Mitchell Mansanarez

1965 -0000

Born in San Bernardino, California, Mitchell Mansanarez is one of four sons of wildlife artist, Manuel Mansanarez, all four of whom followed in their father’s footsteps, becoming wildlife and/or Western artists. When Mitch was 10 years old the family moved to Blackfoot, Idaho, where he has lived and worked ever since.

When Mitch was 15 years old, his father, who had been a two-time National Golden Glove Champion and a rodeo athlete, decided to work full-time as a wildlife artist. His father’s motto was, “If you want to be good at something you have to do it every day.” Like his father and mentor, Mitchell Mansanarez created many highly detailed wildlife paintings in pencil, oil, and acrylic during the first 15 years of his career as an artist. During this period Mitchell Mansanarez’s wildlife art illustrated the 1990 book Magnificent Obsession: In Quest of High Mountain Game by Israel Torres, published by Diana Press, El Paso, Texas.

Eventually however, Mitchell Mansanarez became interested in photography. And, though his primary focus now is on photography, he continues to paint, mostly in watercolor and mixed media, in an impressionistic style.

In 1994 Mitchell established Rocky Mountain Publishing (RMP), where he works today with his wife and son. Based in Blackfoot, Idaho, RMP mass produces framed prints and giclées of his photographs and paintings, as well his father’s work and that of many other wildlife and Western artists.

CAUGHT IN THE OPEN Oil and Pencil on Paper 1989 14 x 18 inches

EARLY FALL GRIZZLY Oil and Pencil on Paper 1989 14 ¼ x 18 ¼ inches