Aug 19, 2025 | Events, Press Release, Press Releases, Quest, Quest Artists, Quest for the West, Western Collection
20th annual event Sept. 5-6 showcases the West in art; special events ahead Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025 INDIANAPOLIS — One of the most prestigious Western American art shows in the nation returns to the Eiteljorg Museum on Sept. 5-6: the 20th annual Quest for the West®...
Jul 30, 2025 | Quest, Quest Artists, Quest for the West
BONNIE MARRIS HAS BEEN PAINTING since she was a child. She learned the use of oils from a very old man who lives four houses away. Bonnie began working with wolves, fox, coyotes, and mustelids (skunks, badgers, otters) at Michigan State University, where she earned a...
Jun 23, 2025 | Quest, Quest Artists, Quest for the West
GLENN DEAN’s CHILDHOOD INTEREST in art matured into a love of painting landscapes by his early twenties. Exposure to the California and Western landscape painters of the early 1900’s had a great influence on the young artist, and directed the course of his career...
Jun 23, 2025 | Quest, Quest Artists, Quest for the West
S. LIANG WAS BORN IN CHINA and raised in a family of artists. He studied at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, and later furthered his art studies in the United States. He earned his BFA in painting at Massachusetts College of Arts in 1986 and his MFA in...
Jun 23, 2025 | Quest, Quest Artists, Quest for the West
DAVID JONASON Born in Presque Isle, Maine; lives in Mendocino, California My work is about transforming the seen or unseen patterns of nature into geometric planes, cubes, and zigzags. DAVID JONASON’S WORK draws upon a wide variety of inspirations: the austere beauty...
Jun 11, 2025 | Quest, Quest Artists, Quest for the West
JILL SOUKUP Born 1969 in Buffalo, New York; lives in Morrison, Colorado JILL SOUKUP’S LIFELONG INTEREST in art began at an early age, laying the foundation for a career shaped by discipline, curiosity, and creative drive. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Art from...
