Biography

Honorary Artist Member since 1979

A traditional painter of the peaceful lifestyle of the western Indian before 1880, he was born in 1951, in Appleton, Wisconsin and from 1975, lived in Redmond, Washington. He currently resides in Tombstone, Arizona. Before attending college, he was primarily interested in archaeology and anthropology but was inspired by a student art show at Brigham Young University where he was enrolled.

deDecker has won numerous local, state and international awards including Artist of the Year and Outstanding Artist by C.M. Russell Museum and is featured in “Artists of Renown”. He is a member of “American Royal Western Artists”. After college, he traveled throughout the West and then settled in Washington State because of his interest in the Plains tribes. He paints western landscapes in the Hudson River style.