Western Spirit: Scottsdale's Museum of The West
Opening in January of 2024, the world class Scottsdale Museum of the West is mounting a large retrospective of fine art painter, Tom Gilleon. Exhibiting in the Great Hall of this architecturally stunning building, the show will present Tom’s life story and art career with over 70-paintings—including past and new works, paintings he created at Disney Imagineering, 2-digital paintings, and the first NFT created by a fine art Western painter. 10-new masterwork paintings will also be exhibited for sale.
The show catalog is being designed by award winning graphic artist, Derrit DeRouen, and the retrospective will be published in a hardback book. When the show closes in August 2024, it will tour to the Booth Western Art Museum in Atlanta, GA, and the C. M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, MT.
“The Tom Gilleon Retrospective will be a major exhibit by one of the greatest living American artists today.”
- Tim Peterson, major collector of Tom Gilleon | Scottsdale Museum of The West Trustee
Tom Gilleon
Tom Gilleon is a Contemporary Western fine art painter and cattle rancher in Montana. Formerly with Disney Imagineering—Gilleon painted the original design concepts for EPCOT Center and Disneyland Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai theme parks.
Compared by art critics to Edward Hopper and Mark Rothko for his sophisticated use of colors, Gilleon co-invented the digital art platform, PIXOILS™, and is widely acclaimed as one of the most innovative artists in the world today.
Collected for the “magical elegance” of his luminescent style and authentic portrayal of Native American culture, Tom Gilleon is one of the most celebrated artists in the Contemporary Western art movement.