Bradford Overton, Icons of the West (Imagination Required)

BR ADFORD OVERTON

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November 12–24, 2018 Scottsdale, Arizona BRADFORD OVERTON Icons of the West (Imagination Required) Meet the Artist | Thursday, November 15 | 6:30–9:00 pm Gold Palette “Contemporary Focus” ArtWalk on Main Street

Jackson Hole | Scottsdale | AltamiraArt.com

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The Quick and the Dead: Panama Red Oil on canvas | 40 x 50 inches Enquire

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Icons of the West (Imagination Required)

Altamira Fine Art Scottsdale is pleased to present the first exhibition for Bradford Overton at our Arizona location.

In this body of work tiny western archetypes loom large. Richly colored, vintage toys float on simple gray backgrounds. Shadows move across a gray plain and highly detailed cowboys and indians run across what we can only imagine to be mesas and canyons in pursuit of, or fleeing from, a scene which we cannot see.

Relying on raw skill, color, composition, and the inherent beauty of the objects he’s painted, Overton’s paintings call on the playfulness and sense of humor of the viewer, to be the player, playing. They also draw on Overton’s earliest inspirations, his childhood fantasies of running freely through the landscape with his greatest heroes, the indians and cowboys who made the west what it is and who still enchant our minds with memories of what was.

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River Guide Oil on canvas | 50 x 40 inches Enquire

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Lefty Oil on linen panel | 40 x 40 inches Enquire

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The Wild Vest Oil on canvas | 24 x 24 inches Enquire

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Wrangler Oil on canvas | 24 x 24 inches Enquire

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The Encore Oil on canvas | 40 x 28 inches Enquire

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Gimme Three Steps Oil | 24 x 24 inches Enquire

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Shooting Star, (“You Know That You Are”) Oil | 36 x 36 inches Enquire

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7038 E Main Street | Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 AltamiraArt.com | 480-949-1256

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