American Art Invitational

Walt Gonske

BORN
1942, Newark, New Jersey

EDUCATION
Frank Reilly School of Art, New York

SELECTED AFFILIATIONS
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum

SELECTED 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 - John and Mary Lee Stacey Grants Manager
1975 - Bronze Medal, 3rd Place Drawing, National Academy of Western Art, Oklahoma City, OK

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2004-2002 - Salon d'Arts - Denver, CO
2003 - Forbes Trinchera Ranch, Invitation and Exhibition, Southern Colorado

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
The Art of Ann Templeton: A Step Beyond, 2005
American Artist, January 2003
Wildlife Art, Nov-Dec 2002
Art of the West, Jan-Feb 2002
Southwest Art, February 2002
Art of the West, May-Jun 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

REPRESENTED BY
Gallery 1261, Denver CO
Claggett-Rey Gallery, Vail, CO
Fritzler Fine Art, Mesa, CO
Gonske Gallery & Studio, Taos, NM
Nedra Matteucci Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
Morris-Whiteside Galleries, Hilton Head Island, SC


"Fall at Upper San Ysidro"
16" x 20" ~ Oil
$6,000.00
Walt Gonske

"San Luis, Colorado"
18" x 30" ~ Oil
$8,500.00
Walt Gonske

"Sunflowers with Samovar"
32" x 38" ~ Oil
$16,000.00
Walt Gonske


EDWARD ALDRICH, CAROLYN ANDERSON, JOHN ASARO, GERALD BALCIAR, DEBORAH BAYS, NANCY BUSH, GEORGE CARLSON, CHAPEL, NICHOLAS COLEMAN, MARK DAILY, ROBERT DAUGHTERS, BARRY EISENACH, KIM ENGLISH, WALT GONSKE, GLENNA GOODACRE, DANIEL GREENE, RON HICKS, QUANG HO, RAMON KELLEY, RAYMOND L. KNAUB, MILT KOBAYASHI, JEREMY LIPKING, GEORGE LUNDEEN, MARK LUNDEEN, KIM MACKEY, DAN MCCAW, HERB MIGNERY, DEAN MITCHELL, JAY MOORE, CW MUNDY, DESMOND O’HAGAN, WILLIAM REESE, LAURA ROBB, SHERRY SALARI SANDER, WAYNE SALGE, BURTON SILVERMAN, TIM SOLLIDAY, BILL STARKE, RICK STONER, NANCY SWITZER, MARK THOMPSON, SHIRLEY THOMSON-SMITH, MICHELLE TORREZ, DEE TOSCANO, KENT ULLBERG, LANI VLAANDEREN, KEVIN WECKBACH, JIE WEI ZHOU