Mountain Trails Galleries has been the home to three generations of Bronze sculptors from the Payne family for over twenty years. It all began with celebrated bronze artist Ken Payne whose sculpting career started in 1976. Ken is best known for his renditions of horses and knowledge of Western history.

Bronze artist Susan Kliewer subsequently joined the gallery as a working sculptor and can be observed daily creating new bronze pieces that tell stories of the Native American culture. Susan loves to share her passion with friends, young and old, so please come visit with her on your next trip to Sedona, Arizona.

If you happen to be in Sedona on the 1^st Friday of the month, come join us for our “1^st Friday at the Galleries evening art walk from 5-8pm”. This event is sponsored by the Sedona Gallery Association.

Susan Kliewer

Susan Kliewer, a native of California, has lived in Arizona for nearly 33 years, five of them at Marble Canyon Trading Post in a remote area of Northern Arizona near the Colorado River. Dreams of deserts, canyons, rivers and sunsets have been her constant companions since she was a child. A painter since the age of 10, she turned to sculpting in 1987 after working in an art casting foundry for 10 years. Susan won a competition to create a monument of Sedona Schnebly. The 10-foot tall bronze figure was installed in front of the Sedona Public Library in 1994. Her lifesize fountain portraying the Sinagua People and a fountain of a Hopi Water Maiden are also to be found in Sedona. "My work," she says, "aims to show the common thread that underlies all human experience, and which I hope brings us to a greater understanding between all peoples." She often uses her Navajo friends and grandchildren as models to capture the special intimacy which is the hallmark of her work.

Vic Payne & Dustin Payne

Father and son Vic & Dustin Payne are keeping the art of bronze sculpting alive by carrying on their family legacy of Western art bronze sculpting. Limited-edition bronze sculptures pay homage to the West with a power that evokes the pioneering spirit of the land with romanticism so deep it makes one long for the days of the Old West.

Fine Original Art Paintings

Suzanne Baker - Western working cowboy landscapes
Betty Carr - Floral/Landscape
Gene Speck - Landscape of the past
Lisa Danielle - Ancient Native American Artifacts
Steven Lang - Native American Culture
Susanne Nyberg - Desert Landscape
Douglas Aagard - Landscape
Don Sahli - Landscape/Florals/Still life
William Scott Jennings - Grand Landscape
John Nieto - Colorful display of the Native American Wildlife