2025 Artists Award Winners
Anne W. Marion Best of Show Award
Selected by the judges from the four gold medal winners
Phil Epp
Moonlight and Showers
Acrylic, 40″x30″
Ray Swanson Memorial Award
Work of art that best communicates a moment in time and captures the emotion of that moment
Chad Poppleton
Taking It Easy
Oil, 18″x24″
True West Award
Sponsored by M.L. Leddy’s
The True West Award is judged by a cowboy and cattleman with experience in the saddle and understanding of the western lifestyle. The award goes to the work of art that best authentically represents the life of the West as it was and is. It preserves and perpetuates the culture of Western life in fine art.
M.L. Leddy donated a pair of boots to the recipient of this awards.
Bruce Greene
The Best of Days
42″ x 28″
Artists’ Choice Award
Best Overall Exhibition as Selected by the Active CAA Members
Grant Redden
Grant Redden
Bronco
10″x10″
$1000
Grant Redden
Down The Arroyo
20″x16″
$7500
Grant Redden
Fall Sheep Trail
24″x36″
$16000
Grant Redden
High Elevation
20″x16″
$7500
Grant Redden
Lost Trail
30″x24″
$16000
Grant Redden
Range Riders
30″x24″
$14000
Mixed Media
Gold
Mikel Donahue
Teller of Tall Tales
18″x24″
$7500
Silver
Teal Blake
The Bronc Twister
40″x40″, Sumi Ink on Butcher Paper
$10500
Drawing
Gold
Tyler Crow
When Things Get Tight
21 3/8″ x 29 1/4″
$13800
Silver
Wayne Baize
Quitting the Herd
13″x20″
$4200
Water Solubles
Gold
Teal Blake
The Red Bull
20″x30″
$15500
Silver
Bruce R. Greene
Covered In The Indian Blanket
14″ x 18″
$3500
Sculpture
Gold
Bruce R. Greene
Bred For The Dance
22″H x 12.75″D x 38.5″ W
$27000
Silver
Alvin Marshall
Female Rain
32″ x 11 x 8″
$9200
Oil Painting
Gold
Phil Epp
Moonlight and Showers
40″x30″
$11000
Silver
C. Michael Dudash
Sentinel
26″x22″
$11500