C. S. "Steve" Talley

 C. S. Talley developed an art interest not long after graduating with a degree in astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin in 1978. Ten years later, his career path finally allowed him to take private painting lessons from Sandra Harris, a Western portrait artist living near Talley’s home in Colorado. A career change subsequently caused a hiatus in Talley’s art training. He moved back to his home of Texas and a few years later began painting with Guy Morrow in Corpus Christi. As art became more and more a priority, he sought workshops with other artists and has worked with John Budicin, Ron Rencher, Matt Smith, Tim Lawson, Foster Caddell, and Guido Frick. Talley now lives and paints in Fredericksburg, Texas.

In 2009, he won Judge's Choice 1st Place in the Contemporary Masters Invitational Show and in 2007, he won People's Choice Best of Show in Gillespie Country Art Guild's "Faces and Places" juried show. He won Judge's 3rd Place award at the 2006 Gillespie Country Art Guild's "Faces and Places" juried show. In 2005, he won the Judges' Choice 2nd Place Award at the Contemporary Masters Invitational Show in Fredericksburg, Texas. He participates annually in the Nomadas del Arte Show. His works are in private collections  in the United States, Canada, and Germany. He is an associate member of the Oil Painters of America and is the former President of Die Kunstler von Fredericksburg, an art organization in the Texas Hill Country.
 

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"Chuck's Tractor"
oil   11" x 14"
$880
 

"Pronghorn"
oil   20" x 16"
$1375
   

"Hill Country Fall"
oil   8" x 10"
$525
 
 

"Hill Country Outcrop"
oil    6" x 8"
$350
 

"Late Evening, Hill Country"
oil    8" x 10"
$525
 

"Rocky Mountain Farm"
oil    9" x 12"
$660
 

"South of Taos"
oil   8" x 10"
$525
 

"Struck By Light"
oil    6" x 8"
$350