My grandfather, Hans N. Kleiber, became a world-renowned artist-naturalist after taking up residence in Dayton, Wyoming, in the shadow of the Bighorn Mountains. I wish there had been a videographer during his years. That thought sparked the idea to create candid, heartfelt interviews of artists of the region for posterity.
Many of the world's best-known landscape and animal artists have loved this region: Gollings, Remington, Russel, Rungius, Moran, Bierstadt, Fuller, are just a few of the names who were forever indelibly influenced by the land, the flora, and the fauna.
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Working with Kenneth L. Schuster, Director and Chief Curator of the Brinton Museum in Big Horn, Wyoming, the list of 22 artists was created. I interviewed each over the course of 2 months. I then engaged the talents of director/composer Edmond Allmond to direct post-production and edit these engaging and poignant stories.