Nuevo Santander Gallery
Fine Art  - Antiques  - Old West Collectibles

717 North Main Street  ¤  McAllen TX  78501
(956) 618-4959  ¤  fax  (956) 618-1746
nsantander@aol.com

 

 

 




Getting  Dusted   $990   Watercolor   6” x 4˝”
© 2005 Dave Powell ALL RIGHTS RESERVED




Rail Road Trouble
   $1300   Watercolor   5”x 10”
© 2005 Dave Powell ALL RIGHTS RESERVED



DAVE POWELL

     Dave Powell, a fourth generation Montanan, is a traditional sculptor and painter of figures of the Old West and a costumer for the film and television industry.  Born in Kalipell in 1954, Powell is the son of artists Ace Powell and Nancy McLaughlin Powell.
      Powell has been designer and/or costumer for motion picture films including: Sacred Ground, Grey Eagle, Far and Away, Arachnophobia, Always, Back to the Future II & III, Silverado, The Good Old Boys and Alive.  Television work includes costumer and/or set costumer for: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Brotherhood of the General, Lonesome Dove and Ishi Last of His Tribe.
     The Society of American Historical Artists awarded Powell a Gold Medal in sculpting, and he is a recipient of the George Phippin Memorial Award.  He apprenticed under Robert Scriver, Ned Jacob, and Robert Lougheed.
     Powell’s artwork has been featured at the Western Heritage Sale in Houston TX, the Museum of Native American Culture in Spokane WA, the Society of American Historic Artists in Stamford CT, the Mountain Oyster Club in Tucson AZ, and the C. M. Russell Show of Original Western Art in Great Fall MT.  Private collections include John & Nelly Connelly, Tommy Lee Jones, Randy Travis and Denver Pyle.