About Dustin Payne, CAA

Dustin Payne is a contemporary artist known for traditional Western-style bronze sculptures depicting the American West. With his traditional style, he encapsulates the feeling and detail of the western way of life.

You can find Dustin’s life-size monument honoring the history of the Texas Rangers, “The Legend, The Lore, The Law”, recently relocated to the Museum of Western Art in Kerrville, Texas, as well as life-size depictions of the infamous Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving in Pueblo, Colorado.

 In 2017 Dustin was inducted into the renowned Cowboy Artists of America, winning the gold medal for sculpture at the 2021 show, as well as the Ray Swanson Memorial Award for “Tales of the Trail”, silver for “Charles Autobees”, silver award for sculpture in 2023 for “Lone Star Legacy”, and the silver award again in 2024 for “What Man Can Conceive”. In 2022, True West Magazine named him Best Western Bronze Artist in their annual Best of the West Edition. That same year, his work was featured at The Sons of Charlie Russell Exhibition at the Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio. In 2025, during his first year participating in the Briscoe Night of Artists, he won the Museum Purchase Award with “What Man Can Conceive”. Also in 2025, he was recognized in the Best of Western Horseman Awards, winning Honorable Mention in the Culture-Artist category.

 Dustin divides his time between Wyoming and Texas throughout the year, where he lives with his wife and their two sons.