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Picture of Robert Carver, born in El Dorado, Ks.
in 1940. Before becoming a full time artist he was an aircraft mechanic,
inspector, aircraft supervisor, technical writer, and illustrator. A
beautiful painting of a buffalo can be barely seen in the background
Robert Carvers rendition of horses running on the prairie and two woodland
landscapes. Robert stated, "No matter what I do in m life, my destiny seems
to focus on creating enjoyment for others and satisfaction for myself
through art."
Robert's rendition of a Native American. Carver turned to full time art in
1972 and received acclaim for his work in a range of media. He earned
numerous awards for his work in competition, representational form of
realism.
Gene V. Dougherty received his Masters in Art Education in Oklahoma State
University, then pursued a 24 year career teaching art at Northern Oklahoma
College. While teaching, Mr. Doughtery continued to develop his own style,
technique, and presentation for his personal work, earning numerous awards
and selling work in art galleries in Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Cheyenne
and Cody, Wyoming and many other locales in and around Oklahoma. His art is
displayed in the Cherokee Outlet Museum (Blackwell, Ok) and a large mural
was donated in the Ponca City, Ok. Post Office.
Gene Doughterty's experience with taxidermy as a young man gave him
technical understanding of animal musculature and proportion, a sense that
comes through in the clarity, detail and realistic beauty of each animal
painting. By personally visiting and photographing the sites of his
landscapes, he brings to the artwork a feeling of accuracy, presence and
vibrancy. Gene is an accomplished artist in watercolor and oils,
characterizing the American West with an open, clear realism that is
abashedly refreshing.
Bud Sloan is weaving one of his Nantucket
Lightship Baskets here in this picture. He and his wife have a shop called
the Deer Point Basketry & Mercantile. The two of them give lessons in this
delicate intricate craft. I would say these are for those who love the
beauty and preciousness of this tedious handwork.
This is a close up shot of one of Bud and Carol
Sloan's smaller baskets about the size of your fist. The lid is hand made
out of rare woods. Their email address is
bcsloan@cableone.net.
This picture does not do justice to James H.
Scorse's work. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Scorse received his
B.F.A. from Pittsburge State University and later continued graduate studies
at Tulsa University (Oklahoma). At that time, he began to combine his
welding experience with his talent in art to create metal sculpture,
specializing in wildlife and Native American figures. After several years of
work and experimentation, Mr. Scorse developed a style and technique which
is distinctive among other art forms. Each piece is "one of a kind" with no
two being alike, even those of similar subjects. None are ever duplicated or
reproduced in quantities or "limited editions."
Mr Scorse has won numerous awards in every major
city in Oklahoma as well as several in the states of Kansas, Missouri, Texas
and Arkansas. He has been featured in television documentaries by stations
in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Joplin and has had critically acclaimed one man
shows in various art centers in Oklahoma and Missouri. His sculptures have
been acquired by Woolaroc Museum in Bartlesville, Oklahoma as well as many
corporations, offices and private collectors in numerous states and foreign
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