2018 Francis Livingston Exhibition Catalog

Francis Livingston Symphony in Color

Francis Livingston Symphony in Color

August 17-24, 2018

Detail on the cover: Golden

Trail acrylic 30x30

225 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico www.meyergalleries.com 505.983.1434

Born in Cortez, Colorado, Francis Livingston has been painting for 25 years.

He is in the top ranks of American illustrators, and his work has been widely published. Francis Livingston's paintings have been exhibited in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. Livingston was awarded Silver Medals from the New York Society of Illustrators in both 1997,1998.

Francis Livingston studied at the Rocky Mountain School of Art in Denver before moving to San Francisco in 1975 to attend the Academy of Art. He later taught there for 10 years. Influenced by Sargent and Whistler, Francis Livingston painted primarily in a monochromatic style until he began to study the work of the Bay Area Figurative Movement, including Richard Diebenkorn, Wayne Thiebaud and others. That led to experiments with color and a fondness for the California and French Impressionists.

For nearly eight years, Francis Livingston has been painting the Santa Cruz boardwalk. "I'd always been intrigued by amusement parks, the rundown seediness, the intermingling of the past and present. When I went down to Santa Cruz for the first time in the 70's, it had that same quality as the old rides, the colors starting to fade. It fit in with the look I was after." Livingston has also done numerous portrayals of scenes from New York City and Coney Island, focusing on dramatic architecture and color.

Francis Livingston lived and worked in San Francisco and San Anselmo for 20 years until he and his family relocated to the Sun Valley, Idaho area, where he has developed a deeper appreciation for the west. He has now become one of the West's premier living painters. Francis Livingston's paintings of western landscapes and pueblo architecture capture the colors and light effects that are unique to the West. His deep understanding of history, the land and its people allow him to create imagery reminiscent of the Taos Founders, and other great western artists.

Francis Livingston was comissioned to create the book cover images for academy award winning author Michael Blake's, Dances with Wolves and it's sequel, The Holy Road. He was also selected by the Kentucky Derby in 2004 to create their annual poster.

The Radiant Beyond oil 24x24

Early Winter oil 12x12

Serenity oil 20x24

The Quiet oil 36x36

Clearing oil 30x30

Cold Creek Water oil 24x24

Golden Trail oil 30x30

Pueblo Creek oil 24x24

Leaves in Yellow oil 48x14 In Leaves of Green oil 48x14 In Violet oil 48x14

Kachina in Orange oil 12x12 on the following page: Glow oil 11x14

Lightning Bolt oil 14x11

Autumn River oil 30x30

Into Color oil 48x48

Winding Creek oil 12x12

Reflections oil 48x48

Winter Willow oil 12x12

Francis Livingston | Symphony in Color Autumn River

30x30

$9,200

Clearing

30x30

$9,200

Cold Creek Water

24x24

$6,400

Early Winter

12x12

$2,400

Glow

11x14

$2,400

Golden Trail

30x30

$9,200

In Leaves of Green

48x14

$6,800

In Violet

48x14

$6,800

Into Color

48x48

$24,000

Kachina in Orange

12x12

$2,400

Leaves in Yellow

48x14

$6,800

Lightning Bolt

14x11

$2,400

Pueblo Creek

24x24

$6,400

Reflections

48x48

$24,000

Serenity

20x24

$6,200

The Quiet

36x36

$12,000

The Radiant Beyond

24x24

$6,400

Winding Creek

12x12

$2,400

Winter Willow

12x12

$2,400

Wood Burro

11x14

$2,400

Francis Livingston | Symphony in Color Education Rocky Mountain School of Art, Denver, Colorado Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California Select Exhibitions and Awards 2013 - Solo Exhibition, Canyon Road Past and Present, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2012 - Solo Exhibition, Pattern and Abstraction, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2012 - Landscapes of the West, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2012 - 4th Annual Small Works Show and Sale, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2011 - Solo exhibition, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2010 - Solo exhibition, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2009 - Historic Trading Posts of the West, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2009 - Geronimo Remembered, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2007 - Fred Harvey to Route 66 and Everything In-between . . . Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2007 - Arizona: A Millennium of Arizona Art, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2005, 2006 - Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2004 - Artists of the Grand Canyon, Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2004 - Kentucky Derby Official Artist 2003 - Book Cover Artist Michael Blake, Dances with Wolves and Holy Road 1997, 1998 - Silver Medal - New York Society of Illustrators 1984-2005 - Museum of American Illustration, New York, New York Corporate and Private Collections Mercedes Benz Four Seasons Hotels, Newport Beach Michael Blake, Author of Dances with Wolves Brooks Brothers United Airlines Chevron Corporation Bank of America United States Air Force Nike Gallo Wine Levi Mark Andrus, Screenplay Writer for As Good as it Gets Lawrence Mark, Film Producer, Jerry McGuire and Dream Girls M Night Shaymalan, Author and Director, Sixth Sense and Unbreakable Homer Hickman, Author of October Sky Mae Ve Binchy, Author Patricia Hurst Shaw

Francis Livingston

Symphony in Color

Wood Burro

August 17-24, 2018 Artist Reception August 17, 2018 5-7pm

225 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.983.1434 800.779.7387 www.meyergalleries.com

oil 11x14