About the artist:

K.C. Snider, an honors graduate from The Eugene School for Art, is a prominent Oregon artist.

Her love of the western life and of wildlife has been developed since her youth, with her natural talent for drawing and color exhibited since she was ten years old.  She has shared her talents as an Art Instructor at Lane Community College. Currently, she is instructing painting workshops for the High Desert Society of the Arts in Redmond, Oregon. Her painting, the “Brothers of the Wolves I”, has been published by Colorado’s Leanin’ Tree, Inc.  Her painting titled, "Spirit of the Hunter," was chosen for the 2006 Leanin'Tree Christmas card line. 

Originally specializing in Western Art, K.C. has branched out into a variety of styles and subjects.  Her collection of oil paintings, lithographs, and pencil drawings include portraits of the All-American Cowboy and Cowgirl and their lifestyles of days gone by. Recently, K.C. has been sculpting using a variety of subjects including cowboys, domestic animals and other funny caricatures. She is currently working on her first bronze of a 1920's cowgirl.

K.C.’s paintings incorporate majestic wolves and buffalo herds, as well as eagles and other native birds of prey, in their rustic natural habitats.  The western terrain in her art is not only very detailed, but it also transcends time.  When one looks closely, the visions of spirits create an inspiring visual impact.  K.C. has a gift for capturing the shimmering iridescence of the spirit world.  In her reverent detail, one can almost hear the howl of wolves and the trampling of running horses on dusty trails as their stories depicted on the canvases come to life in the mind’s eye.

K.C.’s artwork has won many awards during her long career.  Her rainbow collection of prize ribbons from all over the Northwest is as colorful as her work.  Recently, K.C. has won plaques from the 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006 Western Art Roundup at Winnemucca, Nevada.  She has won prizes in several categories, as well as the prestigious Snaffle Bit Award and Pioneer Award for her authentic Western Art.

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