Gallery America takes you to the Route 66 Auto Trim Museum in Arcadia, Oklahoma. The museum offers replicas of Route 66 and consist of many other fun creations by it's owner, John Hargrove.
His Oklahoma City artist uses bee's wax and a blow torch to create colorful works of abstract art so unique she was named the Skirvin Hotel's 2016 Artist in Residence. Gallery America on OETA shows you how Curry does it, where to find her work and how you can learn to create your own encaustic art.
Tony Morton opened Kasum Gallery in the city's newest trendy neighborhood two years ago, but he's been in the gallery business for much longer. He isn't an artist in the strict sense of the word, but Morton sure does sound like an artist explaining his passion to expose new work, stunning creatives and wild imaginations to the general public.
It's all Oklahoma artists in November as Gallery America celebrates home state creativity. We'll work through the night with Norman collage artist Skip Hill, catch a sunrise with Edmond oil painter Kelli Folsom, feel the velvet with Oklahoma City's Trent Lawson, and finish things off with a smile in bronze from Tulsa sculptor Rosalind Cook. There's a lot to be thankful for on Gallery America.
Paul Moore's Land Run Monument in Oklahoma City's Bricktown District is made up of 46 individual pieces, each of them one and a half times larger than life. As he nears completion of the decades long project, the Norman based artist gave Gallery America a rare glimpse into his studio and his life where we discovered a passionate man who looms larger than his work.
Little pieces of bronze and clay, sculpted into little feelings of hope and heartache...they expand across a wall reaching wide. Look closely and you'll see the struggle, but stand back for a wider view and you'll see the hope. This is the artistic voice of mustang sculptor, Holly Wilson. Get an up-close look at the far-reaching message and methods of holly wilson in "the sacred and the precious".
The Oscar Awards turned to an Edmond artist on Hollywood's biggest night. When Edmond, OK artist Reian Williams dabbles in oils, he dabbles in emotive realism. His soul is old world. His nature is contemporary. His paintings slide between the two or encompass both. His stunning, pieces won Williams a place in the swag bags for Academy Award nominees. Each receives a painting worth $10,000.00.
Harold T. "H" Holden is an Oklahoma treasure. In April of 2017, he became the first Oklahoma artist to be inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. Gallery America traveled to Enid, OK to visit with Holden about his career and watch him work on his western paintings and sculptures in his private studio.
