New Mexico, Oregon. Born 1946
Native American sculpture
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Born 1952 Santa Fe, New Mexico. Known for: Indian warrior portrait painting.
C.J. Wells uses strong colors and bold compositions in her paintings to reveal her personal vision of the American Indian of a people torn between the past and the present. She states, "It's very... Read full biography
C.J. Wells uses strong colors and bold compositions in her paintings to reveal her personal vision of the American Indian of a people torn between the past and the present. She states, "It's very difficult to paint without a model, but many of these people come right out of my head.". Working out... Read full biography
C.J. Wells uses strong colors and bold compositions in her paintings to reveal her personal vision of the American Indian of a people torn between the past and the present. She states, "It's very difficult to paint without a model, but many of these people come right out of my head.". Working out of a studio that is fragrant with turpentine and linseed oil that she refers to as "my favorite smells," she vibrates with the music of Vivaldi, Beethoven, and Mozart, and produces dramatic oil... Read full biography
C.J. Wells uses strong colors and bold compositions in her paintings to reveal her personal vision of the American Indian of a people torn between the past and the present. She states, "It's very difficult to paint without a model, but many of these people come right out of my head.". Working out of a studio that is fragrant with turpentine and linseed oil that she refers to as "my favorite smells," she vibrates with the music of Vivaldi, Beethoven, and Mozart, and produces dramatic oil paintings, lithographs, and monotypes that not only focus on Indian themes, but on landscapes and portraits as well. A strong colorist, she uses her palette in an expressive and symbolic sense, rather than in a representational manner. "I call myself a... Read full biography
C.J. Wells uses strong colors and bold compositions in her paintings to reveal her personal vision of the American Indian of a people torn between the past and the present. She states, "It's very difficult to paint without a model, but many of these people come right out of my head.". Working out of a studio that is fragrant with turpentine and linseed oil that she refers to as "my favorite smells," she vibrates with the music of Vivaldi, Beethoven, and Mozart, and produces dramatic oil paintings, lithographs, and monotypes that not only focus on Indian themes, but on landscapes and portraits as well. A strong colorist, she uses her palette in an expressive and symbolic sense, rather than in a representational manner. "I call myself a 'motivist,' " Wells explains, "because my moods and motives are the real key to understanding my art. When I... Read full biography
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New Mexico, California. Born 1946
Mod Indian necrophilic-figure
Arizona, New Mexico, Minnesota. 1937 - 2005
Abstract figure-Indian and animal painting
New Mexico, California. 1914 - 1994
Indian figure sculpture, painting
Wyoming, Montana. 1925 - 2002
Landscape and frontier narrative painting
New Mexico. 1946 - 1993
Landscape-floral-coastal, figure
Texas, New Mexico. 1936 - 2018
Native American theme painting, etching, graphics, sculpture
Arizona, Alberta / Canada. Born 1939
Portrait and animal painting, ethnic caricature, teaching
Montana. 1910 - 1941
Western genre sculpture, dioramas
New Mexico, Arizona, Missouri. 1929 - 2013
Expressionist western landscape, figure and genre painting
California, Massachusetts. 1901 - 1980
Western figure and landscape painting, commercial art
Illinois. 1899 - 1956
Western theme painting
Montana. 1914 - 1999
Animal and western sculpture
Montana, New Mexico. 1912 - 1978
Cowboy genre and Indian figure painting
California. Born 1937
Fantasy-western views, miniature
New Jersey, Wyoming. 1897 - 1985
Western illustration, frontier painting
California / Denmark. 1899 - 1988
Western-Indian-genre, horses
New Mexico, New York / Hungary. 1895 - 1976
Dynamic symmetry, non objective painting
New York / Germany. Born 1937
Illustrations-sport, psychedelic, pop art
New Mexico, California, Ohio. 1859 - 1953
Indian figure, landscape and still-life painting
California, Texas, Maryland / Canada, England. 1889 - 1979
Landscape, coastal view and still life painting
Colorado, Wyoming. Born 1939
Figure-nude, portrait, genre, views