Gerry Metz, Evening Fires, oil, 8X10, $1,650

Gerry Metz

Gerry Metz has traveled and painted the West for over 35 years, dividing his time between Arizona and Jackson Hole. He has created numerous paintings and sculptures depicting the history of fur trappers, Indians, ranch life, and the rugged beauty of the Rocky Mountains. For the past four-and-a-half years, he has traveled the Lewis and Clark route to gather information, sketch, photograph and study their journey at the same time of the year they passed through the area. He is producing paintings and sculptures of their historic, difficult journey for a tabletop book. Gerry's paintings have won numerous awards and are in prominent collections around the world.