renowned wildlife artist Dale Thompson. Thompson is the former chief naturalist for Mount Rainier National Park and has spent 20 years exploring and living in Washington'...mores national parks. His work is found in many galleries and private collections around the country and he has illustrated books on wildlife for National Park Service and the University of Arizona Press. Twelve of his paintings are published as calendars each year and he is also a contributor to calendars by Weyerhaeuser and Gulf Oil. He was the winner of Washington State's Upland Bird Stamp competition in 1984 and was the Washington Ducks Unlimited "Artist of the Year" in 1985. In 2004, the Pierce County Arts Commission gave Thompson the Margaret K. Williams Award for Excellence in the Arts.