Dan Mieduch was drawing by the age of seven. During high school, he took evening art classes and began working in both oils and watercolors. Dan’s family owned a tavern and motel in Clinton, Michigan. His Father’s bar was Dan’s first “gallery” where he presented and sold his wildlife paintings to patrons for forty dollars apiece. This farming community gave Dan a deep appreciation of the beauty of the land, the light of early mornings and the deep hues of summer sunsets.Dan Mieduch earned a B.S. Degree in Industrial Design from the University of Michigan in 1969 and then served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps for eighteen months as a command artist for the Southern Command in the Panama Canal Zone. Dan completed several historical paintings for area museums while in Panama. Following his military career, Dan worked for several commercial art studios in Detroit where he met his wife, Rhonda. It was during this time that Dan learned the disciple needed to succeed in the art business.In 1975 Dan decided to turn his attention to becoming a western fine art artist. He focused on what he perceived as a simpler time - the early 20th century American frontier. Dan and Rhonda felt that a move to Phoenix would better serve his artistic interests and the relocation to Arizona proved to be the start of a very successful career.Education• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, B.S. Industrial Design, 1969Selected Exhibitions• National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Prix de West, Oklahoma City, OK, 2003-2004, 2009-2014• Autry National Center, Masters of the American West, Los Angeles, CA, 2000-2004• Western Heritage Show, Houston, TX, 1983• Settlers West Miniature Show, Tucson, AZ• National Museum of Wildlife Art, Western Visions, Jackson, WY• Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, Reno, NV• National Center for American Western Art, Night of the Artists Show, Kerville, TX and San Antonio, TX• Mountain Oyster Show, Tucson, AZ• Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale, Cody, WY• Altermann Galleries and Auction, Scottsdale, AZSelected Publications• Erivan & Helga Haub Family Collection of Western Art, Mollring Enterprises, 2005• Tombstone Chronicles, Cover Art, Book Division of Arizona Highways Magazine, 1998• University of Nebraska Press, Tombstone Early Years, Cover Art, 1995Selected Press• Wild West Magazine, April, 2011• Art of the West, August, 2010• Southwest Art, Cover, October, 2009• Art of the West, August, 2008• Southwest Art, Cover, March, 2007• Art of the West, July, 2006• Wild West Magazine, February, 2005• Wild West Magazine, October, 2005• Wild West Magazine, August, 2003• Wild West Magazine, April, 2002• Wild West Magazine, August, 2000• Art of the West, September, 1992• US Art, December, 1988• Southwest Art, Annual Collectors’ Edition, Cover Art, October, 1979Selected Collections• Booth Western Art Museum, Atlanta, GA• Erivan & Helga Haub Family Collection of Western Art, AZ• Western Companies, Fort Worth, TX• Regiment Capitol, Boston, MA• UBS Financial Services, Birmingham, MI• John Hancock Life, Franklin, TN• Basha Corporate Headquarters Western Museum, Chandler, AZAwards• Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Juror’s Choice Award, Cody, WY