WALT GONSKE
BORN
1942, Newark, NJ
EDUCATION
Frank Reilly School of Art, New York
AFFILIATIONS
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
AWARDS & HONORS
1989 Gold Medal, 1st Place in Oil, National Academy of Western Art,
Oklahoma City, OK
1983 Silver Medal, 2nd Place in Oil, National Academy of Western Art,
Oklahoma City, OK
1976 $2500 John and Mary Lee Stacey Grants Manager 1975 Bronze Medal, 3rd Place Drawing, National Academy of Western Art, Oklahoma City, OK
1973 First Place and Honorable Mention, Southwestern Watercolor Society
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Dunnegan Collection, Bolivar, MO
The Eiteljorg Collection, Indianapolis, IN
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
The Wm. And Joffa Kerr Collection, Oklahoma City, OK
The Morton and Donna Fleischer Collection, Scottsdale, AZ
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
American Artist, January 2003
Wildlife Art, November/December 2002
Art of the West, January/February 2002
Southwest Art, February 2002
Art of the West, May/June 1996
Modern Oil Impressionists, Ron Ranson, David and Charles, 1992
Masterworks of Impressionism, Arlene Doran Kirkpatrick, 1985
Southwest Art, 1985
Contemporary Western Artists, Peggy and Howard Samuels, 1982
Treasures of the American West, Harrison Eiteljorg, 1981
40 Watercolorists and how they work, Watson Guptill, Susan Meyers, 1976
Watercolor Page, American Artist, December 1973
REPRESENTED BY
Nedra Matteucci Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
Morris Whiteside Gallery, Hilton Head Island, SC
Trailside Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ
Nicholas Fine Art, Billings, MT
Gonske Gallery & Studio, Taos, NM
Carmona - Spain
Walt Gonske
12" x 16" Oil on Canvas
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I'm finding it more important to convey something about myself in the work, and have it not all be about subject matter. And I try to express that through the paint itself. Each loaded brush stroke is a impulse recording my passion for the landscape."
"This past June I hooked up with a Kevin and Wanda McPherson painting workshop to Spain. Home base was in Sevilla, and every morning we would travel by bus to a different location to work. The village of Carmona was terrific. Stark whitewashed buildings all up and down the hilly terrain, with exciting compositions everywhere.
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