What to do in Oklahoma on June 17
“The Dawn Of A New Day” by Tom Browning
Today’s featured event:
Check out the amazing collection of more than 300 Western paintings and sculptures at the 36th annual Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63.
According to a news release, the Prix de West played host to 108 artists and more than 1,100 guests over its opening weekend. After all sales were tallied, more than $3 million in art sold June 12-13. The exhibit includes a record 343 Western paintings and sculptures by the finest contemporary Western artists in the nation.
The works will remain on display at the museum through Sept. 7.
Works range from historical pieces that reflect the early days of the West, to more contemporary and impressionist works of art. Landscapes, wildlife and illustrative scenes are highlighted in the exhibition.
Each year at the Prix de West, top artists are awarded honors selected by the Prix de West committee, the artists and the buyers. The top honor is the Prix de West Purchase Award winner. Tom Browning of Bend, Ore., was honored for the first time with the prestigious Prix de West Purchase Award medallion.
Browning’s painting “The Dawn Of A New Day” makes a significant addition to the museum’s acquisitions. He also will be recognized with a special tile in the Edward L. Gaylord Exhibition Wing hallway, and his winning work will take its rightful place in the William S. and Ann Atherton Art of the American West Gallery.
The Robert Lougheed Award, chosen by the Prix de West artists for their favorite display of three or more works in the show, is sponsored by the Robert S. and Grayce B. Kerr Foundation. Bill Anton of Prescott, Ariz., is the winner. His works for this award included “Easy Does It,” “Branding at Red Bluff,” “Fixin’ A Flat” and “Not On Your Life.”
Anton also was presented the Express Ranches Great American Cowboy Award given to the artist who exhibits the best cowboy subject matter for “Easy Does It.”
The James Earle Fraser Sculpture Award is an award given to an artist for exceptional achievement in sculpture. John Coleman of Prescott, Ariz., was the recipient of this award for his sculpture depicting Little Bighorn. He also earned a second award, the Nona Jean Hulsey Rumsey Buyers’ Choice Award, for the sculpture.
The Frederic Remington Painting Award was selected for the one work in the show with exceptional artistic merit. Craig Tennant of Golden, Colo., was selected for his work of “Heading Home.”
The Major General and Mrs. Don D. Pittman Wildlife Art Award is given for exceptional artistic merit for a wildlife painting or sculpture. The artist has to have the ability to watch and wait to capture the essence of the wildlife that it portrays. First-time Prix de West artist Kyle Sims of Belgrade, Mont., captured the honor for “Summer Rumble,” depicting bison.
For more information, go to www.nationalcowboymuseum.org.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
-BAM
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