Phoenix trip 2

The next stop was the Phoenix Museum of Art for the Cowboy Artists of America exhibit. This is a group of very talented artists, working in various media. Probably the best known is Howard Terpning. See, for example, http://www.firstpeople.us/pictures/HowardTerpning/ls/Howard-Terpning-Council-Of-Chiefs.html

This group of 30 or so is based in southwest Texas, near the hill country. They exhibit some of their work from the past year in the spring at their base, then exhibit again in the fall in Phoenix. Most of the art is oil painting, but there are watercolors, pen and ink, bronze sculptures and carvings, among others.

The subject matter is western, which includes horses, nature, Native Americans, soldiers and more.See
http://www.phxart.org/exhibition/exhibitioncowboys45.php for more info and some examples. Pretty exciting stuff for those of us admiring southwestern art.

The final visit was the Heard Museum, to see the exhibit of Preston Singletary's glass art. He is a relatively young artist who has done some marvelous work. The Blue Rain gallery shows his work. We saw him doing glass blowing last summer in Santa Fe at Indian Market.
He makes very interesting forms and shapes and incorporates the northwest coast Tlingit (pronounced klinket) iconography. He works with other artists, as well, such as Tammy Garcia, another Blue Rain artist and a famous Santa Clara potter.
See http://www.blueraingallery.com/artists/_preston_singletary_and_marcus_amerman for some of his art.

And, lastly, a return to our beautiful Tucson!