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John Moyers Oil

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:7,000.00 USD Estimated At:15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD
John Moyers Oil
A Throne Fit For A King 40” x 40” Oil on canvas Signed lower right John Moyers 2012

John?Moyers?(b 1958)
Son of acclaimed western artist, William Moyers (three-time president of the Cowboy Artists of America), John was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and spent most of his youth in New Mexico. John began his career as an illustrator working as an animator at Walt Disney Studios in California, but in 1979 he accepted an invitation from Cowboy Artist Robert Lougheed to attend an artist workshop at a game preserve in British Columbia. At the workshop, Moyers honed his plein air painting skills and met his future wife, Canadian native and fellow workshop attendee, Terri Kelly Moyers. John captures the essential qualities of a scene by precisely representing colors and values. He goes one step further by using authentic props making his pieces historically correct. His painting of Pancho Villa was inspired by his first glimpse of the silver thread-laden parade saddle in this year’s auction, which captures John's vision of how Villa may have looked astride his horse and saddle.