Jeff Walker was born and bred in the wild beauty of Montana’s landscapes, spending his youth exploring and recording the prairies, ridges and birds near his home in Great Falls. It was this glorious Montana “stuff of his youth” that inspired the artist’s life work.

Walker attended Montana State University in Bozeman and graduated with a degree in Art. In an era of abstract expressionism characterized by some as “do your own thing regardless of art fundamentals,” Walker studied etching technique under Robert DeWeese. Long hours in the etching lab engraved the method in his heart and for years etching was his medium of choice.

The watercolor prints and engravings of Audubon inspired Walker to develop his own style, uniting etch...