Gary Ernest Smith

GARY ERNEST SMITH INTO THE WEST

June 29-July 11 Reception: July 2, 5:30-7:30pm Artist Talk: 6pm The Crossroads of the West

ALTAMIRA FINE ART JACKSON

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

“Large, bold shapes, emotional color, and minimal detail are the substance of my craft,” Smith says. “Much is implied for the viewer to feel. All elements of a painting must come together to be a unified whole.”

-Gary Ernest Smith

GARY ERNEST SMITH “Into the West” celebrates the past, present and future of the West; the landscape, people, values, traditions and innovations. The show features twenty new oil paintings, ranging in size from 14x24 to 36x48 inches.

Gary Ernest Smith’s subject matter has evolved throughout his career. His focus includes the figurative and domestic, the hand of man on the landscape, and the simple beauty of landscape in the rural West. Often the viewer may sense a spiritual connection between earth and humanity.

His work is respected and sought after by traditional Western Art lovers, and contemporary art collectors alike.

Gary Ernest Smith was born on a cattle ranch in Baker City, Oregon, in 1942. He earned his college degrees from Brigham Young University, and he has been self-employed as a full-time artist since 1972. His work is grounded in his youth in rural America, a time he has artistically interpreted. His art often celebrates the values of hard work and self-reliance, and, more recently, the evolution of contemporary rural America.

His work is in the permanent collections of the Phoenix Art Museum; Denver Art Museum; Museum of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; Springville Museum of Art; Buffalo Bill Center of the West; Desert Caballeros Western Museum; and other prestigious institutions.

The reception on Thursday, July 2 from 5:30-7:30pm will include an Artist Talk, “The Crossroads of the West” at 6pm.

Pre-sales available. Call 307.739.4700

Guardian Oil 30 x 36 inches

Tilted Mesa Oil 30 x 40 inches

Looking West Oil 36 x 36 inches

Desert Wash Oil 20 x 30 inches

Desert Evening Oil 24 x 30 inches

Into the West Oil 36 x 48 inches

Evening Sky Oil 14 x 24 inches

Evening Field Oil 16 x 24 inches

Gateway to Nowhere Oil 32 x 32 inches

Desert Night Oil 16 x 24 inches

Desert Red Earth Oil 16 x 24 inches

Old Fence Oil 20 x 30 inches

Red Earth Oil 16 x 20 inches

Man with a Rope Oil 40 x 30 inches

Sun at Dusk Oil 32 x 40 inches

Sundown Oil 16 x 24 inches

Wheat Field Composition Oil 12 x 16 inches

Rural Evening Oil 20 x 30 inches

Wyoming Evening Oil 20 x 24 inches

JACKSON SUMMER SCHEDULE JULY Theodore Waddell “The Painterly Continuum” July 13-25 Reception: July 18, 5:30-7:30pm Dennis Ziemienski “Visions of the New Old West” July 27-Aug 8 Reception and Artist Talk: July 30, 5:30-7:30pm AUGUST Jared Sanders “Chosen Road” August 10-22 Reception and Artist Talk: August 20, 5-8pm 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: Sept16, 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” Oct12-24 Reception and Artist Talk: Oct15, 5-8pm