Curt Walters of Sedona, Arizona, is a plein-aire impressionist known worldwide for his impeccable interpretation of the Grand Canyon. Art of the West magazine was first to herald him as the “Greatest Living Grand Canyon Artist” in 1997. Since then, Art of the West has gone on to include Walters as one of Eight True Masters, saying: “...many museums and collectors don’t feel their collections are complete unless they include a Walters’ painting.”
Walters has focused much of his time and energies on Grand Canyon...but not only as an artist. In the early ‘90’s, the growing amount of air pollution over the gorge (something unintentionally documented in his paintings) began to concern Walters. Shortly thereafter, he learned of The Grand Canyon Trust, and how they were fighting pollution throughout the entire Colorado Plateau. Ten years and $500,000 later--much of which has been collected from donated paintings--Walters is still eager to meet new environmental challenges with the Trust. For all of his hard work and dedication, he has received the honored position of “Official Artist of The Grand Canyon Trust.”
While his American travels have taken him from sea to shining sea, Canada to Mexico, his overseas journeys have taken Walters to some of the world’s most exotic locations. Some of his most popular foreign endeavors embody the bright, spirited vibrancy of Bali, Indonesia and the venerable grace of Venice, Italy. His most recent travels have lead his palette from the Forbes’ Chateau de Balleroy in Normandy, France, to Prague in the Czech Republic, and the magnetic radiance of Budapest, Hungary to the biblical sights of Jordan in the Middle East.
Each year, his artwork can be seen at many of America’s top Western Art shows, the most prominent of them being the Prix de West exhibition at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, the Masters of the American West show, and the newly founded Quest for the West, hosted by the Eiteljorg Museum of Indianapolis, Indiana. Walters has received great acclaim at these exhibitions, bringing home multiple awards over the past decade.
Original Curt Walters artwork can be found at the Trailside Galleries of Scottsdale, Arizona and Jackson, Wyoming, and at the Claggett/Rey Gallery in Vail, Colorado. His work is also collected among a number of public and private individuals and foundations, including the Forbes Magazine Galleries of New York and California, Kareem Abdul Jabar, astronaut Frank Borman, Frank and Kathie Lee Gifford, and (of course) Grand Canyon National Park.
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