Artist featured on the Outdoor Channel

Sisters area residents and lovers of outdoor art know Dan Rickards for his award-winning depictions of wildlife and the landscapes of Central Oregon.

Now the artist will reach an even broader audience with a segment on the cable TV Outdoor Channel show, “Wildlife Art Gallery.”

A film crew with two high-definition cameras met Rickards last month in Sisters and filmed at Clearwater Gallery and all around Sisters. According to a letter from the show’s producers, the focus of the show, which features two artists in an hour-long segment, is to “see and hear how memories of real life encounters with wildlife and adventures in the outdoors fuel the creation of a masterpiece.”

The airing of the piece will be announced at a later date.

Dan Rickards, who owns and operates Clearwater Gallery in Sisters with his wife Julia, has been the recipient of several awards for his wildlife art.

Rickards won the prestigious “People’s Choice Award” of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation in 2003. RMEF is a conservation organization whose mission is “to ensure the future of elk, other wildlife and their habitat.”

Hunters and other conservationists devote millions of dollars and thousands of hours to habitat preservation. Art and art sales are important parts of the organization’s public relations and fund-raising efforts.