Jim Wilcox, Wind River High, oil on canvas, 9x12, $2,600

Jim Wilcox

A full-time professional artist since 1969, Jim Wilcox has always strived to perfect the use of light and color in his work, earning him high praise from art aficionados and critics alike. His majestic oil landscapes have earned him numerous honors and awards, including his recent selection as one of four 2001 Gilcrease Rendezvous featured artists. He was given the Grand Prize of $50,000 in the Arts for the Parks Competition in 1994. A member of the National Academy of Western Art, Wilcox won the 1987 Prix de West Award, as well as that show's Remington Award in both 2002 and 2007, and earned the Northwest Rendezvous Group's Jurors' Choice Award in 1986 and 1989.