Ezra Tucker Works

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After thirty plus years of illustration and commercial art success, Ezra Tucker embarked on a fine art career, determined to create his own style of artistic beauty in both the portrayal of wildlife and historically, accurate personalities and events.

Ezra is widely admired for his paintings that portray wildlife, notably mammals but also birds as well as historic scenes. Ezra Tucker’s wildlife and historical art is reminiscent of the descriptive and narrative art produced by naturalist like Charles R. Knight and John James Audubon and reflective of many of the illustrators of the Golden Age of Illustration. While done with a nod of the head to the rich style of famous American illustrator Howard Pyle, Ezra’s art is both lyrical and specific at the same time.

The Black Experience in the history of the American West has been untold by the historical record and visibly absent from many of our nation’s museum collections. Ezra Tucker’s historical paintings pictorially tell the stories of people of African descent: cowboys, bronco busters, Pony Express riders, Buffalo Soldiers, Indian scouts and other Americans who shaped the North American frontier.

The art of Classical Wildlife artist like Bob Khun, Carl Rungius, Edwin Landseer, Arthur Wardle and Antoine Bayre has also influenced Ezra’s style. His depictions, like theirs, pulls the viewer into the artwork from curiosity and their desire to be informed. He achieves this with dynamic compositions, unexpected color, lighting, and scale. Ezra’s art gives dignity and presence to each subject that he depicts. His compositions reflect the classical style of design and story telling. His depictions are alive, animated and appear ready to step out of two dimensions into a three dimensional world. It is obvious from his exceptional drawing skills that his art derives from his acute knowledge from study of his subjects and not from a photographers point of view. There is a romantic appeal that he

achieves with his color palette and lighting of his subjects that is familiar, yet innovative. Ezra’s background as a commercial illustrator and designer gives him the experience and almost a scientific knowledge of how to portray an iconic or bold narrative scene or portrait. His use of earth tones and warm light gives his subjects an old masters appeal that brings warmth to any traditional or contemporary setting when his art is displayed. His art is distinctive and reflective of natural history museum collections. Ezra states, “My desire is for my art to be educational, inspirational, entertaining and to evoke an emotional response from the viewer.”

Ezra’s original art is included in the permanent collections of The Booth Western Art Museum, The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art, The Briscoe Western Museum of Art, Anhesher - Busch, Inc., Adolf Coors, Inc., The Pentagon / United States Air Force Art Program and many private and Fortune 500 corporate collections.

Education:

Memphis Academy of Arts / BFA Degree in Advertising Design / Memphis, TN / 1977

Awards:

Briscoe Museum - Night of Artists 2021- Purchase Award
Spirit of the West Award 2020 - Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Finalist 2019 - International ARC Salon Competition in the Animal Category
Finalist 2018 - International ARC Salon Competition in the Animal Category
Finalist 2017 - International ARC Salon Competition in the Animal Category
Featured Artist - February 17th - 19th, 2017 / The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition
Finalist 2016 - International ARC Salon Competition in the Animal

Category
Finalist 2015 - International ARC Salon Competition in the Animal Category
First Place Acrylic 2015 - “Arts in Harmony International Juried Art Show”
First Place Animal Category Award - International ARC Salon 2013 / 2014
Honorable Mention in the Animal Category - International ARC Salon 2013 / 2014
People’s Choice Award 2014 - “Arts in Harmony International Juried Art Show”
Honorable Mention Award 2014 - "America's Parks Through the Beauty of Art II"
Top 50 - "America's Parks Through the Beauty of Art II” - 2014
Top 100 - "America's Parks Through the Beauty of Art II” - 2014 Society of Animal Artist Award 2013 - "America's Parks Through the Beauty of Art I"
Top 50 - "America's Parks Through the Beauty of Art I” - 2013
Top 100 - "America's Parks Through the Beauty of Art I”- 2013
ARC Staff Award - International ARC Salon 2012 / 2013
Best Miniature - Cheyenne, WY / Old West Museum/ Western Spirit Exhibition 2013

Exhibitions:

Tucson Museum of Art / October 14th, 2022 - February 26th, 20223/ Tucson, AZ
National Museum of Wildlife Art / Western Visions / September 15th - October 2, 2022 /Jackson, WY

The Briscoe Western Art Museum / Night of Artists / March - May 2022 / San Antonio, TX
The Briscoe Western Art Museum / Night of Artists / March - May 2021 / San Antonio, TX

Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale / September 18 - 19, 2020 / Cody, WY Montana Masters / March 18-21, 2020 / Great Falls, MT
The Russell / February 20 - March 21, 2020 / Great Falls, MT
The Bosque Arts Center / March 20 - 25, 2020 / Clifton, TX

The Briscoe Western Art Museum / Night of Artists / March 27-May 3, 2020 / San Antonio, TX
The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition / February 13th - 16th, 2020 / Charleston, SC

American Miniatures Show / Settlers West / February 8, 2020 / Tucson, AZ
Trailside Galleries / Wildlife Discovery / February 17-29, 2020 / Jackson, WY

Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale / September 20th - 21st, 2019 / Cody, WY Birds, Flowers, Gardens Show / May 15th - June 30th, 2019 / Lexington, MA
The Collectors Show / March 30th - April 26th, 2019 / Dallas, TX

The Bosque Arts Center / March 24th - 31st, 2019 / Clifton, TX Trailside Galleries Wildlife Show / March 18th - 30th, 2019 / Jackson, WY
The Russell / March 21st - 23rd, 2019 / Great Falls, MT
The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition / February 13th - 17th, 2019 / Charleston, SC
The Mountain Oyster Club Western Art Show / Nov 17th, 2018 - Jan 12th, 2019 / Tucson, AZ
George A. Spiva Center for the Arts / June 30 - August 26, 2018 / Joplin, MO
The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art / June 4th - 29th, 2018 / St. Petersburg, FL
Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum / April 14 - June 3, 2018 / Tucson, AZ
Brookgreen Gardens / January 27 - March 25, 2018 / Murrells Inlet (Myrtle Beach), SC
The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition / February 15th - 18th, 2018 / Charleston, SC
National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium / November 18, 2017 - January 7, 2018 / Dubuque, Iowa
Broadmoor Galleries - Two Man Show / October 19th, 2017 / Colorado Springs, CO
HIram Blauvelt Art Museum / September 2 - October 29, 2017 / Oradell, NJ
Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Art Show / July 20-30,2017 /

Cheyenne, WY
The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition / February 16th - 19th, 2017 / Charleston, SC
The Briscoe Western Art Museum / Night of Artists / 2016 / San Antonio, TX
The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition / February 12th - 14th, 2016, / Charleston, SC
Canton Art Museum / Society of Animal Artist 55th Annual Exhibition / April 23rd - July 17th, 2016 / Canton, OH
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum / Society of Animal Artist 55th Annual Exhibition / January 20th - April 3rd, 2016 / Tucson, AZ
Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum / Society of Animal Artist 55th Annual Exhibition / November 14th, 2015 - January 3, 2016 / Oradell, NJ Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum / December 4th, 2015 - January 31st, 2016 / Logan, KS
Mari Sandoz High Plain Heritage Center / 2016 / Chadron, NE
The Mountain Oyster Club Western Art Show / October 31 - January 9, 2016 /Tucson, AZ
Society of Animal Artist 55th Annual Exhibition / November 14th - January 3rd, 2016 / Jamestown, NY
Trailside Galleries / Summer 2015 / Jackson, WY
Roger Tory Peterson Institute / Society of Animal Artist 55th Annual Exhibition / August 28th - October 25th, 2015 / Jamestown, NY
For the Birds / June 27 - August 2, 2015 / Old Forge, NY
The Bennington Art Museum/Art of the Animal / June 6th - August 2nd, 2015/ Bennington, VT
20th Annual Arts in Harmony 2015 International Show / Feb 2 - March 26, 2015 / Elk River, MN
The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition / February 13th - 15th, 2015 / Charleston, SC
34th Annual Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Art Show and Sale / July 16 - July 26, 2015 / Cheyenne, WY
The The Mountain Oyster Club Western Art Show / November 23, 2014 / Tucson, AZ
The Governor's Invitational Art Show / May 3rd - June 15th, 2015 / Loveland, CO
The Briscoe Western Art Museum / Night of Artists / March 27 - April

26, 2015 / San Antonio, TX
Traveling The West - Southwest Gallery / October 22nd - 24th, 2015 / Dallas, TX
19th Annual Arts in Harmony 2014 International Show / 2014 / Elk River, MN
Western Spirit Art Show and Sale / March 1st - April 13th, 2014, / Cheyenne, WY
33rd Annual Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Art Show / 2014 / Cheyenne, WY
National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic / 2014
America’s Parks II - Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art / 2014 / Bolivar, MO
America's Parks II - The Wildlife Experience / 2014 / Parker, CO America's Parks II - Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum / 2014 / Tucson, AZ
Salon International / April 4th - April 29th, 2014 / San Antonio, TX
Art at the Center / 2014 / Overland Park, KS
Manifest Gallery - KINGDOM / 2014 /Cincinnati, OH
The Wildlife Experience Museum / 2013 / Parker, CO
Safari Club International / 2013 / Reno, NV
Dallas Safari Club / 2013 / Dallas, TX
Cheyenne Old West Museum / 2013
Society of Animal Artists Annual Exhibitions / 2013
America’s Parks Through the beauty of Art Exhibitions I / 2013
The Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum / 2013
Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art / 2013
The Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History / 2013
The Kenosha Public Museum / 2013

Publications:

Art of the West / July/August 2022
Western Art Collector / March 2019
Western Art & Architecture / December 2017 - January 2018 Sporting Classics / September - October 2017
The Post & Courier / February 2017
Southwest Art / February 2017

Fine Art Connoisseur / October 2016
Western Art Collector 103 / March 2016
Western Art Collector / March 2015
American Art Collector / May 2014
Western Art Collector / March 2014
International Artist Magazine / August / September 2013 African Hunting Gazette / Summer 2013

Western Art Collector / September / 2013
American Art Collector / April 2012
Trophy Rooms Around the World #17
Booth Western Art Museum / The Black West / 2008 - 2009 Latitude Magazine / Winter 2007

Associations:

Society of Animal Artist

Museum Collections:

The Briscoe Western Art Museum
The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art

The Booth Western Art Museum
The Pentagon / United States Air Force Art Program Anheuser- Busch, Inc.
Adolf Coors Brewing and Manufacturing Company
The Rossignol Cultural Centre in Liverpool, Nova Scotia

Representation:

Trailside Galleries

Broadmoor Galleries The Red Piano Gallery Gallery 330
Courtney Collins Fine Art Santa Fe Trails Fine Art Mary Martin Gallery

Wild Horse Gallery Plainsmen Gallery