Rocky Mountain Printmaker: Art by Dean Babcock

The artist Dean Babcock was a rare Renaissance man, a creative soul who could do it all – intellectual pursuits of art, music, classical languages, mathematics, philosophy, and essay writing, as well as physically demanding ones such as mountaineering and trail-blazing, home construction, and all facets of mechanical engineering and metalsmithing. The same hands could carve delicate lines from a block of cherry wood to create Japanese-inspired landscapes, excavate new pathways from timberline boulder fields on mountainsides, and then write essays on the birds and wildflowers seen along the way. This exhibition presents a retrospective of Babcock’s career as an artist and aims to encourage a wider appreciation for the artist’s life and work.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website