"When I was a boy riding
fence with my father, we found one of our calves entangled in barbed
wire. It was during a violent windstorm and the calf was terrified
but held motionless in his predicament. "My father dismounted and
with a firm but gentle hand cut the wire and released the calf.
To me, this boyhood recollection symbolizes the hazards and heroisms
in the everyday life of the American rancher." -Don Crook
DON CROOK
Crook has been awarded Best of Show at the 1976 Museum of Native
American Cultures (M.O.N.A.C.) show in Spokane; the 1978 National
Western Art Show in Ellensburg, Washington; the 1979 Western Artists
of America Show in Reno, Nevada; the 1981 and 1982 Charles M. Russell
Art Shows in Great Falls, Montana; and the 1982 and 1983 American
Canadian Classic Shows in Billings, Montana. His work hangs in many
prominent Western art collections, most notably that of the Governor's
Mansion in the state of Nevada. Crook is a member of the Western
Artists of America Society
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