Jim Bortz
Reveille on Thunder Creek Oil 36"x36" $16,000
I Just Got Here Oil 16"x12" SOLD
Dry As Dust Oil 18″ x 24″ $6,100
The Last Word Oil 10″ x 8″ SOLD
Hightailin’ It Oil 18″ x 24″ $6,100
Hushed Rush Oil 9″ x 12″ $1,700
Cutty Camo Oil 12″ x 16″ SOLD
Bird on a Wire Oil 6″ x 6″ $550
Here’s Mud in Your Eye* Oil 24″ x 48″ $12,500
Dry Creek Red* Oil 12″ x 12″ $2,200
Pheasant Tail Dropper Oil 24″ x 18″ SOLD
No Burden to Bear Oil 16″ x 20″ $4,500
Mini Griz* Oil 12″ x 9″ $1,700
Powder Blue Oil 12″ x 9″ SOLD
Big Dog Oil 16″ x 12″ $2,900
Working With The Thermals Oil 12″ x 16″ SOLD
Natural Selection Oil 12″ x 16″ SOLD
Calliope Jet Oil 12″ x 9″ SOLD
The Survivor 2 Oil 18″ x 24″ SOLD
One Last Look Oil 12″ x 24″ SOLD
Mountain Jewel Oil 11″ x 14″ SOLD
Bruiser Oil 36″ x 36″ SOLD
Winter Grass Oil 6" x8" SOLD
If Looks Could Kill Oil 14" x 11" $2,500
Shadow and Light Oil 8" x 10" $1,500
Artist Bio
Jim Bortz has cut a rugged trail to this point in his career as a painter. A sportsman at heart, Jim’s hard-won experience introduces a level of authenticity to his work not often found in the wildlife art world. The believability of Jim’s paintings is built squarely on a foundation of solid draftsmanship… a skill developed through years of filling sketchbooks. This skill translates to a pleasing level of accuracy in a bold impressionistic painting style. An avid fly fisherman, Jim is quickly becoming known as one of the countries top trout artists. The BortzArt Studio is located in Cody, Wyoming.
“I’ve always been fascinated by the rugged places of the American West… the wildlife, the landscape, and the men who chose to make a life there. Cowboys, mountain men and explorers – great self-sufficient men who lived off the land and followed a code all but lost to the progress of comfort and modern technology. These heros of my youthful imagination were not fearless men, but overcame fear to sometimes do great things… and other times just survive. It’s been said that character is forged from the fires of a hard life and the lives of these men were hard indeed. I like that. It’s something I try to keep in mind as I push through my own meager struggles.
With the gravity of the West constantly tugging at my painter’s heart, my work displays a strong Rocky Mountain influence. My paintings are built squarely on a foundation of careful observation, decades of drawing, and many miles-worth of worn boot leather.
Bortz has had multiple pieces juried into the prestigious Birds In Art exhibit at the Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin and is included in the Museum’s permanent collection.