Biography

“The great constant in all of my art is the horse. From Western Art to Sporting Art, the paintings are always horse-related from Rodeo to Polo.”

His Western Paintings were featured for fifteen years in the Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Spirit Art Show, winning “Best in Show” in 2018, “Best Acrylic” in 2016 and 2012 and “Best Miniature” in 2013. Ersland took home a Best of the West Blue Ribbon and a Best of the Wild Horse 2nd place Ribbon in the Rock Springs Wild Horse Art Show in 2011.

In 2020 Ersland was selected to be an artist in the Cheyenne Frontier Days Summer Western Art Show, following it up by showing again in 2021, ’22, ’23 and 2024, with works exhibited in the 45th Annual CFD Show in Cheyenne.

In 2024 his artwork was exhibited at the A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art’s Character in Context Show in Trinidad, Colorado and again in 2025. For 10 years Ersland’s artwork was featured in The Mountain Oyster Art Show in Tucson, AZ, and also has been in the American Plains Artists show in Texas.

Ersland is a Signature Member in the Academy of American Equine Art, exhibiting in their group shows in South Carolina, Virginia and Kentucky. Winning “The Sporting Art Award” in 2019, and “Best Western Art in 2022” followed by “The Sporting Art Award in 2023” were especially nice coming from a Jury of his Equine Artist Peers!
“This love for Western Art is rooted in my interests in horses, riding and American History.”

An avid horse owner and rider, Ersland has experienced the thrill of fox hunting from fast horseback, but these days prefers the slower thrill of trail riding and training his big sport horse Ike. All this riding experience has made him an informed artist on the ways and feel of the horse.