Biography
Dustin Payne represents the third generation of professional western sculptors in his family, so it
comes as no surprise that the trade was a natural path for him. On his mother’s side he is a
descendant of Hiram Daugherty and Mary Jane Goodnight, the sister of Texas Cattle King, Charlie
Goodnight. Goodnight and Oliver Loving brought the first longhorns across country from Texas,
inaugurating the cattle drive era. As a child, Dustin enjoyed the drawings and books of Will James
and was heavily influenced by the historical nature of his father and grandfathers work. He enjoys
researching the history of the subjects he creates and is greatly inspired by his family’s western roots.
When not sculpting, Dustin enjoys Team Roping and loves to spend time outdoors on his family’s
ranch.
Dustin was featured in Southwest Art’s annual “Top 21 under 31”, Southwest Art ‘My World: A visit
with father-and-son sculptors Vic and Dustin Payne at their studio in Cody, WY’ (July 2009),
Western Horseman ‘Four Western Artists under 45’ (June 2009), Art of the West (March/April
2009), Western Art Collector, ‘Molding a Family Legacy’ (August 2008), and was inducted into the
Western Artists of America in 2007.
b. 1981
Resides: Cody, Wyoming USA
Artistic Specialization: Western sculpture in bronze/Monumental sculpture in bronze
Publications:
Southwest Art - 'My World: A visit with father-and-son sculptors Vic and Dustin Payne
at their Studio in Cody, WY' (July 2009)
Western Horseman - 'Four Western Artists Under 45' (June 2009)
Art of the West - (March/April 2009)
Western Art Collector - 'Molding a Family Legacy' (August 2008)
Southwest Art - (June 2006)
Southwest Art - (November 2005)
Southwest Art - 'Top 21 under 31' (September 2002)
Focus/Santa Fe - 'A Western Legacy' (April/May 2002) pp. 52-55
Southwest Art - (May 2002)
comes as no surprise that the trade was a natural path for him. On his mother’s side he is a
descendant of Hiram Daugherty and Mary Jane Goodnight, the sister of Texas Cattle King, Charlie
Goodnight. Goodnight and Oliver Loving brought the first longhorns across country from Texas,
inaugurating the cattle drive era. As a child, Dustin enjoyed the drawings and books of Will James
and was heavily influenced by the historical nature of his father and grandfathers work. He enjoys
researching the history of the subjects he creates and is greatly inspired by his family’s western roots.
When not sculpting, Dustin enjoys Team Roping and loves to spend time outdoors on his family’s
ranch.
Dustin was featured in Southwest Art’s annual “Top 21 under 31”, Southwest Art ‘My World: A visit
with father-and-son sculptors Vic and Dustin Payne at their studio in Cody, WY’ (July 2009),
Western Horseman ‘Four Western Artists under 45’ (June 2009), Art of the West (March/April
2009), Western Art Collector, ‘Molding a Family Legacy’ (August 2008), and was inducted into the
Western Artists of America in 2007.
b. 1981
Resides: Cody, Wyoming USA
Artistic Specialization: Western sculpture in bronze/Monumental sculpture in bronze
Publications:
Southwest Art - 'My World: A visit with father-and-son sculptors Vic and Dustin Payne
at their Studio in Cody, WY' (July 2009)
Western Horseman - 'Four Western Artists Under 45' (June 2009)
Art of the West - (March/April 2009)
Western Art Collector - 'Molding a Family Legacy' (August 2008)
Southwest Art - (June 2006)
Southwest Art - (November 2005)
Southwest Art - 'Top 21 under 31' (September 2002)
Focus/Santa Fe - 'A Western Legacy' (April/May 2002) pp. 52-55
Southwest Art - (May 2002)
