Born and raised in the piney woods of East
Texas, Montgomery studied art at the Kansas City Art Institute and the
University of New Mexico. He currently lives south of Elgin on 17 acres
of land with his wife, artist Margie Crisp, and a motley assortment of
pets. A full time painter and printmaker, he occasionally takes time
out from his studio in the historic section of Elgin to search out and
photograph the flora and fauna of the U.S., Mexico, Central and South
America, Europe and Asia.
A nationally exhibited painter and
printmaker, Montgomery is known in the international herpetological
community for his reptile etchings and lithographs. Based on the
tradition of the early natural history engravings, these scientifically
accurate, yet artistically exquisite etchings and lithographs have been
commissioned for a variety of publications.
All of Montgomery’s prints are
hand-pulled etchings and lithographs on high quality, acid-free paper.
These are not reproductions; the images are drawn directly onto copper
plates or lithographic stones so each of the hand-pulled prints is
considered an original. Hand colored prints are individually colored by
the artist using high quality, light fast watercolors.
