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GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT

38th ANNUAL COLLECTIBLE CONSERVATION STAMP ART SHOW

JUDGES: Meg Thompson Rod Dugal Douglas Spriggs Ray Hageman Bill Hepworth (Non-Voting Biological Consultant) Richard Guenzel (Non-Voting Biological Consultant) Mark Zornes (Non-Voting Biological Consultant)

Art sale and show continues through May 1, 2021

Page 1 WYOMING CONSERVATION STAMP HISTORY

The first-place artwork selected in this contest will be printed on the 2022 Collectible Conservation Stamp. The original art will become the property of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and added to the permanent public display at the Headquarters Office in Cheyenne.

The Wyoming conservation stamp originated in 1984 as set forth in Wyo- ming state statute. Each person licensed to hunt or fish in Wyoming, with minor exceptions, must purchase a single conservation stamp, which is valid for one year. Money from the sale of conservation stamps is deposit- ed in the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Wildlife Trust Account. The body of this account may not be spent, but the interest accrued is used for habitat acquisition and improvement, non-consumptive use of wildlife and nongame projects.

As of 2020, the physical, paper conservation stamp no longer fulfilled stat- utory requirements for hunting and fishing; the stamp is collectible only. The printed stamp is known as the “Collectible Conservation Stamp.” This collectible stamp has no legal authority for hunting and fishing licensing requirements. Game and Fish still requires a conservation stamp for any- one in the field, per licensing requirements. This field-valid conservation stamp is only offered as digital/electronic and is sold only through Game and Fish license selling agents and the Game and Fish website.

A policy to destroy past years’ stamps was initiated in 1990 to enhance the value of the stamps to collectors and heighten interest in the conservation stamp art competition and new limited-edition print program. Thus, all stamps from 1984 -2019 have been destroyed. All stamps remain available for collectors for one year following the expiration date (December 31) at which time they will also be destroyed. There will be a limited quantity of the new collectible stamps printed, and they will only be available while supplies last, making them a rare and unique stamp for collectors.

Page 2 SALE OF ARTWORK

All artwork, except that which takes first place, is available for- pur chase for the price selected by the artist. All artwork will remain on dis- play on our website and on social media, and will remain for sale until May 1, 2021. After that time, the second and third place winners, along with the honorable mentions, will remain on display on our website: wgfd.wyo.gov. The first place winner’s artwork will become - proper ty of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and will remain on dis- play permanently. After the show, the artwork (except first place), will either be returned to the artist or shipped directly to the buyer. Nearly all artwork has been signed by the artist, although signatures are con- cealed during the judging process. In the event a piece you want to buy is not signed (and you would like your artwork signed by the artist), please let us know. We will arrange to have the artwork returned to the artist for signing before it is shipped to you. Purchases of artwork can be made in the Gift Shop at the Game and Fish Headquarters. Proceeds from the sale of artwork will be disbursed as follows: 60 percent back to the artist and 40 percent to the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

The 2022 Wyoming Conservation Stamp Art Competition brought in 105 entries from 94 artists in 20 states within the U.S. and Mexico. For- ty-eight of the entries are from Wyoming artists. The Wyoming contest continues to lead the country among state wildlife stamp art competi- tions in number of entries, prize money and quality of artwork provided by renowned artists. Many artists have experience selling and exhibiting their artwork – showing in local and national galleries and in large and small art shows. Many enter various art competitions across the coun- try, and some have their work published as limited-edition prints as well as featured in art publications and art gallery websites. Several artists donate work to charitable organizations and commission artwork local- ly, nationally and worldwide. Many of our artists enter this contest an- nually; however, 32 of the entries (30 percent) were from first-time en- trants. Game and Fish welcomes and appreciates their continued interest in Wyoming’s wildlife. They are a group of talented wildlife artists.

Page 3 ABOUT THE

The (Antilocapra americana), also commonly called antelope, can be found in every county in Wyoming, typically in sagebrush habitat. They are known for their speed and impeccable eyesight.

The big game has the body shape of a , weighing 90-150 pounds with long legs, short tail, a long snout and hollow, tan hair. Prong- horn have white stripes on their necks and additional white markings on the face, stomach and rump. Both males and some females have a pair of horns on the top of the head. The males’ horns are larger, reaching up to 10 to 12 inches long. At the front of the horn is a small notch or prong that points forward, hence the animal’s name.

Pronghorn begin breeding in the late summer and throughout early fall. Female pronghorn produce one to two fawns in the spring. Fawns stay with their mother for up to a year.

Wyoming’s pronghorn have the longest documented migration of any spe- cies in the lower 48 spanning 150 miles each way, between Wyoming’s Upper Green River Basin and Grand Teton National Park.

Page 4 ABOUT THE JUDGES

The winning artwork was selected by a panel of judges from the profes- sional disciplines of art, printing, gallery/museum direction and wildlife biology. The judges for this year's competition are:

Meg Thompson Stanton Meg Thompson Stanton was born and raised in Laramie and received her B.A. from the University of in 1999. After working as a carpen- ter throughout the West, and as a cabinetmaker in City, Thomp- son evolved into a professional visual artist, public artist and furniture maker. After being away from Wyoming for 15 years, she moved back to Laramie in 2011. As a visual artist she has attended the School of Visual Arts Residency Program, the Brush Creek Residency, and her work has been exhibited in group and solo shows in New York City and Wyoming. She is a co-founder of Wyoming Art Party: an artist-run organization that organizes inclusive local projects that celebrate and engage our local com- munities. She has worked on several community public art initiatives, including the Laramie Mural Project. In 2013 she won the commission to design bike racks for downtown Laramie. From 2013-2015 Thompson Stanton worked for the public art consulting team to develop the Laramie Public Art Plan. She served as the founding director of Laramie Public Art from 2016-2019. Currently she free-lances as a woodworker, carpenter, and artist. In her spare time she enjoys hunting/fishing/biking/hiking/ski- ing in the Wyoming outdoors with her wife and son and friends.

Douglas Spriggs Douglas Spriggs is a native of Lander and currently works as the exec- utive director of the Lander Art Center and WYO Photography Studio. Doug graduated from the University of Wyoming with a BA in second- ary education: English and communications. His MA is of Arts: theology and philosophy; and is working on a Ph.D. in Leadership. As a native of Wyoming, he has a love for the great outdoors and all that Wyoming has to offer. At a very young age he developed a passion for photography and capturing “pretty things” on still images through the 4-H program in Lander. His love for wildlife and gorgeous landscapes grew from there and he has always had a connection with the local arts scene, wherever life’s journeys took him. Fourteen years ago, he opened his fine art photography business, sharing much of his work with Rocky Mountain Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, and local church organizations. He continues to build

Page 5 alliances with these organizations today and also works to build his fine art with WYO Photography Studio. Doug has been recognized by multiple or- ganizations for his dedication to the fine art community and conservation. His photography has won many awards, but he believes the largest award has been having the ability to give back to the world around him through his photography.

Rod Dugal Rod Dugal was born in Houma, and grew up shrimping, crab- bing and fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. After working a few years on oil drilling rigs in the Gulf, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in ceramics from Louisiana State University. In an attempt to escape the oppressive heat and humidity of the south, he traveled north to receive his Master of Fine Arts in ceramics from the University of -Dartmouth. He has held teaching positions at the Vermont State Craft Center at Frog Hollow, Middlebury College, State University of New York at Plattsburgh and the University of Notre Dame. He and his family moved to Sheridan in 2005 where he is a senior professor of art at Sheridan College and en- joying all that Wyoming, especially the Big Horn mountains, has to offer by way of hiking, fishing and cross-country skiing. He also maintains a professional studio at Rod Dugal Ceramics that specializes in wood and soda-fired functional ceramics.

Ray Hageman Ray Hageman, Wyoming Game and Fish Department audio/visual spe- cialist, is a lifetime resident of Wyoming and has worked for the depart- ment for 22 years. Before his career with the department, he was news director at KOWB/KCGY in Laramie for 11 years, and also served as a stringer reporter for KCNC-TV in Denver where he provided the station with television news stories from southeast Wyoming. Ray has worked in either television or radio since 1982, beginning his career in high school in Douglas and at during college. Ray graduat- ed in 1988 from the University of Wyoming with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism. Ray has produced over 1,200 television news pro- grams for the Game and Fish and his work can be seen Sunday night’s on KTWO-TV (Casper) and Tuesday’s on KGWN (Cheyenne). His three weekly radio programs are heard on radio stations around Wyoming.

Page 6 William (Bill) Hepworth During his 38 year career with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, William “Bill” G. Hepworth contributed much to our understanding of Wy- oming’s iconic pronghorn. Hepworth grew up in Star Valley on a dairy farm and ranch. After a stint in the US Army, he began his career with Game and Fish in 1956 as a fish biologist, all the while studying for his two college degrees at the University of Wyoming; a bachelor’s in wildlife conservation and management in 1958, and a master’s in zoology in 1959. He served as director of the Game and Fish Research Laboratory and director of techni- cal research for most of his career. He also served as Wildlife Management Coordinator for the Laramie region, and for a time in a dual role as regional supervisor. He worked on numerous research projects while with Game and Fish; primarily with pronghorn, elk, , white-tailed deer, and trout species. Hepworth earned the moniker “Dean of Prong- horn,” participating in early efforts to trap, handle, and rear pronghorn and other big game species. He has been an official Boone and Crockett Club records scorer since 1962. He was induct into the Wyoming Outdoor Hall of Fame in 2018. Today, Hepworth resides in Laramie and spends much of his spare time helping others through his church and other programs.

Richard Guenzel Richard Guenzel of Laramie is a retired Game and Fish biologist who worked with the department for 27 years. He, in collaboration with Dr. Bruce Johnson of Game and Fish, Dr. Fred Lindzey of the Wyoming Coop- erative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, and Mr. Fred Reed of Western Air Research helped develop and implement an aerial line transect technique to more accurately estimate pronghorn populations. Guenzel was the first biol- ogist in Wyoming to capture a pronghorn using a net gun from a helicopter. He also helped develop systems to record data from aerial operations and advised researchers on adapting distance sampling to aerial surveys around the world, and with species ranging from African elephants, marsh deer, free-ranging horses and burrows, and near-shore pelagic fisheries. His work on pronghorn has been acknowledged with many awards, including induc- tion into the Pronghorn Hall of Fame in 2010.

Mark Zornes Mark Zornes spent 29 years as a wildlife biologist or biologist supervisor for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Mark has worked with pronghorn most of his career and was the Department’s chairman of the pronghorn working group, or a mem- ber of said group, for 14 years. Page 7 ARTISTS BY ENTRY NUMBER

#1 John P. Conner, Grandville, MI “Tower Watch” – Acrylic/Gouache, $925 #2 Dan Andrews, Denver, CO “Speed Demons” – Oil, $1,250 #3 Ken Vroman, Mills, WY “The Girls Like Me” – Oil on Canvas, $225 #4 Stan Johnson, Fruita, Co “Prairie King” – Watercolor, $600 #5 Justin Hayward, Casper, WY “Pronghorn” – Oil on Canvas, $4,000 #6 Paul Twitchell, West Point, Utah “High Plains Drifter” – Watercolor/Acrylic, $3,600 #7 Paul Twitchell, West Point, Utah “Happy Hour at the Old Watering Hole” – Watercolor/Acrylic, $3,600 #8 Abby Gustafson, Banner, WY “Fossil Butte” – Chalk Pastels, $250 #9 Nanci Avery, Rembert, SC “Home on the Range” – Acrylic, $500 #10 Leah Dockery, Story, WY “Prairie Royalty” – Acrylic, $1,250 #11 Eleazar Saenz, Monterrey N.L, Mexico “Winter Joy” – Oil/Cardboard, $2,400 #12 Marie Bramson, Frannie, WY “Mr. & Missy Pronghorn” – Oil, $3,500 #13 Kim Robinson, Salina, UT “Settling Down for Sunset” – Oil, $500 #14 Ray Wadsworth, Rock Springs, WY “Boar Tusk Royality” – Acrylic, $850 #15 Renee Piskorski, Cheyenne, WY “Storm Front” – Oil, $1,850 #16 Laurie Yarnes, Sequim, “Seeking Shelter” – Acrylic on Gessobord, $1,500 #17 Ron Staker, Riverton, UT “Ever Vigalent” – Oil, $3,000 Page 8 #18 Barbara Butler, Billings, MT “Camouflaged” – Oil, $2,800 #19 Barbara Butler, Billings, MT “On Alert” – Oil, $2,900 #20 Dorothy Cochran, Wheatland, WY “Antelope Country” – Acrylic, $400 #21 Linda K. Richardson, Magna, UT “Spring Time” – Acrylic, $950 #22 Vonnie Nuthak, Butte, MT “Plains Drifter” – Oil, $1,500 #23 Clark Ostergaard, Taylorsville, UT “On Alert” – Mixed, $2,000 #24 E Lynette Fransen, Casper, WY “The Lookout” – Acrylic, $3,887 #25 Sally LaBore, Sheridan, WY “Following the Sun” – Oil on linen panel, $1,200 #26 Adam Oswald, Harrisburg, SD “Evening with a View” – Oil, $2,800 #27 KC Kern, Casper, WY “Wyoming Watchman” – Color Pencil & Watercolor, $600 #28 Don Crouch, Macomb, IL “Pronghorn Couple” – Oil on Canvas, $3,000 #29 Stephen Hamrick, Lakeville, MN “Lookout” – Acrylic, $2,500 #30 Karla Bird, Pinedale, Wyoming “Red Desert Pronghorn” – Oil on Canvas, $900 #31 Brant Sanderson, Banner, WY “Red Hills Pronghorn” – Acrylic, $1,200 #32 Marilyn L. Lindemann, Allenton, WI “Lookout” – Acrylic, $3,500 #33 Paul Davidavage, Bernville, PA “Up Coming Storm” – Oil on Canvas, $1,200 #34 Matthew Mullen, Absarokee, MT “High Desert ” – Watercolor & Colored Pencil, $800

#35 Karla Bird, Pinedale, WY Triple Peak Trio” – Acrylic on Canvas, $800 Page 9 #36 Michael P. Ashmen, Summerville, SC “Pronghorn Sunset” – Acrylic, $2,500 #37 Tom Mostad, Helena, MT “Open Space” – Oil, $2,500 #38 Allie Rae Daly, Bozeman, MT “Heading to the Summer Range” – Grouache & Liquid Charcoal, $1,250 #39 Jordan Sauer, Laramie, WY “The Wyoming Pronghorn” – Oil on Canvas, $2,500 #40 Jordan Sauer, Laramie, WY “Pronghorn” – Oil on Canvas, $2,500 #41 Susan Fandek, Daniel, WY “Back to the Land of No Boundaries” – Oil, $850 #42 Carolyn A. Rapp, Aurora, CO “Sagebrush Antelope” – Acrylic on Clay Board, $1,200 #43 Bud Watson, Torrington, WY “Wait for Mee Mea” – Oil, $900 #44 Pilar Clinkscales, Marietta, GA “On a Clear Day” – Acrylic, $1,200 #45 Jennifer Kocher-Anderson, Etna, WY “Companions” – Pen & Ink with Watercolor, $1,400 #46 Jennifer Kocher-Anderson, Etna, WY “Stay Gold” – Pen & Ink with Watercolor, $1,400 #47 Laurie LaMere, Pinedale, WY “The Sentinel” – Oil on Canvas Panel, $2,200 #48 Ty Barhaug, Powell, WY “Wyoming Pronghorn” – Pencil, $2,000 #49 Robert Fowler, Rose City, MI “Wyoming Antelope” – Oil on Masonite, $2,500 #50 Tamara Perrin, Sheridan, WY “Prince of the Prairie” – Oil on Canvas, $1,960 #51 Rosie Ratigan, Lander, WY “Wyoming Wild” – Oil on Board, $1,400 #52 Rosie Ratigan, Lander, WY “Wyoming Free” – Oil on Linen, $1,400

#53 Thomas Molesworth, Chico, CA “Tag” – Oil, $1,100 Page 10 #54 Cindy Rogers, Garberville, CA “Prancer” – Oil, $1,200 #55 Edie Reed, Rock Springs, WY “Glory” – Acrylic, $850 #56 Andrew Kneeland, Rock Springs, WY “Sagebrush Rocket” – Acrylic, $3,500 #57 Dan Andrews, Denver, CO “Fast as Lightning” – Oil, $1,500 #58 Bill Adair, Gulf Breeze, FL “A Golden Moment” – Watercolor, $2,000 #59 Debby Bodenchuk, Hondo, TX “Big Horn Basin Buck” – Acrylic, $650 #60 Brenna K. Litynski, Hollywood, MD “Wyoming Winter” – Acrylic on Board, $1,000 #61 Joy Keown, Laramie, WY “High Plains Drifter” – Watercolor on Cold Pressed Paper, $2,000 #62 Jerry Antolik, Hudson, WY “Spooked” – Oil, $3,000 #63 Eileen Nistler, Upton, WY “Pronghorn” – Colored Pencil, $6,000 #64 Jerry Antolik, Hudson, WY “Windy Ridge” – Oil, $3,000 #65 Dennis Nate, Cokeville, WY “Wyoming Desert” – Oil, $1,000 #66 Kim Diment, Grayling, MI “New Horizons” – Oil, $5,500 #67 Carl E. Jensen, Wheatland, WY “Antelope on the plains of Wyoming” – Acrylic, $750 #68 JB Basham, North Myrtle Beach, SC “Muddy Pond Pronghorn” – Acrylic, $800 #69 Buck Spencer, Junction City, OR “Sagebrush Seeker” – Acrylic, $2,800 #70 Cindy Rogers, Garberville, CA “Awaiting the Storm” – Acrylic, $800

#71 Tim Donovan, Brunswick, MD “High Plains Drifter” – Acrylic, $3,500 Page 11 #72 Texi Herrick, Laramie, WY “Sagebrush Pronghorn” – Charcoal, $400 #73 Jeffrey Klinefelter, Etna Green, IN “A Sea of Sage” – Acrylic Gouache, $3,000 #74 Terri Neal, Portland, OR “Suspicion” – Color Pencil/Pastels, $1,500 #75 Gordon Hayes, Cheyenne, WY “Ladies First” – Oil, $400 #76 Cody Howes, Carpenter, WY “Pronghorn” – Acrylic, $1,500 #77 Cara Cundall Binder, Rozet, WY “Rochelle Hills Uniqueness” – Acrylic, $550 #78 John D. Hughes, Cheyenne, WY “Prairie Sprinter” – Acrylic, $200 #79 Jackson Engels, Cheyenne, WY “Young Buck Strolling” – Pastel, $1,000 #80 Jesse W. Sanchez, Casper, WY “Fall Snow” – Oil & Acrylic, $1,000 #81 Mickey Schilling, Loveland, CO “Uneasy Sentinel” – Mixed Media, $950 #82 David P. Schroeder, Laramie, WY “Red Desert Residents” – Acrylic, $400 #83 Betsy Popp, Townsend, WI “Home on the Range” – Oil on Canvas, $1,450 #84 Brad Timothy, Fruit Heights, UT “At Full Tilt” – Oil, $1,800 #85 Ruth Rawhouser, Big Piney, WY “Pronghorn Pair” – Oil, $2,100 #86 Ruth Rawhouser, Big Piney, WY “Speed ” – Oil, $2,100 #87 Cynthie Fisher, Hamilton, MT “Wyoming Icon-Pronghorn” – Oil, $4,900 #88 Kristian Walters, Douglas, WY “Snow-4th of July Independence Rock” – Gouache-Colored Pencil-Pastels, $400

Page 12 #89 James E. Reed, Casper, WY “Pronghorn at Independence Rock” – Watercolor/Canvas, $3,888 #90 Donnie Hughes, Lexington, SC “Trailside” – Acrylic, $3,000 #91 Ronnie Hughes, Anderson, SC “The Loner” – Acrylic, $3,300 #92 Elyssa Leininger, Billings, MT “Room to Roam” – Oil on Canvas, $2,500 #93 Michael Bailey, Los Angeles, CA “Pronghorn in Evening Light” – Oil on Illustration Board, $2,000 #94 Jeremy Sigle, Mobile, AL “Pronghorn on the Plains” – Acrylic, $900 #95 Ryan Webb, Spokane, WA “Broke Away” – Charcoal, $2,000 #96 Dale Madsen, Mnt. View, WY “Red Desert Romance” – Oil, $1,200 #97 Catherine Harden, Casper, WY “Afternoon Showers” – Acrylic, $750 #98 Bruce Speidel, Sundance, WY “Red Desert Royalty” – Acrylic on Masonite, $3,000 #99 Bruce Speidel, Sundance, WY “Rider of the Blue Sage” – Acrylic on Masonite, $3,000 #100 Amanda Hansen, Fort Collins, CO “Window of Opportunity” – Pastel Pencil, $3,500 #101 C.A. White, Cheyenne, WY “Spooked” – Acrylic on Canvas, $800 #102 Wayne Chunat, Lakeland, FL “Somewhere in Wyoming” – Acrylic, $1,200 #103 Ralph Ohm, Keizer, OR “Sweetwater Pronghorns” – Oil on Canvas, $848 #104 Maggie Bassett, Powell, WY “Thunder Head” – Oil, $1,600 #105 William Smith, Jackson, WY “Red Desert Pronghorn-Finally a Break” – Oil on Canvas Mounted to Board, $3,800

Page 13 The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission receives federal financial assistance in sport fish and wildlife restoration. Under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilita- tion Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, or disability. If you believe that you have been discriminated against by any program, activity, or facility as described above, or if you desire further information please write to: The Office for Human Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4040 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 300, Arlington, Virginia 22203.

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