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The 2026 QuickDraw Artists
Aaron Hazel
Aaron Hazel is an award-winning artist whose work is featured in galleries internationally and on the pages of national publications. Earning his B.F.A. from Whitman College, Hazel was also a member of the basketball team. Much of Hazel’s early work focused on the art of athletics and he has been commissioned by numerous professional players. Hazel's more recent work focuses on minorities of the West, who are vastly underrepresented in general academia. An avid "student of the game" Hazel is constantly exploring different subject matter as well. Assisting in the workshops of renowned impressionist Robert Moore, Hazel also serves on the Jury Committee for the Out West Art Show in Montana and for local shows in his hometown of Boise. Hazel has been featured at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, the Dayton Institute of Art, the Stanford Children's Hospital, and on the corporate walls of Starbucks, Facebook, Delta Airlines, and Nike.
Allie Zeyer
Allie was born and raised in Centerville, Utah where she grew up watching her dad, Michael Hadley paint and sell his work in Jackson, WY. Many family vacations were spent driving to Jackson Hole where the smell of oil paint and wool blankets filled the air as her family followed the Snake River west. This played a large role in motivating Allie to pursue art at an early age. Allie received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree and continues her education by studying under renowned landscape painter, Scott Christensen. “Thinking creatively and allowing time for ideas and themes to develop are key points for me in this ongoing education. I feel my art has infinite potential and look forward to deliberate exploration to foster new ideas.” In addition to on-going education, Allie is an award-winning artist. She most recently received the William Shulz Memorial Award in 2024 from the American Impressionist Society and the Little Gem Award with the Oil Painters of America (OPA) at the 2024 Western Regional Exhibition. Please see her Events page on this website for additional honors and awards received. Allie is now a signature member of the AIS -an accomplishment achieved by only 15% of its entire membership. On an every day occasion, Allie can be spotted painting the landscape in and around the Treasure Valley.
Amber Blazina
Amber Blazina is a contemporary western oil painter specializing in Impressionist and Expressionist alla prima methods. She melds her vast experience in design, the research and knowledge of painters with whom she has studied, and the experiences of her rural Montana upbringing to create bold, energetic paintings. A freelance graphic designer in 2002, she transitioned to oil painting in 2016, becoming a full-time painter in 2017. She resides and paints in the Rocky Mountains in her beloved home state of Montana.
Amy Ringholz
If you look into the eyes of the wildlife that Amy Ringholz captures using oils, acrylics, ink and graphite, you might just recognize yourself. That’s because the Jackson, Wyoming, artist formally trained as a portraitist. She believes that experience gives her wildlife subjects a striking humanity that draws the viewer into their story. “I try to put my wild heart and love of freedom into my paintings,” says Amy. “When you place a piece of my work in your home, you have a piece of me. I want that work to inspire your life with beauty, creativity and love. I want your heart to feel open and full, and your life to feel more meaningful because you get to share your days with one of my paintings.” Amy grew up the daughter of a teacher mother and artist father in Cleveland, Ohio. She double majored in drawing and art education at Bowling Green State University. It was there that she spent a semester in New Mexico, which cemented her love of the western landscape and wildlife. Lured by a job at a dude ranch that promised the chance to spend time with moose and bison, Amy moved to Jackson in 2002. A short time later, she was exhibiting her work at galleries across the West, and in 2012, at the age of 34, she was named the youngest-ever featured artist for the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival. In 2013, Amy opened her own gallery in the heart of Jackson.
Andrew Denman
Andrew Denman is an Arizona-based, internationally recognized, award-winning contemporary wildlife artist. Denman primarily paints wildlife and animal subjects in a unique, hallmark style combining hyper-realism with stylization and abstraction. His dynamic and original acrylic paintings can be found in museum collections on two continents and in numerous private collections in the USA and abroad. His clear voice, unique vision, and commitment to constant artistic experimentation have positioned him on the forefront of an artistic vanguard of the best contemporary wildlife and animal painters working today.
Benjamin Walter
Benjamin Walter (b. 1991) is a landscape artist in Jackson Hole. He started drawing as soon as he could hold a crayon and discovered landscape painting during a summer plein air class at the age of 11. Mentored by a painter in Philadelphia from the ages of 11-18, he learned the fundamentals of classical art. After receiving a masters degree from the University of Oxford in Classical Languages and Literature, Benjamin moved to Jackson, Wyoming in 2015. Since then he has participated in local and national art events. Benjamin credits his current art trajectory to the natural beauty and high caliber art environment of Jackson Hole. He is grateful to his supportive family, friends, and galleries. Benjamin captures the stark beauty of the Western landscape with a harmonious palette and careful composition. "As I continue to learn the craft of painting, I continue to search for the sense of wonder that inspired me to paint in the first place." Painting en plein air and in the studio, Benjamin captures the light and atmosphere of the landscape. He seeks to convey both the majesty and calm felt when experiencing the grandeur of creation.
Bryce Pettit
Bryce grew up surrounded by nature, which fostered a deep interest in the world around him. His desire to create and his love of the natural world have always been closely linked. He studied the natural sciences continuing onto graduate studies in ecology. Eventually the passion to create became undeniable and he focused full time on a career as a sculptor. Bryce has been a professional sculptor for nearly 25 years and is featured in a collection of acclaimed galleries and exhibitions. He has also created several large public works including for the Tulsa International Airport, the Maritime Museum in Ludington Michigan, the Na ‘Aina Kai Botanical Gardens in Kawai, Hawaii as well a collection of libraries and schools. Bryce lives in Durango, Colorado surrounded by the mountains and rivers he loves.
Caleb Meyer
Caleb Meyer was born in 1982 in the small mountain town of Hailey, Idaho. As a child Caleb enjoyed all types of art, but it wasn't until a painting class in college that he discovered a passion for oil painting. After graduating from Boise State University in 2006, Meyer began an apprenticeship with nationally recognized painter, Robert Moore. Meyer compared his time in Moore's studio to the laying of a strong foundation. "The painting processs is like building a house, a painter must understand the principles of design to create a foundation for a strong painting." After a two-year apprenticeship, Caleb accepted an art teaching job in Twin Falls, Idaho. Determined to continue his dream of being a painter, Meyer set up in his garage and painted on weekends and breaks from school. Slowly Caleb's own style began to emerge as he established himself as a professional artist. In 2011, after three years of teaching high school drawing and painting, Meyer left the classroom to pursue painting full time.
Carrie Penley
Carrie Penley is a Georgia-based artist known for her mixed media paintings that layer realism with narrative. Raised in Carrollton, she studied at the University of Georgia and began her career in interiors under designers Dan Carithers and Dotty Travis before founding her full-time studio in 2012. Her work explores the American West as both landscape and symbol, a meditation on resilience, memory, and spirit. Beneath each brushstroke lies history: aged sheet music, weathered paper, and fragments of story. Whether depicting wildlife or music icons, Carrie’s art honors what endures: the beauty of nature, the courage of individuality, and the timeless rhythm of the land.
Colt Idol
Lifetime Montana resident Colt Idol has always been enamored with “the West” and all that it represents. After an injury-plagued high school and collegiate basketball career, Idol decided to pursue art full time. With the guidance of his father, Dick Idol, he was able to develop his abilities and advance his knowledge of art. He had undoubtedly found his passion. The artist lives in Whitefish, Montana, with his wife Jennifer, their young son and daughter. Colt exhibits his work in galleries and auctions throughout the western United States. He is represented by Legacy Gallery in New Mexico, Mountain Trails Galleries in Utah and Wyoming, Coeur d’Alene Galleries in Idaho, Settlers West Galleries in Arizona, as well as Dick Idol Signature Gallery, Beartooth Gallery, Illume Gallery West and Cassens Fine Art, all located in Montana. He has shown his work at the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s Western Visions show and auction, the Scottsdale Art Auction, the C.M. Russell Museum’s The Russell Live Auction and the March in Montana auction.
DG House
Contemporary Native American Artist DG House is artist in residence in Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park and the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis, IN. Her work has exhibited in the finest Art Museums including the Holter Museum of Art, the Missoula Museum of Art, the Yellowstone Art Museum and the CM Russell Museum in Montana as well the Phippen Museum of Art in Prescott, AZ, the Heard Museum in Phoenix, AZ, the Eiteljorg Museum of Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis, IN, the John Clymer Museum in Ellensburg, WA, the Western Art Museum in Kerrville, Texas and the Indian Market at the Autry National Center in Los Angeles, CA. In 2020, DG House participates in the invitational Cowgirl UP! Exhibition at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg, AZ.Over her 26 year career, House has painted a life-size fiberglass buffalo bull and calf for the City of West Yellowstone, MT, participated in the CM Russell Museum Art Auction and mastered the quick draw on the square for the Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival in Jackson, WY. House has also created the album art for the, “If I Were an Otter,” CD, created a kite which is travelling the Buffalo Jumps nationwide and flying during special presentations and lectured on the history of Native American art throughout the United States. DG House’s work is in permanent collections worldwide including Grand Teton National Park, Devils Tower Monument and musicians Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney and Michael McDonald.
Eric Wilson
'Eric Wilson is one of Great Britain's leading wildlife artists, a multi-award winner whose paintings are now widely collected throughout the world. He has had sell out exhibitions in London, Germany and the United States. His paintings have appeared in numerous magazines and books and original works have been auctioned at Christies in London. Eric has been the subject of a Sky Television documentary 'Zeitgeist' about his life and work. He is also a respected teacher of art, with students coming from as far away as Australia to learn from him. He has taught extensively in Italy, The Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Austria and Thailand. His instructional DVD 'Pastel Masterclass' has been a huge success selling all over the world. The worldwide appeal of Eric's work is not only the craftsmanship of his paintings, but the fact that he has spent a lifetime studying these animals in the wild, from Polar Bears in the frozen north, Gorillas in Zaire, to Tigers in Nepal. Eric paints wildlife from his own direct experience'.
Gleb Goloubetski
Born in Omsk in the former Soviet Union in 1975, Gleb Goloubetski displayed noticeable artistic talent and a keen interest in the arts from an early age. His initial tutorage and inspiration came from his late father, who achieved success as a painter in his own right and actively encouraged Gleb to paint. Gleb’s formal training came from his studies at the highly acclaimed academy in St Petersburg where his work attracted much attention. He maintains a close relationship with both the academy and his former professor. Gleb’s inspiration comes primarily from the aged architecture and geography of Europe; he has special associations with the United Kingdom, the Mediterranean, the USA and the Far East. He travels extensively looking for images to paint. When he finds a view that inspires him, Gleb will sit and absorb it for some time, paying particular attention to how the natural light conditions of the day influence his perspective and moreover his emotional response. Returning to his main studio in St Petersburg, Gleb will sit and consider his reference material. Reminding himself of scale, he then begins to paint. It is Gleb’s emotional response to the subject that he conveys to canvas, in oil, with only a palette knife.
Greg Wilson
Much of wildlife artist Greg Wilson's time is spent in the mountains in pursuit of the animals around his home in Utah. It is not unusual for Greg to set off for days, with camera and sketchpad in hand, in search of that picturesque scene that he can bring to life in an oil painting. What started out as Greg's interest as a child and dream as a young adult, has turned into a career that has allowed him to find great satisfaction and success. His artwork, once given only as gifts, can now be found on magazine covers and in major art collections throughout the country. Considered as one of the top rising stars in the wildlife art world, Greg’s work continues to gain in popularity for it visual appeal and investment value alike. Wilson attended the Colorado Institute of Art and Utah State University. His work has been on many covers of wildlife magazines as well as on state wildlife publications. He has also received many other recognitions and awards by wildlife foundations and national art shows and has been listed as an “artist to watch” in industry publications.
Hannah Harper
Hannah Harper is a contemporary wildlife painter from Southern Oklahoma. As a teenager, she was fortunate to attend a workshop with artists John and Terri Moyers at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum; soon after, the Moyers invited her to study and live with them in their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. During her time in Santa Fe, Harper also received classical training at the Ryder Studio under instructors Anthony and Celeste Ryder. The Ryders, along with the Moyers, instilled in Harper the importance of drawing and painting from life. She carries this foundation into her current work and continues to maintain a plein air painting practice. After completing her BFA in Painting at the University of New Mexico in 2019, Harper returned home to Oklahoma to begin graduate school at the University of Oklahoma, where she earned her MFA in Painting in 2023. She now resides in Norman, Oklahoma, and is represented by Manitou Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Claggett/Rey Gallery in Edwards, Colorado.
Justin Prigmore
Award winning artist Justin Prigmore has a Master's Degree in Ecology and until recently, as well as being a painter, worked part-time for the Cairngorms National Park Authority mainly on capercaillie conservation. Born in 1974 in Wales, Justin currently lives in Dulnain Bridge with his wife Carina and two young daughters Hannah and Ella. Justin has been drawing and painting for as long as he can remember, but it was while living in Colorado in his early twenties, that he re-discovered his love of wildlife. The wonderful galleries in the Rockies had a profound effect on him and he has focused his attention on this genre of painting ever since. Travel has been an essential element of his work. He and Carina have travelled throughout North America, including Western Canada and Alaska. They lived for a year in Northern Sweden. In 2006 they visited Africa for the first time, taking them to see the phenomenal wildlife spectacles of Kenya and Tanzania. They have also spent time in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, where they have joined wolf researcher’s radio-tracking wild wolves in Yellowstone’s northern range. Justin is exhibiting his work internationally in prestigious juried shows and galleries. In the United States, he has shown at the Bennington Center for the Arts, Vermont, who have purchased three of his pieces for their permanent collection and with the Society of Animal Artists, who have elected him as a signature member. His painting “The Standoff” has been purchased for the permanent collection of the Wildlife Experience Museum in Denver, Colorado.
Kathryn Turner
Turner began studying art in her teens from noted local painters. She then left Wyoming to attend the University of Notre Dame, majoring in Studio Arts. She spent an influential semester in Rome, Italy and then studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. Turner now has a Master's degree from the University of Virginia. Having been passionate about painting since childhood, Turner is now nationally recognized with top honors from the American Impressionist Society and the National Academy of Equine Art and the Southeast Wildlife Exposition as the 2017 Featured Artist. Her work has been showcased in the National Museum of Wildlife Art, the Charlie Russell Museum, the Buffalo Bill Cody Center of the West, The Phippen Museum, the Brinton Museum and the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. Turner has been recognized as Wyoming Best Watercolor Artist in 2001 by the Wyoming Watercolor Society and was included in SouthwestArt Magazine's "Annual Profile of Young Artists with Promising Careers.”
Kathy KJ Wipfler
From a childhood in rural central California, Kathy Wipfler moved to Jackson Hole, Wyoming in 1979 to learn to paint on location. With help from local residents John Clymer, Conrad Schwiering, and Greg McHuron, she set out on a journey which has been intertwined with adventures in the art world, as well as in the traditional western ranching life. Wipfler’s long time caretaking position on a local ranch has brought her many days of working cattle and riding several ranges of western Wyoming. Spending time with the hardy life-long residents of Jackson Hole has given Kathy a rich background of the history and traditions of this beautiful part of the West. Along this journey, Kathy has had many mentors in the art world, including Skip Whitcomb, Bill Reese, Ned Jacob, and Hollis Williford. Their information and friendship has been invaluable in her path to translating her vision of the landscape, wildlife, and ranch life of the West. After painting thousands of field sketches, Wipfler’s paintings started to become populated with the domestic animals and wildlife of the area, and her favorite painting spots are often in front of a field of cattle or horses. “My time spent painting on location (in all types of weather conditions) is the foundation for all my studio pieces. The field sketches, no matter how rough, are invaluable in the studio in my attempt to bring the feel of the scene to the viewer.”
Katy Ann Fox
Katy Ann Fox wanders through the West witnessing windblown mountains and sunlight to gather emotion and imagery for her landscape paintings. Her oil paintings host a feeling of peace and respect for her subject as she focuses on texture and color harmony. She grew up in north central Idaho, moved to San Francisco, California for her Masters in Fine Art degree at the Academy of Art University and now makes her art at the foot of the Teton Mountain Range. In addition to painting, she does woodblock printing and hand thrown pottery and some sewing. Her work can be seen publicly in Jackson Hole in the Emergency hallway of St. John’s Hospital, Sage Living Center, and outside of 45 S Glenwood Street. Privately her work is scattered throughout the world in collectors’ walls and cupboards. Commercially she covers the Jackson Hole Still Works Tres Teton Amaro and Great Grey Gin labels sold around the nation.
Lance Williams
Lance is a colorblind oil painter navigating the colorful world of art with a unique perspective. From his home studio, where family and a loyal dog often wander in, he spends his days practicing, learning, and finding joy in the creative process. For Lance, success is an ever-evolving journey, shaped by the values he holds close. Beyond the studio, Lance enjoys a vibrant life with his wife, Amy, and their children, embracing hobbies like hiking, camping, skiing, golfing, and tending to their home and yard together. His work is inspired by both the beauty of nature and the joy of life.
Lyn St. Clair
Lyn St. Clair began her professional career at age 11, doing portraits of horses and dogs from life. She won her first award for her wildlife work at age 13. The portrait work led to the first incarnation of her business; self-publishing limited edition prints from her pen & ink drawings of dogs. She created over 600 limited edition prints that can be found in collections around the world. While creating and marketing the prints, Lyn began exploring different mediums for her wildlife paintings. The search for authenticity in her wildlife work led her to spend time in the field studying her subjects across the country. In 2002, she moved to the Greater Yellowstone area…and it has been home ever since. Lyn’s wildlife work is based exclusively on her personal experience observing wildlife in its natural habitat. She spends countless hours in the field watching, sketching, and photographing the subjects of her paintings. In addition to wildlife work, Lyn paints horses, Western culture, and en plein air landscapes. Lyn’s paintings have won over 80 awards across the country, including Best in Show three years in a row at the Ward Museum Show. Her work has been exhibited in the Tucson Museum of Art, the Hiram Blauveldt Art Museum, the West Valley Art Museum, the Phippen Museum, the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, and is in the permanent collection of the Worrell Museum.
Patricia A. Griffin
Patricia A. Griffin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1967 and has been a professional artist since 1990. Her work has brought her international recognition, has exhibited in 16 museums, and can be found in private and public collections from Dallas to Dubai. She has shown in 18 solo exhibitions, and over 180 group exhibitions. Griffin's work has won numerous honorable awards, including the Conservation Award in 2022 by Artists for Conservation, BC, an achievement that echoes the underlying drive of her work – to educate people and promote conservation. A skilled teacher and photographer, she has designed her life to allow her to explore the natural world with her camera, and to share its incredible beauty through her paintings.
Renso Tamse
Renso Tamse, born and raised in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, drew and painted at an early age. He always knew he wanted to be an artist and was especially fond of nature. At the Rotterdam Academy of Visual Arts, he found out he wanted to find his own way. His preference was realistic drawing and painting. What Renso really wanted, was to paint wild, mysterious natural landscapes and the animals who live there, to tell his and their story. The work is increasingly conceptual and has multiple layers in meaning and is always about emotion. He constantly travels around the world in search of beautiful areas to lose himself in wonder.
Sarah Becktel
Sarah Becktel is an American artist based at the NJ shore and Bozeman, MT. She earned her BFA in painting from the Tyler School of Art and continued her studies of representational drawing and painting at multiple locations. Becktel has shown her work in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States and her work is in private collections across the world. Becktel received a 2026 Individual Artist Fellowship award from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. She has been awarded artist residencies at Brushcreek Ranch in Saratoga, Wyoming and PLAYA in Summer Lake, Oregon. Sarah creates paintings and drawings that are inspired by animal ecology and natural history. She travels to view animals in their natural environments and extensively researches her subjects to create work rich in context and narrative. Sarah is interested in exploring how the animal kingdom has intersected with human civilization throughout history, and how we continue to navigate that intersection today.
Sofia Goloubetski
Born in 2006, Sofia Goloubetski is the eldest daughter of Russian artist Gleb Goloubetski and she is the fourth generation of painters in the Goloubetski family. Sofia has inherited her forebears’ passion for painting in oil with only a palette knife. She started to exhibit and sell her works at the age of 10 in galleries of the USA and Great Britain.
Travis Walker
Travis Walker was born in Tokyo, Japan, an Air Force brat whose nomadic childhood was filled with comic books, science fiction, and drawing. After graduating with a degree in Painting and Printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University, the allure of the western landscape drew him to the valley of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where he has lived and worked for nearly 20 years, blending contemporary landscape painting with the fictional worlds of his past. Travis Walker's work can be found at Maya Frodeman Galllery in Jackson, Wyoming and Visions West Contemporary in Montana and Denver, Colorado. He has been featured in SouthWest Art Magazine, Big Sky Journal, Mountain Living, Forbes, and The Guardian. He is the founder of the nonprofit Teton Artlab, an Artist In Residence program based in Jackson Hole.
Trey McCarley
Trey McCarley, a graduate of the University of Arkansas with a degree in Landscape Architecture, has honed his skills under the guidance of renowned American Impressionist Robert Moore through a four-year apprenticeship. As a result, his art is characterized by its vibrancy and boldness, focusing on Plein-air landscapes. McCarley's ability to convey a universal appreciation for nature has earned him recognition in galleries across the United States and internationally. He was named one of Southwest Art Magazine's Top 21 Under 31 Young Artists to Collect in September 2017.
Troy Collins
As a nationally renowned western landscape impressionist, Troy Collins creates paintings with brilliant color, texture and insight from his studio nestled in the middle of the Bitterroot Mountain Range. His paintings have graced the halls of the Montana and California State Capitols, the Pentagon, the U.S. Capital, U.S. Embassies and are included in many corporate and private collections throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. Troy’s work has been featured in over 100 magazines and four books and he has also been chosen as one of the top 25 quick finish artists in the West. Troy is a distinguished member of the Montana Arts Council, an organization funded by the State of Montana and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. The MAC provides grants and funding to develop the creative potential of all Montanans, advance education, spur economic vibrancy and revitalize communities through involvement in the arts. Troy is a proud member of the C.M. Russell Museum’s Russell Skull Society of Artists. He has also been named the 2022 Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival’s Featured Artist.
Whitney Weidow
As an artist, mother, and old soul, Whitney turns back the clock to Montana’s historic streets through her timeless oil paintings. Weidow’s mission is to transport viewers to a bygone era, offering a poignant glimpse into the past. Each brushstroke revives the allure of a simpler life, evoking a magnetic emotional connection that transcends time. Join her on a journey to rediscover the beauty of yesteryears in the heart of Montana.Starting her career off at the Out West Art Show and Sale in 2019, Whitney won the Mayors Award for “Best New Artist.” Dedicated to her passion, The C.M Russell Museum has invited her work into their shows and auctions.
