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National Academy of Western Arts Winners 1973-1994

Prix de West Purchase Award
[Chosen by the Museum for its Permanent Art Collection]
1973	Clark Hulings	Grand Canyon, Kaibab Trail	Oil
1974	Tom Lovell	The Wolfmen	Oil
1975	George Carlson	Courtship Flight	Bronze
1976	John Clymer	Out of the Silence	Oil
1977	Richard V. Greeves	In the Land of the Water People	Bronze
1978	Bettina Steinke	Father and Daughter at the Crow Fair	Oil
1979	Morris Rippel	Bluebirds	Egg tempera
1980	Hollis Williford	The Snake Priest	Bronze
1981	Howard Terpning	Moving Day on the Flathead	Oil
1982	Wayne Wolfe	Antlers in the Aspen	Oil
1983	Lowell Ellsworth Smith	Church Facade-Plaza del Oriente	Watercolor
1984	Wilson Hurley	Los Alamos Country	Oil
1985	Gerald Balciar	River Companions	Marble
1986	Tom Lovell	Target Practice	Oil
1987	Jim Wilcox	Three Last Minutes of Glory	Oil
1988	Hollis Williford	Welcome Sundown	Bronze
1989	William Acheff	Flapjacks	Oil
1990	Tucker Smith	The Return of Summer	Oil
1991	Bob Kuhn	The Lair of the Cat	Acrylic
1992	James E. Reynolds	Arizona Cowboys	Oil
1993	Allan C. Houser	Smoke Signal	Bronze
1994	Grant Speed	Ridin' A Rank One	Bronze

Frederic Remington Award
[for Exceptional Artistic Merit]
1990	Clyde Aspevig	End of September	Oil
1991	James Kramer	San Xavier	Watercolor
1992	Howard Terpning	Against the Cold Maker	Oil
1993	Bill Owen	Brush Hands Waitin' for Daylight	Oil
1994	James E. Reynolds	Apaches	Oil

Robert Lougheed Memorial Award
[for Best Display of Three or More Works]
1988	Cyrus Afsary
1989	George Carlson
1990	Harley Brown
1991	William F. Reese
1992	Tom Lovell
1993	Clyde Aspevig
1994	Jim Morgan

Nona Jean Hulsey Buyer's Choice Award
[for Most Popular Work of Art]
1990	Gerald Balciar	Sun Stretch	Sculpture
1991	David A. Leffel	Scherzo of Orange with Mexican Ceramic	Oil
1992	James E. Reynolds	Arizona Cowboys	Oil
1993	Daniel F. Gerhartz	Coffee	Oil
1994	Daniel F. Gerhartz	Jennifer	Oil

Gold Medal Award
[presented to Artists in Selected Media]
1973	Edward J. Fraughton	Where Trails End	Sculpture
1973	Robert E. Lougheed	On the Edge of the Sangre de Cristos	Oil
1973	R. Brownell McGrew	Head Study of a Young Navajo	Drawing
1973	Donald Teague	Appointment in Town	Watercolor

1974	George Carlson	The Eagle Catcher	Sculpture
1974	John Clymer	Sacajawea	Oil
1974	Robert E. Lougheed	March Snow in Elk Country	Watercolor
1974	R. Brownell McGrew	Tsinnajinnie Yazzie	Drawing

1975	Edward J. Fraughton	The Last Farewell	Sculpture
1975	Clark Hulings	Washday	Oil
1975	Tom Ryan	Country Kitchen	Drawing
1975	Ray Swanson	Navajo Goat Lady	Watercolor

1976	Richard V. Greeves	The Story Teller	Sculpture
1976	Tom Lovell	Time of Cold-Maker	Oil
1976	Morris Rippel	Barn-Algadones	Watercolor

1977	Harley Brown	Left Hand, Blackfoot	Drawing
1977	Edward J. Fraughton	Anasazi	Sculpture
1977	Wilson Hurley	Winter Sunset, de Chelly	Oil
1977	Morris Rippel	Plaza del Oriente	Watercolor

1978	George Carlson	Of One Heart	Sculpture
1978	Morris Rippel	Dos Companeros	Watercolor
1978	Wilson Hurley	Moran Point, Grand Canyon	Oil

1979	Richard V. Greeves	Calling the Spirits	Sculpture
1979	Bob Kuhn	Nothing But Time	Oil
1979	Morris Rippel	Gringo Gulch-Puerto Vallarta	Watercolor

1980	George Carlson	Catalina with Goat	Pastel
1980	Donald Teague	Surprise Attack	Watercolor
1980	Howard Terpning	Stones That Speak	Oil
1980	Hollis Williford	The Snake Priest	Sculpture

1981	David A. Leffel	Self Portrait at the Easel	Oil
1981	Paul Strisik	Mountain Kingdom	Watercolor
1981	Kent Ullberg	Eagle Rock	Sculpture

1982	Sergei Bongart	Spring Evening	Oil
1982	Lowell Ellsworth Smith	Easter Pilgrimage, Antotonilco	Watercolor
1982	Kent Ullberg	Great Blue Herons	Sculpture

1983	Tom Lovell	Captain Murie's Pawnees	Oil
1983	Sherry Salari Sander	Cougar	Sculpture
1983	Lowell Ellsworth Smith	Church Facade-Plaza del Oriente	Watercolor

1984	Dennis P. Anderson	Fishing Tackle	Sculpture
1984	Wilson Hurley	Los Alamos Country	Oil
1984	Bettina Steinke	Navajo Shepherd	Drawing
1984	Paul Strisik	November Moonrise	Watercolor

1985	Gerald Balcair	River Companions	Sculpture
1985	George Carlson	Tarahumara Mother	Drawing
1985	Tom Hill	Early Morning Light	Watercolor
1985	Bob Kuhn	A Spot of Sun	Acrylic

1986	VaLoy Eaton	Young Cottonwoods	Oil
1986	Morris Rippel	The Mill Gate	Watercolor
1986	Hollis Williford	Hungry River	Drawing
1986	Hollis Williford	River Wolf	Sculpture

1987	Cyrus Afsary	Winter Solace	Oil
1987	Harley Brown	Crow Princess	Drawing
1987	Edward J. Fraughton	One Nation	Sculpture
1987	Thomas W. Jones	The Old Ones	Watercolor

1988	Tom Lovell	Four Times to the Sun	Drawing
1988	James E. Reynolds	Actin' Up	Oil
1988	Lowell Ellsworth Smith	Plaza de la Constitucion	Watercolor
1988	Kent Ullberg	Double-Header Monument	Sculpture

1989	James Boren	Early Times in Guthrie, OK	Watercolor
1989	Harley Brown	Old Weasel	Drawing
1989	George Carlson	Hopi Girls	Sculpture
1989	Walt Gonske	Lower Hondo Valley	Oil

1990	Harley Brown	Desert Princess	Watercolor
1990	Chen Chi	Spring Tree	Watercolor
1990	David A. Leffel	Self Portrait in Embroidered Shirt	Oil
1990	Kent Ullberg	Ring of Bright Water II	Sculpture

1991	Gerald Balciar	Feels So Good	Sculpture
1991	Christopher Blossom	Ship 'Alert,' Monterey 1835	Oil
1991	Chen Chi	Winter Trees in Snow	Watercolor
1991	Tom Lovell	Trade Goods-Fort Union	Drawing

1992	Harley Brown	Old Mexico	Drawing
1992	Steve Hanks	Waterlilies in Bloom	Watercolor
1992	James E. Reynolds	Arizona Cowboys	Oil
1992	Sandy Scott	Sovereign Wings	Sulpture

1993	Joseph Bohler	Wash Day in Coyuca, Mexico	Drawing
1993	Michael Coleman	Sun's Last Rays	Watercolor
1993	Edward J. Fraughton	The Candidate	Sculpture
1993	David A. Leffel	Lou	Oil

1994	Clyde Aspevig	Passing Shadows	Oil
1994	Joseph Bohler	La Fiesta de la Noches	Drawing
1994	Steve Kestrel	Monument for the Last Horned Lizard	Sculpture
1994	Thomas Quinn	Gray Motion	Watercolor

Silver Medal Awards
[presented to Artists in Selected Media]
1973	Wilson Hurley	Grand Canyon	Oil
1973	Ned Jacob	Su'tsi Man	Drawing
1973	Robert E. Lougheed	At the Arroyo Hondo Cutoff	Watercolor
1973	Robert M. Scriver	Layin' the Trap	Sculpture

1974	Joseph Bohler	Memories	Watercolor
1974	Clark E. Bronson	Uninvited Guests	Sculpture
1974	Clark Hulings	Woodbearers of Chimayo	Oil
1974	Bettina Steinke	Apache Child	Drawing

1975	Clark E. Bronson	Way of the Eagle	Sculpture
1975	David Halbach	Telling of Great Deeds	Watercolor
1975	R. Brownell McGrew	Old John, a Navajo	Drawing
1975	John Stobart	San Francisco Vallejo Street Wharf in 1863	Oil

1976	George Carlson	Dancers of Norogachie	Sculpture
1976	Bob Kuhn	Wetback	Oil
1976	Robert E. Lougheed	Rest on the Pecos Trail	Watercolor

1977	Clark E. Bronson	Skyward Bound	Sculpture
1977	John Stobart	Start of the Santa Fe Trail	Oil
1977	Donald Teague	Nooning	Watercolor
1977	William Whitaker	Cynthia Ann Parker	Drawing

1978	Richard V. Greeves	Washakie Portrait	Sculpture
1978	Clark Hulings	Montana Winter	Watercolor
1978	Tom Lovell	Invitation to Trade	Oil

1979	John D. Free	Osage Horse Catcher	Sculpture
1979	Clark Hullings	The Kachina Dollmaker	Oil
1979	James Pilatos	Restoration, Ranchos de Taos Church	Watercolor

1980	Kenneth Bunn	Dove Nesting	Sculpture
1980	Doug Dawson	Windermere Gate	Pastel
1980	Tom Hill	Old Wagons at Twilight	Watercolor
1980	Wilson Hurley	Bathed in a Fiery Sunset	Oil

1981	George Carlson	John Harrower, Homesteader	Sculpture
1981	Henry Casselli	Cancan Dancer	Watercolor
1981	Howard Terpning	Moving Day on the Flathead	Oil

1982	Donald Teague	A Foggy Morning Monterey	Watercolor
1982	Hollis Williford	The Man from Yellowknife	Sculpture
1982	Wayne Wolfe	Antlers in the Aspen	Oil

1983	Walt Gonske	On the Rio Hondo	Oil
1983	Donald Teague	Waiting for El Contratista	Watercolor
1983	Hollis Williford	The Osage	Sculpture

1984	VaLoy Eaton	At Sundown	Oil
1984	John D. Free	Race of the Wild Ones	Sculpture
1984	Thomas W. Jones	Time Passes	Watercolor
1984	Tom Lovell	The Image Maker	Drawing

1985	Ramon Kelley	Aztec Market	Oil
1985	Lowell Ellsworth Smith	Miercoles de Ceniza, San Miguel	Watercolor
1985	Bettina Steinke	Taos Blanket	Drawing
1985	Hollis Williford	Chasing Rainbows	Sculpture

1986	Tom Lovell	Corn on the Cartridge Belt	Drawing
1986	William F. Reese	Sunset on Red Mountain	Oil
1986	Morris Rippel	Red Earth	Watercolor
1986	Sherry Salari Sander	Crossing the Divide-1910	Sculpture

1987	Kenneth Bunn	Winter Sparrows	Sculpture
1987	VaLoy Eaton	Sundown-Looking East	Oil
1987	Morris Rippel	The Ristra	Watercolor
1987	Bettina Steinke	Ben (Taos Pueblo)	Drawing

1988	Galust Berberian	Autumn	Oil
1988	James Boren	At the Door of San Jose	Watercolor
1988	George Carlson	The Greeting	Sculpture
1988	Bettina Steinke	Daughter of the Arctic	Drawing

1989	Cyrus Afsary	Tribal Flute	Drawing
1989	Kenneth Bunn	Cougar	Sculpture
1989	James Kramer	Natchez	Watercolor
1989	Tom Lovell	Dry Goods and Molasses	Oil

1990	Gerald Balciar	Sun Stretch	Sculpture
1990	Clyde Aspevig	End of September	Oil
1990	Lowell Ellsworth Smith	The Balcony	Watercolor
1990	Hollis Williford	Wolf Point Singers, Assiniboines	Drawing

1991	Dennis P. Anderson	Harbor Connoisseur	Sculpture
1991	Thomas W. Jones	Just Planted	Watercolor
1991	David A. Leffel	George Carlson and 'Boy With Eagle'	Oil
1991	William F. Reese	The Old Pro	Drawing

1992	Joseph Bohler	Colter Bay	Watercolor
1992	Paul Calle	When Trappers Meet	Drawing
1992	Michael Coleman	Pine Marten and Spruce Grouse	Oil
1992	Edward J. Fraughton	The Taste of Honey	Sculpture

1993	Harley Brown	The Matriarch	Drawing
1993	Floyd Tennison DeWitt	Untamed	Sculpture
1993	Daniel F. Gerhartz	Coffee	Oil
1993	Thomas W. Jones	Snow Fingers	Watercolor

1994	Chen Chi	I Paint-In Snow	Watercolor
1994	William E. Sharer	Iris and Oranges	Oil
1994	William E. Sharer	Vieja Y Iglesia	Drawing
1994	Shirley Thomson-Smith	Rosa	Sculpture

Persimmon Hill Associates Purchase Award
1991	Harley Brown	Black Kettles Dancing	Oil
1993	William Acheff	Good Corn Season	Oil
1994	Bob Kuhn	Summer Cooler	Acrylic

Special Recognition Award
1989	William Acheff	Flapjacks	Oil
1989	Gerald Balciar	Beaver Creek	Sculpture
1989	George Carlson	Blessing the Fields	Drawing
1989	Tom Hill	Ancient Cottonwoods & Empire Cienega Ranch	Watercolor
1989	Thomas W. Jones	Another Winter	Watercolor
1989	Paul Strisik	Sunny Ledges	Oil
1989	Hollis Williford	Blue Heron	Sculpture

Trustee's Gold Medal
1980	Duane Bryers

Award of Merit
1979	William Whitaker	Rachel	Pastel
1980	Bettina Steinke	Taos Elder	Drawing
1982	Glenna Goodacre	Hope	Sculpture

Lifetime Achievement Award
1992	Tom Lovell

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