Artist-in Residence: Draper Natural History Museum

For the week of June 16th to the 20th, I was an artist-in-residence at The Draper Natural History Museum at The Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. Throughout the week, I worked on a 48” x 60” painting of all of the mapped pronghorn herds (thus far) in the state of Wyoming. I also brought 4 related paintings, as well as UV flashlights. for guests to use to discover more information about pronghorn migration in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Painting a map ON a map! It was TOO COOL.

I spent approximately 90% of my time speaking about wildlife connectivity, and the remainder painting. It was incredibly rewarding to be able to tell the story of migrating wildlife and the challenges they face, and how current GPS collar research is targeting locations to preserve, protect, and improve migration routes.

MAPS and more MAPS.

People travel from all over the globe to visit Yellowstone National Park, and many of them stop at The Center of the West on their way into or out of the park. After visiting with me, I would guess that none of them will look at a pronghorn or a fence in the same way.

Using a UV flashlight to illuminate the nearly 20,000 miles of fencing in Madison and Beaverhead Counties in Montana.

During my stay, I was interviewed by Eliza DuRee of the Cody Enterprise. Her article can be found here:

This residency was an incredible opportunity to share my art and engage in conversation about conservation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. A multitude of thanks to curator Corey Anco and the museum staff who welcomed me and made this week memorable.