Max Bunnell graduated from
Brigham
Young
University
with a Bachelor’s of Science degree, majoring in Art and Education.
Later he finished a Master of Fine Arts degree at the same school. He
was awarded a Ford Fellow Leadership Scholarship, which amounted to a
year studying in various places and different schools in the Southwest.
This included a study of Indian Jewelry at
Santa Fe
and silversmithing from Alvin Pine at
California
State,
Long Beach.
Mr. Bunnell taught in
Clark County,
NV
public schools for 29 years, and more recently, spent ten years as a
full time professor of art at
Dixie
College.
He has taught in the extension program for the
University
of
Nevada
at both the
Las Vegas
and
Reno
campuses and currently conducts workshops in both
Nevada
and
Utah.
Max loves to teach and share what he has learned with others, as he has
done for over 50 years.
For many years Max painted professionally and is represented in various
collections throughout the Southwest and the
U.S.,
as well as in some foreign countries. He specializes in painting
landscapes in watercolor and oils; however, he works in many media. He
has experienced success in shows throughout the Southwest, winning
awards and commissions.
Max has been the driving
force in starting art guilds in
Nevada. In 1959 he founded the Moapa Valley Art Guild. He was
instrumental in starting the successful Dixie Invitational Art Show,
which earned over $300,000 towards a new art museum on the campus.
He married Julia E. Lewis,
and they are the parents of two daughters, Leah Mae Rieske of
Orem,
UT,
and Edith Ann Luce of Overton, NV. Max loves his family and
grandchildren, and loves to paint or draw on location with his painter
friends, whenever possible.
