilience, Sold & Exhibited Work, Studio Painting

60" x 72" Oil on Canvas This painting is the story of summer. As I was painting near Pima Point at the end of August in 2015, the constant play of light throughout the day brought to mind several mythological stories, especially the Greek God of the summer wind,...

Gilded Evening

Gilded Evening

Nov 14, 2015 | Monument Valley, Sold & Exhibited Work, Studio Painting, Trailside Gallery

24" x 54" Oil on Canvas $54,000 Following a monsoon shower, the intensity of the monuments at sunset causes an incredible gilded and golden light reminding me of a highly polished 24 karat gold.

Rio di Noale

Rio di Noale

Nov 5, 2015 | Estate ReSale Paintings, Italy, Plein Aire Study, The Storytellers: Artists of the American West

12" x 10" $3500

Ponte Largo Giancinto Gallina

Ponte Largo Giancinto Gallina

Nov 5, 2015 | Italy, Plein Aire Study, Sold & Exhibited Work, The Storytellers: Artists of the American West, Trailside Gallery

12" x 10"

Ushering in October

Ushering in October

Oct 30, 2015 | Grand Canyon, Plein Aire Study, Small Works, Great Wonders, Sold & Exhibited Work

14" x 14" Oil on Canvas Board Featured in this painting of Grand Canyon is the amazing earthen Temple of Isis, on the trail east of Yavapi Point. I was about two hours into my painting when the weather changed and the clouds began to rumble. Knowing that chasing the...

Texture of the Monsoon

Texture of the Monsoon

Sep 10, 2015 | Monument Valley, Plein Aire Study, Quest for the West, Sold & Exhibited Work

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

Januarius

Sep 10, 2015 | Grand Canyon, Quest for the West, Resilience, Sold & Exhibited Work, Studio Painting

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...

Contexture of August

Contexture of August

Aug 14, 2015 | Grand Canyon, Nedra Matteucci, Sold & Exhibited Work, Studio Painting

36" x 36" Oil on Canvas $52,000

Spring at the Old Pendley Place

Spring at the Old Pendley Place

Aug 14, 2015 | Nedra Matteucci, Plein Aire Study, Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon, Sold & Exhibited Work

28" x 28" Oil on Canvas

Grand Explorer

Grand Explorer

Aug 14, 2015 | Artwork, Conte drawing, Featured Available Work, Figures, Nedra Matteucci, The Conquistador Project

30" x 31" Conté Drawing

Study: Mummy Cave Ruins

Study: Mummy Cave Ruins

Aug 13, 2015 | Arizona, Featured Available Work, Nedra Matteucci, Paintings, Plein Aire Study

8" x 10"

Bright Angel Trail

Bright Angel Trail

Jul 20, 2015 | Grand Canyon, Sold & Exhibited Work, Studio Painting, Trailside Gallery

28" x 28" Oil on Canvas

A Historical Study – “Lopez de Cardenas”

A Historical Study – “Lopez de Cardenas”

May 27, 2015 | Articles, The Conquistador Project

Since I was a kid, growing up in New Mexico, I have been fascinated by the stories of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado and the Spanish Expeditions through the Southwest, the results of which shaped political and economic events that are still felt today. The part of the...

Ordering Descent 1540 Lopez de Cardenas

Ordering Descent 1540 Lopez de Cardenas

May 20, 2015 | Artwork, Conte drawing, Figures, Prix de West, Resilience, Sold & Exhibited Work, Studio Painting, The Conquistador Project

40" x 30" Conte Drawing $22,000 This drawing will be available at the 2015 Prix de West Show and Sale on June 13th in Oklahoma City, OK.

Salute at Midnight

Salute at Midnight

May 20, 2015 | Europe, Museum of Northern Arizona, Nocturne, Plein Aire Study, Sold & Exhibited Work

14" x 14" Oil on Canvas As Tom and I were planning our trip to Venice in 2014, our close friends Mark and Carla shared their own, personal Venice story with us; they got engaged while having dinner at the world famous Harry’s Bar overlooking the Grand Canal and the...

Sinuous Brume

Sinuous Brume

May 20, 2015 | Grand Canyon, Prix de West, Sold & Exhibited Work

28" x 22" $25,000 Oil on Canvas This painting will be at the 2015 Prix de West Show and Sale on June 13th in Oklahoma.

Glimmering Finale

Glimmering Finale

Dec 11, 2014 | Garland's Collectors Room, Grand Canyon, Museum of Northern Arizona, Sold & Exhibited Work, Studio Painting

20" x 20" $16,000

My Studio: The Entrada

My Studio: The Entrada

Nov 26, 2014 | Artwork, Prix de West, Resilience, Sold & Exhibited Work, Still Lifes, Studio Painting

24" x 24 Oil on Canvas Since I was a child, I have been fascinated with the stories of the 1540 Coronado Expedition into the Southwest United States. This last fall I toured and painted Spain’s Cities of the Conquistadors so I could further study this subject. As I...

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