2026 UNFRAMED - Off To The Races

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The mission of The Huntsville Museum of Art Guild is to support and promote the Huntsville Museum of Art and its vision to bring people and art together.

Since 1964, the Guild has provided over $3M in direct funding to lay the groundwork for a museum of art in Huntsville, as well as work hand-in-hand with the museum to promote awareness, appreciation, and knowledge of the visual arts. 

Through these efforts and your support, our community of generous donors have enabled us to create a premier visual arts center for everyone in the North Alabama region.

The featured art for UNFRAMED 2026, "Little Filly" was painted and donated to the Huntsville Museum of Art Guild by internationally renowned artist, Alan Shuptrine.  www.alanshuptrine.com

Little Filly © Alan Shuptrine

Oil on canvas, 24 X 36 inches, 1/2" wide float style frame, gilded with 22Kt genuine gold leaf.

Get to know the artist

Alan Shuptrine, an internationally renowned American watercolor artist and master craftsman, is a painter known for his realistic watercolors, oils, gold leaf panels.  His work can be found in 14 American fine art museums, and in private collections, worldwide.  A collection of Shuptrine's work was exhibited in a two-year solo museum tour, Appalachian Watercolors of The Serpentine Chain, that traveled from the Tennessee State Museum to The Morris Museum of Art, and the Huntsville Museum of Fine Art.  At the conclusion of the exhibition, he released his independently published award-winning book, I Come from A Place. Following a successful exhibition of his gilded works at the Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy, Alan was invited to be the 2023 Artist in Residence at Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton SC.  He is now looking forward to his upcoming Artist in Residency at historic Skibo Castle in Dornoch, Scotland, August 2025 where his work will be on display in the gallery on property.

Shuptrine is also sought after for his mastery in designing and creating one-of-a-kind, handcrafted gold leaf art frames, and his expertise in the restoration, conservation, and preservation of antique gilded pieces and priceless works of art.

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Online Auction

This year's online auction will open on April 26, 2025.

The online auction will close on the day of the event, May 2 2026 at 6:30 PM/Central.