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Santa Fe - Eiteljorg Museum, Briscoe Museum, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Coors Western Art, Prix de West #thefarwestshow @acostastrong

Tonight @thefarwestshow go to thefarwestshow.com f

Tonight @thefarwestshow go to thefarwestshow.com for buying options. It’s not too late!

Still time to get in the action! Auction is this F

Still time to get in the action! Auction is this Friday! Dm for details.

Very excited to be a part of @thefarwestshow once

Very excited to be a part of @thefarwestshow once again! Both of my submissions are up for auction this year and there is still time to register to bid. Send me a DM or visit thefarwestshow.com

Truly honored to be among the many talented artist

Truly honored to be among the many talented artists at this year’s Quest for the West @eiteljorgmuseum

Not only was it a privilege to participate in one of the premier western art exhibits of the year, but I’m deeply humbled to share that my piece received the Harrison Eiteljorg Purchase Award from The Western Art Society.

To have my work selected for the museum’s permanent collection — alongside legendary artists such as Hennings, Remington, O’Keeffe, Berninghaus, Benton, Dixon, and so many more — is an incredible honor and a lifelong dream come true.

My heartfelt congratulations to all of the amazing artists featured this year, each so deserving of recognition — and to my fellow award recipients, bravo! @timcherrysculpturedesigns @patistajcar @davesantillanes.art @davidrgriffin @krystii.melaine and P.A. Nisbet.

@eiteljorgmuseum @artofthewestmagazine @acostastrong #westernartsociety

This Friday! Visit https://eiteljorg.org/project/r

This Friday! Visit https://eiteljorg.org/project/rebeldes-look-noche/ or DM me for more info. Rebeldes Look 40x30 inches. #questforthewest #eiteljorgmuseum #westernart

One week from today! Excited to once again partici

One week from today! Excited to once again participate in Quest for the West @eiteljorgmuseum. This Friday, fixed price ballot drops will be drawn. I am always honored to be a part of these shows in benefit of the museum. For information on proxy bidding please DM me or the museum. I’ll be there and I hope you will be too.

Rebelde’s Look
40x30 inches
Oil on Canvas

Tomorrow 10am sharp. 250 additional Saturday event

Tomorrow 10am sharp. 250 additional Saturday event tickets for @thefarwestshow will be made available. Don’t be late. I’ll see you there.

Well, you’ve done it again. Without galleries, g

Well, you’ve done it again. Without galleries, gallerists, collectors, friends and family it would be impossible. Being an artist is an amazing and challenging journey, but it cannot be taken alone. There has to be support structures both literal and figurative and I have so many around me that I can only be grateful, humbled and encouraged. Your advocacy has brought me here and it continues to carry. Last week’s show at Acosta Strong Fine Art was one of the busiest of the year and was once again sold out. That is five times in a row - and counting. To say thank you is not enough, but to work, to be joyful and to grow might be. It is action that has brought us together and it is being here now that will push us forward unto what comes next — and I can’t wait to see you there. The best is yet come.

@acostastrong @westernartcollector @thefarwestshow @westernartandarchitecture @southwestartmagazine @nationalcowboymuseum @coorswesternart @briscoenightofartists @eiteljorgmuseum

INTO THE REALM - Opening this week. First come fir

INTO THE REALM - Opening this week. First come first serve for remaining artwork with one painting up for fixed price draw on Thursday. DM me for Thursday preview and details on the draw.

First come first serve for remaining artworks at t

First come first serve for remaining artworks at this weeks opening Thursday and Friday at Acosta Strong Fine Art, Santa Fe New Mexico. One painting available by fixed price draw. DM me or the gallery for details on the Thursday night draw.

Opening this week! Public reception Friday. DM me

Opening this week! Public reception Friday. DM me for Thursday preview. First come first serve for remaining artworks with one painting available by fixed price draw. Reach out for more info.

Acosta Strong Fine Art
200 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM
505-982-2795

Massage your ear holes and take a listen to this c

Massage your ear holes and take a listen to this chill’n podcast episode with host Michael Clawson of @westernartcollector and guest @smchavezart. Learn a bit of what makes an artist tick and how to take it in stride while having a good time. @theamericanartcollective OaN ALL STREAMING PLATFORMS #podcast #westenart

I’ve been so busy painting I’m afraid I’ve b

I’ve been so busy painting I’m afraid I’ve been a bit quiet on the social front. Good news is there is lots of new work to be shown soon. Go to paintingsofthewest.com to get an email update this Friday and in the meanwhile snag the latest issue of @westernartandarchitecture for some ink!

Coming next:
SOLO SHOW
Acosta Strong Fine Art
Artist Reception August 8, 5-7pm
@acostastrong

Followed by:
The Far West Show
Austin, Texas
@thefarwestshow

Time to pick up the August/September issue of West

Time to pick up the August/September issue of Western Art & Architecture and turn directly to page 134 to read “¡Viva el Vaquero! Sean Michael Chavez’s contemporary paintings of the Southwest are a fresh voice in the Western art renaissance” — Written by Norman Kolpas.
Extremely grateful and impressed to have worked with the team @westernartandarchitecture for this generous 7 page article. My name is even on the cover! The is my first major appearance in this magazine and I am very excited. Give it read! Tell us what you think!

Solo show opening reception August 8
Acosta String Fine Art
Santa Fe New Mexico

@acostastrong @westernartandarchitecture @thefarwestshow @coorswesternart @briscoenightofartists @eiteljorgmuseum

Just a few of the beautiful face I had the pleasur

Just a few of the beautiful face I had the pleasure of spending some time with this week @nationalcowboymuseum Prix de West.

@roldandemoras @shaugen56 @timnewt @westernartandarchitecture @deserthollowcreations @dylan_cavin @acostastrong @kasiesalleeart @dustinsallee

So hard to believe it was just over one year ago s

So hard to believe it was just over one year ago since I was announced to be a guest artist at Prix de West for 2025. And now, as I write this, I can say that I have displayed my own work at the primer western art show in the world. Time is a strange thing as I remember that event like it was just a week ago when they announced my name and I shed a hidden tear. I still feel that sense of joy, fear, accomplishment and welcoming. Mostly, at this moment, I feel is gratitude for all of the support. Looking forward as always. Thank you for being here!! 🌺

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@nationalcowboymuseum

What an overwhelming welcome! Prix de West was eve

What an overwhelming welcome! Prix de West was everything I could have wished for—and so, so much more. The amount of support from collectors, ballot-droppers, galleries, museum members, art lovers, friends, family, and more was beyond anything I could have ever dreamed of. It truly is surreal. I’m still processing it all.

Thank you so much to everyone who was a part of it, big or small. You are appreciated, and I cannot wait to see you next time.

NEW WORK AVAILABLE at this weekend’s Prix de Wes

NEW WORK AVAILABLE at this weekend’s Prix de West @nationalcowboymuseum and I am thrilled to be a part of this prestigious exhibition and sale. All work is fixed price. Please contact Diana Fields at (405) 838-1959 for an option to drop a ballot and support the museum. Please DM me if I can be of any assistance. THANK YOU!

I first visited the @nationalcwboymuseum many year

I first visited the @nationalcwboymuseum many years before I was aware of Prix de West. I wandered the halls in quiet awe. I loved it for what it was — a place where beauty and story lived together, steeped in the dust and soul of the American West. I brought family, unsure they’d understand. But even those with no love for “cowboy art” found something there. Something stirring. Something real. Years later, when painting came back into my life like an old friend, I set a star on the horizon: One day, I want to be part of that. It felt impossible then. Absurd, even. And yet — here I am. I made it. I’m in Prix de West. I can only guess that with some luck, persistence and maybe just a little bit of talent, anything can happen. Don’t forget your dreams. Keep trying the best you can. Anything can happen. Anything.

NEW WORK AVAILABLE at this weekend’s Prix de Wes

NEW WORK AVAILABLE at this weekend’s Prix de West @nationalcowboymuseum and I am thrilled to be a part of this prestigious exhibition and sale. All work is fixed price. Please contact Diana Fields at (405) 838-1959 for an option to drop a ballot and support the museum. Please DM me if I can be of any assistance. THANK YOU!

Just a quick note to express my appreciation for e

Just a quick note to express my appreciation for each and every person who has shown such an amazing level of support on this amazing art-life journey. It has been a life of failures, success, ups, downs, distractions, focus and everything in between. I am sincerely as happy for very wrong move as I am for the right ones — the combo, by chance or fate has put me here.

But nothing happens in a vacuum. I could never do this alone. Collectors, galleries, friends, family — you are every bit as critical to the story as the paint on the canvas.

Your belief, encouragement, and presence mean the world to me. THANK YOU for being here!

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Thank you Booth Museum Friend March 28, 2025
Prix de West 2025 June 30, 2024
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