Long Eared Owl by Monte Dolack
Angeles Society of Illustrators in 1991 . The Missoulian in 1999 named Monte Dolack " 100 Montanans of the 20th Century ." In 2003 , Trout Unlimited bestowed its Communications for Coldwater Conservation Award given annually to a reporter , writer , or artist whose work has made significant gains in educating the public about conservation and the habitat of coldwater fish to Monte .
The Monte Dolack Scholarship Fund at Great Falls High School is named for him .
The westslope cutthroat trout from his 1986 " Blackfoot River " is featured on a Trout Unlimited specialty license plate issued by the state of Montana .
Monte Dolack has served on the board of directors of the Montana Arts Council and the University of Montana Fine Art Advisory Board , and was a delegate from Montana on the Japan Economic Trade Organization in 1995 . He also sat on the advisory board of the Big Hole River Foundation in 1999 , and has been a member of the board of directors of the Montana chapter of Trout Unlimited since 1995 .
Dolack is a founding member of the Japan Club . He is an avid fly fisherman , hiker and bird watcher .
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" wall of ideas ." Beginning work on a piece , he conducts research in his library to help make the work
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more realistic and detailed . His creative technique , however , involves what Monte calls " working from the inside ." As he told the Missoula Independent in 2002 : "... I also want to bring in things that are from the inside and not the outside , and find the right place to mix the two of them together . Part of the road I ' m on with these pictures is to graduate slowly toward being able to paint more from the inside ." Environmentalism is a key theme in Dolack ' s work . Dorothy Hinshaw Patent , former director of the Montana Committee for the Humanities , says that Dolack ' s environmental message in the mid 1980s was subtle . But by the time of his 2000 work " Montana History Lesson ," she notes , Dolack opted for " overt " statements . The whimsical nature of Dolack ' s work masks exceptional technique as an artist . Maggie Mudd , executive director of the University of Montana ' s Montana Museum of Art and Culture , points out that Dolack uses " painstaking painting techniques " which produce highly polished visual surfaces . His work also exhibits " wildly inventive color ". In 1991 he won " Best of Show " from the Los