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Derk Hansen

www.derkhansen.com/

Derk Hansen has more than 150 limited edition lithographs and collector prints plus over fifty limited edition collector plates to his credit. There are also scores of incentive and special commission art products on the market bearing his name. Thousands of collectors worldwide enjoy his work. Admirers and peers alike are always looking forward to the new projects that emanate from Derk’s Saddle Tramp Studio. Derk has managed to stay as elusive to the public, as some of the wildlife he so beautifully represents in his work.

If you are looking for him, you will not find this artist in the main stream of the art world. A cattle drive, working young horses in the round pen or hanging out with his cowboy friends playing his guitar, is more his style. One day he might be in Africa on safari doing fieldwork for new paintings or you find him working on a documentary video in the rugged mountains of New Zealand. Then again, you could find him studying bald eagles in the wilds of Alaska or researching for a humpback whale painting off the island of Hawaii.

For over thirty five years Derk joined his buddies as a stunt man and actor as they reenact the defeat of the notorious Jesse James gang in Northfield, Minnesota. Here, Derk has left his mark by creating a seven-piece set of pencil drawings depicting this historic event of 1876. Maybe you spotted him as one of the wranglers in the Great American Cattle Drive of 1995 from Fort Worth, Texas to Miles City, Montana or bumped into him on Kodiak Island in the Golf of Alaska preparing material for a bear painting. Back home you might find Derk at one of the major art shows where he has been recognized for his impressive work. Whatever the circumstances of his appearance might be, take a good look, for he won’t be there for long. He’ll be off on some new adventure, looking for subjects and places to paint.

Derk is an adventurer and a dreamer, managing to do for a living what most of us can only fantasize about. He shares his experiences with us through his artwork, so vividly, that we feel that we are there to.

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