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Grant Redden lives and paints in southwestern Wyoming in the
rural community of Hilliard with his wife and family. With no
formal art training, he has studied under the tutelage of
several master artists in today’s art world: Mark Daily, Jim
Norton, Walt Gonske, Gerald Fritzler, and Gerald Merfeld. He has
also immersed himself in the study of deceased artists and draws
much inspiration from the works of Sargent, Sorolla, Fechin, and
many of the American Impressionists such as Twachtman, Metcalf,
and Weir.
Grant’s subject matter varies from landscapes to western themes
to still life. Growing up working sheep and cattle on his
father’s ranch, Grant is familiar with the horse and rural life
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Working in oil, watercolor, and occasionally in pastel, he has
developed a sensitivity and style all his own but the influence
of his mentors is felt in the broad range of textures in his
paintings and colors on his pallet. In addition to depicting
traditional western life and landscapes, Grant has traveled
abroad to Italy, Mexico, Ireland, and Brittany.
Grant has participated in gallery group shows and annual shows
by Settlerswest Gallery, the Charles Russell Museum, the Salon d
Arts “le jeune” Show in 2005 and 2006, and the Coors Western Art
Show in 2005 and 2006, in Denver, Colorado. He participated as a
guest artist in 2000 with the Northwest Rendezvous Artist Group
of Helena, Montana, and has been invited to show, as a guest
artist, again in 2007. Grant has participated in the annual
Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale in Cody, Wyoming for the past six
years. He was awarded an Artists Choice Award in that show in
2006. Grant was included in the first Rising Stars show in
Wickenburg, Arizona in 2000. |
