World's Largest Watercolor
Western Reflections
The Mural is finally finished. Those of you who have been watching the process unfold on our Facebook Livestream, thank you for the support! It is a bittersweet ending but we are glad to finally have "Western Reflections" up on our wall.
To see some of Israel Holloway's work check out his website here.
To read more about Israel and the Museums project check out the following articles: "Israel Holloway paints the western life he knows well" - Southwest Art"Museum of Northwest Colorado looking forward to displaying world’s largest fine art watercolor" -Craig Press"Colorado artist painting world's largest watercolor" - 9 News"An artist in Craig is painting the largest watercolor in the world." - ABC10
Frederic Remington Display
Dramatic Moments: Frederic Remington’s Early Engravings, 1882-1893
Frederic Remington was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor and writer who specialized in depictions of the American Old West. Remington's works are known for depicting the Western United States in the last quarter of the 19th-century, featuring such images as cowboys, American Indians, and the United States Cavalry.
Currently on loan and displayed on the Museum balcony is a set of Frederic Remington prints as well as a Remington sculpture. Credited as the start of his artistic career this collection is an assemblage of original, vintage Harper’s Weekly wood block engravings. The artwork was drawn from an engraving collection owned by Lee Silliman, of Missoula, Montana. These full page and double page images encompass the Wild West that Remington wanted to preserve.
As the Craig Press highlights in their article, “Reminton’s dynamic images in the exhibit include scenes such as: a desperate Indian battle, cowboys fighting a prairie fire, a pronghorn antelope hunt, scouts tracking renegade Apaches, the arrest of a whiskey smuggler, a picket soldier ambushed, hunters packing game on a rebellious mustang, a Mexican bull fight, and a cavalry unit caught in a sandstorm. Many of these engravings feature the western horse convincingly depicted in motion – for which Remington was the first artist to render accurately (thanks to high speed photography, although Remington would not acknowledge such).This exhibit of original Remington engravings, handsomely matted and framed in black mesquite hard wood moldings, will be on display at the Museum of Northwest Colorado from June 8 through the end of the year."