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Naturalist paintings of Rocky Mountain animals, plants and geology Laney
 
There is an obvious beauty in Northwestern Wyoming, but few artists can capture its true splendor, the essence of the land and wildlife within. Living off of the beaten path near the Wind River Mountains, in Crowheart, Wyoming, Laney is one of those few wildlife artists that does. She is a native of the mountain states, environmentalist, conservationist, photographer, but above all an award-winning wildlife painter.

Laney has rare devotion to animals that has been rooted since her childhood and has carried on through her years of education and practice in the fine wildlife art field. Born in Colorado, Laney earned a B.F.A from the University of Denver and began her career in fine art as an illustrator for National Science Foundation biology textbooks. The careful research and study of animal anatomy is one of the traits that she prides herself on and this knowledge of science is clearly portrayed in her paintings.

Laney's evolution into a well-known wildlife artist has been established through a layered and admirable background. Her artworks have been in regional, national and international exhibitions, the permanent collections of many museums and she has been recognized in various books and other national publications. Please see below to view Laney's achievements.

Date of Birth: February 19, 1942, Denver, Colorado

EDUCATION
University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. 1960-1964
Degree, Bachelor of Fine Arts

EMPLOYMENT
1964-67 Staff Artist, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study. Illustrator of National Science Foundation high school biology text books published by Rand McNally, Houghton Mifflin and Harcourt Brace.

1967-68. Free lance artist and sole illustrator of a second edition, college text, Fundamental Concepts of Biology, published by John Wiley & Sons.

1967-71. Free lance artist and sole illustrator of a first edition college text, Living Systems: Principles and Relationships, published by Canfield Press of Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.

1971-77. Regional Representative for Sierra Club, (Wyoming, Montana, North and South Dakota and Nebraska). Main issues were coal strip mining, electric power plants, air pollution, water use (allocation, quality and legal issues), wilderness, wildlife management and range management.

1974-75. Member of the Bureau of Land Management State Advisory Board

1978-81. Co-chair, Wyoming Agriculture-Environment Committee

1978-81. Co-chair, Sheep Producer-Environmentalist Committee

1980-present. Wildlife and Landscape artist.

 
Support for Conservation:
With a passion driven towards the protection and sustainability of animals, Laney has put much time and energy into the study of animals that inhabit her own environment. Her main focus is on the bighorn sheep of the Wind River Mountains and surrounding area which are in danger of a swift decline in population. She believes that "by generating understanding and respect, a wildlife artist is in a position to make a difference in the fate of animals and birds."

 
Special Achievements:
  • 2008 - Western Visions Miniatures and More - Show & Sale
    http://www.wildlifeart.org
    1990-2008. National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
     
  • 2008 - Fall Cat Show at Pacific Wildlife Galleries
    Lafayette, California
     
  • 2008 - Art and the Animal Society of Animal Artists
    Award of Excellence 2008. Annual show: 1994, 1996-99, 2001-2008. Traveling show: 1994, 1999, 2001-2008.
     
  • 2007 - Western Visions Miniatures and More - Show & Sale
    http://www.wildlifeart.org
    1990-2008. National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
     
  • 2007 - Art of the Animal Kingdom XII
    http://www.benningtoncenterforthearts.org
    Laney is the 2007 Special Guest Artist and Juror. June 16 through July 29, 2007 at the Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, Vermont.
     
  • 2007 - Art and the Animal Society of Animal Artists
    “Featured Guest Artist (cover of catalog and small show) 2007. Annual show:1994, 1996-99, 2001-2008. traveling show: 1994, 1999, 2001-2008.
     
  • 2006 - Western Visions Miniatures and More - Show & Sale
    1990-2008. National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

     
  • 2006 - Art of the Animal Kingdom
    Art of the Animal Kingdom.
    Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, Vermont. Traveling Show, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.
     
  • 2006 - Kentucky National Wildlife Exhibit
    Ohio Valley Art League, Henderson, Kentucky (home of J.J.Audubon). Received the John Richard Warren Memorial Award.
     
  • 2006 - Art and the Animal Society of Animal Artists
    Annual show:1994, 1996-99, 2001-2008. Traveling show: 1994, 1999, 2001-2008.
     
  • 2005 - Wildlife Art for a New Century II
    http://www.wildlifeart.org
    National Museum of Wildlife Art, May 19- October 16, 2005
    Jackson Hole Wyoming.
     
  • 2005 - AMERICAN BIRDS: A Flight Through Time
    The Wildlife Experience Museum, Parker, Colorado. January 15-April 10, 2005.
     
  • 2005 - Western Visions Miniatures and More - Show & Sale
    1990-2008. National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
     
  • 2005 - Art of the Animal Kingdom
    Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, Vermont. Traveling Show, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
     
  • 2005 - Birds in Art
    Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. 1981, 1988, 1992, Traveling Show 1988, 2000, 2005.
     
  • 2005 - Art and the Animal Society of Animal Artists
    Cover artist for the 2005 show catalog. Annual show:1994, 1996-99, 2001-2008. Traveling show: 1994, 1999, 2001-2008.
     
  • 2004 - Art and the Animal Society of Animal Artists
    “Art and the Animal Society of Animal Artists," 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001. traveling show 1994, 1999, 2001 national tour, 2002 show and tour, 2003 show and tour, 2004
     
  • 2004 - Art of the Animal Kingdom
    Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, Vermont. Traveling Show, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
     
  • 2004 - Western Visions Miniatures and More - Show & Sale
    1990-2008. National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
     
  • 2003 - Women Wildlife Artists
    National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole Wyoming. October 31 2003-May 23, 2004.
     
  • 2003 - Bradford Briton Memorial 2001 Wyoming Invitational Exhibition
    Bradford Briton Memorial 2001 Wyoming Invitational Exhibition
    Big Horn, Wyoming. September 8 – 30, 2001, 2002, 2003.
     
  • 2003 - Art of the Animal Kingdom
    Art of the Animal Kingdom.
    Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, Vermont. Traveling Show, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.
     
  • 2003 - Western Visions Miniatures and More - Show & Sale
    1990-2008. National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
     
  • 2002 - Nature’s Legacy: Wildlife and Wild Country
    J.N. Bartfield Gallery, New York City. October 2002. Benefit show for the Sierra Club Grizzly Bear Ecosystems Project.
     
  • 2002 - Special Exhibition. Society of Animal Artists
    National Geographic Society, Explorers Hall. June-September 2002.
     
  • 2002 - Bradford Briton Memorial 2001 Wyoming Invitational Exhibition
    Big Horn, Wyoming. September 8 – 30, 2001, 2002, 2003.
     
  • 2002 - Art of the Animal Kingdom
    Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, Vermont. Traveling Show, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
     
  • 2002 - Western Visions Miniatures and More - Show & Sale
    1990-2008. National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
     
  • 2001 - Bradford Briton Memorial 2001 Wyoming Invitational Exhibition
    Big Horn, Wyoming. September 8 – 30, 2001, 2002, 2003.
     
  • 2001 - Western Visions Miniatures and More - Show & Sale
    1990-2008. National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
     
  • 2000 - Wildlife Art for a New Century
    http://www.wildlifeart.org
    National Museum of Wildlife Art, May 31 to August 15, 2000. Jackson Hole Wyoming.
     
  • 2000 - Birds in Art
    Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. 1981, 1988, 1992, Traveling Show 1988, 2000
     
  • 2000 - Art of the Animal Kingdom
    Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, Vermont. Traveling Show, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
     
  • 2000 - Western Visions Miniatures and More - Show & Sale
    1990-2008. National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
     
  • 1999 - Special Exhibition. Society of Animal Artists
    Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, John L Wehle Gallery of Sporting Art at the Genesee County Village & Museum. July 15-October 12, 1999.
     
  • 1999 - Western Visions Miniatures and More - Show & Sale
    1990-2008. National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
     
  • 1999 - Art of the Animal Kingdom
    Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, Vermont. 1998, 1999.
     
  • 1998 - Natural Inspiration
    Nicolaysen Art Museum, group show.
     
  • 1998 - Art of the Animal Kingdom
    Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, Vermont. 1998, 1999. Traveling Show, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.
     
  • 1998 - The Fall Classics Show
    Elko, Minnesota, 1998-99. Hamilton, Montana, 2000, 2001, 2002.
     
  • 1998 - The Nature of Animals
    Bigfork Art and Cultural Center, Bigfork, Montana.

     
  • 1996 - Wildlife Patterns
    One woman show at the National Museum of Wildlife Art. Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
     
  • 1995 - Arts for the Park
    Wildlife Art Award of Merit.

     
  • 1994 - Art and the Animal Society of Animal Artists
    “Art and the Animal Society of Animal Artists," 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001. traveling show 1994, 1999, 2001 national tour, 2002 show and tour
    2003 show and tour, 2004

     
  • 1993 - Wildlife: The Artist’s View
    Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. 1990, 1993, Traveling Show 1990-91.
     
  • 1990 - Artists of the West
    Pioneer’s Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado 1986, 1987, 1990.
     
  • 1989 - National Art Exhibition of Alaska Wildlife
    Anchorage, Alaska. 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989.
     
  • 1987 - National Art Exhibition of Alaska Wildlife
    Anchorage, Alaska. 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989.
     
  • 1986 - Bateman Selects Show
    Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming.
     
  • 1985 - National Art Exhibition of Alaska Wildlife
    Anchorage, Alaska.
     
  • 1984 - Nature Interpreted 1984
    Cincinnati Museum of Natural History. traveling show 1984
     
  • 1983 - National Art Exhibition of Alaska Wildlife
    Anchorage, Alaska. 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989.
     
  • REGIONAL SHOWS
    American Society of Zoologists, 1984
    National Wilderness Art Exhibit and Sale, 1985
    National Audubon Convention, 1981
    Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Show, 1992
    Wyoming State Museum, 1982 (one-woman show)
    Denver Center for the Performing Arts, (one woman show)1983
    Wyoming Audubon Wildlife Art Show, 1980-1991 (three Best of Show; eight-first place awards)
    Wyoming Centennial Western and Wildlife Art Show, 1990
    Old West Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming 1984 (one woman show)
    Petroleum Club, Casper, Wyoming 1984 (one woman show)
    Wyoming Watercolor Society, signature member
    Nebraskaland Days Art Show and Sale, 1986-1990
    Wind River Valley National Art Show, 1986-1994 (six Wildlife Art awards, Grumbacher Gold Medallion Award, 1986, and Best of Show in 1994)
    “Animal Stories” traveling show sponsored by the Wyoming Arts Council 1999-2000.
    “Governor’s Inaugural Art Exhibition” summer 2001, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
     
Collections: Publications:
  • Wildlife Art Magazine (2007)
    Cover artists and feature article, September/October 2007 - 
     
  • InformArt (2005)
    Feature article and cover art - 
     
  • Summer Film Series, National Museum of Wildlife Art (2005)
    Video, "Thought to Finish, Anatomy of a Painting", July 7, 2005 - 
     
  • Art of the West Magazine (2004)
    "One on One" - 
     
  • Wildlife Art (Book) (1999)
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    Published by: Rockport Publishers
     
  • InformArt (1999)
    Feature article and cover art - 
     
  • InformArt (1998)
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  • Art of the West Magazine (1997)
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  • Wildlife Art News (1997)
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  • Best of Wildlife Art (Book) (1997)
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  • Art of the West Magazine (1995)
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  • InformArt (1994)
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  • Wildlife Art News (1989)
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  • Casper Star Tribune (1986)
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  • Christian Science Monitor (1982)
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