Jackson Hole Art Gallery J Watson Fine Art Now Open!

Jackson Hole, Wyoming has a thriving art scene with several good art galleries in town, and J Watson Fine Art has a new pop-up art gallery in Jackson Hole right on the Town Square at 36 E. Broadway Ave. Suite 3-1.

Jackson is also home to the Museum of Wildlife Art, and the Jackson Hole Art Auction and Fall Arts Festival and Collectors from all over visit for these events and to enjoy the beauty of Jackson Hole.

Jackson is a charming Western town with beautiful views of nature and plenty of wildlife. 

From the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar and restaurant on the Town Square to the Elk Preserve 1 mile away, and Grand Teton National Park nearby, there are many places to visit.

We hope you will stop by the gallery if you come to Jackson where you can view great Western Art, Wildlife Art, Figurative Art, Landscapes and City Scenes, Sports Art and more. 

On the walls currently we have original paintings by Frederic Remington, Howard Terpning, G. Harvey, Martin Grelle, Bonnie Marris, Nicholas Coleman, Pino, Volegov, Marshennikov and many more great artists.

If you don’t have a trip to Jackson Hole planned, we are happy to help you with your art collection by phone or email. We help collectors all over the US and internationally with their art collections.

You can call the gallery at 661 476-7558 or email info@jwatsonfineart.com, or fill out our Contact Form here.  

Masters of the American West Highlights

Longing for Home by Kyle Polzin

Family Traditions by Morgan Weistling

Capturing the Captain's Coat by Howard Terpning

As supporters of the Autry, we wanted to share some of the highlights of the Masters of the American West show this year.

This was the first year that selected works were offered in an open live bid format, rather than silent bid.  There were paintings in the live bid auction by Howard Terpning,  ZS Liang,, Mian Situ, and Kyle Polzin.

The rest of the available paintings in the show were sold by ballot box draw as usual.

Howard Terpning was close to 2 Million with the sale of his painting Capturing the Chief's Coat 40 x 50 which sold for 1.9 Million to the highest bidder. Limited Edition giclee canvases of the piece were produced by his publisher The Greenwich Workshop, and have already sold out at the publisher. Contact us if you are interested in adding one of Howard Terpning's original paintings or sold-out at publisher limited editions to your art collection.

We are also fortunate to have some of Howard's double signed Artist Proofs direct from the family vault that we can offer our collectors.

Morgan Weistling won the Purchase Award for his wonderful painting Family Traditions, which is now part of the Autry permanent collection.  We are very happy for Morgan's well deserved win, although it would hae been nice to be able to buy the painting for one of our collectors : )

Kyle Polzin exceeded expectations yet again with his painting Longing for Home 17 x 36 which sold for 60.000.

Overall it was a good night for Western art.

You can browse more Western art on our website, and we have more art available that is not on the website. Contact us at 661 476-7558 or e-mail info@jwatsonfineart.com and let us know if there is something on your wish list for art we can assist you with.

Western Art at the Couer d'Alene Art Auction 2012

The Sutter Creek Stage (1932) by Frank Tenney Johnson (1874-1939)

The Couer d'Alene Art Auction is coming up Saturday July 21st, with an artwork preview and party on Friday, July 20th at the Silver Legacy Resort  in Reno, Nevada.

Heralded as the biggest Western art auction by the Wall Street Journal, the Couer d'Alene auction offers some wonderful art treasures for Western art collectors and dealers.

This year some of the highlights include art by deceased artists such as Albert Bierstadt,  Frank Tenney Johnson, Charles M. Russell and Frederic Remington, as well as living masters Howard Terpning, G. Harvey, Morgan Wiestling, and Mian Situ, just to name a few.

Most of the artwork comes to auction from museum or private collections, but there are also some new paintings created just for the auction by some of today's top Western and wildlife artists.by invitation only.

At the recent Scottsdale Art Auction in March of 2012,  many Howard Terpning paintings exceeded auction estimates dramatically. Captured Ponies had an estimate of 400-600K and ended up selling for over 1.9 Million, and Mystic Power of the War Shield had an estimate of 600-900K and sold for over 1.7 Million, which were the two top lots in the auction. It will be interesting to see what happens with the Terpning paintings at the Couer d' Alene this year.

The Autry Museum just hosted an exhibition about Howard, who is now in his 80's with more than 80 of his original paintings on display. A new book of his art,  Terpning: Tribute to the Plains People ,was recently released.

Not all of the art is at the seven figure range at the Couer d'Alene auction, however. There are lots with low estimates starting from a few thousand up to the strong six figures.

You can  preview the art that will be at the Couer d'Alene Auction here. If you can't attend you can place a proxy bid, or if you would prefer to have an art dealer take care of the process, J Watson Fine Art offers bidding assistance for our collectors. You may contact us at 661 476-7558 or e-mail us at info@jwatsonfineart.com  for more information.