Dust-Up Overall Honorable Mention

A celebration of the untouched West—timeless, and much of it the same as it’s been for generations—my work highlights my preoccupation with the skies and landscapes of the American West, as well as the animals that live there. I have a particular soft spot for the vast, empty plains of southeastern Wyoming: a perfect stage for the drama of the clouds and colors of the expansive sky.

This piece shows a storm building behind a group of horses on the plains as they engage in a brief scuffle. It was created in oil on canvas.