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I am thrilled that this painting was selected for the Committee Purchase Award at the Stampede Western Invitational Art Exhibit in Greeley, Colorado. It will be featured on the 2018 Show poster and marketing. What an honor! The exhibit in in its 16th year as part of the Greeley Independence Stampede - a Colorado tradition that began in the 1800's to honor the local potato farmers. I love that! The Stampede hosts PRCA world-class rodeos and concerts with top name rock and country western entertainment that goes on for 10 days each July, ending on the 4th of July. The art exhibit was founded in 2000 by Mike Kettering and dedicated art lovers, Shirley and the late Willis "Tuffy" Holland. the art exhibit is open to the public through the 4th of July, 2017.

I am pleased to announce that this painting, "Bronc Explosion" was awarded The Diane Townsend Award at the 35th Annual Juried Exhibit - "Works Of and On Paper," at the Waterworks Art Museum in Miles City, Montana! It was also one of the FAV 15% in the January 2013 BoldBrush Contest. I am honored!

The exhibit runs through March 8, 2014.

The Quick Draw and Auction was a record success at the Bucking Horse Sale in Miles City! There were more than 20 nervous artists creating paintings, sculptures and pottery in just 3o minutes with no presketching allowed. It was a great turnout and the crowd was ready to bid. The total amount raised was over $11,000 which is a record, as was the average price per piece. I was thrilled to watch as two people bid against each other on my pastel, "Capture", which sold at $1750, the top selling lot of the day! I did not get a photo of the final artwork, but here is a similar painting, "Picking Up the Buckskin." It was the same subject of the pickup man and bronc, only coming straight at you so I only had to contend with the front image. Having 30 minutes to work with, the actual quick draw was very loose with just suggestions of detail, but this gives you an idea. 

I have been doing this Quick Draw at Miles City for almost 20 years!(geez I'm getting old!) but I LOVE the Waterworks Art Museum which is what the fundraiser is for. Formerly known as the Custer County Art Center, I like to say it is a shining gem on the prairie. Now hip and urban in feel, it was an old city water plant transformed into a very unique art museum, using the large cement holding tanks as the art galleries. Don't miss it if you are ever in southeastern Montana.  

I was pleased to find out this weekend that my pastel entitled "Lanky Cowboy" has been awarded an Honorable Mention at the 32nd Annual Juried Exhibit "Works on Paper" held at one of my favorite small museums, Custer County Art & Heritage Center located in Miles City, Montana. Judge of the exhibit was John Pollock, who has been teaching art at Montana State University at Billings for over 35 years and has received numerous award and honors for his work.

For those who do not yet receive my Artwork Update Newsletter, I did have two painting that recently won awards at the Wild Horse & Western Art Show in Rock Springs, Wyoming - "Head Rest" and "Out of the Dust" which can both be seen under Artworks -The West in Pastel.

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And now a different type of award for the family; my great-great grandfather, Donald Stevenson was inducted into the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame this past weekend. Born in Scotland in 1846, he became a great rancher (1600 head of longhorns), an entreprenuer that ran freight wagons in the Dakota Territory and was a state representative. A bit of history of which we are very proud.