How Steve Boster’s Art Helps Those in Need

by Bob Bahr Painter Steve Boster is lucky. He’s had a successful career in medicine and is comfortably retired, so he doesn’t need art sales to pay the bills. In fact, he’s ready to give back to the world. So Boster donates all the proceeds from his...

The Ultimate Greg Beecham Demo

By Bob Bahr Many SKBers have enjoyed watching Greg Beecham paint at the Dubois workshops, mainly at the Quick Draw event. Some have taken workshops with the artist. One person has received special attention from Beecham for six years. And that person strongly felt...

Mumm Honored With Solo Museum Show at the Hockaday

  By Bob Bahr One of the most gratifying achievements for an artist is to get a solo museum show. For Wanda Mumm, her exhibition now on view at the Hockaday Museum of Art, in Kalispell, Montana, is a “dream fulfilled.” Mumm reports a good turnout for...

Phelps Branches Out

John Phelps is known for his knowledge of the West, in particular the gear of cowboys and Native Americans. He can tell you what saddle, gun, or headdress is appropriate for a given time period, and immediately identify a number of errors in a historical painting....

SKB Spotlight: Valerie Rogers

Many of Valerie Rogers’s paintings seem to follow an arc: Rogers experiences a memorable moment in nature, she sketches or photographs the animal on the spot or later in a similar situation, and then she paints it. Although she sometimes wishes she had her...