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Upcoming and Current Events

Banks of the Firehole 11" x 14", Pastel

December Holiday Miniatures Show at Mountain Trails Gallery in Jackson, Wyoming. December 1 through 24. Reception Dec. 17, 4:00-7:00 p.m. Several of Gary's pieces are included in the show. The gallery holds some of the work he produced this past summer in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Mountain Trails is located on the northeast corner of the main square in the heart of Jackson.

Recent Work by Gary Huber and other distinguished gallery artists is exhibited in an ongoing basis at the desChamps Gallery in Lambertville, New Jersey. Gallery hours are 11:00-5:00 Wed.-Fri., 11:00-6:00 Sat.-Sun. The gallery has some of Gary's most outstanding recent eastern U.S. work including Holding on to Some Color, Huber's Brook and Ifert's Cornfield.

Ifert's Cornfield 16" x 12", Pastel

Huber's Brook 16" x 20", Pastel

Mile High National Exhibition at the Longmont Museum and Cultural Center, Longmont, Colorado. August 8 through September 27, 2009. Sponsored by Pastel Society of Colorado, the Mile High National is a premier national pastel exhibition attracting entries from across the country. From about 260 entries, juror Susan Ogilvie selected Huber's Brook to be one of 60 show pieces. The subject of the painting is a small stream on the land where Gary grew up. It's one of his favorite places and the joyful expression you can feel in the painting is truly heartfelt. For more information Longmont Museum and Cultural Center (303) 776-6050.

Wind River Valley Artists' Guild, 60th National Art Show and Sale at the Headwaters Arts Center in Dubois, Wyoming. July 18-July 28, 2009. This was a nice show as it always is. Gary had two pieces in the show including Castle Geyser (right) which was sold at the show. Brooks Lake Road which you can see on the Recent Work page, won First Place in the professional pastel category and also the Popular Award! This is the second first place win for Gary at this show. Other upcoming events include Heart of the West in Lander, WY this October and the Richard Schmid Art Auction in September. Gary will be painting in the gallery and demonstrating his pastel technique at Mountain Trails Gallery in Cody during the Buffalo Bill Art Show on September 24, 25 & 26. Come by and watch him work or get your burning questions answered. Opening September 12 is Special Friends of the BBM&M: Fall Show of the Bradford Brinton Memorial and Museum. Gary has two paintings in this show and both are new works never before shown in public. You'll have to come to the show to see them: I won't ruin the anticipation by telling you which ones, but if you can't get to the show in person I'll email you the images. The paintings can be acquired through the BBM&M which is a very worthy non-profit organization that gives strong support to the kind of landscape art Gary paints. If you are in the area, the catered reception is from 2-5 p.m. on the 12th. The show runs until October 10th. Open hours are from 10:30-4 Tues-Sat.

Castle Geyser 24" x 16", Pastel, Sold

Flowery Meadow 12" x 16", Pastel

Wyoming Plein Air in Cheyenne, Wyoming. July 31 through August 15. Final quick draw and auction Saturday, August 15. Artists from all over the west compete in competitions and two live auctions. Painting can be done anywhere in Wyoming for the two weeks preceding the judging. Look for Gary painting in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks during the first week of the event and in Cheyenne the last three days. For more information Link Gallery (307) 778-0330.

Northeast National Pastel Exhibition at the Arts Center in Old Forge, New York. June 13-July 12. Opening reception and preview June 12, 5:00-7:00 pm. This fall, the painting, Holding on to Some Color will be part of the Northeast National traveling exhibit. It will be on display in Saratoga Springs, NY in Feast Gallery for the month of September. Opening reception is Saturday, September 5.

Holding on to Some Color 16" x 20", Pastel

In the News

Winter Morning Barns 24" x 18", Pastel

Best of Show! That's what judge Duane Wakeham said about Gary's painting Winter Morning Barns. He received this auspicious award in the Mile High National Exhibition and Sale sponsored by Pastel Society of Colorado. This year the show is at the very elegant Sangre de Cristo Arts Center in Pueblo, Colorado, August 17 - October 24, 2008. Gary went to Pueblo for the awards ceremony. He said that Pueblo appears to be transforming itself from a soot-blackened steel mill town to an open, clean, welcoming hub of artistic activity. The Arts Center complex is one of the nicest he's seen. The show itself was hung beautifully with many stunning pieces of pastel art.

It was a busy summer. Gary has been to Dubois and Cody for shows, taking second place in the Professional Pastel divisions of both shows. In Dubois the award is for a new piece entitled A Bend in the Wind, shown on the right, which also garnered the Popular Award. Gary won the Popular Award last year as well. In Cody it was for Long Lake, a lake in the Beartooth Mountain Range. Gary has been to the Tetons twice this summer gathering new material. The latest trip was with flowers bedecking the meadows and some of last year's abundant snow still festooning the rugged peaks. He has created a new body of work from the trip. The earlier trip in May resulted in the paintings recently displayed in Dubois and also at his feature show in Cody at the Cody Country Art League from July 31 through August 15. Almost overlooked in the flurry of activity for July was recognition by the Paint the Parks organization for two of Gary's paintings. Ascent to Angels Landing received Top 200 designation and Rock Garden on the Rim was selected for the Top Mini 100. And one more July honor was Gary's election to full Signature Membership status in the Pastel Society of Colorado. Signature status is granted to members who have shown superior capability in the pastel medium through acceptance and awards in national juried shows. The letters PSC after the artist's name are indicative of this status.

A Bend in the Wind 14" x 18", Pastel, Sold Towards Teewinot 20" x 24", Pastel

Duck Creek Meanders 24" x 18", Pastel, Sold

Gary was the featured artist at Deerfield Gallery in his home town of Buffalo, Wyoming throughout June. He had recent work from the Bighorns on exhibit. The opening reception was well attended by the well-heeled of Buffalo. Two paintings sold at the opening and two more later. In June Gary's painting Long Lake won 2nd in Professional Pastel at the Cody Country Art League's prestigious annual members' show. In Loveland, Colorado Gary was one of the featured artists in the Pastel Extravaganza show sponsored by the Pastel Society of the Northern Rockies.

The Western Spirit Art Show & Sale at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum was a great success. Gary had three paintings on exhibit. His miniature piece, The Eddy, was sold on opening night within minutes of the show's opening. The big thrill for Gary was winning the Best of Show in Pastel for his piece Torrey Creek Bluff. The judges said they awarded the prize to that painting but in fact all three of Gary's works showed the same strength and it was a difficult task to choose between them. Also on exhibit were June Snowbank and Long Lake.

Torrey Creek Bluff 14" x 18", Pastel

Points of Light: Taggart Lake 18" x 24", Pastel, Sold

Gary is a featured artist in the fall 2007 issue of Peaks and Plains magazine, the in-flight magazine of Great Lakes Airlines. The five page article briefly recaps the artist's influences and philosophy but is mostly about the paintings: Six recent works are shown in large format and glorious color. Great Lakes' main hub is in Denver, Colorado and has flights to many exotic destinations including Sheridan, Wyoming. Hopefully the article will bring some new people into Foothills Gallery. Click here for a look at the article and please be patient, it may take bit of time to download.

Last year's Wind River Valley Artists' Guild show, the 58th annual, was a big success for Gary. It was his first time to enter the show and he walked away with the first place award in the professional pastel division as well as a "popular award" in the same division.

His piece Torrey Creek Meadow must have impressed the juror, Scott Yablonski of Denver, Colorado, beyond the measure of the painting's small 9 x 12 inch size. Scott told Gary at the reception that he liked the composition. He thought the foreground white water was interesting and the overall handling of the stream was especially good. The painting's location near Dubois, site of the show, may account in part for the crowd of people around the painting all evening. Gary met some of the folks that live on the ranches in the Torrey Creek valley and they said they immediately recognized the spot. The painting ended up with a sold sticker on it by the end of the show.

Torrey Creak Meadow 9" x 12", Pastel, Sold

Converging Currents 20" x 16", Pastel

A delayed highlight of the show was winning the popular award for the painting Converging Currents. One of the larger paintings in the pastel division, it is another stream subject, this time in the Bighorn Mountains close to Gary's home. The "popular award" is determined by votes of the people who visit the show over about a ten day period so the award winners aren't known until the end of the show. Gary is happy to be recognized for the water paintings since that subject is one of his favorites to paint.