Orme Ranch

A realist oil painter of the Southwestern landscape, Curt Walters was born in New Mexico in 1950 and has been living in Sedona, Arizona since 1979. "My move to Sedona was due, in part, to its proximity to my favorites, the Grand Canyon and the Canyon de Chelly. The area is filled with many fine artists willing to shares their ideas with others. Sedona itself has proved to be a wonderland of color and subjects.”

Many collectors around the world know American impressionist Curt Walters as one of the premier Grand Canyon artists. What is not commonly known is that Walters is also a dedicated conservationist. Ten years ago, Walters decided to begin donating original paintings and arranging artist fund raising trips for the Grand Canyon Trust, a conservation advocacy group.

Curt’s work includes depictions of places he has visited around the world and also local and Arizona scenes. Orme Ranch is a lovely painting of a building on an Arizona Highlands family ranch established in 1929.

*The following is from Curt Walters website
THE GREATEST LIVING GRAND CANYON ARTIST

Curt Walters is the best known living painter of Grand Canyon. Art of the West magazine declared the “Greatest Living Grand Canyon Artist” in 1997, and “One of “Eight True Masters” in 2007.

Curt makes his home in Sedona, Arizona. In May 2011,Southwest Art named Walters as one of the Forty Prominent People in the Western Art World.

The artist was born in New Mexico, and raised in the Four Corners area of the state, where he acquired and developed his eye for dramatic landscapes. He attended Farmington High School and the San Juan Campus of New Mexico State University. In 1974, Curt moved to Taos, NM and began working and studying with artists of the Central Valley, including the well known landscape painter Wilson Hurley. In 1977, Curt won the John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Award, and due to growing interest after the award, Curt was contacted by Ted and Christine Mollring, the owners of Trailside Galleries. They began showing his work in both the Jackson, Wyoming and Scottsdale, Arizona locations.

The relationship continues with the gallery, as Curt still shows his work with Trailside today. Curt’s move to Sedona was prompted by both his representation at Trailside, and because of the proximity to the Grand Canyon.

Once settled in Arizona, Curt was given his first national coverage in 1980, through American Artist Magazine. Stephen Doherty, the young editor at the time, has played a great role in covering Curt’s career ever since.

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