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Bob
Burkhart
A fifth generation Montanan whose great-great- grandfather headed
the first cattle drive from Texas to Montana, Bob Burkhart's
artwork is inspired by his life-long ranching background.
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Bruce
Park
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Carrie
Fell
“I’d like to feel that viewers will see my art and sense a secret
self - ‘unpenetrated’ and ‘unguessed’ - where the lightning
wrestles with the sky and where the stars open the darkened
night, where one can feel the cowboys ride.”
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Dave
Samuelson
Dave Samuelson is a storyteller in the western tradition of
Charlie Russell. Like that famous Montanan, Dave has led a life
rich in campfires and horses, and his stories spring from decades
of mountain hunting and guiding.
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George
Gogas
Gogas is confident he would have been an artist anywhere, searching
for that universal core that "seems to run through all good
art regardless of cultural expression."
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J.R.
Eason
Born and raised on a ranch in Idaho, Eason moved to Montana
in 1986. After establishing herself as a painter, Eason began
sculpting. Eason continues to learn from masters in her chosen
medium, as she feels this is imperative for continual growth.
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Karen
Leigh
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Karen
McCloney
Karen works in many media including stained glass, but she prefers
to render her work in oil or watercolor. She draws inspiration
from her Montana surroundings as well as travels throughout
the world.
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Kendahl
Jan Jubb
My motives have always been the same, to experience the animal
and the natural - to explore with patterns and colors and revel
in the diversity of form.
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Kent
Lovelace
Kent Lovelace was born in 1953 and raised in the eastern hills
of the San Francisco bay area. He received an MFA in Printmaking
from the University of Washington in 1980, and a BFA from the
University of Colorado, Boulder in 1976.
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Kevin
Red Star
Kevin Red Star was born on a Crow reservation in Lodge Grass,
Montana, in 1943. Raised in the language and ways of his Indian
heritage, those early years imbued him with the Crow culture,
which is fully expressed in a real and heartfelt way in his
art.
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Larry
Pirnie
My earliest memory of making a picture was drawing the Lone
Ranger when I was six years old. I've never stopped making pictures
of cowboys and horses.
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Linda
Tippetts
Linda Tippetts nurtured her kinship with the land as a child
in Montana's rural Sun River Valley. Her life encompassed an
endless landscape of wheatfields, the Rocky Mountain Front,
and horizons limited only by the boundaries of her imagination.
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Lois
Silver
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Louise
Lamontagne
Louise Lamontagne's vividly realized oil paintings, with their
simple, bold forms expressed in strong strokes and richly saturated
colors, have earned her a significant place among contemporary
Western artists.
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Marc
Bohne
I treat my landscapes more like portraits than snapshots of
a place. Portraits contain both subject and observer, and good
portraits show some evidence of that intimacy.
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Marion
Lavery
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Mary
Michael
Creating sculptures from a heart that has always been in Montana,
Mary Michael’s works have been compared to those of Western
Art legends Remington and Powell.
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Monte
Dolack
A love of the natural world, combined with his exuberant curiosity
and travel experiences, has shaped the content of Monte's imagery.
Blending mythology, technology and elements from nature, his
work is infused with a sense of humor and irony.
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Rudy
Autio
Rudy Autio is one of the most masterful and influential artists
working with clay in the United States today.
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Russell
Chatham
Since 1958 Chatham has had more than three hundred one-man exhibitions.
Chatham began printmaking in 1982, and today is considered one
of the world's foremost lithographers.
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Sharon
Ziegenhagen
Sharon Ziegenhagen is an award-winning artist who specializes
in purebred dogs, horses, and wildlife.
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Valerie
Veis
Valerie enjoys life living in central Montana surrounded bu
barley fields and a view of the Rocky Mountain Front. Born and
raised in Montana, she is proud of her multi-cultural heritage:The
Native American influence can be seen woven through her baskets.
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