Art Expertise
Artist/Oil Painter: 2004-Present Professional level fine art oil painter, own and operate "Estudio de la Montura," contemporary Impressionistic Western Art.
Artist/Potter: Art Degree 1973 KSU Concentration courses with Angelo Garzio.
1973-1989 Professional Potter. Owned and operated "Chicken Coop Ceramics," producing wheel-thrown high-fire reduction stoneware and porcelain for 16 years, marketing pottery throughout the United States.

Museum Collections and Shows:

New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum Las Cruces, NM
Hubbard Museum of the American West, Ruidoso, NM

Present Gallery Representation:


Signature Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Jackie’s Trading Post, Taos, NM
Josie’s Frame & Art, Ruidoso, NM
CowArtandMore.com
Grand Teton Gallery, Jackson, WY
Exhibitions:

2016 Heritage Museum - Honoring the Past, Bridging Culture and Sharing Wisdom
Aug 12, 2016 - Dec 04, 2016

“Best of Show” Black Range Artisans ‘2015 St Jude’s Cancer Research Hospital Show’ Deming, NM
2013- New Mexico Cancer Center Foundation Gallery With a Cause: “Spring Forward”
Albuquerque, NM
2012- National Southwest Contemporary Realism Finalist Group Show, Arroyo Santa Fe Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2012 - Mimbres Valley Artisans Festival, Mimbres NM
2012 - Wilderness Art Fair, Lake Roberts NM
2012 - Pena Studio Showroom Gallery, Indian Market, Nambe NM
2012 - Legacy Benefit, ABQ., NM
2012 - Art Expo. Josie's Framery featured artist,
2012 - Cowbelles Centennial Shindig, featured artist
2011 - Narrie Toole Artist Opening & Show, Pena Studio Art Gallery October, Santa Fe, NM 2011-37th Annual Phippen Museum Western Art Show & Sale - Prescott, AZ
2011 - Pena Studio Art Gallery, featured artist, Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM
2011 - La Tienda at El Dorado, NM Artwalk
2011 - Art: Dewey Decimal, Fuller Lodge Art Center - Los Alamos, NM
2010 - Exhibit at Cutter Aviation - El Paso International Airport
2010 - Legacy Art Benefit, Albuquerque, NM
2010 - Animal Impressions: The Art of Narrie Toole New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, Las Cruces, NM
2010 - Pena Studio Art Gallery, featured artist, Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM
2009 - Pena Studio Art Gallery, featured artist, Indian Market, Santa Fe, NM
2009 - Legacy Art Benefit, Sandia Casino, Albuquerque, NM
2009 - NM Cancer Center Foundation Art Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2009 - Art After Hours, Josie’s Frame Shop Hosts Narrie Toole, Ruidoso, NM
2008 - Hubbard Museum, Narrie Toole “Reflections of the West” one man show, Ruidoso Downs, NM
2008 - El Paso Saddle Blankets Invitational Artist Showcase
2007 - Hubbard Museum “Holiday Roundup” 5 man western art show
2007 - “Ranch Animals of the Great West”, JW Art Gallery, Hurley, NM
2007 - Ruidoso Cowboy Symposium
2007 - Denim and Pearls Copper Cowbells Benefit Dance and Auction
2007 - Black Range Artisans Monthly exhibition
2007 - Invitational Western Art Show, The Courtyard Gallery, Buena Vista, CO
2007 - Casa de la Cultura en Santa Clara Benefit
2007 - Empire 100 Western Art Show, Tucson, AZ (Jan 22-Feb 28 2007)
2006 - 2007-Arizona Cowboy Symposium
2006 - 2007-Ruidoso Cowboy Symposium
2006 - Art Center of Estes Park “Lines Into Shapes” 10th Annual National Juried Show, Estes Park, CO
2006 - Grant County Art Guild 21st Purchase Prize Award Exhibit, Pinos Altos, NM
2006 - Chairity Auction, Silco Theater Project, Silver City, NM
2006 - Mimbres Regional Arts Council, Audubon Juried Show, Silver City, NM

Exhibitions:

1980-1999 Birger Sandzn Gallery, Invitational 2-man show Lindsborg, KS
Wichita Art Museum Gallery, Invitational 2-man show, Wichita, KS
Hutchinson Art Gallery, Invitational 2-man show, Hutchinson, KS
Goodland Art Center, Invitational 2-man show, Goodland, KS
Smoky Hill River Festival, Salina, KS. Juried show, attended multiple years Garden City Art in the Park,
Garden City, KS, multiple years
National Cattleman's Beef Association Trade Show, Dallas, TX
KS Livestock Association Trade Show, Wichita, KS
Traveling fairs in Salt Lake City, UT, Denver, CO, Kansas City, KS, Dallas and Houston, TX
National Western Stock Show, Denver, CO