Resilience

“Many consider the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River the ultimate challenge for landscape artists. They must know how to create the illusion of depth with geometric and aerial perspective and replicate the fine details and colors of the geology. Walters has accomplished all of this consistently and to the highest standard, which is why he is recognized for his unique mastery of the subject and is considered the premier Grand Canyon artist.” – Christine Mollring, author and international art consultant
“This book needs a warning label: Expect to shed tears as you read this powerful account of a young man’s journey from an awkward youth to a passionate landscape painter.… Curt belongs to Grand Canyon. His heart and soul are in it and that is why he paints it so beautifully. He leaves nothing back in his work; the eternal spirit of nature is alive in all his paintings.” – Katrina Rogers, Ph.D. — public speaker, scholar, conservationist

dDamian Foreman is Curt Walters’ grandson and follows in the family’s artistic traditions. First published at age twelve, he won two scholarships for acting and studied theater at Northern Arizona University. Today, he is known as a musician, an author of fiction, and co-owner of a boutique publishing business. His short fiction was collected in Portraits in Bloodlines (with Rycke Foreman in 2018), and his novel, The Circus: An American Fantasy, debuted in 2023. He lives in Arizona with his wife.

Curt Walters is the subject of his new book spanning his art career and personal history. Since his career began in earnest at age 19, Walters has received fifty-five awards for excellence in oil painting. Curt Walters is a well-known participant in many western invitational museum shows, and seventeen museums hold Walters’ art in their collections. Three major museums have held retrospective exhibitions of his paintings: the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa; the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis; and the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff. Several of his paintings are featured in the Erivan and Helga Haub Family Western Art Collection at the Tacoma Art Museum.

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