Title: They Came from Nowhere
Edition Size: Hand Signed and Numbered to 375
Medium: Canvas Giclee
Image Size: 37" x 22" (Unstretched)
About the Art: Quite simply, Howard Terpning is one of the most lauded painters of Western

art. His awards are so numerous and he is honored with them so often, that to

list them would require changing the count every few months. To name three

would be to cite the highest prizes awarded to Western art: countless awards

from the Cowboy Artists of America, the Hubbard Art Award for Excellence, the

National Academy of Western Art’s Prix de West and the Lifetime Achievement

Award from the Gene Autry Museum.

Why such praise? Passion, compassion, devotion and respect for his subject

matter, extraordinary talent in palette and brushstroke, an exceptional ability

to evoke emotion both in his paintings and from those viewing them — all this

and more has made Terpning the "Storyteller of the Native American."

Born in Illinois and educated at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and the

American Academy of Art, he first gained attention from some powerful Time and

Newsweek covers. Film fans praised his movie posters for such classics as The

Sound of Music, Dr. Zhivago and the re-issue of Gone with the Wind. But his

love of the West and Native American traditions saw his transition to fine art.

Terpning is a long-time member of the Cowboy Artists of America, which has

presented him with Gold and Silver awards, "Best of Show" awards, and "Best

Overall Show by a Single Artist" awards more than two dozen times. His book,

The Art of Howard Terpning won the Wrangler "Outstanding Art Book" award from

the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.