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Cattle driving can be a hard and toilsome chore. But when each day ends the cowboy's hard work and aches and pains are forgotten when the campfire is warm and the storytelling begins. So continue through my website where the story continues.
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Artist Background
A lifetime love affair with visual fine art best describes my background. In Kindergarten
I won my first award with a sculpture of a cat in a curled up position. From that time forward "Art in all of its facets has been my passion. I studied at Weber College under Farrell Collett, Brigham Young University under Dick Stuart and the University of Utah under Alvin Gittens.
After completing my education at the University of Utah, I found myself with no money and a family to support. The advertising field was my only option. I have been associated with top advertising agencies in both Canada and the western United States as well as major US corporations. The positions I held with a few of the largest are: Northwest District Manager at Skaggs Drug Centers (American Stores Company); Senior Artist at Showacre, Coons, Shotwell and Adams Advertising, the largest advertising agency in Eastern Washington State; Communications Manager and Advertising Manager at Morrison Knudsen Company, one of the largest engineering and construction companies in the world; Creative Director at Francis, Williams and Johnson Ltd., Advertising Agency and Public Relations Counsel, the largest advertising agency in Alberta Canada; I have also been the owner of two very creative and art oriented advertising agencies... Wilkinson Advertising and Marketing and Wilkinson & Gessel Advertising. I now have ronald-wilkinson.com a marketplace for my paintings on the internet.
In addition to my advertising career I have taught life painting, portrait painting and basic and advanced painting at "Weber State University" in Ogden, Utah, and at two private art schools... "Riverside Art Center" in Riverside, California and "Bertha Eccles Community Art Center in Ogden, Utah.
I am western artist/cowboy artist, traditional realist artist and a member of Oil Painters of America, past Chairman and past Board Member of the Visual Arts Association / Utah and a past Board Member of the Saint George Arts Commission.
Philosophy of Painting
As you will see, traditional realism in portraiture and life painting are my passion.
When we consider the infinite variety of action of the human and animal forms, their grace and strength of movement in any given moment, it requires a knowledge of structure, an understanding of action and of insight into character to capture the true image.
It has been said, "Like man himself is a subtle merging of mind and matter. The portrait's task is to express both at the same time, by minimizing the discrepancies and magnifying the similarities between the inner and outer selves. The best portraitists make an image that shows the two parts merged in harmony." It, like no other, brings an emergence of life to canvas.
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Contact You can contact me for western art / cowboy art plus traditional realism in the following ways: email: ronald.wilkinson_yahoo.com
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Phone: 435.652.2197
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Links 
Important Links
The links you see below are important to me because of those in whom I have associated and continue to associate with regards to my art interest .
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Giclee Some of the paintings on this website are available as a print on canvas, paper, etc..
Giclee is a term that was invented to describe the process of high quality inkjet printing for art reproduction purposes, without using the term inkjet, since it makes people think of their desktop printers at home and, in theory, giclee printing should be much more. It is pronounced zshee-clay.
If you desire a print other than the original size, contact me and we can discuss the options.
All giclee prints are of the highest quality and are printed on canvas unless otherwise requested. They come rolled and in a mailing tube.
The mailing cost is additional to the giclee cost. If you wish then on stretcher bars there is an additional cost of $75
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Commission-Awards Commissioned Artwork
If you have a special western art or cowboy art interest you would like to have painted. Please contact me at:
ronald.wilkinson_yahoo.com
or
1-435-652-2197
Awards
I have won over five National and International Awards, six major Regional Awards, and a Best of Show or First Place Award in every local show I have entered.
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Why Burlap? Why Burlap?
Back in the late 1800’s Burlap from India became a fabric used in the western United States, mostly for the backing of carpets and for curtains. Almost any material was used by the artist such as bone, wood, canvas, paper, etc., upon which to paint. Burlap became desired by the artist for its cheapness and durability.
I became interested in burlap because of its use by the western
artists of that period. It will last as long as canvas if prepared
properly. The sizing material I use is “Rabbit Skin Glue”. Sometimes it takes two or three coats, on the painting side, for it to last for centuries. As you can see from some of my paintings
(sample on the right), I have used old potato sacks with the label
printing showing on the back of the painting.
As you can see I painted this on an old potato sack.
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