Bringing the Beauty of Nature to You
Brent Langley Exhibits
The Animals of North America (SAA show), Customs House Museum, Clarksville, Tenn, May 3 - Jun 26
The Kingdom (Society of Animal Artists show), Midland Center for the Arts, Midland MI, Nov 26 - Jan 16, 2022
Art that Matters (Society of Animal Artists) show, Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Jamestown, NY, Aug 22 - Oct 25, '21
Oil Painting Exhibition, Jan 29 - Mar 27, 2021 at the Wichita Center for the Arts
The 49th, 50th, 51st, 53rd, 55th, 63rd Annual Society of Animal Artists "Art and the Animal" Exhibitions
Hiram Blauvelt Museum (SAA show), 2020
Riverssance Art Fair Merit Award, 2018
Gallery 1001 show, 1001 Main St., Winfield, KS, Oct 5 - 15, 2015
Derby, Kansas, Public Library, 1600 Walnut Grove Rd, Oct 26 - Jan 4, 2015/16
Kansas Watercolor Society National Exhibition 2013, 2020, 2021, 2022 at MARK Arts. Wichita, Kansas
America's Park's II Top 100--on-line exhibit beginning in January 2014
SAA “Small Works-Big Impressions” Exhibition (international juried show), 2008, 2009
Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibit, April 2005, 2006,2010, 2011, 2013,2014
Quad City Botanical Center, Rock Island, Multiple Shows
Moline Public Library, 3120 41st Street, Moline, Illinois, Multiple Shows
Skip Watts Memorial Watercolor juried exhibition, Diamond Award winner 2013
Paint the Parks Top 100 National Tours, 2009, 2010, 2011
National Arts for the Parks "Top 200" 1993, 2002, 2004, 2005
Ohnward Fine Arts Center, 1215 East Platt Street, Maquoketa, IA, One-man show 2008, 2014
Dyck Arboretum of the Plains, Hesston, Kansas, One-man show, Oct-Dec 2006
Neil Smith National Wildlife Refuge, Prairie City, Iowa, One-man show, Sept - Oct 2005
Winfield Arts and Humanities Gallery, Winfield, Kansas, One-man show 2004
Biographical Information
Brent Langley grew up in the vicinity of Wichita, Kansas, where he spent much of his time exploring the wild areas around his home, becoming very familiar with the birds, mammals, and reptiles of the southern great plains. He received his Bachelor's degree in Biology from Wichita State University. He has sketched and painted wildlife as a hobby throughout his life. Because of the demands of his job with the federal government, production of works of art was limited, and most of his paintings were sold through shows or as special commissions, or given as gifts to friends.
Brent retired from government service in September, 1999, and now lives in Edwardsville, Illinois. He dedicates the sudden abundance of free time to sketching from nature, experimenting with color and light, and improving his artistic talents. Although his past work dealt primarily with portraying birds in watercolor and oil, his goal is to capture all aspects of the natural world – wildlife of all types, their habits and environment, and landscapes – in a variety of media. He has participated in workshops with noted wildlife artists John Seerey-Lester, Paco Young, and Master Wildlife Artist Robert Bateman. He and his wife travel extensively to gather material for his paintings
Memberships
Signature Member of the Society of Animal Artists
St. Louis Audubon Society
Sierra Club
Nature Conservancy
Edwardsville Arts Center
Commissions
Brent welcomes commissions for works of art in oil, acrylic, watercolor, pencil, colored pencil, or pen-and-ink.
Collections
Rocky Mountain National Park
St.George Museum, St. George, Utah
The Winfield Arts & Humanities Council, Winfield, Kansas
Galleries
Great Plains Nature Center, Wichita, Kansas
Edwardsville, IL Art Center
Accomplishments
Signature Member of The Society of Animal Artists (SAA)
Skip Watts Memorial Exhibit Diamond Award 2013
Rocky Mountain National Park 2009 Artist-in-Residence
Paint the Parks Top 100, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Zion NP 100th Anniversary Exhibition 2009
Make-A-Wish Foundation ® of Iowa Painting of the Year, 2007, 2008
Paint the Parks 2nd Top 100, 2007
Illinois State Artisans Annual Art & Wine Festival Best of Show Merit Award 2008
MapleCity Fine Arts Exhibit, Geneseo, Illinois, 2nd place 2007, 3rd place 2008, 2nd place 2012, 1st Place 2015
National Arts for the Parks "Top 200" 1993, 2002, 2004, 2005
Wyoming Game and Fish Department Conservation Stamp "Top 40" 2002, 2004
Art in the Park in Winfield, Kansas "Award of Merit" 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008. 2014, Best of Show 2015