Coors Western Art

Home to the West

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The Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale is a premier annual event and gallery exhibition held in conjunction with the National Western Stock Show, a renowned nonprofit organization in Denver, Colorado.

Every January, this highly anticipated exhibition showcases one of the nation’s most impressive collections of contemporary Western art. From traditional to contemporary, the exhibit celebrates a diverse array of styles and mediums, spotlighting both celebrated masters and rising stars in the Western art world. It’s a must-see event for art enthusiasts and collectors alike.

2026 Call for Artists is Now Closed

Thank you to all who took the time to apply!

Gordon Brown

Morning River

Size: 22 x 23 inches
Frame Size: 26 x 28 inches
Medium: Oil on Linen

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J. Ken Spencer

Holstein Heaven

Size: 30 x 48 inches
Frame Size: 38 x 56 inches
Medium: Oil on Linen

Jennifer Johnson

Apres-Ski

Size: 9 x 12 inches
Medium: Oil on Canvas

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Artist

Duke Beardsley

MEET YOUR 2025 FEATURED ARTIST!

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A fifth generation Coloradan, Duke Beardsley has been drawing and painting the American West for as long as he can remember. Formally trained at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Duke now works and lives with his family in Denver.

His work has been featured in Art of the West Magazine, Southwest Art Magazine, Western Art Collector, American Cowboy Magazine, Cowboys & Indians, Western Horseman, The Denver Post, Robb Report, Equestrian Magazine and Western Art & Architecture among others.

Duke will be the featured artist at the 2025 Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale.

Duke’s work was selected for Out West; The Great American Landscape, a groundbreaking traveling exhibition of Contemporary American Western Art that delighted audiences in museums across China.

Duke’s many awards and recognitions includes being the selected artist for the Colorado Governor’s Art Award, Artist of The Year as elected by the Foothills Art Center in Golden Colorado, recipient of the William Weiss Purchase Award at the Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale in Cody, WY and he was selected to paint the 2013 Calgary Stampede commemorative poster.

His work has been featured in numerous regional and national exhibitions including the Masters of the American West Exhibition at the Autry Museum of the American West, the Booth Museum of Western Art, the A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art, the Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale, the Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale, and The Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show.

Duke’s work is included in many notable private and public collections worldwide including the Denver Art Museum, the Booth Museum of Western Art, the Whitney Collection of Western American Art and the Forbes Collection.

When he’s not in the studio Duke can either be found horseback on some of the great ranches of the American West or, with a little luck, stalking trout with a fly rod.

He is represented by Altamira Fine Art, Jackson, WY and Scottsdale, AZ.

Brush Creek Suite

22 x 22 inches

Jack Straw

68 x 42 inches

Nighthawks

50 x 50 inches

The Searchers

62x50

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