~ Gale Running Wolf, Sr. ~ | ||
Gale Running Wolf, Sr. is a nationally known Blackfeet artist; he was born and raised on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation located in Montana near the Canadian border. He makes his home in Bi11ings, Montana. Although Gale has no formal art training, he masterfully portrays his Blackfeet heritage with vivid realism and developed a unique "winter blue" style that is easily recognized. His mediums consist of pencil, oils, gouche, and acrylic. | ||
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A full time professional artist for over 20 years, Gale exhibits at many prestigious shows and auctions throughout the United States. He is represented by various galleries, museums, National Parks, and art distributors in the country. His work is in collections throughout the United States, Canada, Europe. and Australia. | ||
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Gale has won a total of 38 awards including 10 "People's Choice Awards." His first major award was the "Newcomer Award," at the Trail of Tears Exhibit, Tahlequah, OK, 1986. In 2006, his most recent award was "First Place" in paintings at the prestigious Northern Plains Tribal Arts, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. | ||
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Gale was the first Native American artist to be selected by the Bradford Exchange, Niles, IL to do a limited edition of collector's plates titled "Chosen Messengers" series. His painting "End of an Era" was selected by the Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument board of directors to be reproduced and sold as a limited edition print at the Battlefield. Gale is the only Northern Plains artist to be chosen each year from 1990-2008, along with several other well-known Native American artists from Oklahoma and Texas to be published in the Native American Calendar for Norwood Promotional Products Inc., Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. In 2007, two of Gale's paintings were selected by "LEANIN' TREE" Company of Boulder, CO to be published as Christmas Cards, and other reproductions. | ||