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BigRedJed
8/31/2008, 09:21 AM
Linky (http://www.currentargus.com/ci_10345802)

He has art hanging in the Oklahoma state capitol building, and is perhaps best known around here for his massive triptychs called Windows to the West, hung in the Sam Noble special events room at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in OKC.

He had lived in New Mexico for years, but was a proud Oklahoman.

R.I.P.
BigRedJed
8/31/2008, 09:27 AM
You can't really tell the scale of these from this picture, but it's the best I could do. They are 18' tall and the three are 46' wide. This is only one of FIVE triptychs hanging in that room. They are stunning. The Grand Canyon triptych comes the closes to capturing the experience of seeing the canyon than any representation I have ever seen.

http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/images/Pics/sec_faded.jpg
StoopTroup
8/31/2008, 11:28 AM
Is that the Ghey-Heaven Room Jed?

NTTAWWT :D
StoopTroup
8/31/2008, 11:30 AM
BTW...Sounds like he had a great life and left his mark accordingly.

May he R.I.P.
BigRedJed
8/31/2008, 05:38 PM
Sunset at Roman Nose State Park:

http://www.state.ok.us/~arts/p/permart/paintings/hurley/romanose.jpg
BigRedJed
8/31/2008, 05:39 PM
A Storm Passing Northwest of Anadarko:

http://www.arts.ok.gov/p/permart/paintings/hurley/storm.jpg
BigRedJed
8/31/2008, 05:40 PM
Spring Morning Along the Muddy Boggy:

http://www.arts.ok.gov/p/permart/paintings/hurley/boggy.jpg
BigRedJed
8/31/2008, 05:41 PM
Autumn Woods North of Tahlequah:

http://www.arts.ok.gov/p/permart/paintings/hurley/autumn.jpg
BigRedJed
8/31/2008, 05:42 PM
Those are all part of the collection at the State Capitol.
85Sooner
8/31/2008, 05:43 PM
hE WAS TRUELY A GREAT ARTIST. rip
Curly Bill
8/31/2008, 05:52 PM
A Storm Passing Northwest of Anadarko:

http://www.arts.ok.gov/p/permart/paintings/hurley/storm.jpg

I like this one, how much you think I could get it for? Couple hundred bucks? :D
Curly Bill
8/31/2008, 05:53 PM
Seriously though, that's some good work.

R.I.P.
picasso
8/31/2008, 09:49 PM
great talent. quit his lawyer job to paint. must have been nice.
BigRedJed
9/1/2008, 11:32 AM
I wish I could find some better shots of the triptychs.
Mjcpr
9/1/2008, 11:34 AM
Another "famous" guy died recently that was from and lived in Tulsa. If you were a Magnum P.I. fan, you will remember him....Jeff MacKay. I never knew he was from around here.

http://magnum-mania.com/images/5_17_a_full.jpg

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0533171/
BigRedJed
9/1/2008, 11:36 AM
Geez, dude. Save that stuff for the R.I.P. thread.

;)
picasso
9/1/2008, 03:09 PM
Another "famous" guy died recently that was from and lived in Tulsa. If you were a Magnum P.I. fan, you will remember him....Jeff MacKay. I never knew he was from around here.

http://magnum-mania.com/images/5_17_a_full.jpg

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0533171/

yes, nice addition to a great dead artist thread.
Mjcpr
9/1/2008, 06:12 PM
yes, nice addition to a great dead artist thread.

Speaking of great art, I don't know if this person is dead or alive.

http://cdn.stereogum.com/img/badart1.jpg
BigRedJed
9/2/2008, 04:37 PM
Not one of the Cowboy Museum triptychs, but shows one of his many great Grand Canyon representations:

http://www.askart.com/AskART/photos/MWG10242003/32.jpg
BigRedJed
9/2/2008, 04:39 PM
This piece is titled O' Beautiful for Spacious Skies:

http://www.rogallery.com/_RG-Images/Franklin_Mint/Hurley-Spacious_Skies.jpg
BigRedJed
9/2/2008, 05:43 PM
He didn't paint this one, but he wrote the introduction to the book (which I assume is because it is another artist that paints with dramatic clouds and light). Ran across the cover when looking for other of Hurley's work, and know a few on here would dig it:

http://www.greenwichworkshop.com/collection/images/intoSunlit.jpg