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EARLY YEARS
Mike was born in Gillette, Wyoming in 1963. His passion for wildlife formed early in his life as he spent his years participating in our Country’s western heritage of hunting and fishing. Mike grew up hunting on his family’s ranch and fishing at his family’s mountain cabin in the Bighorn Mountains. As a young boy, he poured over his father’s extensive collections of books on wildlife art. He especially enjoyed looking over the books on East African wildlife. At the age of 6 he began modeling in clay the animals he saw in those books.

TRAVEL
He dreamed of going to Africa. At the early age of 10 years old his wish came true when his family took a month long safari in Kenya. Mike was fascinated with the animals and the Maasai people. He loved the experience and held onto those memories for a lifetime.

Mike’s first trip to Kenya, discovering an elephant femur bone

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