CM Okerwall

"NIGHT WATCH" WESTERN, COWBOY, HERD CATTLE FOLKY SURREAL CACTUS BORN 1928

2020

Everett Spruce (1908 - 2002) Austin Artist Image Size: 18 x 15 Frame Size: 28 x 25 Medium: Oil on paper / Mixed Exhibited at a University of Texas Faculty art show in 1947 Unsigned Biography Everett Spruce (1908 - 2002) The following, submitted by a researcher of the Ashworth Collection of Native American and Western Art, is from the artist's obituary in the Fort Smith, Arkansas "Times Record" newspaper, October 20, 2002. Everett F. Spruce, well-known artist, teacher, professor emeritus, died Friday, Oct. 18, 2002, at age 94. Everett Spruce was born on a farm in Conway to William E. and Fannie McCarty Spruce. He came to Dallas, at age 17, on a scholarship to study at the Dallas Art Institute, under Olin Travis and Thomas M. Stell Jr. In 1931, he became gallery assistant at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts and in 1934 married Alice V. Kramer, a fellow art student. He was one of the "Dallas Nine" group of Southwest artists...

Samuel Wilson (1986-Present) Texas Artist Image Size: 30 x 40 Medium: Oil "American Busker" When you see the paintings below in photos you will say WOW! When you see them in person ...

This original retablo painting, titled "El Niño", is a striking contemporary work by Colorado-based artist Michael Blatnik. Inspired by the devotional traditions of Spanish Colonial ...

Oil n canvas Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagination, wr...