One Week Only To Own A Piece Of Ski History By James Niehues
Starting today and for one week only, an original artwork from the most storied artist in snowsports is available to the public. For over 30 years, James Niehues’ ski resort paintings and sketches have shaped the contemporary mountain experience for everyone who loves to ski and snowboard, and those who simply revel in the beauty of the mountains.
10 of James' original artworks:
- Heavenly (Original Sketch, '03)
- Okemo (Original Sketch, '94)
- Killington & Pico (Original Painting, '97)
- Northstar (Original Sketch, '00; and Original Painting, '00)
- Mount Hood Ski Bowl (Original Painting, '06)
- Brighton (Original Sketch, '95; Original Painting, '99)
- and two of James' most rare works for Snow Country Magazine from over 25 years ago, Telluride (Original Painting, '94) and Snowmass (Original Painting, '91)
are available to the public to bid on, for a chance to own a piece of ski history. More information on James' Original Art, Limited Edition Canvas Prints, Wagner Custom Ski Auction and upcoming NFT is available HERE.
The latter two originals - Snowmass and Telluride - will be auctioned with 100% of the proceeds going to support the Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame, along with a pair of Wagner Custom Skis featuring James' artwork.
While the Wagner Custom's proceeds will also be donated to support the Colorado Snowsports Museum, Wagner has just announced the new James Niehues Collection of graphics, where home mountains can be featured on the top sheet with the iconic illustrator’s ski maps. Skiers can now have the graphics of Alta/Snowbird, Jackson Hole, Snowmass, Whistler/Blackcomb and Telluride featured on their skis, only from Wagner Custom.
Niehues says "I have been painting aerial views since 1986. The first ski map was in 1988, and since then I've created over 350 different views for resorts, tourist bureaus, golf communities and outdoor sports related entities. My clients are all over the world from the US to Canada, China, Australia, Chile, Japan, Korea, Scotland, New Zealand and Serbia. Each view is hand painted by brush and airbrush using opaque watercolor to capture the detail and variations of nature’s beauty. In many instances, distortions are necessary to bring everything into a single view. The trick is to do this without the viewer realizing that anything has been altered from the actual perspective."
