Tim Shinabarger, Curious, bronze, 8.5x6.3, $675

Tim Shinabarger

Sculptor and avid outdoorsman, Tim Shinabarger, began sculpting as a diversion while recuperating from a snowmobile accident on the Boulder River. Shinabarger also began to paint and was influenced by the work of wildlife artist Carl Rungius. His jobs after college, as a ranger in the Custer National Forest, a firefighter in Yellowstone and as a guide and packer with the North Yellowstone Outfitters gave the artist plenty of material for his art. The artist continues to be an avid backpacker often taking trips with his wife to unspoiled areas in the western United States. In 2001 the couple traveled above the Arctic Circle to the Kongakut River in the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge.

Exhibitions have included Salmagundi Club, New York City; Western Rendezvous of Art, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa Ok.; Masters of the American West, Autry Center, Los Angeles; and

The Wildlife Experience, Parker, Co. His work can be found in the museum collections of The Autry Center, Los Angeles, California; National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming; and Oklahoma City Zoo, Oklahoma. A few of his awards include: 2004 and 2005 James Earl Fraser Sculpture Award; Prix de West Invitational; 2004 Robert Lougheed Memorial Award, Prix de West Invitational; 2001 C. Percival Dietsch Award, National Sculpture Society; 1999 Elliot Liskin Award, National Sculpture Award; and 1998 Louis Bennett Prize; National Sculpture Society.