The American Miniature Show, SETTLERS WEST GALLERY, Tucson, Arizona, February 14, 2009

C M Russell Auction, C M RUSSELL MUSEUM, Great Falls, Montana, March 18-20, 2009

Legacy of the American West, LEGACY GALLERY, Scottsdale, Arizona, March 26, 2009

Oil Painters of America 2009 National Juried Exhibition, SAGE CREEK GALLERY, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 1 - May 30,2009

Legacy of the American West, LEGACY GALLERY, Jackson, Wyoming, August, 2009

Fall Classics Show, PONDEROSA ART GALLERY, Hamilton , Montana, August 15 - September 30, 2009

2009 Masters in Miniatures Invitational Show, C M RUSSELL MUSEUM, Great Falls, Montana, June 21 - September 14, 2009

Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale, BUFFALO BILL HISTORICAL CENTER, Cody, Wyoming, September22-26, 2009

Legacy Gallery Fall Open House, LEGACY GALLERY, Scottsdale, Arizona, October 22, 2009

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Gawne portrait wins prestigious C. M. Russell award

Citing his “excellence in technical merit and creativity,” officials of the annual C.M. Russell Art Auction awarded John Gawne their 2007 CEO Award for his compelling portrait of Lakota Chief David Bald Eagle. The artist was honored at a ceremony March 16 in Great Falls, Montana. Later that same night, Gawne’s prize-winning portrait fetched nearly twice the opening price-point at auction.

For more about the C. M. Russell Museum Art Auction and related events, March 14-18, 2007, please go to cmrauction.com. The Russell CEO Award is among the most coveted in the Western art genre. Gawne’s subject, David (Beautiful) Bald Eagle, is a decorated World War II veteran of the 82nd Airborne and the grandson of Chief White Bull – who fought with Sitting Bull at the Little Big Horn.

For more about Bald Eagle’s remarkable life and “work-in-progress” photos of Gawne’s portrait of this great man, click here.