Ben Galloway

Ben Galloway passed away peacefully on September 3, 2026, age 92, at his daughter’s family home in the mountains in Bayfield, Colorado, where he lived since the passing of his wife, Hélène (“Lanie”) Brierre Galloway, in 2023.

Ben is survived by his children, Benjamin “Benny” Galloway, Tammie (Jeffrey) Stone, and Timothy Galloway (Courtney Cotton); grandchildren Lee (Kali) Galloway, Zachary and Dylan Stone, Noah and Sarah Galloway, and Kenzie Galloway; and great-grandchildren Layna, Hudson, and Charlotte Galloway.

Ben was born in northern Louisiana and grew up in New Orleans, where he met his future wife, Lanie. They married in February 1957. Ben served a year in the U.S. Coast Guard before serving in the U.S. Marine Corps where he distinguished himself earning expert marksmanship badges in rifle and pistol.

Ben enjoyed a distinguished career in art that spanned more than seven decades. His career began as an advertising artist before eventually pursuing his lifelong passion as a fine artist when he retired. A true lover of the American West, Ben moved his family from New Orleans to Boulder, Colorado to be surrounded by the landscapes and traditions that would inspire so much of his work. Later, Ben and Lanie lived in Durango, Colorado, and Santa Fe, New Mexico—a place Ben called “his favorite place to paint". He expanded his love of plein air painting with travels to Arles, Paris, and Provence.

Ben’s paintings were featured in numerous invitational exhibitions, including those of Oil Painters of America, the Pendleton Round-Up, the Western Visions Exhibit, Wyoming Western Images, and the Bear River Western Historical Art Exhibition, where he was honored with Best of Show. He was also accepted and attended a Cowboy Artists of America workshop for professional artists in Montana.

Ben and his work were profiled in Western Horseman magazine, and his paintings were exhibited in galleries throughout Colorado, New Mexico, Louisiana, Arizona, and Tokyo, Japan. His painting Doing Winter Work was selected as the poster for the 2003 Durango Cowboy Gathering.

Ben never stopped being an artist. He continued to sketch, draw, and paint with watercolors at home in the mountains, continuing his lifelong passion until the day before his passing.

The immediate family will hold a private celebration of Ben’s life.