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...
Jan 1, 2019 | Quest, Quest Artists, Quest for the West
BRUCE CHEEVER Born 1958 in Utah; lives in Woodland Hills, Utah INTERESTED IN ART AS A CHILD, Bruce Cheever embarked on a career as a fine artist after spending many years as an illustrator. It was then that he discovered his affinity for tonalism and luminism. Bruce’s...
Jan 1, 2019 | Quest, Quest Artists, Quest for the West
TIM CHERRY Born 1965 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; lives in Branson, Missouri “ANIMALS HAVE PERSONALITIES that make me smile, and that is what I try to convey through my work,” says Tim Cherry of his wildlife sculptures. When he was a teenager, a job as an outfitting...
Jan 1, 2019 | Quest, Quest Artists, Quest for the West
MIKEL DONAHUE Born 1959 in Tulsa, Oklahoma; lives in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Most abandoned barns and sheds you see along the highway or on a country road will often be home to a myriad of critters. Here, shelter can be close to a food source, by a bridge over a creek,...
Jan 1, 2019 | Quest, Quest Artists, Quest for the West
Michael Dudash Born 1952 in Mankato, Minnesota; lives in Rathdrum, Idaho BORN AND RAISED IN MINNESOTA, C. Michael Dudash settled in the Green Mountains of Vermont, where he began his full-time career as an artist and oil painter in 1977. Trained in the fine arts, his...