Bailey Burton is a Montana-based oil painter whose work centers on the wildlife of the American West. After studying fish and wildlife in college, she returned to a lifelong love of art and became a full-time artist following Western Art Week in Great Falls in 2021. 

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Her paintings combine realistic-wildlife portraiture with rich color, attention to detail, and soft atmospheric backgrounds. Inspired by encounters in the wild, Bailey aims to capture not only the animal itself, but also a sense of the place and moment it inhabits. 

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Her hope is that her work serves as a lasting reminder of the wildlife of the West and the importance of appreciating it. 

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" I want my paintings to give viewers a reason to remember that we are a part of this world and the wild animals that reside here with us, not apart from it."

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