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Ann Hanson

Ainsley McNeely

Mike Kopriva

Allyson Shoun

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Bighorn Basin Geoscience Center, Inc.

537 Greybull Avenue

Greybull, Wyoming 82426

www.bbgeoscience.org

Western Art by Wyoming Artists

Many talented western and native wildlife artists live, work or play in the Bighorn Basin of Wyoming. We invite you to visit each of our featured artist’s web page to view his or her collection of Western Art by Wyoming Artists. We will be adding other selected Western Artists and their offerings to the Wyoming Artists Group website. Make this site one of your favorites and visit it often for updates.

Ann Hanson - Shell Valley has its share of talented artists, including one of the horse lover’s favorite artists, Ann Hanson. Ann’s original art is on display in many exquisite settings, including private homes and lodges across the nation and overseas, as well as in the prestigious Buffalo Bill Historical Center Museum in Cody, Wyoming. Her work appears regularly in such notable publications as Western Horseman, Art of the West, and other well-known publications. Click here to visit Ann’s personal website and see for yourself why her works are prized by horse lovers.

usswyoming Michael Kopriva - Wyoming native Mike Kopriva has consistently won many competitions for his work in acrylic and watercolor painting, stone sculpture, and metal sculpture. A few of his more notable commissions include an acrylic 8' x 22' mural depicting scenes from Wyoming at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne, a 4' x 20' steel mural placed in the Rockville, MD Department of Transportation illustrating the history of transportation, and a 12" x 20" acrylic painting of the USS Wyoming Trident submarine commissioned as a gift for the officers.

Recent works include a beautiful 60 inch brazed steel and copper wall relief of a Big Horn Mountain meadow, commissioned in 2012 by a private party.

Mike's works can be found in local, national, and international corporate and private collections. Click here to visit Mike’s webpage and see for yourself why his works are so much in demand.

Ainsley McNeely - A native of Alabama, Ainsley McNeely, first came to the Wyoming/Montana area to paint in the 1990’s and liked it so much she bought property and began designing a new studio. She is known to the public for the colorful posters she designed for the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as well as the 2001-2002 Alabama Duck Stamp. Ainsley’s wildlife paintings, sporting art and portraits appear in galleries, shows and competitions throughout the U. S., winning awards in such shows as the Louisiana Wildfowl Festival, The Art Show at the Dog Show, The World Wildlife Art Festival and the Grand National Art Contest. Click here to view her Gallery and learn more about this talented artist.

Allyson Shoun – The only child of artist parents, Allyson's appreciation for art began at an early age. Allyson began exhibiting in galleries and working on commissioned artwork as a student at Ft. Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Today, Allyson, her husband, Jerry and their two daughters Emma and Samantha live in Arvada, Colorado and on their cattle ranch in Meriden, Wyoming.

Allyson’s charcoal, pencil and pastel drawings and portraits have appeared in many galleries and shows over the years and are displayed in private collections nationally. Her most recent gallery appearances include the Visions West Art Show at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado and The Western Spirit Art Show in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Allyson is most known to the public by drawings appearing on the covers of the Fence Post’s 2010 “Breeder’s Connection” and on the cover of the American Simmental Association’s 2010 Sire Source. Click here to visit her webpage and see her art works.

For further information, contact:

Cliff Manuel

Bighorn Basin Geoscience Center, Inc.

Greybull, Wyoming 82426

Phone: (307) 765-2286

e-mail:cliff@bbgeoscience.org