Jan 1, 2019 | Quest, Quest Artists, Quest for the West
NATHAN SOLANO Born 1950 in Dragerton, Utah; lives in Pueblo, Colorado UNLIKE MOST ARTISTS, Nathan Solano did not begin his painting career until he turned 40, and he did so with no formal art training. Solano briefly attended the University of Colorado before being...
Jan 1, 2019 | Quest, Quest Artists, Quest for the West
DANIEL SMITH Born 1954, in Mankato, Minnesota; lives in Bigfork, Montana ONE OF AMERICA’S foremost wildlife artists, Daniel Smith enjoys wide acclaim for his depictions of the natural world. Born in Minnesota, he now resides in Montana where he is inspired by his...
Jan 1, 2019 | Quest, Quest Artists, Quest for the West
INSPIRED BY THE LORE he learned as a youth from his grandfather and other tribal elders, Doug Hyde, whose heritage includes Nez Perce, Assiniboine, and Chippewa, expresses Indian mythology and spirit through his sculpture. Hyde attended the Institute of American...
Jan 1, 2019 | Quest, Quest Artists, Quest for the West
H. DAVID WRIGHT Born 1942 in Rosine, Kentucky; lives in Gallatin, Tennessee BORN IN ROSINE, KENTUCKY and raised in Middle Tennessee, H. David Wright has been ever drawn to the awakening American frontier and the grand imprints of American history. Always set in...
Jan 1, 2019 | Quest, Quest Artists, Quest for the West
Gerald Balciar Born 1942 in Medford, Wisconsin; lives in Parker, Colorado LIKE MANY artists, Gerald Balciar fascination with art began when he was a young boy. Growing up in rural Wisconsin, he was fascinated by the wild animals in the woods near his home and taught...
Jan 1, 2019 | Quest, Quest Artists, Quest for the West
JOHN BUXTON Born 1939 in Oxford, North Carolina; lives in Allison Park, Pennsylvania On the Eastern Woodland Frontier, the birchbark canoe or dugout canoes were capable of much faster travel than on foot through thick old growth forests. Eastern Natives rarely had...
