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Artist-in-Residence Maggie Bassett

August 12 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm MDT

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Draper Natural History Museum showing incline of ramp.

Maggie Bassett poses with her charcoal art of a moose.

Wildlife Artist Maggie Bassett

Draper Natural History Museum

August 12–17, 2024
9 a.m.–3 p.m.

While visiting the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Draper Natural History Museum, take some time to visit with Artist-in-Residence Maggie Bassett. She demonstrates her work while chatting with visitors each day from August 12–17 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Maggie will be stationed in the Draper’s Innovation Lab in the Seasons of Discovery gallery.

Bassett is a dedicated, self-taught artist whose painterly imagination remains grounded in the world of wild things. As a wildlife artist living near the border of Yellowstone National Park, the inspiration to paint is never more than a few steps out the front door. She has been developing her own style, layering charcoal and acrylic paint. The results have been quite exciting. Her main focus is capturing accurate  detail through drawing, design principles, texture, and refracted light.

During her residency, Bassett demonstrates her use of charcoal as a medium. Charcoal, she says, “allows me to capture not just the essence of the wildlife subject with rich tonal variations, but also the very minute details of fur textures and expressive eyes. The deep, velvety black strokes create a stark contrast against the pristine white background, emphasizing the presence of the subject.”

Wolf artwork in charcoal, by Maggie Bassett.

Bison artwork in charcoal. By Maggie Bassett.

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Buffalo Bill Center of the West
720 Sheridan Avenue
Cody, WY United States
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Draper Natural History Museum
Phone
307-578-4078
Email
amyp@centerofthewest.org
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