Jackson Hole Art Blog

Through July 31, Trailside Galleries will present a showcase of works by artist Mike Malm —  new paintings will be available for viewing the latter part of the month.

Though he often paints landscapes, Malm is an avid romantic portraitist.  His softest, most sensitive works often recall Renoir’s reverence for the feminine.  Against rural backgrounds Malm portrays what he feels is one of God’s great creations:  the human figure.   To  Malm, a tilt of the head or tiny hand gesture can communicate universal thought and emotion.

In other words, painting is a calling for this artist, a testimony.   With every work, Malm strives to move his viewers by capturing the infinite subtleties of human nature.

A new showcase of paintings by artist Chris Owen follows, August 1-31 at Trailside.  The gallery says up to ten new works will be on display by the artist, whose work hangs in such collections as the Pearce Western Art Collection in Corsicana, Texas, the National Western Museum in Denver, Colorado, and the Old West Museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Owen has moved to working with oils full time, and his passion is chronicling cowboy life.  In speaking about his art Owen falls into detailed descriptions of his observations of horses and ranches.

“There is nothing more satisfying to me than to bring a green colt up into a real nice saddle horse that knows how to handle himself and is a pleasure to be around. From the halter breaking and ground work right on up to all of the roping and getting gates and other ranch chores, each step presents its own challenges and the way it’s handled can vary quite a bit depending on the individual horse’s personality,” says the artist.

For information on both shows, contact Trailside’s Dawn Meckam by emailing dawn@trailsidegalleries.com, or phoning  307.733.3186.

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At Heather James Fine Art, Masters of Impressionism and Modern Art brings together exquisite examples of art by Berthe Morisot, Édouard Léon Cortès, Fernand Léger, René Magritte, Claude Monet, and Jackson Pollock among many others.

A highlight of the show, Monet’s Water Lily (c. 1915-1919), gives Jackson art lovers a chance to see one of Monet’s signature works; part of a series that defined the artist’s career.   ”Monet’s distinctive late palette and all of the pictorial tensions unique to the achievements of the artist’s final decades are on display with this prime example from the master Impressionist’s oeuvre,” says the gallery’s James Corona.

Specific works on exhibit include Pablo Picasso’s Buste de Femme Souriante (1901) and Fernand Léger’s La racine noire et fragments d’objets (1943-1950).  

For information: lyndsay@heatherjames.com.

Trailside Galleries annual Salute to Summer exhibition kicks off the 2010 season with a month-long group (all gallery) showcase.   Salute to Summer runs June 1-31 and underlines the myriad mediums and artistic styles the gallery embraces.   This year landscape artists Robert Moore and Michael Godfrey will enjoy individual showcases within the larger exhibition.   Linda St. Clair’s whimsical, colorful wildlife art will also be spotlighted.

An impressively long list of artists–painters and sculptors–make up the Trailside roster.    Look for new works from:

Cyrus Afsary, Bill Anton, Steve Atkinson, Wayne Baize, Gerald Balciar, Dan Bodelson, Harley Brown, Perry Brown, Bruce Cheever, Elaine Coffee, Nicholas Coleman, Brent Cotton, Don Crowley, Pino Dangelico, Tom Darro, Stan Davis, Angela de la Vega, John DeMott, Andrew Denman, Frank DiVita, Patricia Dobson, Mikel Donahue, Robert Duncan, Nancy Glazier, Michael Godfrey, Veryl Goodnight, Lanny Grant, Bruce Greene, Brad Greenwood, George Hallmark, Robert Johnson, Laurie Lee, Calvin Liang, Z.S. Liang, Huihan Liu, Mike Malm, Paul Mann, Bonnie Marris, Buck McCain, Dan McCaw, Danny McCaw, Greg McHuron, Dan Mieduch, Robert Moore, James Morgan, Brenda Murphy, Scott Myers, Bill Nebeker, Gary Niblett, George Northup, Ralph Oberg, Chris Owen, J. Peralta, Andrew Peters, Dave Powell, Clark Kelley Price, Howard Rogers, Mike Roths, Sherry Sander, Bill Sawczuk, Brad Schmidt, Lindsay Scott, John Seerey-Lester, Suzie Seerey-Lester, Kyle Sims, Ryan Skidmore, Adam Smith, Daniel Smith, Matt Smith, Tucker Smith, Gordon Snidow, Tim Solliday, Linda St. Clair, Richard D. Thomas, Zhiwei Tu, Kent Ullberg, Kent Wallis, Jeffrey R. Watts, Morgan Weistling, William Whitaker, Kathy Wipfler, Sarah Woods David Yorke and Jie Wei Zhou.

For full details, contact Trailside by phoning 307.733.3186, or log onto the gallery’s website here.

Trailside Galleries keeps their artists busy!  Throughout the month of February the gallery’s annual New Horizons landscape show illuminates downtown’s East Broadway.

Highlighted in the exhibit is contemporary landscape painter Robert Moore, a very popular artist.  His canvas sizes run the gamut–they can be almost monumental in scale, but he also creates paintings in sizes appropriate for any space.  Result: lots to choose from!

Moore’s paint application suggests  a palette knife; brushstrokes have a slicing quality.  Moore’s colors are vibrant–he’s flexible here, too.  Landscapes are warm, cool, and everything in between.  Baskets of color, flying confetti, piling up—Moore’s own painterly parade.   He’s a painter for all seasons, an “American Impressionist.”   Hailing from Idaho, Moore has been painting for 25 years; this show is slated to include at least 10 new works.

Other artists featured in February’s show are:  Bruce Cheever, Brent Cotton, Michael Godfrey, Lanny Grant, Francois Koch, Calvin Liang, Grant MacDonald, Dan McCaw, Danny McCaw, Greg McHuron, Robert Moore, Scott Myers, Ralph Oberg, Andrew Peters, Bill Sawczuk, Curt Walters and Kathy Wipfler.

For more information, contact Cara Kelly via email:   Cara@trailsidegalleries.com.   Check out the Trailside Galleries website for more gallery information.

Trailside Galleries Home for the Holidays Miniature Show presents a Santa-sized bag full of miniature paintings this December.  Beginning December 1, and running through December 31, Trailside’s East Broadway gallery showcases works sized for your stocking by many of its artists.

“Subjects could be the sweeping landscapes of the West or the neighboring wildlife native to North America.   Many genres and mediums will be represented and collectors can be sure to find a wide variety of fabulous miniature paintings—perfect for the holiday season,” says Trailside’s Cara Kelly.

The gallery hopes this selection of small painting “jewels” will speak to our love of the region’s special beauty, its sense of home and the pleasures of being surrounded by family and friends.  The holidays are also a time for transformation and receiving nature’s oft intangible messages of hope, nourishment and love, as well as awareness of all that sustains us.

Trailside Galleries will be open every day during December, with the exception of Christmas and New Year’s.  For information, contact Cara Kelly at cara@trailsidegalleries.com.

It’s here!  Can you believe it?   I can’t.   Here we go…Fall Arts Festival starts NOW.

Trailside Galleries’ September line-up is remarkable.   September 1-20th, its annual “Fall Gold” spectacular will showcase an almost impossibly extensive selection of wildlife, cowboy, landscape and other manner of Western art.   The show will be up most of the month; “Fall Gold’s” opening reception happens Saturday, September 19, 3-6:00 p.m. Many Trailside artists will be in attendance, and the list of artists represented in this year’s show is:

Cyrus Afsary, Bill Anton, Wayne Baize, Gerald Balciar, Bruce Cheever, Brent Cotton, Pino Dangelico, Stan Davis, John DeMott, Andrew Denman, Michael Desatnick, Robert Duncan, Nancy Glazier, Michael Godfrey, Veryl Goodnight, Lanny Grant, George Hallmark, Matthew Hillier, Terry Isaac, Joffa Kerr, Francois Koch, Calvin Liang, Z.S. Liang, Mike Malm, Dan McCaw, Danny McCaw, Greg McHuron, Dan Mieduch, Jim Morgan, Brenda Murphy, Scott Myers, George Northup, Ralph Oberg, Dino Paravano, Andrew Peters, Howard Rogers, Sherry Sander, Bill Sawczuk, Lindsay Scott, John Seerey-Lester, Suzie Seerey-Lester, Mian Situ, Ryan Skidmore, Adam Smith, Dan Smith, Tucker Smith, Gordon Snidow, George Strickland, Richard D. Thomas, Kent Ullberg, Curt Walters, Morgan Weistling, Kathy Wipfler, Sarah Woods, David Yorke and Jie Wei Zhou.

Trailside shines a special light on new works by wildlife artists Kyle Sims, Bonnie Marris (she has a gift for portraying grizzlies–check out the work over Emma’s desk, upstairs at J.H. Auction headquarters), Lindsay Scott, Dan Smith and Adam Smith. Each artist will have their own showcase; an artists’ reception will be held for these artists at Trailside on Saturday, September 19th.

If that isn’t enough, Western art legends Mian Situ and Richard D. Thomas will have their own showcases too.

How does Trailside pull all this off?  With a remarkably energetic, devoted staff and two floors of gallery space, which, if you haven’t seen it, is impressive.

Trailside Galleries partners with the Gerald Peters Gallery for the 2009 Jackson Hole Art Auction, taking place September 19 at the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts.

For information, email Cara Kelly at cara@trailsidegalleries.com.

Trailside Galleries turns toward summer like an artist to its muse.   Three related shows take place at Trailside this June:  Salute to Summer, June 1-31; and landscape artists  Robert Moore and Lanny Grant will showcase, in conjunction, at the gallery June 1-30.

The annual Salute to Summer provides a chance to see the latest works by that gallery’s premiere artists. The broad sampling includes works by Gerald Balciar, Bruce Cheever, Nicholas Coleman, Brent Cotton,  John DeMott, Andrew Denman, Robert Duncan, Allen & Patty Eckman,  Michael Godfrey, Veryl Goodnight,   Z.S. Liang, Mike Malm, Bonnie Marris, Buck McCain, Greg McHuron, Dan Mieduch,  Jim Morgan, Bill Nebeker, Gary Niblett, Ralph Oberg, Andy Peters,  Jared Sanders, Bill Sawczuk, Lindsay Scott, Kyle Sims, Mian Situ, Adam Smith, Daniel Smith, Tucker Smith, Richard Thomas, Kent Ullberg, Kathy Wipfler and more.

Robert Moore

Every time I’ve taken a Jackson Hole Art Tours client to Trailside, Moore’s singularly romantic, rich canvases command attention.  Moore’s thick use of paint, his ability to move from warm to cool palettes and back again, his composition and lively landscapes fit a variety of tastes.  Canvases are often large, but there’s a price point for everyone.  Born and raised in the Snake River Valley of Idaho, Moore is a 20-year Trailside veteran, widely collected.

Lanny Grant

Landscape painter Lanny Grant, noted for his mountain vistas, also paints more intimate scenes, such as a sun-drenched hillside blanketed in flowering sage.  A native of the Colorado Rocky Mountain region, Grant’s passion for these western ranges never wanes.

Up to 10 new works by Grant will be on display. The artist was recently asked to be Artist-In-Residence at Rocky Mountain National Park for the 2009 summer season.

Contact Trailside Galleries by Telephone: 307.733.3186
Facsimile: 307.733.0369
Email: cara@trailsidegalleries.com
Website: www.trailsidegalleries.com

E.I. Couse, (1866-1936), "Moonlight"

The third annual Jackson Hole Art Auction will take place Saturday, September 19, 2009 at the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts Theater. The live auction, a major Fall Arts Festival event,  is a collaboration between Trailside Galleries and Gerald Peters Galleries.

The auction’s sweep of historic artists includes a rich array of paintings from the Taos Society of Artists, and recognized historic artists whose early visions of America’s West shaped the world’s perceptions of a new and largely unexplored world.   Deceased masters represented in the Jackson Hole Art Auction have included C.M. Russell, Albert Bierstadt, Maynard Dixon–an excellent DVD on Maynard Dixon’s life and legacy narrated by Diane Keaton is available at Trailside Galleries– E. Irving Couse, John Clymer, Bob Kuhn, Carl Rungius and more.   William Acheff, Clyde Aspevig, Robert Bateman–recently the subject of a special retrospective at the National Museum of Wildlife Art–Z.S. Liang, Mian Situ, Howard Terpning and more.

According to press releases, last year’s auction fetched 7.7 million. The auction is currently soliciting consignments for this year’s auction.   Preview works already consigned upstairs at Trailside Galleries, 130 East Broadway. Contact Heidi Theios for more information, at 1-866-549-9278.  email: curator@jacksonholeartauction.com.

February 1-28, 2009, Jackson Hole’s Trailside Galleries presents its annual Wildlife Discovery Show.   As always, the gallery pulls out all the stops to feature works by an impressive list of artists.   Included are Nicholas Coleman, Andrew Denman, Nancy Glazier, Veryl Goodnight, Matthew Hillier, Grant Macdonald, Bonnie Marris, Jim Morgan, Ralph Oberg, Dino Paravano, Sherry Sander, Lindsay Scott, John Seerey-Lester, Kyle Sims, Ryan Skidmore, Adam Smith, Daniel Smith, Linda St. Clair, Richard D. Thomas, Kathy Wipfler and Sarah Woods.

Presentation is everything.  If you’ve yet to experience Trailside’s new space on West Broadway, walk that way.  The gallery’s extensive artist portfolio provides something for everyone, and meandering through Trailside’s nooks and crannies is endlessly rewarding.   The gallery feels like a post-and-beam rustic lodge, with its massive rock fireplaces, Western furnishings and high ceilings. Upstairs, it’s possible to preview works that will be up for sale at the 2009 Jackson Hole Art Auction, produced in conjunction with the Gerald Peters Gallery.

Nancy Glazier’s new works are a February feature; I did not find a direct link to a website for this artist, but Glazier is known for her paintings of North American wildlife in their natural habitat.  She is a conservationist, as many wildlife artists are, recommitting her pledge to protect and study our earth’s wild inhabitants.

For information about Trailside and its exhibitions, email cara@trailsidegalleries.com, or phone 307-733-3186.   Gallery Hours: Monday – Saturday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm ; Sunday – 11:00 am to 4:00 pm

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This article appeared in the Jackson Hole News & Guide’s August 2008 issue.

What: Trailside Galleries’ Annual “Western Classics” Show
When: Opening Reception Thursday, August 21 5-7 pm
Where: Trailside Galleries, 130 East Broadway
Telephone: 307.733.3186

Sculptor Bruce Greene’s exuberant, life-sized bronze sculpture, “A Cowboy’s Carnegie Hall,” just might be the signature work for Trailside Galleries’ 2008 “Western Classics” Show, celebrating the best of Western-themed art. This year, the annual event will be held for the first time at Trailside’s new, dynamic two-story space on East Broadway.

Leading Western artists bring their finest bronze sculptures and paintings to the coveted venue, and gallery owner Maryvonne Leshe is looking to make the most of this year’s exhibition. The show’s short list includes many Cowboy Artists Arists of America members. Bill Anton, Dan Mieduch, Paul Mann, Robert Duncan, Richard Thomas, Bill Nebeker and Herb Mignery are just some of the artists contributing a variety of masterful original works.

As is tradition, the Western Classics Show pays homage to the historic and contemporary west, as well as western Indian subjects.

“We pride ourselves on our collection of bronze sculptures,” says Leshe. “And our collection of landscape paintings is breathtaking. The new gallery is an exciting space to view these works. The two-story entry stone fireplace magnificently displays painter Howard Rogers’ expansive landscape for instance, and we have lots of ‘rooms within rooms’ at the new gallery.” Visitors can wander in and around expertly lighted gallery partitions, and discover intimate spaces showcasing smaller works. The gallery also carries a fine selection of contemporary western furnishings.

A quick peek at painter Bill Anton’s page on Trailside’s website is all it takes to appreciate the artist’s popularity. Most works are marked “Sold,” and Anton is considered one of the finest impressionistic painter-portraitists of the contemporary working cowboy. Painter Paul Mann is a kindred spirit and avid researcher, having grown up loving the old West and relishing, in his words, the “Golden Age of Illustration.” Indeed, a great percentage of fine western painters began their careers as illustrators, proportionately developing their artistic expertise with their love of western landscapes and cultures. Drama and an attention to strong light mark Mann’s work.

Sculptor Herb Mignery’s 28-inch high bronze portrait, “Seventy Winters,” is a favorite of Leshe’s. “The Indian’s exhaustion and cold are so evident in this sculpture,” she says. “Mignery beautifully captures the emotion and power of this moment in time.”

Leshe and her staff are looking forward to Thursday night’s reception. Expect music, delicious fare, plenty of western hospitality and room to roam. And of course, a grand display of inspired western art.

Says Leshe, “We’ll make this a “Cowboy’s Carnegie Hall” kind of party!”

Tammy Christel