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SEWE STAFF James A. Huggins
President & CEO
Natalie W. Henderson
Art Curator
John G. Powell Elizabeth G. Huggins
Executive Director VIP Coordinator
Shelby L. Risher Special Projects Director Mary M. Roberts
Marketing Director
CATALOG DESIGN Andrew Barton | AndrewBartonDesign.com Inside front cover:
Inside back cover:
Edge of the Timber, 11” x 14”
Bringing Back the Prize, 18” x 24”
Jason Tako| 2020 Featured Artist Oil on Linen, $1,500 Book sleeve:
Joseph Sulkowski
Apokalupsis Bozzetta, 36” x 58” Oil on Canvas, $160,000 Read more on page 79.
Southeastern Wildlife Exposition P.O. Box 20635, Charleston, SC 29413 sewe.com | (843) 723-1748 | sewe@sewe.com
Jason Tako | 2020 Featured Artist Charcoal on Paper, $2,500
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WELCOME For nearly four decades, SEWE has celebrated the beauty of the natural world through wildlife art and conservation. This February, renowned wildlife artists from across the globe will gather in Charleston to display a new body of work totaling over 2,500 original paintings and sculptures. We are pleased to welcome Jason Tako as our 2020 Featured Artist; Jason is a forerunner in the genre of Western landscapes, North American big game and historical Native American paintings. Tako will be joined by fellow wildlife artists Brett Smith, Stefan Savides, Sandy Scott, Walter Matia, Kathryn Turner, Lou Pasqua, and Julie Jeppsen‌to name a few. The included work in the 3rd edition of the SEWE Art Book is not a comprehensive body of the Fine Art Gallery. Rather, this book is meant to entice collectors to see these works and many more in person, February 13 – 16. We invite you to join us for the 38th annual celebration of wildlife art. SEWE is Nature. Curated.
Photo Credit: Jenn Cady Photography
Sincerely,
Natalie Henderson Art Curator Southeastern Wildlife Exposition
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2020 VIP and Art Events All events are general admission unless otherwise noted.
Wednesday, February 12 6-10 pm
A Big Night for Small Works
Halls Signature Events, 5 Faber Place
Thursday, February 13 1-5 pm
Private Preview Afternoon*
7-11 pm
Signature Gala and Sale*
Fine Art Gallery in Charleston Place
Fine Art Gallery in Charleston Place
Friday, February 14 9-10 am
Private Preview Hour*
3-4 pm
Quick Draw / Auction & Speed Sculpt
Fine Art Gallery in Charleston Place and SEWE Marketplace in the Gaillard Center Fine Art Gallery in Charleston Place
Saturday, February 15 9-10 am
Private Preview Hour*
7-11 pm
SEWE Soiree**
Fine Art Gallery in Charleston Place and SEWE Marketplace in the Gaillard Center
Charleston Visitors’ Center
For more information on the 2020 Southeastern Wildlife Exposition VIP program, visit www.sewe.com or call (843) 723-1748. *SEWE VIP badge required **Separate ticket required, VIP badge does not admit
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Purchasing Details
All artwork included in this catalog is available for purchase through the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition. All information is accurate at the time of printing. A more comprehensive body of original art from these artists will be available during the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, February 13-16, 2020. Please contact Natalie Henderson by phone at (843) 723-1748 or email at nhenderson@sewe.com for purchase inquiry prior to the Exposition.
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Jason Tako
2020 FEATURED ARTIST The soul of Jason Tako’s artwork has its origins in the wetlands and prairie areas of Minnesota. He spent the summers of his youth fishing at the family cabin and winters wandering through the nearby wooded areas and playing on frozen lakes. During his senior year in high school, Jason put aside his sketchbooks and delved into music. Attending what later became McNally Smith College of Music, he studied bass guitar and jazz music theory and graduated top of his class with honors. He spent the next ten years playing in numerous rock, jazz, and country bands and recorded several albums. Realizing how much he missed the serenity of nature, Jason picked up his sketchbooks again and headed back out into the wetlands of southern Minnesota. After spending several years in solitude sketching from life, Jason plunged himself into studio oil painting all while keeping up his discipline of plein air painting. “I was plein air painting before I ever heard the term or knew of the movement. I only understood that drawing and
painting from life was the best way to learn. Heading outdoors long before sunrise, I would spend hours in a duck blind just watching and listening. Those moments are with me to this day,” Jason says. Jason is in the unique category of being one of the few plein air artists who paints animals from life, and one of the few wildlife artists who paints en plein air. “I have always had an interest in history, and during my years of wandering through rural Minnesota I frequently thought about the American Indians; how close they were with nature and the unique privilege they had to live in an unspoiled land. I’ve always enjoyed drawing the human figure. It finally dawned on me, almost by accident, that this would be a subject I would thoroughly enjoy painting as it combines so many aspects of my interest,” Jason says. Jason currently lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, Rebecca, and their five children.
2020 FEATURED PAINTING
Jason Tako, The Road Less Traveled, Oil on Linen, 36” x 50” Available at auction during the SEWE VIP Signature Gala and Sale on Thursday, February 13, 2020.
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Laura Adams, Snowy Egret, 30” x 24”, Paper Collage on Cradled Panel, $2,200
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Kathryn Ashcroft, Beside the Still Waters, 36” x 24”, Oil on Linen, $5,800
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Mitch Baird, Repose in the Shallows, 18” x 30”, Oil on Linen, $4,900
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Eleinne Basa, Highland Pasture, 10” x 10”, Oil on Linen, $2,200
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Stephen Townley Bassett, Kei River Scene, 21” x 47”, Mixed Media on Cotton Paper, $8,500
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Virginie Baude, The Wolf Soul, 11” x 14”, Oil on Linen, $4,200
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Virginie Baude, The Great Teacher, 36” x 36”, Oil on Linen, $25,000
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Michael Bedoian, Native Son, 10” x 11”, Oil on Panel, $1,485
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Jennifer Black, Rosebank Rooster, 12” x 16”, Oil on Panel, $1,500
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Jim Bortz, Kings’ Crossing, 24” x 20”, Oil on Board, $6,200
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Vivian Boswell, Rocky Top, 20” x 20”, Oil on Canvas, $3,000
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Bucky Bowles, Deep Pool Catch, 14” x 18”, Oil on Linen, $2,250
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Kelly Brewer, Rack and Roll, 30” x 30”, Oil on Canvas, $5,500
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Thomas Brooks, Mourning Doves, 20” x 30”, Acrylic on Canvas, $7,500
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Ray Brown, True Companions, 12” x 10”, Charcoal on Paper, $1,500
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Richard Clifton, Quiet Moments, 24” x 36”, Acrylic on Board, $9,650
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Broderick Crawford, In the Thicket, 19” x 16”, Acrylic on Board, $1,600
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Tim Donovan, Sunny Side Up, 30” x 14”, Egg Tempera & Acrylic, $4,700
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Beverly Ford Evans, Highland Pride, 20” x 24”, Oil on Linen, $1,950
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Lita Gatlin, Mother Hen, 24” x 20”, Oil on Canvas, $1,900
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Ann Goble, Kaleidoscope, 18” x 18”, Oil on Board, $2,100
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Jim Green, Second Position, 21” l x 21” h x 16” w, Bronze, $3,600
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Patricia Griffin, Gator Watch, 40” x 30”, Oil on Linen, $7,200
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Grant Hacking, First Strike, 18” x 24”, Oil on Linen, $6,000
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Grant Hacking, Generations, 24” x 36”, Oil on Canvas, $12,000
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Carol Heiman-Greene, Fruits of the Table, 12” x 16”, Oil on Claybord, $2,600
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Ignat Ignatov, Koi Fish, 16” x 20”, Oil on Panel, $2,500
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Jane Ingols, Head’s Up, 24” x 12”, Acrylic on Canvas , $2,500
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Kellie Jacobs, Mango Sunrise, 24” x 30”, Pastel on Sanded Paper, $2,800
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Julie Jeppsen, Southern Flush, 30” x 40”, Oil on Canvas, $12,500
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Cole Johnson, Into His Prime, 21” x 33”, Charcoal on Paper, $5,600
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Ott Jones, Morning Mayflies, 14” l x 17” h, Bronze, $4,700
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Sue Key, Tall Pine Lovers, 28” x 22”, Acrylic on Birch Panel, $3,150
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David Kiehm, Thin Cover, 18” x 9”, Oil on Board, $1,695
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Jim Killen, Dropping in Mallards, 31� x 28 3/4�, Watercolor on Arches Paper, $7,500
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Alexa King, Wilding, 8” l x 16” h, Bronze, $5,500
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Hilarie Lambert, Flamboyance, 40” x 40”, Oil on Canvas, $4,200
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David Lanier, Portrait of a Boykin Spaniel, 11” x 14”, Acrylic on Masonite, $4,000 52
Liz Lewis, Ground Tied, 13” l x 18” h x 5” w, Bronze, $3,900
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Walter Matia, Fox Grapes, 33” h x 19” l x 12” d, Bronze, $9,700
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Walter Matia, A Point of Honor, 14” h x 20” l x 12” d, Bronze, $6,200
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Mark McKenna, Combing the Area, 16” x 20”, Oil on Panel, $4,200
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Mark McKenna, The Lambing Shed, 20” x 30”, Oil on Panel, $7,200
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Karla Mann, Impressing the Lady, 11” x 14”, Oil on Panel, $3,000
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Vickie McMillan-Hayes, Wild at Heart, 16” x 20”, Acrylic on Wood, $3,000
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Kelly McNeil, Changing Colours, 20” x 20”, Oil on Canvas, $1,800
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Terry Miller, Farewell To Summer, 8” x 11”, Graphite on Bristol Board, $1,400
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Larry Moore, Panic Room, 24” x 48”, Oil on Wood, $6,500
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Kyle Paliotto, City Walk, 20” x 24”, Oil on Gesso Board, $3,200
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Eleanor Parker, Reflections on the Creek, 30” x 40”, Oil on Canvas, $3,800
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Lou Pasqua, Good Start, 20” x 28”, Acrylic on Board, $11,200
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Carrie Penley, Rex, 30” x 30”, Acrylic on Canvas , $2,800
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Clayton Pennell, Appalachian Spring Tom, 30” x 40”, Acrylic on Canvas, $7,500
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Daniel Porter, Tripper, 10” x 12”, Vine Charcoal on Panel, $1,500
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Daniel Porter, Open Water, 10” x 12”, Vine Charcoal on Panel, $1,500
Daniel Porter, Coming Ashore, 10” x 12”, Vine Charcoal on Panel, $1,500
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Patricia Pepin, Split Rock Lookout, 16” x 20”, Oil on Linen, $4,850
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John Potter, Walking on Sunshine, 9” x 12”, Oil on Canvas, $2,050
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Julia Rogers, High Season, 20” x 30”, Oil on Linen, $5,600
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Julia Rogers, Winter Fox, 30” x 30”, Oil on Linen, $9,800
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Neil Rizos, Misty Morning – Harlequins, 18” x 24”, Oil on Canvas, $3,750
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Stefan Savides, Pins and Curls, 33” l x 33“ h x 25.5” w, Bronze, $12,000
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Rachelle Siegrist, Home Sweet Home, 3.5” x 3.5”, Watercolor, $1,575
Wes Siegrist, Carolina Song, 3.5” x 3.5”, Watercolor, $1,575
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Brett Smith, Autumn Woodcock, 14” x 20”, Oil on Linen, $6,500
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Joseph Sulkowski, Earth Drawing, 40” x 50”, Mixed Media; Red, Black and White Chalk on 100% Rag Paper, $30,000
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Joseph Sulkowski, Water Drawing, 40” x 50”, Mixed Media; Red, Black and White chalk on 100% Rag Paper, $30,000
ABOUT JOSEPH SULKOWSKI
As Joseph Sulkowski approaches maturation in his artistic and personal life,
he is discovering the spaces where the seams come together. For several years he has felt the pull to create his masterwork. As one of the few remaining
truly traditionalist painters, Joseph looks to the great masters to model his career. They all had a “magnum opus” of sorts, something to represent the
culmination of their life’s work. His vision and desire to create something to define his art vocation has taken form in Apokalupsis: An Uncovering.
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John Stanford, Hay Time, 16” x 20”, Oil on Canvas, $2,800
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Jason Tako, Pintail Trio, 18” x 24”, Oil on Linen, $4,500
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John Tolmay, Duke, 25” l x 42” h, Bronze, $21,000
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Ezra Tucker, Am I Sexy Now, 8” x 29”, Acrylic on Board, $7,000
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Nelson Tucker, Great Blue Heron, 9” x 24”, Scratchboard, $1,600
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David Turner, Ringneck Pheasant, 26” l x 7” w x 16” h, Bronze, $2,500
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Kathryn Turner, Indigo Blues, 24” x 20”, Oil on Rag, $1,900
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Henry Von Genk, Summer Moon, 30” x 40”, Oil on Canvas, $12,500
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Peggy Watkins, Britt, 12” x 16”, Oil on Linen, $1,600
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Laura Adams Kathryn Ashcroft Mitch Baird Eleinne Basa Stephen Townley Bassett Virginie Baude Michael Bedoian Jennifer Black Jim Bortz Vivian Boswell Bucky Bowles Kelly Brewer Thomas Brooks Ray Brown Richard Clifton Broderick Crawford Tim Donovan Beverly Ford Evans Lita Gatlin Ann Goble Jim Green Patricia Griffin Grant Hacking Carol Heiman-Greene Ignat Ignatov
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Jane Ingols Kellie Jacobs Julie Jeppsen Cole Johnson Ott Jones Sue Key David Kiehm Jim Killen Alexa King Hilarie Lambert David Lanier Liz Lewis Karla Mann Walter Matia Mark McKenna Vickie McMillan-Hayes Kelly McNeil Terry Miller Larry Moore Kyle Paliotto Eleanor Parker Lou Pasqua Carrie Penley Clayton Pennell Patricia Pepin
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Daniel Porter John Potter Neil Rizos Julia Rogers Stefan Savides Rachelle Siegrist Wes Siegrist Brett Smith John Stanford Joseph Sulkowski Jason Tako John Tolmay Ezra Tucker Nelson Tucker David Turner Kathryn Turner Henry Von Genk Peggy Watkins
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