The awesome landscape of America is truly enhanced by the mascots that are found there within. As with our Bald Eagle symbol, this land is very blessed.
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The Rendezvous was an annual gathering of mountain men, fur traders, and Native Americans that lasted for a week. For many of the mountain men it was more civilization than they experienced the rest of the year. The Rendezvous began in 1825 and ended in 1840.
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Moose have character that lacks concern. They often overpower the elements and predators. I have so much respect for the power and appearance they possess.
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Yellow Pineapple w/copper; Red dyed coral w/black onyx; 3 tiered white bone horn
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The Cape Buffalo, solid & massive presence of this creature staring at you & sniffing the air before it has determined if you are friend or foe was an interesting moment in time that I wanted to capture. Using dry brush & palette knife helped to create the rough texture of the horns & skin.
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The peaks and valleys of the west ring with the bugles of the Elk in fall. And with the sunlight in the vast landscape of this animals range.
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With my paint, I can choose to tell a story or provoke an emotion. These Swans display peaceful calming color and soft edge surroundings. Did you see the dragonfly??
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In this painting, I wanted to capture a moment in time when the “taming of the west was coming to an end. One can imagine the thoughts that were going through Cody’s and his Indian friends minds as they stood at a hilltop and looked across the plains and saw the end of the Buffalo, the end of a way of life for the Indians and the end of the Wild West.
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In spite of having his surgery, we all scrambled for the fence when Old Blue got loose!!
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The subtle dawn on the far away range is so a talent of Gilleon, how he captures light, perfection.
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The procession assembled at the old abandoned train depo and moved forward to the beat of the snare drum. It snaked through north Bozeman streets, "The Tour of Sheds", proudly led by the alabaster donkey, Conchita!
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My challenge was to depict the intense tracking star of a Great Horned Owl diving down from a lofty pearch with magnificent silent wings spread intent on capturing a meal in motion. I imagine the silence of the event is softened by the cold moon light & snow covered landscape.
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"Brittney" is her name & she has been featured in another favorite Connor oil painting called the "Protector"!
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In the struggle for life and the moment of challenge, is the Mountain Grizzly defending it's kill of the bull moose or is the timber wolf pack challenging the Grizzly for intruding and to reclaim their hard fought meal?
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"In my own style, I now see myself as a recorder of the Crow arts - contemporary arts. If I can leave a message ... saying that Crow art and creativity has never died, then I will have achieved what I wanted to do."
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Ezra Tucker's paintings often reflect the wildlife art that as a young man he saw in Outdoor Life and Field and Stream Magazine, the types of images used in calendars and advertisements to sell products since the early 1900's.
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A close up view of just a portion of this fabulous piece by now deceased Terry Murphy, this is 1 of 36.
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Greg Woodard's unchased bronze of a Native American reunited with his horse in the spirit world is a profoundly moving statement about the extraordinary bonds between horse and rider.
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The green grasses of spring last a short time on the plains, making visible nature's cycle of death and revitalization.
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John DeMott says, "As traces of the old west slowly disappear, I want to give people a sense of what was going on here two hundred years ago".
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"Jupiter" was one of the original trains at the golden spike ceremony in Promontory, Utah, on May 10th, 1869 marking the linking of the rails coast to coast. Soon thereafter hunters began slaughtering buffalo by the thousands. This sculpture portrays a bull bison charging Jupiter in defiance.
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A life size golden eagle just misses his first shot at an agile jack rabbit. Screaming in anger and giving his all, he ricochets around for another chance.
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Dot Brandt, a local Big Sky resident, is as colorful as this wonderful depiction of our favorite hike to Ousel Falls, which is the south fork of the west fork of the Gallatin River
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This painting is a fine example of the artist's use of complementary colors, here a dominant yellow accented by purple.
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This marvelous painting, evocative of Millet (The Gleaners) and earlier European masters, reflects the artist's love of historical subjects in her native Montana, and is a particular tribute to the hard work performed by Montana's pioneer women.
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This scene is one of the artist's favorite places to visit and reflect. It is in Oak Creek Canyon, North of Sedona, AZ.
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This piece shows the artist's love of the soft colors of Fall contrasted with the vibrant yellow of Aspen leaves at full turn.
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This piece exhibits Shirle's skill in creating an impressionist landscape with large brush strokes in the background behind the moving bear.
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The setting for this painting is at the eastern end of the Gallatin Range near Hebgen Lake dam & Yellowstone National Park.
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Tom Gilleon donated this piece to a Big Brothers/Big Sisters fundraising event in Big Sky MT in 2006. The artist's choice of tipi décor, historically accurate, is a charming tribute to a fantastic cause.
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Flavia has studied with (among other great landscape teachers) Richard Schmid. This painting shows the artist's command of painting mountain light.
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