Wilkerson Fine Art and Consulting

David W. Jackson was born in 1951 in Ogden, Utah.  Working primarily in watercolors and oils, he is known for his richly colored impressionistic paintings of wildlife and landscape.  He has also created bronze sculptures with western themes.  He lives in Mountain Green, Utah.

Jackson earned a bachelors degree from Weber State University where he studied under Farrell Collett; he later earned a masters of fine arts from Utah State University.  Jackson divided his time between two careers—professional artist and high school teacher—for 27 years.  Since retiring as a teacher in 2000, he has focused his energy on his own art. 

Ferdinand’s Door (1997) was featured in the Springville Museum of Art spring salon.  

Tiffany Stevenson is finishing up her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Weber State University. She has studied under Prix de West wildlife artist Dave Wade, as well as nationally known Dick Heichberger and William Scott Jennings, and plans on learning from more of today's masters.

Artist Statement:

My inspiration for art is nature, whether it is a group of sunlit aspen or and an elegant bull elk standing proudly on a sun drenched ridge. It is my goal to convey to the viewer the beauty and power that I see in the natural world. My goal in depicting wildlife is to depict something of the animals' essence, their individual characteristics. I enjoy the constant learning and growing attained from painting en plein air. It is here that I learn quickest, as I am forced to speedily design interesting compositions, record accurate color and shade notes, and most importantly, to capture the fleeting feeling of that moment.

Hancock received his Bachelors Degree from Weber State University and his Masters Degree in Guidance & Counseling from Brigham Young University. He is a member (Past & Present) Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi & Phi Delta Kappa, a past recipient of Utah Teacher of the Year Award, past Chairman of the Pacific Regional Art Association, and past Chairman of the Weber School Districts "Arts in Action" activities.

As an artist, what captures my attention is the simplicity of everyday instances.  Light falling on snow, the colors and textures of an old building, people engaged in activity or quietly preoccupied, the solitude of a mountain stream or the grandeur of a desert plateau.  Everywhere I go I see a possible work of art.  The joy is being able to create that art and showing others what I experienced at that moment.  I was raised in the beautiful desert and mountain lands of eastern Utah.  From an early age I have had a desire to put on canvas what I have learned from this land.  As an adult I have had the opportunity to live in northern Utah and paint the pastoral valleys and rugged mountain landscapes.  My painting style has developed by trying to capture the freshness of a fleeting moment or a time of day.  If I labor too long capturing the moment it seems to fade away.  I enjoy working alla prima (all at once) or en plein air (out of doors).  If I can say what I want with the stroke of the brush or pastel, that is what I strive for.

Lynn's creative process has been a natural progression.She takes her inspiration from life experience and her surroundings. There is an excitement in the process of her art. From placing the shapes to letting the color combinations become a piece of art.

Travis Crowther was born and raised in rural northern Utah where from the time he was young, he was painting and drawing. Surviving a baseball size eye tumor when he was 2 years old, they did not find out that he was legally blind without glasses until the second grade.  Thus having missed his first year of learning to read, he found acceptance and success in art through his early years.  From there he grew and developed academically and artistically receiving The Outstanding Scholastic Award in Art in college.  He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Weber State University and his MFA from Utah State University.

Judy B. Cooley loves to paint, especially children.

She wants her art to tell a story and to stir emotions inside that remind each of us of the joy and innocence of our children and what is good in this world. Cooley is a successful watercolorist with a solid track record of production and sales.

I believe children symbolize all that is good in the world, and in us. I want my art to be a reminder of our greatest hope for a bright future, our children.

Purpose

VISIBLE upon the INVISIBLE

I prefer process over accuracy.

I prefer to let the painting evolve through risk, through effort, through play, through frustration, through sensation, through recollections and a reconciling of opposites.

I prefer my painting to be a record of the internal instead of the external, not to imitate a fixed surface reality, but render a spirit and movement.

I prefer to always seek creative knowledge that is transformative and universal through the process of art making

James Belcher (1941- ) began his early training at home with his aunt, a professional artist, and continues "learning each day." Over a period of nearly forty years, Alaskan artist, James Belcher has created a stunning body of work and a national reputation. One of a group of talented young Alaskan artists in the 60s and 70s, Belcher emerged as a towering force in his own right during the next two decades, creating his own signature techniques and earning a lasting reputation for quality. Today Belcher is one of a handful of Signature Members honored by the prestigious Oil Painters of America (1991) and is also an Artist Member of the prestigious American Society of Marine Artists, (1994). His work runs a full spectrum from portraiture to landscape and seascape, mostly of the American West and Northwest.

Olaf Carl Seltzer (1877-1957) considered a transition painter between those of the Old West such as Remington and Russell to a later generation that painted only myth and imaginative work, he arrived in Great Falls, Montana in 1897, at the age of nineteen.