Billy Schenck

BILLY SCHENCK THIRTEEN MINUTES FROM ETERNITY

September 7-21

Reception: September 16, 5-8 pm

ALTAMIRA FINE ART JACKSON

172 Center Street | Jackson, Wyoming | 307.739.4700 7038 E. Main Street | Scottsdale, Arizona | 480.949.1256 www.altamiraart.com

“My style of painting is a marriage of my earliest romantic remembrances of the West and my artistic roots in the Pop painting of the early 1960s.”

– Billy Schenck

BILLY SCHENCK

“Thirteen Minutes From Eternity” opens September 7 and will run in conjunction with the annual Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival. Billy was the first featured artist when the festival began in 1985, and returns this year for the 31st anniversary.

The show features over a dozen new works, including Billy’s signature caption paintings as well as his “punk cowgirl” inspired dot paintings, which pay homage to Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol.

An artist reception will take place in the gallery Thursday evening from 5-8pm, Billy will also be available for a poster signing in the afternoon from 2-4pm; posters featuring the Fall Arts Festival signature painting will be for sale.

Billy Schenck has been known internationally for the past four decades as one of the originators of the contemporary “Pop” western movement. Early in his career, Schenck became known for utilizing cinematic imagery, reproduced in a flattened, reductivist style, where colors are displayed side-by-side rather than blended or shadowed. His art incorporates techniques from Photo-Realism and Pop Art to both praise and mimic classic western images. His work is characterized by hot colors, surreal juxtapositions and patterning which explore clashes between wilderness and civilization, the individual and community, nature and culture, freedom and restriction.

His work can be found in numerous major collections throughout the world, including the Smithsonian Institution, Denver Art Museum, The Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Booth Western Art Museum and Tucson Museum of Art. Pre-sales available. Call 307.739.4700.

ALTAMIRA FINE ART JACKSON

172 Center Street | Jackson, Wyoming | 307.739.4700

A Decision Oil on Canvas 20 x 24 inches

Black and Blue Oil on Canvas 14 x 18 inches

Cliff Passed By Oil on Canvas 35 x 45 inches

Day of the Dead II Oil on Canvas 30 x 30 inches

Columbus Discovered the Tetons Oil on Canvas 35 x 45 inches

Phaedra & the Wolves Oil on Canvas 32 x 32 inches

Day of the Dead Oil on Canvas 40 x 80 inches

Earth Angel Oil on Canvas 60 x 50 inches

Day of the Dead III Oil on Canvas 30 x 30 inches

Phaedra’s Stolen Wolves Oil on Canvas 22 x 40 inches

Study for Gun Crazy Oil on Canvas 12 x 20 inches

The Art of Social Skills II Oil on Canvas 36 x 40 inches

The Mighty Mesa Oil on Canvas 40 x 70 inches

Study for Burning Daylight Oil on Canvas 20 x 24 inches

Study for Riding for the Pecos Oil on Canvas 12 x 16 inches

The Art of Social Skills Oil on Canvas 30 x 30 inches

Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival Events at Altamira Fine Art Jackson Friday, September 11 Palates and Palettes Gallery Walk, 5-8pm See new work by R. Tom Gilleon and Greg Woodard, both artists will be available at the event, with food provided by The Indian restaurant.

Wednesday, September 15 Poster Signing with Billy Schenck, 2-4pm “Thirteen Minutes from Eternity” Reception with Billy Schenck Meet and Greet, Ed Mell and Gary Ernest Smith, New work by Howard Post.

Thursday & Friday, September 16-17 Afternoon with the Artists, 1-3pm Meet Jared Sanders, September Vhay, Greg Woodard, Mary Roberson and Travis Walker.

Sunday, September 20 ArtWalk Brunch, 11am-3pm Pastries and Mimosa’s served

JACKSON SUMMER SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER R. Tom Gilleon “Confluence of Culture” Sept 1-12 Reception: Sept 11, 5-8pm Greg Woodard “Break Through” - Sept 1-12 Reception: Sept 11, 5-8pm Billy Schenck, “Thirteen Minutes From Eternity” Sept 7-21 Reception: Sept 16, 5-8pm Ed Mell, Gary Ernest Smith, and Howard Post.

Sept 7-21 Reception: Sept 16, 5-8pm

For more information please contact: Dean Munn, dean@altamiraart.com, Audrey Parish, az@altamiraart.com or call 307.739.4700 www.altamiraart.com

ALTAMIRA FINE ART JACKSON

172 Center Street | Jackson, Wyoming | 307.739.4700 7038 E. Main Street | Scottsdale, Arizona | 480.949.1256

Mary Roberson “Art: A Window to the Truth” Sept 28-Oct 10 Reception: Oct 1, 5:30-7:30pm OCTOBER Travis Walker “Lost in a Dream” Oct 12-24 Reception and Artist Talk: Oct 15, 5-8pm