This beautiful painting captures a frosty winter moment on the north road in Yellowstone National Partk's Lamar Valley, where artist Jason Poole was approached in his jeep by a bison, as if the grand animal was checking his hair in the side mirror. "I was so stunned that I almost forgot to take a picture," said Poole.

Jason Poole has worn many hats: Adjunct Professor of Paleontology, scientific illustrator, art teacher, and paleontology field instructor. He has excavated dinosaurs on three continents, including Africa and South and North America. Paralititan, Dreadnoughtus, and Suuwassea are three dinosaurs Jason has worked on; all were new to science when discovered and two are supermassive titanosaurs. Jason is also a paleontological artist who's been published in National Geographic and whose art work appears in many museum and private collections.

Jason resides in Missoula and can often be found sketching in the studio and the great outdoors. Or you may find him at MNHC: Jason has taught various drawing and painting classes, has hosted lectures on Montana's ancient past, and is currently spending Tuesdays-Saturdays at MNHC preparing and conserving 150-million-year-old dinosaur fossils collected by Elevation Science Institute in Carbon County, Montana, during the 2025 field season.

Value: $6,000

Artist: Jason C. Poole

Title: Winter Bison

Medium: Acrylic on canvas. 48" x 48"

Thank you to Jason C. Poole! And thank you to Marlo Crocifisso from Art Haus for providing the framing of this piece.