The Virginia City Gallery of the West is located at the corner of Silver Street and South B Street in the Historic District of Virginia City, Nevada.
Virginia City Gallery of the West
334 South B Street
PO Box 727
Virginia City, Nevada 89440
775-250-1843
virginiacitygalleryofthewest.com
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Virginia City Gallery of the West is dedicated to celebrating the spirit of the West through traditional and contemporary fine western original art. The artists featured, local and regional, represent the finest talents in painting, sculpture and graphics. The gallery is located in the heart of the historical mining community of Virginia City, Nevada; close to Lake Tahoe, Reno and Carson City. Virginia City boasts some of the most beautiful western high desert scenery along with quaint buildings on the boardwalk and Victorian homes dating back to the time of the gold and silver rush days when Virginia City was the Queen of the West. Your visit to Virginia City Gallery of the West will not disappoint. Give yourself the gift of original art to remember your Virginia City experience.
UP COMING EVENTS
1. SEPTEMBER 18-19, 2021 11:00AM-4:00PM
FALL COMSTOCK ART CELEBRATION WITH LOCAL ARTISTS DISPLAYING THEIR WORKS AND EXPLAINING TECHNIQUES, AND ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS.
2. OCTOBER 23-31, 2021 THUR-SUN 11:00AM-4:00PM
ART OF THE GROTESQUE OR ART FOR THE NOT SO FAINT OF HEART.
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NEW ARRIVALS AT THE GALLERY
BONNIE MARRIS
"FIRE AND ICE"
OIL ON CANVAS 24" X 36"
AUTRY NATIONAL CENTER, MASTERS OF AMERICAN WEST
BOB KUHN WILDLIFE AWARD 2014
ARTIST CHOICE AWARD 2014
PATRON'S CHOICE 2014
ROY ANDERSEN 1930-2019
"LEARNIN' THE ROPES"
OIL ON CANVAS 30" X 40"
1989 COWBOY ARTISTS OF AMERICAN
OIL PAINTING SILVER AWARD 1999
DRAWING SILVER AWARD, 2000
ILLUSTRATOR FOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, TIME MAGAZINE, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED.
HARRY ANDREW JACKSON 1924-2011
"INDIAN MOTHER & CHILD "
BRONZE 1980 26" HIGH
NATIONAL COWBOY HALL OF FAME
BUFFALO BILL MUSEUM
GLENBOW FOUNDATION
MONTANA HISTGORICAL SOCIETY WHITNEY GALLERY OF WEST ART
WYOMING STATE GALLERY
WOOLAROC MUSEUM
FORT PITT MUSEUM
MORE NEW ARRIVALS
NEIL BOYLE (1931-2006)
"FUN AND GAMES AT MAD MARY'S"
OIL ON CANVAS 24" X 36"
JERRY BLANK
"SASSY SALLY"
OIL ON CANVAS 24" X 30"
JERRY BLANK
"VEGAS VIC"
OIL ON CANVAS 24" X 30"
Steven Saylor
“Beans & Whiskey”
Lithograph Print
Image size: 8" x 10" / Edition: 500 signed and numbered, 25 remarqued artist proofs.
This scene is from one of the annual fall cattle drives on the Allran Ranch. Model, Tim Spellman, and I were regular hands,
The location is Hooten Wells, Nevada and was originally a Pony Express stop in the high desert. The Pony Express was a system of mail delivery operating f
“Headed for the Railhead”
Lithographic print
Image size: 8" x 10" / Edition: 500 signed and numbered, 25 remarqued artist proofs.
This scene took place just past Fort Churchill, Nevada on one of the Allran Ranch cattle drives.
The rider on the hill is Jim Craddock, and the cattle are headed for the holding pens at the railhead in Weeks, Nevada. The cattle are feed and rested and put up there for t
“The Redeye Express”
Lithograph print
Image size: 8" x 22" - Edition: 500 signed and numbered, 25 remarqued artist proofs.
The concept for the Redeye was a bunch of dusty drovers coming into town for the first time in months.
Pockets full of money, the first stop was always the nearest saloon to wash down the dust.
The models are local cowboys and friends. I invited them all one evening to the f
Steven Saylor
"Prairie Companions"
Original Glazed Watercolor / Framed
Image size 8" x 13"
Families and individuals of all persuasions settled the American west. It was common for pioneers to take their belongings with them as they traveled across the prairie, in their search of their American dream.
This scene depicts a woman with her thoughts, her music, her books, her children, and her pets, contemplating
“That Reminds Me of a Story”
Giclee print
Image size: 6 3/4" x 7 1/4" - Edition: 50 signed and numbered, 15 remarqued artist proofs.
Mark Twain (Sam Clemens) got his start in Virginia City, just up the mountain from my studio in Dayton.
As a young reporter for the "Territorial Enterprise" in Virginia City, Sam Clemens adopted the pen name "Mark Twain".
In 1981, actor Hal Holbrook brought his w
“Celebrity Train”
Lithograph print
Image size: 23" x 30” - Edition: 260 signed and numbered / 25 remarqued artist proofs.
From the glitter of Las Vegas showrooms, Branson Missouri and backstage at the Grande Ole Opry, come twenty of America's top country & western celebrities, riding together with Nevada's Governor and Columbia records' hit pickin' dog, Danny.
On board a historic Virginia and T
"Nine Cheers for the Silver State"
Steven Saylor Giclee print
Image size 16" x 33" - Edition 150 prints signed and numbered,
15 remarqued artist proofs.
This was a commission piece from The Comstock Foundation for History and Culture. They asked that I create a piece to honor Nevada’s 150th anniversary of Statehood.
After much discussion, I presented them with the idea of recreating a scene depicting the day Nevada became a State, October 31, 1864. A subject on the historic Comstock would provide the scene. A gathering of citizens in a Victorian parlor was settled upon.
Photo Gallery
THIS BEAUTIFUL LIZ HUNTINGTON PHOTO CAPTURES THE BEAUTY OF THE FAMOUS STEAM ENGINE #29 HEADING HOME TO VC.
Robert Lougheed (1910-1982)
- "Heading Home With the Strays"
- Oil on Canvas 20" X 32"
- Cowboy at work
Photo Gallery
John Hoover (1919-2011)
"Loon Spirits"
Old Cedar Wood Carving
21" X 37" X 11"
Ben Pease
"Walking With the Old Ones"
Oil on Canvas 30" X40"
TERRY LEE
"BEARS AT PLAY"
OIL ON CANVAS 48" X 60"
"SOLOMON NOEL 1, 2, & 3" BY DEBBIE PELLEGRINI FEATURING ANGEL FROM GRAVE AT VC CEMETERY 11" X 14" Graphite
Art from Sister Sa Ra and Sister Carol: Carmelite Monastery Reno, NV
