The 2026 Prix De West Show at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City is probably the largest and most prestigious Western Art Show in the country. 2026 will be it’s 54th year, and it promises to be a banner year! This will be the Twelve year that Michael Has been in the show. He will have a full compliment of paintings at the show, so put it on your calendar and see you there!

I will be attending the next “Night Of Artists” show at the Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio, TX in March. Always a great event! Go to their website for more information.

The Legacy Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ is again offering the “Western Horizons Show” on Feb 27 -28, 2026. I will have 3 new paintings in the show and will be attending…..Truly one of the highest quality western art shows all year! Visit the Legacy’s website for more information. See you there!

The 2025 Prix De West Show at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City is probably the largest and most prestigious Western Art Show in the country. 2025 will be it’s 53rd year, and it promises to be a banner year! This will be the eleventh year that Michael Has been in the show. He has also been asked to one of this years presenters - his talk will be on Friday morning at 9:30 am, and will be entitled “Pencils, Brushes and Paint: Living A Dream”. He will focus on the variety of his created works after 50 years as a professional artist, especially his transition from illustrator to a gallery/fine artist. He will have a full compliment of paintings at the show, so put it on your calendar!

Well, the 58th Annual Cowboy Artists of America Show will be held in Ft. Worth on Nov 1-2, 2024 and all of the CAA artists, collectors and friends are expecting a big turnout and a great show! Ft. Worth is solidly the new home for CAA, and everyone couldn’t be happier. Michael received the Ray Swanson Memorial Award last year …….He will have 7 more new paintings to showcase in 2024 (go to the “Western - Available” tab on the home page to find the images)as well as a small B & W drawing. He will be in attendance so be sure to put this event on your calendars. Go to: "Cowboy Artists of America Annual Show & Exhibition” to purchase tickets and to get up to date information..

This will be the 11th year that Michael has participated in the Quest For The West Show sponsored by the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis, IN. Michael will have 2 paintings plus a miniature there as usual….Should be awesome!

After having a successful sale in 2021, Michael will have a new major work in the annual Scottsdale Art Auction that will be held on April 14th-15th, 2023. Look for the painting to be posted in February/March on the auction site (as well as this site). Michael hopes to be in attendance in Scottsdale this year as well, so hope to see you there!

The Cowboy Artists of America will again have an in person small works show at the Scottsdale Museum of the West at 3830 N. Marshall Way, Scottsdale, AZ after a break of two years due to the Covid pandemic. It will begin on Wednesday with demonstrations at the Museum and at the nearby Scottsdale Artists School by members of CAA, culminating with the sale on Thursday evening. More information will be forthcoming in the weeks and months ahead!