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Michael Thomas

Michael Thomas (Born 1954) is active/lives in Wyoming.  Michael Thomas is known for Sculptor-animal, history, cowboy.

A cowboy and sculptor whose highly detailed cowboy sculpture reflect his own life, D Michael Thomas has a studio and barn together on his Wyoming property overlooking the town of Buffalo. He models his bronzes after real people but works primarily from memory and not from photos.

He was born in Big Piney, Wyoming to a five-generation Western family that includes the famous mountain man, Joe Meek. His father was a game warden and taught him about animals including the raising and riding of horses and the life of a cowboy. In his family, art was encouraged by his mother who was an accomplished easel painter. She introduced her son to the work of Charles Russell. A second grade teacher reinforced him by displaying his paintings in the school hallways.

But Thomas didn't really get serious about art until he attended the University of Wyoming majoring in Animal Science. One of his friends was sculpting in bronze, gave him some clay, and he was very taken with it, quickly losin   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3406 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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