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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT<br />
ART PROFILE<br />
CAPTURING<br />
ENERGY<br />
Rodeos are exhilarating spectacles that pit man against<br />
animal. The power and energy of these events are impossible<br />
to put into words, yet Walter Piehl, 69, is able<br />
to capture it on canvas.<br />
An art Instructor at Minot State University since 1970, Piehl<br />
is certainly no stranger to the art community. Having taught at the<br />
public school in<br />
Dickinson and at<br />
Valley <strong>City</strong> State and<br />
Mayville State, he is<br />
known statewide for<br />
both his teaching<br />
and art.<br />
Born in Marion,<br />
N. Dak, as a youth<br />
he would draw and<br />
paint pictures as he<br />
could use them to<br />
tell stories. “It really<br />
was just a form of<br />
entertainment for<br />
me in the beginning,”<br />
he said.<br />
However, it<br />
quickly turned into<br />
a passion and career<br />
choice after attending<br />
Concordia College<br />
in Moorhead.<br />
“College, for<br />
me, was a way to<br />
22 | THECITYMAG.COM | AUGUST 2012
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