Don’t Shoot…it’s a Quick Draw competition with a paint brush
Michelle Weber is the Quick Draw artist joining the Girls In Spurs on February 4, 2014 in Rapid City. “The painting I will be working on is based off a photo I took this summer. It is a very close up image of a saddle. It is vibrant with the natural hot summer sun beating down on it,” Weber stated.
Weber is a rancher and artist from Lake Benton, MN.
“We raise Red Angus breeding stock and I have been painting full time for just over three years,” she mentioned, “ My focus has always been primarily livestock based with an emphases on cattle.
Weber Custom Painting is a way for my customers to preserve their photos and memories by transforming a photograph into an original piece of art.
I also had the opportunity to illustrate the children’s book, “Levi’s Lost Calf” by Amanda Radke.
Last year at the Black Hills Stock Show, Weber competed in her first Quick Draw. “It was a 24×48 painting of a steer. I was honored to be voted People’s Choice and had the high selling auction piece,” she expressed.
Gretchen Kirchmann is a veteran journalist covering a variety of events across the country each year. She founded Kirchmann Media Group in 2009 and works as a marketing consultant with a forte for the western lifestyle industry, festivals, fairs and rodeo world. Her work includes 15 national communication awards plus coverage of Nashville's CMT Awards and CMA Fanfest. A favorite assignment was attending the all cast reunion of the Dukes of Hazard in 2006 and 2007 at Dukesfest. In December you will find her covering the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and Miss Rodeo America pageant live from Las Vegas. Her favorite color is orange, favorite song "Rocky Top" and she loves to dance especially clogging.
