Monte Dolack - Graphic Artist Extraordinaire
Monte A . Dolack is an graphic artist who lives in Missoula , Montana . He is one of the best known artists in Montana ' s current artistic venues . Dolack has had his work exhibited worldwide . Some of his work is highly collectible . I met Monte in 1979 , and watching his career as a Montana artist has been like catching a star as it streaks across the night sky , growing brighter and brighter .
Monte was born in May 1950 to Michael George and Mary ( Miller ) D . Dolack . His father had two sons from a previous marriage ( Bob and Bill ), while Mary gave birth to Monte and his sister , Marlene . He graduated from Great Falls High School in 1968 . In his senior year , Dolack was chosen to design the cover of the GFHS yearbook , The Roundup . His design was a then-fashionable contemporary art work .
He was educated at Montana State University in Bozeman from 1969 to 1970 and the University of Montana in Missoula from 1970 to 1974 , graduating with a bachelor ' s degree from the latter institution . While an undergraduate he drew charts and graphs for the University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research , which turned his work into photographic slides . After graduation , Dolack was employed by the Anaconda Copper Company and was a member of " Out of Sight " a rock band .
Monte began gaining local notice by designing posters for the Crystal Theater , an art film theater in Missoula . By 1997 , original Crystal Theater posters were collectors ' items . Monte also began creating posters which he sold as artwork ; one notable piece was " Yahoo ," which depicts a cowgirl on a horse and an anti-nuclear power symbol at the bottom . It was created to commemorate the day the Missoula City Council voted to ban nuclear facilities within the city limits . Beginning in 1978 , Dolack had a studio located at 132 W . Front Street in Missoula . A 48-page color collection of his poster art , Catalog of Posters & Prints : Crystal Theatre , was published in 1982 .
In May 1984 Monte married artist Mary Beth Percival , an artist in her own right . The same year , he began a series of works known as the " Invader series ." The works feature animals " invading " human habitat , such as ducks swimming in a bathtub or a bear lying on the couch in a den in a house . The following year , Dolack — who was already " a nationally The West Old & New Page 6