Fred Oldfield’s Achievements

Founding member of the Rainier League of Arts.

Numerous Best of Show & Special Recognition Awards at the National Western Art Show & Auction in Ellensburg, WA.

Best of Show at MONAC (Museum of Native American Cultures) in Spokane, WA

Two-Man Show with J Shirly Bothum, Sculptor at the Frye Museum, Seattle, WA

Invited to submit paintings to the Cowboy Artists of America Show

A biography was published by Jay Moynahan titled “Fred Oldfield, The Man and His Art.”

Featured in a PBS Documentary “Wranglin’ Art” with fellow Western Artists John Clymer, Glenna Goodacre, and Fred Fellows.

Starred in a 13 week series of teaching videos titled “Painting the West.”

Fred annually painted and donated a painting for the Washington State Fair’s Scholarship Fund.

Participated in a show featuring 15 American Cowboy artists at Chatsworth Castle in Derbyshire, England and at the American Embassy in London.

Participated in the LA County Fair “Artists in Action” with friend George Montgomery

Participated in every “Mural in a Day” on the first Saturday of June in Toppenish, WA.

Asked to paint the longest outdoor mural in the US, in Toppenish, WA. He named the historical mural “Haller’s Defeat.“

Invited again to paint another mural in Toppenish, which he named, “Christmas on Logy Creek.”

His third mural in Toppenish was titled “ At the Peak of Harvest”.

75th Birthday Retrospect – a One-Man Retrospect at the Frye Museum, Seattle, WA

Was Featured in a “One-Man Retrospect” at the Western Washington State Fair titled “One Mans West” in Puyallup, WA

A Triumvirate show at the Frye Museum with Josef Scaylea and James W. Washington

The Fred Oldfield Western Heritage and Art Center opened in Puyallup, WA

Honored by the City of Puyallup, WA, city of Federal Way, WA, King County, Pierce County, and the State of Washington on his 85th, 90th, 95th, and 100th Birthday. March 18th 2003 and 2008 were made “Fred Oldfield Day” by a State Senate resolution

Starred in his own documentary – “Fred Oldfield – America’s Cowboy”

Invited to hang three (3) pieces at the opening of the new wing of the Tacoma Art Museum for the Haub Family Collection of Western American Art. His work hung there for one (1) year.

Featured on KOMO TV’s Eric’s Heroes with Eric Johnson; “Fred Oldfield, Cowboy Artist

Generated over a million dollars with his paintings which he donated to various charities across the nation. He gave away half his paintings to charities to be auctioned, usually to benefit children.

“Better Than I Deserve” The Life and Times of Cowboy Artist, Fred Oldfield, was published.