Born and raised on the plains of South Dakota, June Newburg has been pursuing her love of art since her college days. Growing up on a family ranch in Willow Lake, South Dakota, instilled in her a deep love and respect for the land as well as its rugged way of life. Character and integrity are etched into the faces of the portraits she has done of ranchers and farmers, many of them family members who are still actively involved in ranching today. The haunting beauty of the South Dakota landscape, the struggle against the elements during calving season, the joy of a rodeo barrel racer, the tranquility of a prairie flower, a decorated cow skull, the intricacy of a leather design on a boot, the simple beauty of a bale of hay — these are but a few of the subjects of Newburg’s paintings.