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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
of the west. 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.
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