LANDSCAPES OF THE WEST, 3
Dumas, Fales, Pfister, Shabelewska, von Morisse
17 September 2026, 6-8 pm — 2026 Cody Art Walk
ANDRE VON MORISSE, Prince Albert 1er de Monaco, 2025, oil on canvas 24 x22 in.
Prince Albert 1er de Monaco visited Cody in September 1913 and participated in the famous CAMP MONACO expedition in Yellowstone organized by Buffalo Bill. This famous expedition is exhibited at The Buffalo Bill Museum in the BB Center of the West!
Landscapes of the West 3 is the third edition of our Annual Exhibition Celebrating the 2026 Cody Art Walk
DISCOVER THE ARTISTS IN THE EXHIBITION
Dumas, Fales, Pfister, Shabelewska, von Morisse
JULIETTE DUMAS, Small Bison, Watercolor on paper, 2024
JESSE FALES, White Bison, 2025
Juliette Dumas
Juliette Dumas, Small Bison, 2024, watercolor on paper, 7.8 x 6 in.
Acclaimed for her “Whale Fluke Paintings” (2018), French artist Juliette Dumas continues her commitment to the “Rio Negro Manifesto” and pushes her exploration of the natural world with her new body of work TERRA and TATANKA.
Small Bison (presented in this exhibition) reflects upon the artist dream of connecting with the Northern High Plains of America where the Bison roam free. Dumas visited the Yellowstone region two times and explored the powerful beauty of the region. This small watercolor is the first glimpse at a larger body of work that is presently in gestation.
Jesse Fales
Jesse Fales, New Yellowstone Wildlife Ceramics.
Born in Cody and raised on the Northfork of the Shoshone River, in Wapiti Valley, daughter of outfitters and dude ranchers, Jesse Fales spent her entire childhood outdoors on pack trips going deep into the wilds of the Absaroka Mountains. Rimrock Dude Ranch has been her home since 14 and she has spent every summer riding horses around Shoshone National Forest and Yellowstone National Park.
She started making sculptural functional ceramics in 2002. Drawing from memory and observation, she brings the wild animals she encounters in her life into her ceramic forms. Drawing from ancient pottery forms and techniques, Fales work celebrates the harmony between nature and human experience, inviting viewers to connect with the land and its inhabitants. Through her art, she aims to capture the essence of the Rocky Mountains wild beauty and the enduring spirit of its creatures.
Chris Pfister
Chris Pfister, Tiny Landscape (Wyoming Desert), oil on canvas, 4 x 5 in.;
Pfister began painting satirical versions of landscape works by European painters: Claude Lorrain, George Stubbs, and other artists. As his work has evolved and matured, Pfister has come into his own with a rich, compelling oeuvre inspired by the timeless West where the views of golden hills rolling into infinity are expansive and spectacular. Pfister lives in Cody WY in his cattle ranch east of Yellowstone, where the New York ex-pat enjoys a rustic life with his family. He makes his own paints and oils spending decades perfecting his medium working and re-working various oil mixtures in order to find the perfect consistency for each homemade pigment he uses. Pfister’s latest flaxseed oil derived paints—his best yet—have taken on a new, more monochromatic palette. Black, brown, and grey predominate revealing the Wyoming desert landscape in its splendor.
More About Chris Pfister
Silas Shabelewska
Silas Shabelewska, Roads America. Silver Gelatin Print mounted on Aluminum and framed in white artist frame. Unique works. Two on view at 2026 Cody Art Walk. 60 × 43 × 2.5 inches.
Roads America is comprised of 12 images made between 1999 and 2001. The artist travelled from The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada and to the New England Country Side. The resulting images, Roads America, were exhibited first in Washington D.C. at the Ralls Collection (2002), then at Patrick Verelst Gallery, Antwerp (2003), The Soho House New York (2004), Gallery Kayafas Boston (2005), Bjorn Ressle Fine Art, New York (2006, 2007), Art Under Glass, Macy’s New York (2007). The work received notable reviews in Art News (May 2006, illus. p. 169), M The New York Art World (2006), Art New England (Aug.-Sept. 2005), The Georgetown and Washington City paper (July 2002). A Catalogue with essay written by Robert Edelman is available upon request.
Andre Von Morisse
Andre von Morisse, Portrait of Albert 1er, Prince de Monaco, 2025, oil on canvas, 24 x 22 inches. (with Special Permission from Les Archives du Palais de Monaco).
This portrait of Prince Albert 1er of Monaco is an homage to the Prince of Monaco who came to Cody in September 1913 and met with Buffalo Bill to participate in the famous expedition called “Camp Monaco” (on view at The Buffalo Bill Center of the West).
Andre von Morisse is a conceptual painter, interested in exploring aspects of human psychology and how we interact with the world. In 2024, the artist presented “Three Amigos” (Meeting Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, Sitting Bull), presently on view at POP! Goes the West at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West until January 25, 2026. His works were featured in many group shows in galleries and museums in the US: Kunstnerenes Hus Oslo, Norway; The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC; Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL; Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI; Museum of Southwest Texas, Midland, TX ; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX. In 2005, Von Morisse was the recipient of the Best New Contemporary Artists Award 2005, at the Kunstnerenes Hus Museum, Oslo, Norway. Von Morisse work is held in prominent museum and private collections in the United States and Indonesia.
2026 Cody Art Walk
Thursday, September 17, 2026
6:00-8:00 PM
Contemporary Western Arts is number 5 on the map!
Join us for an evening on the town during our Annual Art Walk! Browse Cody’s unique galleries and shops featuring artist demonstrations, music, special activities and experiences, and more downtown Cody.
Open and free to the public.
September 12, 2025
Volume 1 | Issue 9 | September, 2025
