The National Museum of Wildlife Art
imageA visit to the National Museum of Wildlife Art (http://www.wildlifeart.org/mobile/) was high on my list of priorities on this phase of the trip. It came highly recommended by people who know the area well and is an outstanding building, set above Elk plains just North of Jackson. It houses the largest designated collection of wildlife art in the world and I was lucky to catch an exhibition which has selected the best portrayals of the American West to appear in the National Geographic Magazine‘s long history. It was great to see a couple of Henry Jacksons photographs chosen to be featured.
The museum also has a number of purpose built sculptures which integrate into the architecture, one in particular is an oversized Cougar which is poised at the top of the staircase surveying the large entrance hall. My favourite of the painted exhibits was an imposing painting called ‘The Chief’ by Robert Bateman and a stunning Landscape piece by Edwin Landseer called ‘The Deer Pass’. I also discovered the work of Carl Runguis for the first time, with a whole room in the gallery dedicated to a retrospective of his paintings.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Rungius). The visit was very inspirational and my hope is to perhaps produce a small series of studies of the wildlife, I encounter here, which may be included in the final exhibition.

Favourite exhibits at the National Museum of Wildlife Art(Jackson Wy)

Favourite exhibits at the National Museum of Wildlife Art(Jackson Wy)