Full SLOPOKE Art Book for 2023
Uniquely, SLOPOKE Art of the West Exhibition and Sale on the last full weekend of each year in Solvang, California provides all attendees with a high-quality keepsake art book of the exhibiting artists printed on glossy paper with stiff covers and perfect binding. This juried show is limited to approximately 30 artists and all genres and styles are welcome. See www-the-slopoke.com for an application to exhibit.
Uniquely, SLOPOKE Art of the West Exhibition and Sale on the last full weekend of each year in Solvang, California provides all attendees with a high-quality keepsake art book of the exhibiting artists printed on glossy paper with stiff covers and perfect binding. This juried show is limited to approximately 30 artists and all genres and styles are welcome. See www-the-slopoke.com for an application to exhibit.
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Welcome to the13th Annual <strong>SLOPOKE</strong> <strong>Art</strong> of the West Exhibition and Sale. We are pleased that<br />
you came. Sherie and I created this event when we realized that our fine art gallery traffic was<br />
random walk-ins of people in town <strong>for</strong> some other reason than buying art. The epiphany came from<br />
a visit to the Autry Museum’s Masters of the American West Exhibition and a visit to Yellowstone<br />
National Park during the week of the Jackson Hole <strong>Art</strong> Auction in 2010. Suddenly, it seemed obvious<br />
that we should establish an art of the west exhibition on the central coast of Cali<strong>for</strong>nia. If<br />
we built it, which we did from scratch, art buyers would come. And you did <strong>for</strong> which we are very<br />
grateful. In 2017, Pat and Monty Roberts offered their thoroughbred horse ranch as the venue if we<br />
would move the <strong>SLOPOKE</strong> to Solvang. The purpose was to re-establish a high-quality fine art show<br />
in the Santa Ynez Valley after the well-regarded Peppertree <strong>Art</strong> Show shuttered in 2008. We are<br />
extremely appreciative that the Roberts family have hosted this event <strong>for</strong> 6 years now. As we came<br />
to understand the “Join-Up,” Monty’s approach to taming and training horses without inflicting pain,<br />
and Pat’s exquisite sculpture depicting that Join-Up moment when a horse chooses the human as<br />
leader, we have adopted that image as a symbol <strong>for</strong> what happens at the <strong>SLOPOKE</strong>. This event also<br />
brings together art collector and artist in a “join up” often resulting in a new home <strong>for</strong> a painting,<br />
a sculpture, or other work of art. The <strong>SLOPOKE</strong> is a gratifying experience <strong>for</strong> us because we are<br />
able to bring some of the very best artists in the western states together with folks on the central<br />
coast who collect art while introducing emerging artists to the larger art market. There<strong>for</strong>e as an<br />
art show, we play a role similar to AAA baseball but in relation to the major league art shows that<br />
take place throughout the Western United States. At the <strong>SLOPOKE</strong> you will see some of the very<br />
best experienced artists and simultaneously see emerging new artists taking their place on a larger<br />
stage. <strong>SLOPOKE</strong> is an event <strong>for</strong> the artist and the collector. We work hard to keep the cost of participation<br />
low so that both artists and buyers can profit from this unique event. We hope you find a<br />
beautiful work of art to take home.<br />
Tom & Sherie Burgher<br />
3
Change language