Sheep wandering through Aspen groves in their high mountain pasture, knee high snow drifts blanketing hillsides and valleys, a cowhand working a herd of cattle, youngsters doing their daily chores. These scenes are familiar to artist Grant Redden, whose paintings celebrate the pioneer traditions and unspoiled beauty found in the southwestern corner of Wyoming, where the 53-year-old artist was born, raised, and still resides.

Grant Redden (Wyoming)

Gathering Potatoes
Oil
16˝ by 20˝
“Pioneer girls and their mothers worked hard—as hard as men—to carve out a life and survive. My daughter had to go out and pick potatoes anyway, so I had her wear this pioneer dress her mother made and model for me.”

Grant Redden (Wyoming)

Leading the Belgian
Oil
16˝ by 16˝
“We had a big, Belgian gelding live with us for a season, and he made a great, patient model. These horses were the power by which much of the work was done. Man and beast worked together to settle the West.”