about the artist

Moonhorse art studio

Western artist Dawn Senior-Trask of the Moonhorse art studio still lives with her husband, Juel, in the log cabin built by her parents, where she was raised in the rough, rocky foothills of Wyoming’s Snowy Range. Here the western artist enjoys many a crisp, breezy spring morning, wandering afoot or on horseback across the ravines and ridges, stopping to sketch the wildflowers, insects, wild grasses, landscapes, the actions of the wild animals, and the western ranch life of her friends and neighbors. From these sketches she sculpts the clay originals for her bronze sculptures, and designs woodcuts, claybords™, and oil paintings and gouache paintings.

As a teenager, Dawn and her family spent five years living among their Navajo and Hopi friends on the Arizona desert, and she has spent considerable time among the Lakota in South Dakota and the Arapaho in Wyoming. Influenced by Native American art, Dawn began to publish illustrations and to sell serious work in sculpture, printmaking and pastel at the age of 12.

During her high school years Dawn was taught mostly by her father, Willoughby Senior, a published author and professional artist who had graduated from the National Academy School of Fine Arts in NYC. Dawn attended the University of Wyoming and Hastings College in Nebraska where she studied life drawing, printmaking, bronze casting, creative writing, and related subjects.

Dawn’s bronze sculptures, oil paintings, and woodcuts are owned across the nation -- from Oregon to Puerto Rico -- and internationally from Paris to Beijing. She also writes poetry, fiction and essays, illustrates books, and works with the Wyoming and South Dakota Artist-in-Schools programs.

If you would like more information on our artwork or would like to place an order, email Moonhorse Art Studio or call us 307.327.5381. We look forward to hearing from you!