Duke Beardsley

DUKE BEARDSLEY

THE MOST OUTLAW THING January 19 -31, Reception January 29, 7:00-9:00 PM ALTAMIRA FINE ART SCOTTSDALE 7038 E. Main Street | Scottsdale, Arizona | 480.949.1256 172 Center Street | Jackson, Wyoming | 307.739.4700 www.altamiraart.com

DUKE BEARDSLEY “Putting the figures on a big color field is an invitation to put yourself in the painting. It plays up the cowboy mystique. We’re all cowboys at some point in our lives.” – Duke Beardsley Duke Beardsley was born in 1969 in Denver, Colorado. He studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

As a fifth generation Coloradan, Duke Beardsley’s western roots run deep and his art reflects those roots. Splitting his time between Denver and his family’s cattle ranch in eastern Colorado, he has been drawing and painting images of the American West most of his life. His work blends modern artistic elements with the traditional icons of the West.

The result has made him a consistently popular favorite among collectors of contemporary western art.

Beardsley has a masterly command of drawing technique. His working cowboy images are rendered in a clever minimalist approach and presented in palettes that lend a Pop art sensibility. His unique art, like his western lifestyle, is a joyful melding of tradition and contemporary styling.

Beardsley’s work has been featured in notable exhibitions across the country such as the Coors Western Art Exhibit and Sale, the Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale, The Russell: The Sale to Benefit the C.M. Russell Museum, and the Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show & Sale. His work was also included in Out West: The Great American Landscape, the 2007 groundbreaking contemporary western art exhibition that toured China.

Beardsley won the 2008 Colorado Governor’s Award for his piece entitled “Colorado Horsepower.” His work can be found in noteworthy collections around the world, including the Forbes Collection, Denver Art Museum, Booth Museum of Western Art, and the State of Colorado. In 2011, he was named Artist of the Year by the Foothills Art Center in Golden, Colorado. His work was commissioned for the 2013 Calgary Stampede poster.

Bar J Oil on Canvas 48 x 48 inches

Black Cat Oil on Canvas 36 x 36 inches

Chiquilla Amarilla Oil on Canvas 24 x 24 inches

Chiquilla Azul Oil on Canvas 24 x 24 inches

Chiquilla Lavanda Oil on Canvas 24 x 24 inches

Longshot Oil on Canvas 42 x 42 inches

Jen’s Colt Oil on Canvas 42 x 42 inches

King’s Seat Oil on Canvas 48 x 48 inches

La Linda Guinda Oil on Canvas 60 x 54 inches

Chiquilla Rosa Oil on Canvas 24 x 24 inches

Rim Fire Oil on Canvas 60 x 54 inches

Sueños Perdidos Oil on Canvas 12 x 36 nches

Sueños Vacíos Oil on Canvas 12 x 36 inches

The Most Cowboy Thing Oil on Canvas 72 x 56 inches

Venciendo La SequĂ­a Oil on Canvas 36 x 48 inches

Ride the Wide Country Oil on Canvas 72 x 60 inches

UPCOMING SHOWS DAVID MICHAEL SLONIM and THEODORE WADDELL Show Dates: February 2-14, 2015 Reception Date: February 12, 7-9pm R. TOM GILLEON “RODEO DRIVE: A LOOK AT THE ARTIST’S HOME ON THE RANGE” Show Dates: February 16-28, 2015 Reception Date: February 26, 7-9pm BILLY SCHENCK and DENNIS ZIEMIENSKI “DUEL IN THE SUN” Show Dates: March 3-17, 2015 Reception Date: March 12, 7-9pm Visit www.altamiraart.com for more on these and other upcoming events at our two gallery locations.

For more information please contact: Audrey Parish, az@altamiraart.com Dean Munn, dean@altamiraart.com or call 480.949.1256 www.altamiraart.com

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