About the Artist

(1917-2006) Originally born in Chicago, Paul Dyck lived in Rimrock. Arizona since 1976.

A painter, he was also one of the most knowledgeable collectors of Plains Indian beadwork. Paul often depicted Native American people and the Western landscape with its related vegetation and animals. He was first introduced to the Cheyenne, Crow and Blackfoot Native Americans as his parents were pioneers in Calgary.

Largely he painted using either layered egg tempera on board. in the Old Master tradition or else utilizes the Sumi-e ink techniques that were the province of the Japanese. His paintings are included in the collection of the Phoenix Art Museum, the Museum of Northern Arizona and Harmsen Collection, currently housed at the Tucson Museum of Art.