49th Annual Western Art Show & Sale
This extremely popular annual art event features some of the most outstanding Western artists in America today, all seeking the recognition, pride, and prestige this show provides. But almost as important to the participants as pursuing artistic excellence is the special hometown atmosphere and camaraderie this holiday show and sale provides.
Many western enthusiasts, art collectors, and locals all look forward to this Memorial Day weekend tradition held every year on the beautiful Yavapai County Courthouse Plaza in downtown Prescott, a famous and infamous district that elicits the flavor of the old west and complements the venue with antique shops, saloons, and historic hotels.
So we hope you can join us this year in support of this special presentation of the great Art of the American West and the Phippen Museum.
Saturday & Sunday Booth Hours – 9AM to 5PM | Monday Booth Hours – 9AM to 3PM
Saturday & Sunday Quick Draw Challenge – 2 to 3PM
Saturday & Sunday Live Art Auction – 3:15PM
Sunday Artist Award Ceremony – 11AM
49th Western Art Show & Sale Award Winners 2023
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1st Place Drawing & Best of Show
Lia Bardin Bomar “Nuzzle”
2nd Place Drawing
Steve Atkinson “Sarah”
3rd Place Drawing
Wei Tai “Patrol”
1st Place Oil
Sarah Phippen “Happy Cows”
2nd Place Oil
Steve Atkinson “Wyatt and Doc Play the Palace”
3rd Place Oil
Bill Cramer “Day at Sand Spring
1st Place Acrylic
Valeriy Kagounkin “In Grandpa’s Footseps”
2nd Place Acrylic
Randy Morris “Blooming Garden”
3rd Place Acrylic
Susan Hemm Zivic “Beagle Puppy in a Box
1st Place Sculpture
Cheryl Carlstrom “Out on a Limb”
Sculpture 2nd – Michael Murphy – Big Iron (1)
3rd Place Sculpture
Russell Parker “Cowboy”
1st Place Pastel
Dale Martin “Dry Land”
2nd Place Pastel
Gary Ward “Breaktime”
3rd Place Pastel
Julie Howard “Lost”
1st Place Mixed Media
John Shepard “Skull Valley Tree”
2nd Place Mixed Media
Carl Wolf “On the Range”
1st Place Watercolor
Wei Tai “Warrior”
2nd Place Watercolor
Ian Russell ” Perched For Prey”
3rd Place Watercolor
Steve Atkinson “All in a Row”
2023 Additional Award Recipients
Phippen Foundation Award – Steve Atkinson, “Wyatt & Doc Play the Palace”
Phippen Family Award – Michael Murphy, “Big Iron”
Art of the West Award – Richard Rodriguez, “Blaze”
Montgomery Frames Award – Shyan Ingrao, “True Love”
Western Art Collector Award of Excellence – Lia Bardin Bomar, “Shake it Off”
Southwest Art Award – Don Dean, “Glory”
Peoples Choice Award – Carl Wolf
2023 Western Art Show & Sale Participating Artists
| Steve Atkinson | Scott Ewen | Chul Yong Lee | Kim Seyesnem Obrzut | Danuta Tomzynski |
| Marie Barbera | Marless Fellows | James Lee | Carolyn Parker | Richard Tucker |
| Lia Bardin Bomar | Randy Galloway | Bernie Lopez | Russell Parker | James Tunell |
| Gayle Bone | Al Glann | Tamara Magdalina | Sarah Phippen | V….Vaughan |
| Margarethe Brummermann | Robert Goldman | Alvin Marshall | Rob Richards | Yao Vilaubi |
| Debra Bruner | Ray Goodluck | Dale Martin | Richard Rodriguez | Craig Vilaubi |
| Cheryl Carlstrom | Meg Bassett Goodyear | Stephen McCullough | Cheyenne Rouse | Gary Ward |
| Ans Carnes | Bonnie Griffin | Michael McCullough | Lee Rue | Taylor White |
| Austin Casson | J. Waid Griffin | Darla Jean McFadden | Ian Russell | Daren Wilding |
| Dane Chinnock | Cheryl Harley-Volz | Rhonda Morfin | Jeremy Salazar | Carl Wolf |
| Karen Clarkson | Meg Harper | Randy Morris | Jerry Salazar | Larry Yazzie |
| Bill Cramer | J. Howard | Cathy Sue Munson | John Shepard | Susan Hemm Zivic |
| Don Dean | Shyan Ingrao | Michael Murphy | Diana Simpson | |
| Lydia Dillon-Sutton | Russell Johnson | Bill Nebeker, CA | Eric Slayton | |
| Perri Duncan | Heather Johnson Beary | Virgil J. Nez | Jerry Smyers | |
| Chloé Duncan | Valeriy Kagounkin | Mark Oberkirsch | Wei Tai |
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The Western Art Collector
visits the Phippen Western
Art Show & Sale in 2016.
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