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|  Bud Boller is a sculptor and painter whose work reflects his love of the history of the West as well as his Shoshone Indian heritage. He depicts many aspects of western life including Indian battle scenes, heroic cowboys and Indians, and wildlife. His themes are often based on Christianity with authentic Biblical scenes that he has carefully researched.
Bud, whose formal name is Lewis, has worked as a rancher, rodeo rider, and store manager as well as artist. He has won several awards from invitational shows such as the Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ; the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, Gallup, NM; and the Death Valley 49'ers Encampment Invitational Art Show, Death Valley, CA. In 1995, the Wyoming Governor's Award honored his work for Art. His sculptures are in Israel, Spain, Mexico, Japan, and throughout the United States.
Bud Boller is an enrolled member of the Shoshoni Indian Tribe and was born in 1928 in Fort Collins, Colorado. He lives on a ranch in the Wind River Reservation near Dubois, Wyoming.
Source:
Submitted June 2004 by a researcher at the Ashworth Collection of Native American and Western Art in Fort Smith, ARK.
Sources include:
the web site of the Shoshone Indian Tribe:
http://www.easternshoshone.net/EasternShoshoneHistory.html
Patrick Lester, "The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters"
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