“Call it characterization or soul or feeling, humanness is what Gene Zesch’s sculptures are all about.”
Pam Hait- Art West
“Gene Zesch’s art is a celebration of the good-natured self reliance that goes with life in the hardscrabble Texas hill country. Anyone who can look at one of Gene’s pieces and not smile has spent way too much time in town.”
Don Hedgepeth, Former Director of Buffalo Bill Museum
“His work is widely accepted, even among those who have little interest in western art. And his hand-painted bronzes fill a special niche in the art world.”
Western Horseman Magazine
“What Gene does is capture the real truths about Texas ranch life and the human heart.”
John Davis – Institute of Texan Cultures
“Gene has elevated ranch survival into an art form!”
Jaqueline M. Pontello – Southwest Art
“Zesch is virtually the only wood carver to be in the competitive world of fine art!”
Art Talk
“As with Norman Rockwell’s ‘stylized nostalgia’ and Charles Russell’s ‘painted stories’, Gene’s works tell true ranch stories.”
American Cowboy Magazine
“The ability to evoke a smile through humor in fine art is a God given gift! A talent few other than Charlie Russell, Bill Bond, Norman Rockwell, Neil Boyle and Gene Zesch have!”
Vicki Staving – Art of the West
“If Mark Twain had carved instead of written books,
they would probably look like this.”
Texas Monthly