Wild West News

I Love Wyoming!

2010-05-02T06:04:00.000-07:00

I have been in Wyoming for almost three years now and I have never been so happy. The deer and the antelope really do play. A lot. They're everywhere. Buffalo roam in the park in the middle of town, although there are only a few. Eggs come from real chickens, but you have to buy them at the bar (the eggs, not the chickens) Cowboys tip their hats to you on the street and the women are quick to say hello as well. There is almost no crime, but if you got caught cheating at poker, there would most likely be a shooting. Given the fact that nearly everyone carries a gun, that's not so surprising. What is surprising, at least to me, is that people dress up so much. There's some sort of formal event at least three times a year. I have used up my collection of ball gowns already and had to go deep into storage to find a couple from the 80s so I can go retro for the next soirées. All I gotta say is, Yippee!

2008-12-15T08:01:00.000-08:00

Drawn to Yellowstone

Well, friends, the documentary is finally finished. The photo on the left was taken in the Smithsonian as we sought to get a jib shot of the gigundo Thomas Moran painting that lives there high on the wall, dwarfing the surround George Catlin paintings.

It has been a long and arduous road, but we delivered the finished product last week and now we are just waiting to get on the PBS air schedule, which should be somewhere in February. Be sure and call your local PBS station and ask for it by name: Drawn to Yellowstone.

Why? Because in addition to art, there are some very cool shots of buffalo and bears.

Drawn to Yellowstone

2008-11-14T14:23:00.001-08:00

Well, friends, we are finally finishing 'Drawn to Yellowstone', our documentary for Wyoming PBS, after a grueling six months of shooting and editing. It's the story of the artist Thomas Moran and how his work combined with the photography of William H. Jackson to persuade Congress to make Yellowstone into the world's first national park in 1872. It's not nearly as boring as it sounds. We have action, romance, tension, and.....grizzly bears! And, of course, geysers. This is a major television production done entierely in Wyoming and most of it right here in Sheridan. Look for it on a television near you sometime in December. Call your local PBS station and ask for it by name....'Drawn to Yellowstone.' Thanks for your support.

2008-08-01T13:01:00.001-07:00