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This is where I’m happiest.

In the studio, ideas starting to take shape. Clay in hand and paint moving across the canvas's surface. It doesn’t always come easy, but I wouldn’t want it any other way.

I'm grateful to have David Surks step in and capture a few of these moments.

Some things are meant to stay long after you’re gone.

Somewhere between ’89 and ’93, I was standing beside this life-size pronghorn, presenting it to Governor Stan Stephens of Montana while he was serving. That day took place at the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks - Region 7 headquarters, where the sculpture lives to this day.

I spent a part of my life in Montana, and there’s something meaningful about leaving a piece behind at a place like that. To know it’s cared for and preserved, much like the animals themselves.

I’m grateful for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the work they do to protect these animals so they’re still out there for generations to come.

Flashback to 2003.

Looking at this photo brings me right back to that time in my life. Standing in the foundry beside a couple of sculptures that had started months earlier as quiet observations in the wild.

Back then I was still building my path as an artist, learning something new with every piece and every experience along the way.

What strikes me now is how much has changed… and how much hasn’t.

I’m still out there watching wildlife, still inspired by those moments in nature, and still chasing the challenge of turning them into something lasting.

Some things evolve over the years. Inspiration rarley does.