Curt Walters

Curt Walters is the best known living painter of Grand Canyon. Art of the West magazine declared the “Greatest Living Grand Canyon Artist” in 1997, and “One of “Eight True Masters” in 2007. Curt makes his home in Sedona, Arizona. In May 2011, Southwest Art named Walters as one of the Forty Prominent People in the Western Art World.  

The artist was born in New Mexico, and raised in the Four Corners area of the state, where he acquired and developed his eye for dramatic landscapes. He attended Farmington High School and the San Juan Campus of New Mexico State University.  In 1974, Curt moved to Taos, NM and began working and studying with artists of the Central Valley, including the well known landscape painter Wilson Hurley. In 1977, Curt won the John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Award, and due to growing interest after the award, Curt was contacted by Ted and Christine Mollring, the owners of Trailside Galleries. They began showing his work in both the Jackson, Wyoming and Scottsdale, Arizona locations. The relationship continues with the gallery, as Curt still shows his work with Trailside today. Curt’s move to Sedona was prompted by both his representation at Trailside, and because of the proximity to the Grand Canyon. Once settled in Arizona, Curt was given his first national coverage in 1980, through American Artist Magazine. Stephen Doherty, the young editor at the time, has played a great role in covering Curt’s career ever since.