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Entries are NOW OPEN for the 2019 Summer Shootout
Entries are now being accepted for the 2019 Summer Shootout Online Western Art Competition! Entry Deadline is June 20th. Public Voting runs June 1-30. Enter Here Official Rules Here Prize Money Payouts Up to 9 Entries Pays 2 Places – 60% / 40% 10-19 Entries Pays 3...
WHA Jackpot – LIVE Competition – Entry Deadline Extended to March 3rd!
It's not too late to get in on the LIVE action! We've extended the entry period until Sunday night, March 3rd for the 1st Annual WHA Jackpot - Western Art Rodeo Competition in Great Falls Montana during Western Art Week! At this point, we have 40 artists entered....
2018 Western Art Rodeo Carving World Champion
Congratulations to Darwin Dower, the 2018 Western Art Rodeo Carving World Champion Darwin Dower is truly a unique combination of a master wood sculptor and story teller. With his hands, he brings to life memories of past times specializing in subjects...

Entries are NOW OPEN for the 2019 Summer Shootout
Entries are now being accepted for the 2019 Summer Shootout Online Western Art Competition! Entry Deadline is June 20th. Public Voting runs June 1-30. Enter Here Official Rules Here Prize Money Payouts Up to 9 Entries Pays 2 Places – 60% / 40% 10-19 Entries Pays 3...
WHA Jackpot – LIVE Competition – Entry Deadline Extended to March 3rd!
It's not too late to get in on the LIVE action! We've extended the entry period until Sunday night, March 3rd for the 1st Annual WHA Jackpot - Western Art Rodeo Competition in Great Falls Montana during Western Art Week! At this point, we have 40 artists entered....

2018 Western Art Rodeo Carving World Champion
Congratulations to Darwin Dower, the 2018 Western Art Rodeo Carving World Champion Darwin Dower is truly a unique combination of a master wood sculptor and story teller. With his hands, he brings to life memories of past times specializing in subjects...
2018 Western Art Rodeo Wet Medium World Champion
Congratulations Don Weller, the new Western Art Rodeo Association Wet Medium World Champion! Western Watercolor Artist As a boy Don Weller drew horses and cowboys when he wasn’t exploring with his horse along the Palouse River or over the rolling hills that...
Barb Schacher
Barb Schacher, Western Art and Wildlife Artist Realistic Wildlife, Western Art and Commissioned Pastel Paintings Barb Schacher is a self-taught pencil and pastel artist who specializes in Western Art, Wildlife Art and Commissioned artwork. While her work is primarily...
Walter Israel
Walter IsraelArtist Bio Fine Art by Walter Israel - Charcoal Portraits Walter Israel is an artist drawing Charcoal Portraits. He has a passion for drawing portraits of people and animals. Walter's working journey has taken him from a career spanning three decades in...
Carrie Kohles
Carrie Kohles Artist Bio Running through the forests, splashing in streams, and frolicking on the plains of Montana was where self-taught artist, Carrie Kohles spent her childhood and first discovered the magic of the horse and the land and her desire to capture them...
Karlene Gonzales-Martinez
Karlene Gonzales-Martinez Statement/Bio My art is solely inspired by a way of life that few are fortunate to experience. Other influences come from the rodeo aspect of that way of life. I am particularly fascinated with the anatomy of the horse and other...
Daniel Adams
Daniel Adams About Daniel Adams Daniel Adams is an accomplished and renowned artist with fans in 48 countries. He is now living in the beautiful Hill Country of Texas. Living on a lake for the past few years he wakes up to a different view each day. Cloudy, sunny or...