Jerry West

Jerry West (b. 1933) was raised in Santa Fe and educated at Colorado State University, the University of New Mexico, and New Mexico Highlands University. For many years, he did artist-in-resident programs in schools, youth diagnostic centers, prisons, senior centers. During the course of his career he has also designed and built - often in adobe - custom houses in the Santa Fe area. He was a visiting teacher in painting and printmaking at University of New Mexico and at University of California at Santa Cruz.

West has been exhibited widely. His work is in the collections of The Pepsi Co., Inc., New York; the Cleveland Museum of Art; the New Mexico Art Museum in Santa Fe; The Albuquerque Museum of Art; the New Mexico State Capitol permanent collection; The Tia Collection, and The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal.

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Flight Over Roswell, 2016, oil on canvas,
78 x 48 in.

Homeplace,  1983,  oil on canvas,  180 x 96 in.

Homeplace, 1983, oil on canvas,
96 x 180 in.

Storm Cellar, Nuclear Family, 1989, oil on linen, adobe frame,
96 x 52 in.

Prairie Scarecrow , 1989,  oil on linen,  96 x 52 in.

Prairie Scarecrow, 1989, oil on linen, adobe frame,
96 x 52 in.

Jerry West, A Huddle of Badgers , 2007,  oil on canvas, 33 x 32 in.

A Huddle of Badgers, 2007, oil on canvas
33 x 32 in.

Storm Fear, Tornado, and the One Lone Goat , 2012,  oil on linen , 40 x 32 in.

Storm Fear, Tornado, and the One Lone Goat, 2012, oil on linen
40 x 32 in.

Three Ravens , 2019,  oil on canvas , 40 x 36 in.

Three Ravens, 2019, oil on canvas
40 x 36 in.

Cosmic Emergence, Egg Over Galisteo Basin 2009 oil on canvas 48 x 48 in.

Cosmic Emergence, Egg Over Galisteo Basin, 2009, oil on canvas
48 x 48 in.

Jerry West, Lifting the Obelisk to Find the Treasure,  2008 , oil on canvas,  48 x 32 in.

Lifting the Obelisk to Find the Treasure, 2008, oil on canvas
48 x 32 in.

Jerry West, An Early Winter Cremation,  2021,  oil on canvas , 28 x 24 in.

An Early Winter Cremation, 2021, oil on canvas
28 x 24 in.

Jerry West, Snowbound with Uncle Gene Bringing Supplies,  2021,  oil on canvas , 26 x 22 in.

Snow Bound with Uncle Gene Bringing Supplies, 2021, oil on canvas
26 x 22 in.

The Return of the Nuclear Warrior, 1988 oil on canvas 86x52 in.

The Return of the Nuclear Warrior, 1988, oil on canvas
86 x 52 in.

The Latest in Tea Shops, 1981, acrylic on paper
24 x 36 in.

Tree in Red , 2006,  acrylic on paper,  30 x 24 in. (framed)

Tree in Red, 2006, acrylic on paper
30 x 24 in. (framed)

Puyé Flight of Swallows 1977 three plate copper etching 15 x 11 in.

Puyé Flight of Swallows, 1977, three plate copper etching
15 x 11 in.

Puyé Exodus, 1977, three plate copper etching
23.5 x 18 in.

Little Joe 1975 copper plate etching  13 in. diameter

Little Joe, 1975, copper plate etching
13 in. diameter

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