by George Bumann | Jul 23, 2018 | Adventures, Art, Sculpture stories
The art of art, and the art of living, are an eternal treasure hunt: you never really know what you’re going to find. You might start out on a particular day in search of grizzly bears and never find a one, only to have the most extraordinary experience with a...
by George Bumann | Jun 1, 2018 | Art, Sculpture stories
With over 4,500 bison in Yellowstone, I have ample opportunity to study them throughout the seasons. I never tire of watching them in order to create bison sculptures that reflect their subtle movements and behaviors. The relationship between birds and bison is an...
by George Bumann | Apr 23, 2018 | Adventures, Nature, Yellowstone Wildlife
(image above: NPS/Jim Peaco) Few ‘firsts’ are anticipated in Yellowstone as much the first grizzly bear sighting of spring. Over the last decade and a half, we have had many memorable ‘firsts’—some of which were captured on film (yes, actual...
by George Bumann | Mar 16, 2018 | Family, How To, Lifestyle, Nature, Yellowstone Life
When the old post office in Gardiner was being built, our neighbor found a chipped piece of obsidian in the earth around the site. That piece turned out to be an 11,000 year-old fragment of a projectile point knapped from volcanic glass that mined at Obsidian Cliff,...
by George Bumann | Feb 11, 2018 | Art, Nature, Yellowstone Life
A quote that I really like but have never been able to properly attribute goes like this: “If your life is worth living, it’s worth recording”. This is why I keep a field journal. We all encounter things that are magical, unique and frankly, in some...
