Mountain Trails Galleries is honored to present master impressionistic painter Betty Carr in a one-person exhibition of her latest work.   Betty Carr is known for her confident and energetic brush stroke, full-of-life subject matter, vibrant color pallet, and lyrical passages of light and shadow in her still life and landscape paintings from the West.  This show will emphasize the dramatic movement of light as it sweeps across and strikes her subjects.  Carr favors oil and watercolor in most of her work and teaches painting and drawing in workshops from the coast of Maine to the shores of California.  This exhibition will present the artist’s most compelling work to date.  Exhibition through May 28, 2013.

 Mountain Trails Galleries is proud to present Inspired by Tradition:  The Best of the West which opens with a reception on First Friday, April 5, 2013, from 5-8 pm, at both their Tlaquepaque galleries in beautiful Sedona, Arizona.  The show features more than 30 paintings and sculptures highlighting the cowboy way of life as well as the Native American culture.  Exhibition through April 26, 2013.

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We invite you to meet the Grand Canyon 7 artists in person or online at this spring celebration of new paintings by a group of artists dedicated to painting the majesty and splendor of the Grand Canyon.  All these award-winning artists bring their latest experiences and visions to light in 30 new oil paintings of their beloved Canyon as well as landscapes and figures from the West. 

All these artists have a history of painting at the Grand Canyon, and for the past four years, they have participated in a show each fall at the South Rim.   Their reunion at the event revealed their common fascination, and it was here that they joined together to express their dedication to this geographic wonder.  “It was a mischievous week of rain, lightning, wind and fog, but through it all, some great paintings came together as well as friendships.”

All the GC7 artists bring a personal touch to their paintings of the Grand Canyon:  Amery Bohling’s love of the remote and rugged outdoor terrain,  Bill Cramer’s experience as a rock climber,  Dave A. Santillanes’ eye for the majesty and complexity of the landscape or vista, George Molnar’s ability to capture the life-like essence of his subjects, Joshua Been’s  intriguing technical style, Linda Glover Gooch’s joy of the grandeur and ever-changing moods of the Southwest, and Marcia Molnar’s fascination with expressing the spiritual nature of her favorite subject, all bring to light their experiences and understandings of the Grand Canyon, and it is their intention to share these experiences with all who stop and ponder the majesty and splendor of nature at its finest.

Catch our Sneak Preview of the 30 new paintings that will be available online one week before the opening.  Watch for our link to the Invitation to View the GC7 Show.  Also, be on the lookout for our AD as well as the GC7’s editorial feature in the March 2013 issue of Western Art Collector magazine.

The Grand Canyon 7 exhibition opens with a reception for the artists on First Friday, March 1^st, 2013, from 5-8 pm.   Come enjoy libations and lively conversation with all of these inspiring artists.  Mountain Trails is located in the beautiful Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts Village in Sedona. Exhibition through March 21, 2013.  336 SR 179. A201 & B122, Sedona, Arizona  86336 (800-527-6556)

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