Don Brown - Oil painter of the Western and Wildlife scene.  Having lived in the Northwest and Southwest, Don has been exposed to many different forms of Native American art and culture.  He has shown in galleries throughout the western states.    Among other awards, in '94 Don won Best of Show - Beaux Arts Juried Art Show, and Best of Show (Wildlife) at the Trails West Art Show.  In 1996 and 1998 Don participated as a Quick Draw artist in the C.M. Russell Art Auction, and in 1997 was selected for the Oil Painters of America National Exhibition in Taos, New Mexico.  In 1998, Don won Best of  Show in Oil at the Ellensburg National Western Art Show.

 

            Shows and Awards

            Best of Show – Beaux Arts Juried Art Show, 1994

            Best of Show for Wildlife – Trails West Art Show, 1994

            Participant in the Great Western Art Show, Salem, OR, 1994

            Invited to submit to the Art Auction on Lake Cour d’ Alene, 1994

            Participant in Toppenish Western Art Show, 1994-95

            Participant in Art Exposition at Bend, OR, 1994

            Participant in Celebration of Western Art, Olympia, WA, 1994-Present

            Participant in Trails West Art Show, Vancouver, WA, 1994-96

            One Man Show at Many Visions Art Gallery, Cle Elum, WA 1994

            Participating artist and member of Western Art Association, Ellensburg, WA, 1995-2001

            Participant at David Manuel Museum of Art, Joseph, OR, 1995-1996

            Participant and/or Quick Draw artist, C.M. Russell Auction, Great Falls, MT 1996-2000

            Participant and Quick Draw, Phippen Western Art Show, Prescott, AZ 1996

            Selected participant for C.M. Russell Benefit, Great Falls, MT, 1997-Present

            Selected participant for Phippen Museum Benefit, Prescott, AZ, 1997-Present

            Selected to show at Oil Painters of America Exhibition, Taos, NM 1997

            Best of Show-Oil, National Western Art Show, Ellensburg, WA, 1998

            Accepted to Western Spirit Art Show, Cheyenne, WY, 1997-Present

            “Mural in a Day” artist, Toppenish, WA 1999-Present

            The “John Clymer Award” National Western Art Show, Ellensburg, WA 2001

            Bosque Conservatory Art Exhibition, TX, 2002

            Best of Show-Oil, Celebration of Western Art, Puyallup, WA, 2004

 

            Current Galleries:

             Old Hotel Gallery – Othello, WA

            Deselms Fine Art, Cheyenne, WY