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Sun Up, bronze, ed. of 25, 23 x 18 x 10", 2010They Called Him Jackson Sundown, bronze, ed. of 25,31 x 16 x 14", 2011D. Michael Thomas(307) 684-2347dmichaelthomas@collinscom.netGrand Teton Gallerywww.grandtetongallery.comWind River Gallerywww.windrivergallery.comHeritage Gallerywww.heritageonlinegallery.comBozeman Trail Gallerywww.bozemantrailgallery.comPrice Range$500 to $250,000D. Michael Thomas, a Wyoming native,has been sculpting for more than 30years. Working on cattle ranches instilledThomas with a love of the West and itsrich history. Raised in an artistic family,he grew up with such heroes as WillJames and C.M. Russell.Thomas has traveled throughoutthe West showing his sculptures atvarious art shows and has accumulatedmany awards. His most recent awardsinclude the 2010 Purchase Award at theCheyenne Frontier Days Art Show and Sale,and the 2010 Wells Fargo Gold Award atthe Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale in Cody,Wyoming.Over the past few years, Thomashas remained busy sculpting life-sizemonuments. Good Ride Cowboy, a lifeand-a-halfsize monument in memoryof the late Chris LeDoux, was erectedin Kaycee, Wyoming, in 2010. LeDoux,who won the National Finals Rodeo inOklahoma City in 1976, was riding thehorse Stormy Weather, which is depictedin the monument.Talk About Your Cowboy, titled from aphrase in the University of Wyoming’sfight song, is a life-size monumentnow displaying on the University ofWyoming’s campus. As an alumnus,Thomas was selected to create thesculpture for the University.Nate Champion’s Last Run, a one-and-aquarterlife-size monument, which sits infront of the Gatchell Museum in Buffalo,Wyoming, depicts Nate Champion, alocal hero during the Johnson CountyCattle War of the 1890s. Champion wasa small cattle rancher who alone held off50 gunmen for seven hours. Althoughhe was shot seven times and killed, hestopped the invasion of Johnson County.Thomas enjoys researching the historyof the West, which is reflected in hisbronze sculptures.His home and studio are located inBuffalo, Wyoming.61