Much to Gary’s benefit, 1934 dodges don’t run forever. Gary was a year old
when the family was headed to California in 1947. The old dodge blew a rod,
and a temporary stay in Billings Montana was mandated. Sometimes temporary is a long time.
Fifty years later, Gary took Linda,
his bride of over thirty years, and
his dog, and moved to a little patch
of ground near Boyd Montana,
where deer and beaver play along
the banks of Rock Creek.
In the interim, Gary earned a
business administration degree
from Eastern Montana College,
climbed power poles for the R.E.A., earned a commercial pilots license, sold real estate, and made gasoline for a local refinery.
Gary loved the out doors, and loved to hunt and fish, but didn’t like to kill the animals he admired. Photography had been a hobby for many years, and there came a time when the camera replaced the guns. The preservation
of the beauty of an animal through film, or the candid capture of an animal’s personality, or a scenic picture of the land where wild animals live and play became Gary’s passionate pastime.
Upon retiring from the refinery in 2001, Gary turned full time to photography and writing. His pictures, and or articles have been published in Montana
Magazine, Montana Outdoors, and Grit Magazine. Gary’s hope is that his work might help someone recognize and appreciate that a wild animal is a unique creature with feelings and personality all its own.
