Catching the Night Horse. Bronze, edition 45. $2,600.00                    

At the turn of the century the ambition of many boys was to be a cowboy out west on the open range. However, the cowboy life was a hard life. It could be a very lonesome life, especially for the night herder. On a moonless night the men had to depend on their horses to keep the cattle from scattering. Most cowboys in any outfit knew the idiosyncrasies of every horse the outfit possessed. It is also probable that the horses had an equal understanding of the cowboys.

Charlie and Monty. Bronze, edition 35. $5,500.00

Charles M. Russell- The Cowboy Artist

Kid Russell, with his wonderful personality and zest for life, embraced the west that was 1880's Montana. In many ways, Charlie Russell, the artist, and Montana, the state, helped define each other. Early in his cowboy life, as a night hawk, wrangling the horse remuda on the Judith Roundup; he would draw a sketch on any old thing he could lay his hands on. Sometimes he would use a piece of brown wrapping paper from the cook's supplies. Once, for a young lady, he drew on the silk lining of a hat. In 1908-09 he went on the Pablo Buffalo Round Up as an observer to paint and sketch. Though not signed on as a cowboy with the outfit, he saddled up and worked just like the $5.00/day boys.

Girls Night Out. Bronze, edition 50. $3,700.00

In the summer of 1997 I watched as a young Crow woman rode across the Little Big Horn onto the rolling plains turned golden by the fading sun. I yearned to ride with her or at least take that spirit of freedom home with me.-- Susan Kliewer

Ground Tied. Bronze, edition 50. $2,200.00

The Navajo is an avid gambler who will play for endless hours for a few coins or a pony. Meanwhile, his horse stands patiently enduring the tedium. As long as the reins are hanging down, he will not move. With his lariat on the left side, he is unmistakably a Navajo pony-- he has reached the philosphical age, and does not worry. -- Susan Kliewer

Shima. Bronze, edition 45. $2,200.00

Spirit of the Dragonfly. Bronze, edition 45. $3,100.00

Long before the Spanish arrived in the Southwest, crosses had been worn by Pueblo and Navajo people. The crosses, excavated at abandoned pueblo sites, can be translated into representations of stars or sun given by the sky people who brought light to the world. With a second cross bar added, this symbol is seen as the dragonfly who brings the summer rains. Rains that allowed plants to grow and therefore sustained The People.

Tres Amigas. Bronze, edition 45. $3,400.00

They are friends, sisters, mothers or grandmothers. Caringly they talk of family, children, and grandchildren; sharing their histories, intimacies, and unique wisdom. These ladies remind us of a quieter time, when summer afternoons were whiled away in pleasant conversation.