Fred Chilton — Organ Mountains NM Cattle Ranch, Framed View Watchlist >
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Fred Chilton — Organ Mountains NM Cattle Ranch, Framed
A signed print by Fred Chilton AWS depicting the Organ Mountains — the defining landmark of the Mesilla Valley — rising above a sweeping Chihuahuan Desert ranch. Golden grasslands stretch across the bajada, populated with longhorn and beef cattle, while a blooming yucca anchors the foreground against a dramatic pink-violet cloudscape. Chilton's signature appears twice in the lower right margin, in both cursive and block lettering, each accompanied by his AWS designation. The print is matted in terracotta and housed in a distressed wood frame behind glass.
CONDITION Excellent. Image is clean and vivid with no visible fading, foxing, or surface damage. Frame and mat show no remarkable wear.
DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS
- Overall: 17" × 23" × 1"
- Visible image: 11.75" × 17.5"
- Medium: Signed print
- Artist: Fred Chilton, AWS
- Framing: Distressed wood frame, terracotta mat, glazed
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Fred Chilton (Fredrick Phelan Chilton) was born June 14, 1944 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He studied at the Center for Creative Studies School of Art in Detroit, where his formal art career began in 1963, later working in commercial art and fine art photography before returning to Las Cruces in the early 1980s. It was here that his fine art career fully blossomed. He exhibited at the Carolyn Bunch Gallery in Mesilla and the Glenn Cutter Gallery, and was commissioned by the City of Las Cruces to design posters for numerous civic celebrations over the years.
Chilton exhibited at the American Watercolor Society and the Butler Institute of American Art, and his work was featured in New Mexico Magazine, Watercolor Magic Magazine, and the book Contemporary Western Artists. His AWS designation reflects national-level recognition of his mastery of the medium. He described his artistic philosophy plainly: "Great skill and dazzling technique are a treat to the eye, but fall short if a painting doesn't have feeling." Fred Chilton passed away on August 28, 2016, leaving behind a large and deeply rooted body of work celebrating the landscapes and people of New Mexico.
