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Russell a Cowboy Artist Puts Montana Life on Canvas
The artist Russell welcomes The Standard into his Great Falls home, revealing a life spent cowpunching and studying Western peoples. He explains he never trained formally, started drawing young, and chose to paint West after a offer of seventy-five dollars monthly to create works. He rejects Eastward pursuit, preferring to depict Native dress, cowboys, and frontier life with detailed, true-to-life portrayals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Mr. Russell
Montana
Mrs. Russell
St Louis
Judith Country
Jake Hoover
Hoover
O. H. Outfit
Milk River
Milk River Country
Charley Graham
Falls
Chinook
East
St. Louis
Ray
Hie Huth Dence
Great Falls