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Russell Skull
Nancy Dunlop Cawdrey is a colorist with a strong sense of design. She is a founding member of the Russell Skull Society of Artists and has participated regularly in the C.M. Russell auctions. Cawdrey also participates in exhibitions at the National Museum of Wildlife Art, the Gilcrease Museum, the Western Masters, and the National Cowboy Museum. Cawdrey was the featured artist for the thirtieth anniversary of the 2014 Jackson Hole Festival, where her painting Forever Jackson set a new auction sales record.
Todd Connor grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and began to paint at age twelve. After serving as a Navy SEAL, he resumed painting, earning a bachelor of fine arts degree in illustration at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Since then, he has made his living painting historical Western subjects, particularly mountain men and pioneers.
Troy Collins is a nationally renowned Western landscape impressionist who creates paintings with brilliant color, texture, and insight from his studio in the middle of the Bitterroot Mountain Range. His paintings have graced the halls of the California State Capitol, the Pentagon, and the U.S. Capitol and are included in many corporate and private collections throughout the United States and Europe. Collin's work has been featured in over fifty magazines and four books, and he has also been chosen as one of the top twenty-five quick finish artists in the West.
Brent Cotton is a Montana-based artist painting in the tonalist/luminist style. His work has garnered many awards, and he is nationally recognized for his moody paintings filled with light and atmosphere. His favored subjects include riverscapes with fly fishermen, quiet pastoral landscapes that celebrate the rural way of life, and images of his family. A member of the prestigious Prix de West society and the Russell Skull Society, he lives in the beautiful Bitterroot valley of Montana with his wife Jennifer and their two children.