A herd of black and white cattle huddled together, viewed in a painting style.

Common ground, uncommonly seen

  • "Whether it's a simple cow or a complicated corral of monotonal cattle, they are all very beautifully painted and very compelling."

    —Lewis Sharp, Former Director, Denver Art Museum, on Foster Grissim's Best of Show work at the 2021 Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale

About Foster

Foster grew up in Nashville before studying at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL, and Watkins College of Art. He later moved to Denver to train under master painter Quang Ho, where the sprawling Western landscape reshaped how he saw and painted everything. Rather than documenting subjects literally, Foster began chasing something harder to name: the patterns of light, the mood of a moment, the feeling a scene leaves behind.

Alongside Quang Ho, he cofounded Made for Artists, an online platform dedicated to bringing real studio education to painters and creative learners at every level.

In 2021, he took Best of Show at the Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale, one of the most respected juried shows in western art.

His work is currently featured in Saks Galleries in Denver and as an ‘Artist to Watch’ in Southwest Art.

Now back in Nashville, the familiar is worth a second look.

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Painted image of a bird, likely a rosy-faced lovebird, perched on dry branches against a gradient blue background.