Wildlife Artist Dawn Senior-Trask of Moonhorse Art Studio
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Sheepherder's Wagon - Western life bronze plaque

Dawn Senior-Trask, of Moonhorse Art Studio, has a unique way of looking at the memories and culture of the West. Her artwork, especially her bronze plaques, are a unique way of looking at the memories and culture of the West -- memories and reflections of the lifestyles this western artist has experienced during the many years she has lived in a log cabin near Saratoga, Wyoming.

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Sheepherder's Wagon -- Western life bronze plaque

Dawn's western life bronze plaque was inspired by the memories and culture of the West.

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* Bronze plaques are not kept in stock, but are cast as they are ordered.  Because of the long-wax process that involves many steps, the wait for bronze plaques may be several months. Please contact us for more information.

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The sheepherders of Wyoming, often of Basque heritage, still use this horse-drawn version of the motor home. Alert visitors driving along the highways can often see a sheepherder’s wagon in the distance, as it rumbles across the prairie along with the bleating flock, or perches atop a knoll to catch the breeze, abandoned while the shepherd rides herd with the dogs. The sheep roam vast stretches of sagebrush steppe, and in high summer climb the mountain slopes to forage in the rich grassy meadows.

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Western artist Dawn Senior-Trask has often listened to the tales of the sheepherder, who when encountered on a rare trip to town, makes up for months of loneliness by talking nonstop for hours to anyone he can find. A captive audience is great -- a bus station’s perfect, but if the town lacks that, a bar, café, even the post office will do. The old sheepherder tells of his nights spent rifle in hand, ready for the coyote pack or the mountain lion. He squints his distrust of the eagle, but the rattlesnake he does not fear. “You leave them alone, they’ll leave you alone.” He moves from sheep ranch to sheep ranch through Wyoming, Utah, Nevada looking for work, and when he finds it he earns little, no benefits, no Social Security.

Dawn based this bronze plaque on sketches she made of sheep wagons, and an old photograph which surprised her because the shepherd pictured was a young woman.

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