Silence of the Prairie - Day 2

Silence of the Prairie - Day 2

Saturday, June 14, 2025  |  9:00 AM Mountain
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Silence of the Prairie - Day 2

Silence of the Prairie - Day 2

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Davis Brothers Auction is proud to present Day 2 of our landmark summer event, Silence of the Prairie-a sweeping exhibition of rare Western fine art, historic photography, and investment-grade artifacts drawn from private collections and long-held estates across America.

Featured Artists:

Olaf Wieghorst, William Penhallow Henderson, Les Thomas, George Phippen, Granville Redmond, William Seltzer Rice, David Mayer, William Standing, Raphael Lillywhite, Maynard Dixon, Maurice Braun, Loren Entz, Clark Hulings, Frederic Remington, Carl Von Hassler, Walt Gonske, John Bye, Hans Kleiber, David Mann, Bill Anton, Don Oelze, Edward Borein, Harold Von Schmidt, Charles Russell, John Nieto, Edgar Alwin Payne, Clyde Aspevig.

Auction Highlights:

Hyatt & Tankersley Alamosa Belt Handcuffs, historic Standing Rock Reservation photographs and archive, Native American Beadwork, Colonel AE Stewart Trophy Room Photos, Edward Curtis orotones and photogravures, African tribal antiques, Acoma Pueblo pottery and so many more hidden treasures.

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Gary Lynn Roberts Her First Snow Oil Painting

Lot # 551 (Sale Order: 551 of 1017)      

Title is Her First Snow. 11" by 14" unframed. 20" by 23" framed. Oil on Canvas. Provenance: Altermann Galleries & Auctioneers, Santa Fe, NM (label verso); From the Gary J...moreacobson Estate The son of noted Western artist Joe Rader Roberts, Gary Lynn Roberts grew up surrounded by art. "I was fortunate to grow up in that atmosphere" he says. "In addition to my father, I received one on one training from many of his friends such as G. Harvey and A.D. Greer to mention only a couple. Many of my trainers were some of the Nation's most notable artists". The desire to capture history on canvas by totally researching the event depicted has made Gary Lynn one of America's most sought after historical print artists. Gary Lynn says "I want to do more than create a historically correct scene; I want to tell a story. When someone views one of my paintings, I want them to feel like they are part of the painting. " Gary Lynn lives with his wife Nancy and four children in Austin, Texas.

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John Bye Silent Approach Lynx Painting

Lot # 552 (Sale Order: 552 of 1017)      

Title is Silent Approach. 8" by 12" unframed. 13 1/2" by 17 1/2" framed. Acrylic on Canvas. Provenance: Trailside Galleries, Jackson, WY & Scottsdale, AZ (label verso) Jo...morehn Bye (Born 1970) is active/lives in California / England. John Bye is known for Photorealistic wildlife and western theme painting and drawing. People sometimes ask if his works of art are photographs, but they are in fact painted by hand with skill, patience and talent. As is standard for photo-realists, John Bye begins with a reference photo, and then sketches what he will paint onto his canvas by hand, making changes as he sees fit from the original photo to achieve the composition he is happy with. He then paints with acrylics, layer by layer and with great detail to complete his HD photo-realistic paintings giving them his own unique take on the subject. It is said that if you were to have several photo-realist artists paint the same scene, each painting would be different, as each is influenced by the vision and skill of the artist. Self-taught, John's talent has not gone unnoticed. John Geraghty of the Autry wrote that John's cowboy paintings were "exceptional", and he was invited to participate in the Masters of the American West show, 2016. John Bye has been featured in Western Art Collector magazine, and has been an invited participant in the Settler's West art show. The Greenwich Workshop now publishes his limited editions. John was included in the 20 Best British Artists in the Daily Mail article after a competition whose judges included UK art critic Brian Sewell. John also won People's Favorite at the UK Wildlife Art Society competition.

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Ralph Oberg Rocky Mountain Front Montana Painting

Lot # 553 (Sale Order: 553 of 1017)      

Title is Rocky Mountain Front Sun River Augusta Montana. 11" by 14" unframed. 17 1/2" by 20 1/2" framed. Oil on Linen. Provenance: From the Collection of Ed Wolff Ralph E...moredward Oberg (Born 1950) is active/lives in Colorado, Mississippi. Ralph Oberg is known for Landscape, wildlife and cowboy genre painting. The following is from the artist who was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, raised in Aurora, Colorado, and currently lives in Montrose, Colorado. He attended Colorado State University from 1968 to 1970, and from 1972 to 1973, the Seible School of Drafting in Denver, completing two diploma programs: "The wild mountain country has always been close to Ralph Oberg's heart. An avid mountaineer and wilderness backpacker, he has traveled extensively in the back country of the Western states in search of the pristine landscape and the wildlife that live there. His art career has always focused on his love for the untrammeled country. Raised in Colorado the young man always knew he would be an artist. The freedom to move about and enjoy the wonders of the world fit his temperament. After a brief stint in commercial illustration, Oberg began to support himself with his paintings. Wildlife dominated his interest for over 10 years. Repeated appearances at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson "Birds in Art" show in the early 80s' and election to the Society of Animal Artists were high points in his young career. The works of Rungius, Liljefors and Kuhnert inspired his development. Rungius's field sketches pointed out the need for on-the-spot references. So in 1987, Oberg changed horses in mid-stream. He began to study with some of the contemporary plein-air masters of today including Wolfe, Aspevig, Chmiel and Whitcomb. For the past decade he has focused on painting the landscape on location as a means of learning the colors and values of the world, and how to capture a sense of the moment and place. Recently, animal subjects have begun to reappear in Oberg's work, combining his natural drawing ability and accumulated knowledge of animals with a more impressionistic painting technique. Today Ralph and his wife, painter Shirley Novak, sketch the beauty they find near and far and then develop their larger works in their studio and home in Southwest Colorado. Oberg is a Signature Member of the Plein Air Painters of America. Oberg received the Weiss Award at the 1988 Buffalo Bill Show in Cody with the work included in the Buffalo Bill Historical Center's permanent collection. Another large landscape hangs permanently in the House Chambers of the Colorado State Capitol building. In addition his works have been exhibited at the National Museum of Wildlife Art, the LA County Natural History Museum, the Loveland Museum, and the International Center for Wildlife Art in Britain. Feature articles on Oberg's work have appeared in ART OF THE WEST, SOUTHWEST ART, AND WILDLIFE ART NEWS.

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Troy Anderson Buffalo Cure Gouache Painting

Lot # 554 (Sale Order: 554 of 1017)      

Title is Buffalo Cure. 9" by 14" unframed. 17 1/2" by 22 1/2" framed. Gouache on Paper. Provenance: Private Collection, Dallas, TX Troy Anderson (Born 1948) is active/liv...morees in Arkansas. Troy Anderson is known for Painting, graphics, sculpture of Native American figure, wildlife and Indian culture. Troy Anderson is a Master Artist of the Five Civilized Tribes Museum, a title which he quite deserves. Seen as an early leader in the development of western and southwestern art, Troy has been featured in many magazines including Southwest Art Magazine. Working primarily in acrylic, he is equally adept in graphics, sculpture, watercolor and pastel. His images are both beautiful and sensitive with subjects ranging from western to wildlife, Native American and Southwest. Troy has two distinctive styles of painting. One is a more traditional use of the medium in which he has done many pieces depicting the Trail of Tears. Also in this style, he does beautiful portrait pieces, which incorporate his love of wildlife and each piece tells its own haunting tale of Indian legend. The second style is a build-up of acrylic in a form, which Troy calls Dimensional Images. These paintings are like looking at clouds, at first you see the main central images and after looking more closely you discover the smaller details that have been worked into the work. From faces to a variety of animals, these creations are full of life and draw the viewer into the work. He is a popular advisor, juror and consultant to galleries, collectors, and museums. Anderson’s reputation, honors and vast awards from Museums, Art Competitions and shows, such as the Five Civilized Tribes, Cherokee Heritage Museum, Cherokee Nation, Red Earth, The Heard Museum, The Southwest Indian Market in Santa Fe, and State of Arkansas testify the regard the public has for his art. He is both an author and illustrator and his original artwork is exhibited in galleries and museums throughout North America and Europe.

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Donald Spaulding Santa Fe New Mexico Painting

Lot # 555 (Sale Order: 555 of 1017)      

Title is Santa Fe, Aug. 18, 1846. 6" by 9" unframed. 10 1/2" by 13" framed. Oil on Board. Donald (Don) Spaulding (1926 - 2021) was active/lived in New York. Donald Spauld...moreing is known for Historical and western genre painting. Donald C. Spaulding, known as Don, an acclaimed painter of the historical American West and a 59-year resident of Pound Ridge NY, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 25th 2021 at the age of 95 at his home. As recently as this past August at a party celebrating his landmark birthday with family and friends at his side, he expressed how blessed he has been to have lived a really wonderful life. Don was born on August 8th 1926 to the late Clifford Lee and Ethel Florence Spaulding (nee Fisher) in Brooklyn, NY who Don would often describe as loving and supportive parents. Along with his parents and older brother Douglas, who pre-deceased him in 1970, Don would move first to Jamaica Queens, NY and later to Hartsdale, NY. Don loved to draw from the time he could hold a pencil. From a young age he was passionate about art and a devotee of the great American illustrators whose paintings would grace the covers and interiors of national magazines that were delivered each week by mail to the family’s home. Of these magazines, Don would eagerly await the arrival of the Saturday Evening Post to see if the issue featured a cover painting by one of his all-time favorite illustrators, Norman Rockwell. Rockwell and other artists would become his heroes and Don knew early on he wanted to be a painter and storyteller. Growing up he also loved history and was fascinated by stories about the American West featuring cowboy and native American life as well as tales of the US Cavalry during the post-Civil War period. Don was a child of the Great Depression of the 1930’s and came of age during WWII, graduating from White Plains, NY High School before being drafted into the US Army the week prior to Christmas 1944. Don served in the Pacific Theatre and was part of the U.S. Occupational Forces following Japan’s unconditional surrender on September 2nd 1945 During his service to his country, Don achieved the rank of Tech Sargent and was honorably discharged on November 25th 1946. After returning home, Don would go on to follow his love of art and pursue his dream of becoming an illustrator, attending the world-renown Art Students League in New York on the GI Bill. While there he studied with celebrated illustrators and instructors William C. McNulty, Robert Beverly Hale, and Frank Vincent Dumond, During this period Don’s love affair with the U.S. Cavalry and the American West really blossomed into full flower in 1949 after watching director John Ford’s epic Western She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and this would prove to be a watershed moment that later influenced his career choices as an artist. Another seminal moment in Don’s life occurred the following year. During the spring session of 1950 Don was presented with a unique opportunity and honor. He was one of only 5 students who were invited to study with Norman Rockwell for the summer at his studio in West Arlington, VT. This amazing experience would mark the beginning of a lifelong friendship with Rockwell that would last until the great illustrator’s passing in 1978 and his mentorship would influence the rest of Don’s career and life. Shortly after his time studying with Rockwell, Don graduated from The Art Students League beginning his commercial illustration career working in New York City where he was first able to combine his passions for painting and the love for the American West when he was hired by Dell to create cover art for The Lone Ranger series. Not long afterwards, Don met his future wife, Colette J. Saphier, who also grew up in Hartsdale, NY and the two were later married at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Scarsdale, NY. The couple soon moved to Pound Ridge, NY where they had two sons, Jeff and Scott to whom Don was a loving and dedicated father. For the next 25 years, Don continued to work as a successful commercial illustrator. In 1976 he decided it was time to follow his dreams and converge his love of painting with his passion for the historical American West. Moving from commercial to fine art, he soon became accomplished working in that genre and like Rockwell became well-known for the storytelling and human aspect of the scenes he depicted combined with the historical accuracy and the attention to detail he would bring to all his paintings. During his career Don was honored with numerous awards and his paintings have appeared on the covers of national magazines, in prestigious galleries across the country and are part of the permanent collections of several museums including the West Point Museum, NY; Fort Riley Cavalry Museum, Kansas, and the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, Georgia. In addition to his work as a painter, Don along with his wife Colette enjoyed collecting antiques and were founding members of the Pound Ridge Hist

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John Bye Kicking Up Dust Cowboy Painting

Lot # 556 (Sale Order: 556 of 1017)      

Title is Kicking Up Dust. 10" by 12" unframed. 16 1/2" by 18 1/2" framed. Acrylic on Canvas. Provenance: Trailside Galleries, Jackson, WY & Scottsdale, AZ John Bye (Born ...more1970) is active/lives in California / England. John Bye is known for Photorealistic wildlife and western theme painting and drawing. People sometimes ask if his works of art are photographs, but they are in fact painted by hand with skill, patience and talent. As is standard for photo-realists, John Bye begins with a reference photo, and then sketches what he will paint onto his canvas by hand, making changes as he sees fit from the original photo to achieve the composition he is happy with. He then paints with acrylics, layer by layer and with great detail to complete his HD photo-realistic paintings giving them his own unique take on the subject. It is said that if you were to have several photo-realist artists paint the same scene, each painting would be different, as each is influenced by the vision and skill of the artist. Self-taught, John's talent has not gone unnoticed. John Geraghty of the Autry wrote that John's cowboy paintings were "exceptional", and he was invited to participate in the Masters of the American West show, 2016. John Bye has been featured in Western Art Collector magazine, and has been an invited participant in the Settler's West art show. The Greenwich Workshop now publishes his limited editions. John was included in the 20 Best British Artists in the Daily Mail article after a competition whose judges included UK art critic Brian Sewell. John also won People's Favorite at the UK Wildlife Art Society competition.

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Greg Scheibel Pacific Sunset Oil Painting

Lot # 557 (Sale Order: 557 of 1017)      

Title is Pacific Sunset. 8" by 10" unframed. 14" by 16" framed. Oil on Board. Greg Scheibel (Born 1961) is active/lives in Montana. Greg Scheibel is known for Plein-air l...moreandscape painting. Greg Scheibel combines his love of the outdoors and his passion for drawing. He has received advice and instruction from a number of exceptional artists in recent years, with the most important lesson being the value of painting form life. He has received several awards for his work, including an Award of Excellence from the Oil Painters of America and scholarships from the Scottsdale Artists School. He has been featured in the Artists to Watch column of Southwest Art magazine. Greg lives in Bozeman, Montana, with his wife and two children.

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Hans Kleiber Wyoming Oil on Board Painting

Lot # 558 (Sale Order: 558 of 1017)      

Title is Teton Mountain Deer Alta Wyoming. 15" by 16 1/2" framed. 11 1/4" by 12 3/4" unframed. Painting board has another painting on the backside. Provenance: Davis Brot...morehers Auction, 4/13/24, Lot 810. The Meadowlark Gallery and Frame Shop, Inc., Laurel, MT (label verso). From a Private Collection. Hans Kleiber (1887 - 1967) was active/lived in Wyoming / Germany. Hans Kleiber is known for Etching and painting-frontier genre, landscape and animal. Hans Kleiber was born in Cologne, Germany in 1887 and died at the Eventide Nursing Home in Sheridan, Wyoming in 1967. He was a traditional Western etcher, painter, and illustrator. He came to Wyoming from Germany in 1906 and in 1907, he entered the U. S. Forestry Service as a Ranger with duties throughout the Northwest. When he resigned in 1924, it was to devote his entire time to art, despite his lack of formal art instruction. In 1931, he received the Silver Medal Award from the California Print Makers Society. He was a member of the Associated American Artists. His work is in the collection of the Library of Congress; the Wyoming State Art Museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming; the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming; the Montana Historical Society in Helena, Montana; The Bradford Brinton Memorial and Museum in Big Horn, Wyoming; and the Buffalo Bill Historical Society in Cody, Wyoming.

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Jason Lee Tako Leaving the Plains Oil Painting

Lot # 559 (Sale Order: 559 of 1017)      

Title is Leaving the Plains, 30 Days on the Plains. 6" by 8" unframed. 8 1/2" by 10 1/2" framed. Oil on Board. Jason Lee Tako (20/21st century) is active/lives in Pennsyl...morevania, Minnesota. Jason Tako is known for Wildlife. With Jason's grandfather being a carpenter, and his father being an artist and carpenter, Jason also developed an interest in art at a young age. While growing up in rural Minnesota, he would spend hours in the wetlands and wooded areas sketching and observing the wildlife and nature that surrounded him. Jason soon became known by teachers and peers for his artistic abilities, and eventually won an award in a state-wide high school illustration competition. During his senior year in high school, at the urging of some friends Jason switched his focus to learning music and electric bass. He then graduated from the McNally Smith College of Music with the Outstanding Bassist of the Year award. But ten years later, after realizing how much he missed being outdoors and recording his observations, Jason bought a sketchbook and headed back out to the woods and wetlands. There he painstakingly worked his way from pencil to watercolor while using nature and wildlife as his subject matter and teacher. Not long after, Jason went back to college and earned his degree in Applied Visual Arts and was encouraged by his teacher Bara Arens to pursue a career in fine art. Jason furthered his studies under renowned landscape artist Scott Christensen and a constant passion for plein air painting. Direct experience is the primary inspiration for Jason's work which blends realism with painterly expression. Usually he seeks a location or subject matter that interests him and will create field studies on location (aka plein air paintings) and take photographs. Back in the studio this reference material is utilized to create a final painting. At other times Jason will complete a painting on location-alla prima, en plein air. Jason has a passion for the prairie wetlands, classic and rural architecture, waterfowl, and western wildlife. Many of his paintings are from trips to his home state of Minnesota or out to Wyoming. Yet he will often be found painting locally where he and his wife raise their children in southern Pennsylvania. Jason's religious faith influences not only his views on life, but also on art. He often says he is really just plagiarizing the beauty that God has given to us. Since created beauty is ever in motion, and God is ever constant, Jason views art as trying to make ever-changing beauty ever-constant. In this way he hopes his art will lift the viewer to a contemplation higher than what is seen.

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Jason Lee Tako Prairie Agility Oil Painting

Lot # 560 (Sale Order: 560 of 1017)      

Title is Prairie Agility, 30 Days on the Plains. 6" by 8" unframed. 8 1/2" by 10 1/2" framed. Oil on Board. Jason Lee Tako (20/21st century) is active/lives in Pennsylvan...moreia, Minnesota. Jason Tako is known for Wildlife. With Jason's grandfather being a carpenter, and his father being an artist and carpenter, Jason also developed an interest in art at a young age. While growing up in rural Minnesota, he would spend hours in the wetlands and wooded areas sketching and observing the wildlife and nature that surrounded him. Jason soon became known by teachers and peers for his artistic abilities, and eventually won an award in a state-wide high school illustration competition. During his senior year in high school, at the urging of some friends Jason switched his focus to learning music and electric bass. He then graduated from the McNally Smith College of Music with the Outstanding Bassist of the Year award. But ten years later, after realizing how much he missed being outdoors and recording his observations, Jason bought a sketchbook and headed back out to the woods and wetlands. There he painstakingly worked his way from pencil to watercolor while using nature and wildlife as his subject matter and teacher. Not long after, Jason went back to college and earned his degree in Applied Visual Arts and was encouraged by his teacher Bara Arens to pursue a career in fine art. Jason furthered his studies under renowned landscape artist Scott Christensen and a constant passion for plein air painting. Direct experience is the primary inspiration for Jason's work which blends realism with painterly expression. Usually he seeks a location or subject matter that interests him and will create field studies on location (aka plein air paintings) and take photographs. Back in the studio this reference material is utilized to create a final painting. At other times Jason will complete a painting on location-alla prima, en plein air. Jason has a passion for the prairie wetlands, classic and rural architecture, waterfowl, and western wildlife. Many of his paintings are from trips to his home state of Minnesota or out to Wyoming. Yet he will often be found painting locally where he and his wife raise their children in southern Pennsylvania. Jason's religious faith influences not only his views on life, but also on art. He often says he is really just plagiarizing the beauty that God has given to us. Since created beauty is ever in motion, and God is ever constant, Jason views art as trying to make ever-changing beauty ever-constant. In this way he hopes his art will lift the viewer to a contemplation higher than what is seen.

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Bill Anton On a Sun Tipped Ledge Painting

Lot # 561 (Sale Order: 561 of 1017)      

Title is On a Sun Tipped Ledge. 8" by 10" unframed. 16" by 18" framed. Oil on Board. Provenance: Ponderosa Art Gallery, Hamilton, MT (label verso). From the Collection of...more Ed Wolff Bill Anton (Born 1957) is active/lives in Arizona, Illinois. Bill Anton is known for Cowboy genre-nocturne and landscape painting. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Bill Anton became a western painter, especially of the lifestyle of cowboys. He first traveled West at age seven. He attended Loyola University in Chicago and then transferred to Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona, majoring in English. He settled in Arizona, and his wife, Peggy, supported him while he established his career as an artist. He was inspired with western painting when he attended a Cowboy Artist of American Exhibition in the late 1970s at the Phoenix Art Museum. In 1982, he turned to art full time, and visiting ranches in Flagstaff and Prescott, he rode in roundups and learned to work with cattle. He also developed a love of plein-air painting and was much inspired by the work of Anders Zorn, Edgar Payne and Frank Tenney Johnson.

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David Mann Drum Beat Painting

Lot # 562 (Sale Order: 562 of 1017)      

Title is Drum Beat. 12 1/2" by 12 1/2". Oil on Rawhide Provenance: Altermann Galleries & Auctioneers, November 2019, Lot 327. From the Gary Jacobson Estate David Mann (Bo...morern 1948) is active/lives in Utah. David Mann is known for Indian figure-genre, horse. A painter of Native American figures and genre as these subjects would appear in everyday life, David Mann does extensive research on the clothing and background objects of his subject matter but does not show actual historical events. Most of his Plains Indians are placed in the context of the mid to late 19th century before they were moved to reservations and could practice the rituals of their culture. Mann was inspired by this subject matter from the time he was a child and had a book illustrated by Alfred Jacob Miller, pioneering painter of western subjects. He was also inspired by Frank McCarthy illustrations he saw in "Life" magazine. Then as a young Mormon church missionary, he was assigned to Indian reservations in the Southwest and lived with the Apache on the San Carlos reservation, the Pimas and Papagos near Tucson, and the Pueblos and Navajos near Albuquerque. He graduated from Weber State University in Ogden, Utah with a major in art education, taught school for a year, worked in construction, and then was a librarian for ten years. He married, and supporting his desire to paint full time, his wife supported their family, which gave him a chance to pursue his dream. After four years, he became a success in the eye of collectors, and since then has won Best of Show at the National Western Art Show and Auction at Ellensburg, Washington, and is featured in other prestigious exhibitions including the Autry Museum.

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Brent Cotton Late Winter Cottonwood Painting

Lot # 563 (Sale Order: 563 of 1017)      

Title is Late Winter, Cottonwood Sketch. 6" by 8" unframed. 14" by 16" framed. Oil on Board. Provenance: From the Collection of Ed Wolff Brent Cotton (Born 1972) is activ...moree/lives in Montana, Hawaii, Idaho. Brent Cotton is known for Landscape, wildlife, hand-carved birds. Raised on his family's cattle ranch in Idaho, Brent Cotton was inspired to become an artist by his grandmother. He works in a variety of media, but oil is his favorite and plein-air tonalist landscapes are his specialty. At first Cotton painted in an illustrative style similar to the work he saw in sporting magazines and he carved song birds and gamefish out of wood. His work was good enough to catch the attention of Wally Grewe, an art representative. Grewe introduced Cotton to professional painters including Guy Coheleach and Christine Verner. It was Verner who invited Brent Cotton to study with her at her studio. Cotton later attended workshops by Jim Wilcox, John Moyers and Howard Terpning. Cotton became good friends with painter Keith Huey. He and Huey painted together in Hawaii in 1999 and it was there that Cotton met his wife, Jennifer. After his marriage the couple lived in Hawaii in a cottage in the inland upcountry of Maui. Every afternoon clouds would roll in from the Pacific and cover the foothills where they lived. Cotton credits this natural occurrence along with the the experience of forest fires in the northern Rockies with his development of a tonalist style. In 2003 Brent Cotton won the People's Choice Award at the annual Arts for the Parks competition for his painting 'Evensong' which portrays a lone kayaker on Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park. Brent Cotton has recently (2005) built his first studio in Stevensville, Montana.

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Don Oelze Mato Topes War Horse Painting

Lot # 564 (Sale Order: 564 of 1017)      

Title is Mato Topes War Horse. 12" by 14" unframed. 18 1/2" by 20 1/2" framed. Oil on Canvas. Provenance: From the Gary Jacobson Estate Don Oelze (Born 1965) is active/li...moreves in Montana, Washington / Japan, New Zealand. Don Oelze is known for Western frontier art, Indians and horses. Don Oelze's parents were from the Southwest of the United States, but their love of God took them to different parts of the world. Don was born in New Zealand and at an early age he had a fascination with America and especially with the lifestyle of cowboys and Indians. His grand parents collected Native American artifacts from their property and surrounding country in the eastern part of the United States. When he was six years old, his grandmother sent him an Indian outfit which only fueled his desire and love for the native customs and history. He started drawing Indians at a very early age, and by the time he was in school at age six or seven, he remembers getting in trouble for drawing Indians in class instead of paying attention to his New Zealand history teacher. When he was eight years old, his parents moved back to the United States where he continued to draw and paint through high school. He then attended Memphis College of Art for one year, where he painted many different subjects utilizing a wide range of mediums. Don finished his education at Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire. In 1992 while living in Seattle, he met a Native American named Everett who produced native art and Totems. While working with Everett, he did his first big native painting. After trying many different subjects, he knew that painting Native Americans was what he loved to do most. For the past ten years, he has been refining his skills while working in Japan. Recently he and his wife, Utako, have moved back to the U.S. and are presently living in Montana studying the country and people that he loves to paint.

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John Encinias Taos Pueblo Painting

Lot # 565 (Sale Order: 565 of 1017)      

Title is Taos Pueblo. 18" by 24" unframed. 25" by 31" framed. Oil on Board. Provenance: The Wichita Gallery of Fine Art, Ltd., Wichita, KS (label verso). From a Private C...moreollection John Encinias (Born 1949) is active/lives in Colorado, New Mexico. John Encinias is known for Landscape, figure and still life painting. John Encinas was born near Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1949. Self-taught, he started painting at the age of fifteen and began working as a full-time professional artist in 1975. He prefers painting directly from various subjects and describes his technique as impressionistic realism. Encinias' many exhibitions include consecutive showings at the National Academy of Western Art/Prix de West Exhibition since 1985; a one-man show at the Frye Museum in Seattle, Washington in 1991; and a one-man show at the Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery in 2000. His work has also been featured in shows at the National Wildlife Art Museum in Jackson, Wyoming; the Albuquerque Museum in New Mexico; the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma; the Loveland Museum in Colorado; and is currently (2010) being exhibited at the American Embassy in Rome, Italy. His paintings are in numerous private and corporate collections: Millicent Rogers museum in Taos, New Mexico; Frye Museum in Seattle, Washington; United Missouri Bank in Kansas City; and U.S. West Corporate Collection in Denver, Colorado. Some publications that have featured his works are Masterworks of Impressionism, a book published in 1985; Southwest Art 1987 and 2002; Art of the West 1988, Persimmon Hill 1997 and 2002; American Artist Magazine 1998; Who's Who in American Art 2000; and Color, an American Artist Publication 2001.

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A D Greer From Mexico Still Life Painting

Lot # 566 (Sale Order: 566 of 1017)      

Title is From Mexico. 12" by 18" unframed. 23 1/2" by 17 1/2" framed. Oil on Board. Provenance: Gallery A, Taos, NM (label verso). From a Private Collection A. D. Greer (...more1904 - 1998) was active/lived in Texas, New York, Oklahoma. A Greer is known for Luminous landscape, still life and figure painting, illustration. An artist, poet, lecturer, and illustrator, A D Greer became a legend among Texas landscape painters because of his popularity and the high-dollar values of his luminist, romantic paintings. He lives primarily in New York City but paints numerous southwestern landscapes. Greer was born in Oklahoma Territory, and in 1907, after the death of his mother, was taken to Hutchinson, Kansas where he grew up on a farm. He studied at St. Johns Academy in Salina, Kansas and then began work as a sign painter. Although many suffered financially during the Depression, he had numerous jobs painting church domes, lettering signs on watertowers and smokestacks, and striping cars at a Ford assembly plant. He also worked as a logger in the Colorado Rockies and drove spikes for a railroad---jobs which provided him much opportunity to explore mountain ranges and other landscapes that became subjects of his paintings. He is a member of the Guild of Freelance Artists in New York.

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Patricia Dobson Acoma Pottery and Harvest Painting

Lot # 567 (Sale Order: 567 of 1017)      

Title is Acoma Pottery and Harvest. 6" by 10" unframed. 21 1/2" by 17 1/2" framed. Oil on Board. Patricia Joy (Patti) Dobson (Born 1947) is active/lives in Arizona, Calif...moreornia. Patricia Dobson is known for Trompe still life, figure, landscape, Native American/Indian painting. A painter of highly realistic Indian pottery still lifes, she works both from photos and from the actual arranged objects. Her oil paintings are characterized by unique shadow effects and surface effects that suggest old, time-worn pottery. Her interest in history began when she spent summers in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains where she was much taken with the sensuality of the smells, colors, and textures. She studied art at Foothills College in California and worked as an electrocardiograph technician in California while raising two children and painting in her spare time. In the mid 1980s, she moved to Scottsdale, Arizona and began to focus on native American themes, especially southwestern pottery.

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Tom Saubert Montana Indian Oil on Board Painting

Lot # 568 (Sale Order: 568 of 1017)      

Title is New Robe. 18" by 24" unframed. 25" by 31" framed. Oil on Board. Provenance: T Saubert, Kalispell, MT (label verso). The Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ & Jackson,...more WY (label verso). From a Private Collection Tom Saubert (Born 1950) is active/lives in Montana. Tom Saubert is known for Historical American frontier scene figure and genre, Indians, white settlers, horses. In a career spanning 40 plus years, the paintings of Tom Saubert focus on the representation of the Western Genre, its people and history, with an emphasis on historical accuracy. With a breadth of professional experience from college educator to Disney instructor Tom’s work possesses all the attributes of truth in subject, dress, and location, yet still artistically introspective of the human condition. He is a dedicated historian, a story teller whose work transports you to a moment in time, a place and people, past and present. Tom has participated in several prestigious invitational shows including the Master of the American West at the Autry National Center, and over the course of his career he has received several awards for merit. He has been a member of the Rendezvous Group of Artists since 2000. A Montana native, he works from his studio outside Kalispell, MT.

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Jamie Means Let's Head Home Jake Drawing

Lot # 569 (Sale Order: 569 of 1017)      

Title is Let's Head Home, Jake. 19" by 26" unframed, 28 1/2" by 35" framed. Colored Pencil on Paper. Provenance: From the Gary Jacobson Estate. March In Montana, 03/15/20...more13, Lot 538. Auction in Santa Fe, 08/11/2012, Lot 200. Jamie Means (Born 1972) is active/lives in California, Alaska. Jamie Means is known for Drawing-cowboy/cowgirls on horses. Jamie Means is a western artist. He was recently invited to show his graphite drawings at the 36th Annual C.M. Russell Art Auction held in Great Falls, Montana. Born in Juneau, Alaska in 1972, Means has lived most of his life in Eureka, CA. Without any formal art training, Means focuses on the life and times of the working American cowboy and the emotions of horse and rider. Prior to 2002, Means had never displayed his work. During 2002 and through May of 2003, he was bedridden awaiting back surgery for a work related injury. He spent his time rekindling the love of drawing and began entering works in California county fairs during the summer of 2003. He won "Honorable Mention" at the San Diego County Fair, "Peoples Choice" at the Humboldt County Fair, and "Best of Show" at the Redwood Acres Fair. He lives on a ranch, K & M Quarter Horses, in Red Bluff, California, where he breeds and trains quarter horses. He attends rodeos, visits ranches, and rides the back trails to find subjects for his works.

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Dan McCaw Woman with Flower Basket Painting

Lot # 570 (Sale Order: 570 of 1017)      

Title is Woman with Flower Basket. 16" by 25 1/2" unframed. 20" by 30 1/2" framed. Oil on Board. Dan McCaw (Born 1942) is active/lives in California, Montana. Dan McCaw i...mores known for Figure, interiors with figure, coastal. Dan McCaw is an American Impressionist painter known for his city scenes, interiors, and still lifes with soft color harmonies and gentle subject matter. He is especially noted for his technique of painting figures in a muted haze of color, whether painting city street scenes or interior views. McCaw was born in 1942 in the Irish mining town of Butte, Montana. His interest in art was unusual within the industrial environment of his hometown, and his individuality and talent as an artist eventually led him to California. In 1962, he attended college in Montana before receiving a scholarship to the San Francisco Academy of Design. McCaw married in 1964 and took a job as an illustrator for a Los Angeles firm while still studying at the Academy. As an illustrator he was not free to express himself in the way that he desired through painting. He went on to study at the Art Center for Design in Pasadena, California, later accepting a position there as a painting instructor. Dan McCaw continues to produce art and acts as a mentor to many emerging painters.

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John Bye Eight Seconds Cowboy Painting

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Title is Eight Seconds. 10" by 12" unframed. 16" by 18" framed. Acrylic on Canvas. Provenance: Trailside Galleries, Jackson, WY & Scottsdale, AZ John Bye (Born 1970) is a...morective/lives in California / England. John Bye is known for Photorealistic wildlife and western theme painting and drawing. People sometimes ask if his works of art are photographs, but they are in fact painted by hand with skill, patience and talent. As is standard for photo-realists, John Bye begins with a reference photo, and then sketches what he will paint onto his canvas by hand, making changes as he sees fit from the original photo to achieve the composition he is happy with. He then paints with acrylics, layer by layer and with great detail to complete his HD photo-realistic paintings giving them his own unique take on the subject. It is said that if you were to have several photo-realist artists paint the same scene, each painting would be different, as each is influenced by the vision and skill of the artist. Self-taught, John's talent has not gone unnoticed. John Geraghty of the Autry wrote that John's cowboy paintings were "exceptional", and he was invited to participate in the Masters of the American West show, 2016. John Bye has been featured in Western Art Collector magazine, and has been an invited participant in the Settler's West art show. The Greenwich Workshop now publishes his limited editions. John was included in the 20 Best British Artists in the Daily Mail article after a competition whose judges included UK art critic Brian Sewell. John also won People's Favorite at the UK Wildlife Art Society competition.

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Lunda Lou Hoyle Gill Mongolian Painting

Lot # 572 (Sale Order: 572 of 1017)      

Title is Mongolian. 45" by 50" unframed. 46 1/2" by 56 1/2" framed. Oil on Canvas. Exceptionally large, will be expensive to ship. Provenance: From the Collection of Mr. ...moreDavid Taylor Condition: The painting appears to be in good condition with rabbet rub at the upper edge and right side of the frame edge, two small areas of loss at the lower center and a 1 by 1/4 inch area of loss to the right of the figure's thigh. Lunda Lou Hoyle Gill (1928 - 2003) was active/lived in California. Lunda Gill is known for Native American and indigenous portrait. Lunda Lou Hoyle Gill was born in Covina, CA on September 14, 1928. Gill studied with Milford Zornes and Millard Sheets at Pomona College, at Chouinard Art Institute and continued at the Art Students League in New York. She wed James R. Gill in 1956 and lived in Oklahoma City. In 1984 she returned to southern California and settled in Riverside. Early in her career she painted a variety of subjects; later she traveled widely to paint indigenous cultures as well as most of the tribes of Native Americans of the Southwest. She died in Encino, CA on October 16, 2003.

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Jim Carson The Winter Overland Oil Painting

Lot # 573 (Sale Order: 573 of 1017)      

Title is The Winter Overland. 34" by 58" unframed. 40" by 64" framed. Oil on Canvas. Jim Carson (Born 1942) is active/lives in Georgia, North Carolina. Jim Carson is know...moren for Frontier-Indian genre painting, illustration. Known for his romantic depictions of the West, Jim Carson thoroughly researches his subject matter, which combines romantic idealism and chronicled historical events. He is dedicated to keeping alive visions of the Old west. A New Yorker, he attended the Art Students League and illustrated western novels. He had become enamored of the West when he, at age thirteen, spent several weeks at the Philmont Boy Scout Ranch in New Mexico. He earned a PhD in chemistry, but his first love was art.

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Edward Borein Cowboy Pen and Ink Drawing

Lot # 574 (Sale Order: 574 of 1017)      

Title is Roping. 11 5/8" by 13 5/8" framed. 6" by 8" unframed. Pen and Ink on Paper. Provenance: Private Missoula Montana Estate. Edward (John Edward) Borein (1872 - 1945...more) was active/lived in California. Edward Borein is known for Western genre and horse painting, illustration. He was raised in San Leandro, a western cow town, in a family where his father was a county politician. Edward had many childhood memories of herded cattle and their cowboys, which he began sketching at the age of five. He was educated in the Oakland, California schools, and at the age of 17 began working on a ranch near Oakland and then drifted and sketched as a working cowboy throughout the Southwest, Mexico, and Guatemala. It was said that he practiced his art on anything he could find from bunkhouse walls to scraps of paper. At age 19, he enrolled at the San Francisco Art School, his only formal art training, and there he met Jimmy Swinnerton and Maynard Dixon who encouraged him in his art career. The first person to purchase his work was Charles Lummis, editor of The Land and Sunshine magazine in California, and the two became life-long friends. Borein and Lucille Maxwell were married in the Lummis home. Borein, a typical westerner in dress and manner, also became close friends with Charles Russell, actor Will Rogers, and President Theodore Roosevelt. Borein often traveled north to visit Russell in Great Falls, Montana and to travel among Indian tribes. In 1899, Borein visited Arizona while returning from Mexico. By 1902, he was a successful illustrator in San Francisco for the San Francisco Call, and in 1907 to enhance his illustration skills, went to New York to learn etching techniques. There he enrolled in the Art Students League and was a student of Child Hassam. In the theatre district, he opened a studio that became a gathering place for 'lonesome' westerners such as Charles Russell, Will Rogers, Olaf Seltzer and Oscar Borg. But Borein did not feel at home in New York, so he moved to Santa Barbara, California in 1921. This was a final move. He and his wife built a Hopi-style home, and he taught at the Santa Barbara School of the Arts until his death, and also turned increasingly from oil to watercolor painting. "On occasion Borein would decorate place cards for dinners with small watercolor sketches of cowboys, vaqueros, Indians and Bucking horses". (Santa Fe Auction) From his studio, which again attracted many of his friends, he depicted Indians, cowboys, and California ranch life and was financially successful.

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Bernard Vetter Relics of the Southwest Painting

Lot # 575 (Sale Order: 575 of 1017)      

Title is Relics of the Southwest or Pottery of the Southwest. 18" by 30" unframed. 27 1/2" by 39 1/2" framed. Watercolor on Paper. Provenance: From the Meyer Estate Berna...morerd (Bernie) Vetter (Born 1940) is active/lives in Texas. Bernard Vetter is known for Landscape with figure, still life paintings. Bernard Vetter graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso and has been a professional artist since 1972. He uses a dry brush technique to paint realistic watercolors of Southwestern and wildlife/sporting subjects, including fly-fishing scenes. In his oil paintings he specializes in Southwestern landscapes, typical of Southeastern Arizona, New Mexico and West Texas. Vetter's paintings are a part of a number of collections including the Favell Museum in Klamath Falls, Oregon; the Pabst Collection in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and the Miller Collection in Ft. Worth, Texas as well as many private collections. In 1994 his work became part of the acquisition of the Huthsteiner Fine Arts Trust.

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