2024 Bighorn Rendezvous – Anton Nowels

Anton Nowels is an accomplished artist whose work has been exhibited on a national level. Nowels is both a Signature Member of the Oil Painters of America (OPA) and the American Impressionist Society (AIS). Nowels recently won an Honorable Mention in Landscape at both the Oil Painters of America (OPA) National Exhibition and the American Impressionist Society Small Works Exhibition. In 2022-2023, he participated in the Brinton Museum’s Residency program. As a workshop instructor at Scottsdale Artists’ School and Winslow Art Center (online), Anton teaches and explores color theory approaches employed by Charles Hawthorne, Henry Hensche, Sergei Bongart, and Josef Albers. Nowels paints a variety of subjects and experiments with painting techniques. The Maynard Dixon Legacy Museum in Mt. Carmel, Utah, represents Anton’s work and has welcomed him as a guest artist at their Maynard Dixon Country events.

Nowels has studied both contemporary and fine art. At Scottsdale Artists’ School, he earned scholarships to study with Ned Mueller, Camille Przewodek, and Romel de la Torre. At Arizona State University, he studied Interdisciplinary Art and explored contemporary art practices, including performance, installation, and video.

Currently, Nowels is working on a series of large-scale paintings that focus on both representation and abstract impressionism.