The following, submitted September 2004, is from Rycke Foreman, representative of the artist.

Curt Walters of Sedona, Arizona, is a plein-aire impressionist painter known for his depictions of the Grand Canyon. Though his body of work is largely comprised of the Southwestern vista, he enjoys painting land- and cityscapes from all over the globe.

Walters has long had an eye--and desire--for art. When he was 14, his sister was given a paint set. "It took me about two minutes to steal it from her," he once quipped. From there, he took to copying the paintings on the walls of their New Mexican farmhouse, and at the age of 15, sold his first piece.

Four years later, the fledgling young artist visi...