HAYDEN LAMBSON 1948 - 0000 Born in the small town of Ramah, New Mexico, Hayden Lambson demonstated an interest in art and outdoor life early on. “My parents were very encouraging of my interest in art. Perhaps it began with my reading of Outdoor Life and Field and Stream magazines that came to my home each month when I was very young. I got excited about the artwork depicted there. I had no place to paint when I was young, so I painted in the living room where I was in everyone's way, but the family was very patient with me. There was usually an unfinished painting sitting on the piano all the time I was growing up,” says Lambson.
the Artist the Year by the Foundation of North American Wild Sheep. In 1991 he was named Artist of the Quarter by both the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and Artist of the Year by the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association. A charter member of the Wildlife Artists of the World, Lambson’s art has been used to raise thousands of dollars annually for conservation and has been featured by the Safari Club International, Game Coin, The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, in limited edition prints for Cabela's, Bass Pro Shops, and the NRA, and in covers and illustrations for the Boone & Crockett Club. In addition, Lambson’s art has graced the pages of many outdoor magazines, including: Art West, Hunters' Quest, Idaho Wildlife, Cabela's Outfitter Journal, New Mexico Wildlife, and Alaskan Outdoors.
Lambson went to college at Brigham Young University where, ironically, he took only two art classes, one in drawing and the other in watercolor. Following college, Lambson worked for six years as a professional Scouter for the Boy Scouts of America before turning his attention to working full-time as a wildlife artist.
Like his father, Hayden Lambson’s son, Dallen, continues the tradition as a very successful wildlife artist living and working in Pocatello, Idaho.
Within a half dozen years Lambson was enjoying success as a wildlife artist. In 1988 he was named Artist of the Year by Whitetails Unlimited. In 1990 he was chosen as
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