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George Bumann (rhymes with ‘human’) is a professional sculptor living with his wife, young son, and black Labrador Hobbes, at Yellowstone Park\u2019s northern entrance in Gardiner, Montana. George has been a life-long observer of nature and was raised in his mother\u2019s New York sculpture studio. He holds both Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s degrees in wildlife ecology and has worked in the fields of wildlife research, taxidermy, back-country guiding, environmental consulting and has taught art and natural history programs for youth, adult, and uiversity audiences for almost four decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George\u2019s work can be found in collections throughout the United States and around the globe. His sculptures reside in the permanent collections of the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the Brinton Museum in Big Horn, Wyoming, the Booth Museum of Western Art in Cartersville, GA, and the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana, the public art collection of Sheridan, WY, and was featured in the book, \u201cSculpture of the Rockies,\u201d by the editors of Southwest Art Magazine. As an elected member of the National Sculpture Society and past member of the Society of Animal Artists, his works have been shown at the Societies’ annual exhibitions as well as the Coors Art Exhibit & Sale, Bennington Center for the Arts’ – “Art of the Animal Kingdom,” the “Birds in Art Exhibition” at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, the C.M Russell Auction, and Loveland\u2019s Sculpture in the Park, among others. George\u2019s art and educational outreach have been featured in publications such as the Salt Lake City Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Sacramento Bee, and on television, radio, and online through the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Travel Channel, Discovery Channel, and TEDx Bozeman.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Listen to this interview with George on the topics of art & nature<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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