The DMZone: A Conversation with True West Magazine's Bob Boze Bell
DM Collins conducts an interview with Bob Boze Bell, the publisher of True West Magazine who is also an author and artist as well for The DMZone.
Held for the first time in Corsicana, TX, the Western Artists of America Annual Show and Sale attracted thousands of art enthusiasts and collectors. The Pearce Museum also added four new pieces of WAA artists' work to their permanent collection: Windmill Serenade by Roger Archibald; Evening on the Plains by Jay Hester; Learning the Ropes by Karen Cooper; and Brush Creek Ranch by Don Dernovich.
Western Artists of America have found a home here at the Pearce Museum. Next year the show and sale will be even better, says Holly Beasley Wait, Executive Director of the Pearce Museum on Navarro College campus, Corsicana, TX. Our expansion will be completed, and there will more room for the entertainment part of the event. There will be new space for the artist workshops and an additional exhibition space for visitors to explore while visiting the WAA display. The dates for the next WAA show are March 23/24, 2012.
Members of the WAA include forty of the world's best artists and sculptors. Their works feature our Western heroes with the integrity, strength of spirit, and moral character that is an integral part of our Western heritage. Art lovers and art collectors will view the American West, in all its splendor: cowboys and cowgirls, Native American children, elders and warriors, rodeo, western landscapes, mountain men, buffalo, stagecoaches and more.
About Western Artists of America
Western Artists of America is an organization formed in 2000 for the purpose of promoting the talents of professional fine artists specializing in the genre of cowboy, Native American, pioneer, cattle and horse subjects with backgrounds appropriate to the subject matter. Formed to showcase the talents of the many qualified fine western artists of today irrespective of gender, the more seasoned members seek out up and coming talent who exhibit a high interest in the western genre for mentoring.
Master Artist and Gold Medal Winner Sharon Brening Interview on AM Arizona
Award winning artist Sharon Brening, a member of Western Artists of America, has been painting since she was eight years old. At an even earlier age, she was introduced to the Southwest and the cultures of Native America. She has a rich body of work unrivaled by many artists and her paintings hang today in museums, galleries and private collections around the United States. She is a member of the Western Artists of America, a prestigious invitational member group of artist dedicated to the America's Western heritage. In 2011, Sharon won the gold medal award for oil painting at the 7th Annual Western Artists of America Show and Sale.
When she was still in her twenties, Brening was an award-winning graphic designer working with several of the Southwest's top advertising campaigns. Her passion for art was never far from her daily life. She continued developing her art in different mediums until finally she focused on her painting. Charles Pearce, one of America's foremost collectors of Western Art, personally chose Wrestling with Innocence for the Pearce Museum's prestigious permanent collection. Her work can also be found at the Turn West Design Studio in Carefree, Arizona and the Silver Linings Gallery in Ouray, Colorado.
Her sons now grown, Sharon and her husband make their home in Peoria, AZ where her art studio in the desert provides the perfect creative surroundings for her talent.
Website: sbrening.com
About Western Artists of America
Western Artists of America is an organization formed in 2000 for the purpose of promoting the talents of professional fine artists specializing in the genre of cowboy, Native American, pioneer, cattle and horse subjects with backgrounds appropriate to the subject matter. Founders started the Western Artists of America to open western art up to more artists, and to expand the current understanding of what comprised western art. Formed to showcase the talents of the many qualified fine western artists of today irrespective of gender, the more seasoned members seek out up and coming talent who exhibit a high interest in the western genre for mentoring. Members of the WAA include forty of the world's best artists and sculptors. Their works feature our Western heroes with the integrity, strength of spirit, and moral character that is an integral part of our Western heritage. Art lovers and art collectors will view the American West, in all its splendor: cowboys and cowgirls, Native American children, elders and warriors, rodeo, western landscapes, mountain men, buffalo, stagecoaches and more.
These artists' works are showcased in an annual event sponsored by a national art museum. The Pearce Museum on the Navarro College campus in Corsicana, Texas will host the 2012 show and sale for the WAA on March 23 and 24, 2012. Website: WesternArtistsOfAmerica.com