"Monarch of the Plains"

14 x 18

Oil on Linen (Framed)

$2,500.00

Juried into "Art of the Plains" American Plains Artists 2011 Juried Exhibit - New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, Las Cruces, NM September 8, 2011 through October 30, 2011

Also accepted for inclusion in the Artists for Conservation 2011 Exhibit

"The Art of Conservation"

Vancouver, BC, Canada - Nov 4-13, 2011

The American bison (Bison bison), also commonly known as the American buffalo, is a North American species of bison that once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds. Their range once roughly comprised a triangle between the Great Bear Lake in Canada's far northwest, south to the Mexican states of Durango and Nuevo León, and east along the western boundary of the Appalachian Mountains. Due to commercial hunting and slaughter in the 19th century, the bison nearly went extinct and is today restricted to a few national parks and other reserves.