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Western & Wildlife 2009


"Painted Buffalo Roam" Postcard Booklets

All images Copyright 2007-2009

2009 WYED Postcard books "Postcard Booklets"
Graphical artwork developed for the West Yellowstone, Montana "Buffalo Roam" project, these 20-page collectible booklets feature full color images of all (36) of the painted buffalo creations, including (26) full-size cows and (10) life-size calves. These booklets were developed to commemorate the 2007-2009 "Painted Buffalo Roam" art project, ending with the public auction of all (36) models in August 2009. For more information on the Buffalo Roam project, or to purchase the postcard booklets for retail sale, please visit the WYED website. Online bids are now being accepted, and the public auction is scheuled for Saturday, 29 August 2009. This will end the multi-year community project.
 
Cover, 1 of 2 "Cover, 1 of 2"
This is the cover layout of Booklet 1 of 2. Features the full-size buffalo cow painted by Montana artist Michael Meissner in 2006-2007. Entitled "Spectres of Yellowstone", the painting represented the significance of the bison to the Native American.


 
Cover, 2 of 2 "Cover, 2 of 2"
This is the cover layout of Booklet 2 of 2. It features the buffalo cow painted by Montana artist Jim Utsler, from Choteau, Montana. Entitled "Spirit of Yellowstone", the painting represented the White Buffalo as the Guardian of the beauty and grandeur of Yellowstone National Park.

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Ollafub Enotswolley "Ollafub Enotswolley"
This is the Book 1 postcard layout of the buffalo cow painted by artist Diane Anderson. The name "Ollafub Enotswolley" is really "Yellowstone Buffalo" backwards. The buffalo on the landscape of Yellowstone have been reversed to the landscape of Yellowstone Park onto the buffalo.

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Buddie "Buddie"
This is the Book 1 postcard layout of the buffalo calf model painted by artist Diane Anderson. Wildflowers on the buffalo calf represent spring and the continuing cycle of life in Yellowstone.

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Now and Then "Now and Then"
This is the Book 1 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by artist Jan Johansen. The painting celebrates America's love of nature and the outdoors. With the invention of the automobile, camping boomed. Nowhere was this more evident than in Yellowstone National Park.

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Arlo "Arlo"
This is the Book 1 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by artist Asha Murthy MacDonald. The focus of this painting is the changing sky and light that provide a constant backdrop for the natural wonder that is Yellowstone National Park.

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Buffalo Spring-field "Buffalo Spring-field"
This is the Book 1 postcard layout of the buffalo calf model painted by artist Asha Murthy MacDonald. This painting depicts aspects of Yellowstone National Park under the light of a full moon.

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Sunrise to Sunset "Sunrise to Sunset in Yellowstone"
This is the Book 1 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by artist Janet McGahan. Every May since 1974, Arlee, Montana's 8th Grade Biology class has camped for five days in Yellowstone to experience the Park's rich offerings of landscape, geology and wildlife.

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When Joseph was the Buffalo "When Joseph was the Buffalo"
This is the Book 1 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by Montana artist DG House. This painting tells the story of Chief Joseph's 1877 run for freedom through Yellowstone Park. It represents what he saw, and what saw him.

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We Remember Our Land "We Remember Our Land"
This is the Book 1 postcard layout of the buffalo calf model painted by Montana artist DG House. This painting is a tribute to the individual birds of Yellowstone and their incredible view of this magnificient land.

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Yellowstone Heritage "Yellowstone Heritage"
This is the Book 1 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by Montana artist Anthony Floyd. Anthony chose to paint bears and buffalo, mountain men and Indians, forests, streams, mountains and the beautiful blue skies as his theme of "The Majestic Yellowstone" area.

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Spectres of Yellowstone "Spectres of Yellowstone"
This is the Book 1 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by Montana artist Michael Meissner. This painting contains images of the silent memories of Yellowstone. If such a grand place could speak, what we learn of her history and her inhabitants ?

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Forever Montana "Forever Montana"
This is the Book 1 postcard layout of the buffalo calf model painted by Montana artist Michael Meissner. This painting contains images of western and eastern Montana. From the majestic mountains the the west to the forbidding badlands to the east, Montana captures the soul of all who visit her.

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Four Winds "Four Winds"
This is the Book 1 postcard layout of the buffalo calf model painted by artist Cameron Blagg. This painting was an attempt to portray part of the North Plains Indian belief in the legend of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Woman, who came down from the heavens long ago to show the people the way to the sacred path.

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Penelope "Penelope"
This is the Book 1 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by artist Diane Hausmann. "Comin' Around the Mountain", inspired by the old postcards of Yellowstone, depicts a time when tourists travelling by Tally-Ho coaches and yellow touring cars encountered many adventures.

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Snowflake "Snowflake"
This is the Book 1 postcard layout of the buffalo calf model painted by artist Diane Hausmann. Snowflake, as Penelope's calf, portrays the tourist enjoying the park in the winter season.

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Snaggle Tooth "Snaggle Tooth"
This is the Book 1 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by Montana artist Carol Newbury Howe. This painting greets you from diverse and historic West Yellowstone, Montana.

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The Unknown Buffalo "The Unknown Buffalo"
This is the Book 1 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by artist Karen Garre. The buffalo is painted with symbolism relating to civilization's link to an animal world. Representing age-old rock paintings to a ghost-like uncertain future.

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Refuge "Refuge"
This is the Book 1 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by Montana artist Kevin Heaney. This painting portrays Chief Joseph and Old Faithful, Chief looking Glass and the Lower Yellowstone Falls.

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White Buffalo Calf Woman "White Buffalo Calf Woman"
This is the Book 1 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by artist Linda Phillippi. Revered by native Americans, she is a symbol of peace, bringing together the four races of the world, white, yellow, red and black, and the teacher of the seven ways to pray.

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"Buffalo Roam" Postcard Booklet 2
 
Cover, 2 of 2 "Cover, 2 of 2"
This is the cover layout of Booklet 2 of 2. It features the buffalo cow painted by Montana artist Jim Utsler, from Choteau, Montana. Entitled "Spirit of Yellowstone", the painting represented the White Buffalo as the Guardian of the beauty and grandeur of Yellowstone National Park.

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Bishee Ahpalaaxee "Bishee Ahpalaaxee"
This is the Book 2 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by Wyoming artist Pat Schermerhorn. "Bishee Ahpalaaxe" is "Spirit of the Bison". She roamed Yellowstone and provided for the Crow Indians that named her. Come see her in her darkest hour to see her true "Spirit".

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The Babies of Yellowstone "The Babies of Yellowstone"
This is the Book 2 postcard layout of the buffalo calf model painted by Wyoming artist Pat Schermerhorn. Spring brings new life to Yellowstone National Park. This is just a small sampling of the new babies that arrive each spring.

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Ponies of the People "Ponies of the People"
This is the Book 2 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by artist Mitzi Nelson. Indian ponies enjoying a moment of freedom under the northern lights, with the village in the background.

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Shoreline Silhouettes "Shorelines Silhouettes"
This is the Book 2 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by Montana artist and sculptor Joe Halko. As an artist and sculptor, Joe is credited with sculpting both the cow and calf models for the "Buffalo Roam" project. This painting depicts the teeming life along the Madison and Yellowstone Rivers and Yellowstone National Park.



 
Sweet Spring "Sweet Spring"
This is the Book 2 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by Choteau, Montana artist and sculptor Joe Halko. Spring is sweet with the fresh green, the rustling of the hatchlings and the warm rays of the sun.

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Flo "Flo"
This is the Book 2 postcard layout of the buffalo calf model painted by artist Pam Froemke. Flo, short for "Buf-flo", is a representation of the firts free wild wolves in Yellowstone National Park after a 60-year absence, in their new Lamar Valley home.

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Celebrate Dreamers "Celebrate Dreamers"
This is the Book 2 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by artist Pam Houston. 'When thinking about West Yellowstone, many people think of seeing the Park, wildlife and geysers, but I on the other hand think of all the people that have come to visit, to work or to settle here."

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Crocus- Bluebird's Daughter "Crocus- Bluebird's Daughter"
This is the Book 2 postcard layout of the buffalo calf model painted by artist Pam Houston. This painting comes from a Native American story about how bluebirds represented a clear, bright and serene way of being, and people who were attended by them enjoyed those same benefits.

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Buffalo Fancy Dancer "Buffalo Fancy Dancer"
This is the Book 2 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by artist Lisa Cameron. This painting wears the bright colored regalia of a modern competitive fancy dancer and represents strife which the buffalo and Native American share.

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Spirit of Yellowstone "Spirit of Yellowstone"
This is the Book 2 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by Montana artist Jim Utsler. This painting represents the spirit of the White Buffalo as Guardian of the beauty and grandeur of Yellowstone National Park.

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Blossom "Blossom"
This is the Book 2 postcard layout of the buffalo calf model painted by Montana artist Jim Utsler. This painting reflects the blossoming life of spring in Yellowstone.

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Rounding Up the Girls "Rounding Up the Girls"
This is the Book 2 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by artist Susan Guy. This painting depicts an elk herd along the Madison River in the westen section of the Park, as the bull elk rounds up his "girls" one more time.

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Norbert "Norbert the Notorious"
This is the Book 2 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by Montana artist Sean Bryers from West Yellowstone. This painting was an eclectic vision of nature in and around Montana. Color, spirit and life.

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Lulubelle "Lulubelle"
This is the Book 2 postcard layout of the buffalo calf model painted by artist Robin Berry. Lulubelle is a "flower lover" and enjoys the beautiful hummingbirds, butterflies and dragonflies of Yellowstone National Park.

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Sage "Sage"
This is the Book 2 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by Colorado artist Rebecca McClive. The painting depicts tense moments in nature. The hunt for food and the decision that determines the "survival of the fittest."

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Winter "Winter"
This is the Book 2 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by Montana artist and sculptor Tim Joyner. This painting was inspired by elk seen by the artist in some hot springs during winter. He chose purples and blues to winter theme and bring the work together.

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Iinii "Iinii"
This is the Book 2 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by Montana artist Traci Jo Nichols. Iinii represents "Nitsitapiisinni", meaning "Our Way of Life" in the Blackfoot language. She depicts the journey between the Native American and the buffalo.

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Frances "Frances"
This is the Book 2 postcard layout of the buffalo cow model painted by fifteen of the participating "Buffalo Roam" artists. As such, Frances is a composite work of art with varying themes and styles. Includes many elements of Yellowstone park landscapes and scenery, as well as wildlife images.

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