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Tucker Smith 8 Seconds to Glory Oil Painting

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Tucker Smith 8 Seconds to Glory Oil Painting
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Oil on Canvas. 16" by 20" unframed, 22 3/4" by 26 3/4" framed. Title is 8 Seconds to Glory. Tucker Smith (Born 1940) is active/lives in Wyoming, Montana. Tucker Smith is known for Wildlife in landscape painting, western scene. Tucker Smith spent his early years outside of St. Paul, Minnesota. When he was 12 years old his family relocated to Pinedale, Wyoming at the foot of the Wind River Range. As a child, his artistic skill was already evident, although his family viewed art simply as an avocation. After graduation from college Tucker Smith spent the following eight years as a computer programmer and systems analyst for the State of Montana, painting on a part time basis. He eventually realized that art was his true passion in life and he became a full time professional artist at the age of 31. Today, Tucker Smith is nationally renowned for his balanced, subtle paintings inspired by the wildlife and mountain atmosphere that has been such an integral part of his life. His home and studio on the Hoback Rim in Western Wyoming offer direct access to his favorite subjects; vast landscapes, sprawling cattle ranches, and the back country with its abundant wildlife and natural, unspoiled beauty. Tucker notes, "I just recently returned with some friends from a week long horse pack trip into the Wind River Mountains where we painted, photographed and explored. I believe it is necessary to experience nature first hand in order to be able to convey it to someone else through a painting". He adds, "When doing an animal painting, my first consideration is the setting. It is the particular environment that made the animal. The relationship between the two is of great interest to me". Education B.S. Mathematics, University of Wyoming Selected Exhibitions National Museum of Wildlife Art, Western Visions, Jackson, WY, 1987-2014 Autry National Center, Masters of the American West, Los Angeles, CA, 1999-2014 National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK, 1979-2013 Selected Press Art of the West, June, 2006 Western Art Collector Wildlife Art Southwest Art Arts & Antiques Art Talk Selected Publications. The Paintings of Tucker Smith: A Celebration of Nature, John A. Murray & William G. Kerr, Graphics Arts Center Publishing, Portland, OR, June 2004 Leading the West, One Hundred Contemporary Painters & Sculptors, Donald J. Hagerty, 1997 Patrons Without Peer: The McCloy Collection, Tom Davis, Forward by Bob Kuhn, 2009 Scholarships, Awards & Honors Autry National Center, Masters of the American West, John J. Geraghty Award, Los Angeles, CA, 2013 Autry National Center, Masters of the American West, Bob Kuhn Memorial Wildlife Award, Los Angeles, CA, 2010, 2012 Autry National Center, Masters of the American West, Trustee's Purchase Award, Los Angeles, CA, 2009 Autry National Center, Masters of the American West, Bob Kuhn Memorial Wildlife Award, Los Angeles, CA, 2009 Wyoming Arts Council, Governor's Art Award, 2008 Autry National Center, Masters of the American West, Trustee's Purchase Award, Los Angeles, CA, 2007 Autry National Center, Masters of the American West, Bohlin Achievement Award, Los Angeles, CA, 2007 Autry National Center, Masters of the American West, Trustee's Purchase Award, Los Angeles, CA, 2000 Autry National Center, Masters of the American West, Thomas Moran Memorial Award, Los Angeles, CA, 1999 National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Robert Lougheed Award, Oklahoma City, OK 1996 National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Prix De West Purchase Award, Oklahoma City, OK, 1990 Selected Public Collections Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK Montana State Historical Museum, Helena, MT Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO In 2018 his work titled Mammoth Glacier was sold for $48,000 at the annual Prix De West fixed price auction at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. The Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming recently purchased The Boys of Summer for their permanent collection.
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