• Badlands formations against the blue sky; photo by Rikk Flohr

    Badlands

    National Park South Dakota

Artist Statements

South Unit by Fredrik Marsh

1987: Fredrik Marsh, Photographer (23.4 KB PDF)

Badlands Images (14.2 KB PDF), essay by Jay Shuler, former Chief Naturalist of Badlands National Park.

 
Black-Footed Ferret by Burt Calkins

Summer 1996: Burt Calkins, Painter (21.2 KB PDF)

 
Mule Deer at Sunrise by Mark Dornblaser

Spring 1998: Mark Dornblaser, Photographer (21.6 KB PDF)

 
Badlands Drenched in Pink by Jean Laughton

Spring 1999: Jean Laughton, Photographer (8.85 KB PDF)

 
Buttes by Siri Beckman

Spring 2002: Siri Beckman, Printmaker (8.27 KB PDF)

 
The White Place by Kathy Hodge

Fall 2002: Kathy Hodge, Painter (16.3 KB PDF)

 
Hoodoo Sky by Melanie Jeffs

Fall 2003: Melanie Jeffs, Ceramicist (64.1 KB PDF)

 
Mourning Doves by Betsy Popp

Spring 2004: Betsy Popp, Painter (8.22 KB PDF)

 
Storm at Big Badlands by Charlie Lyon

Fall 2005: Charlie Lyon, Painter (23.2 KB PDF)

 
Spring in the Badlands by Jenn Wilson

Spring 2006: Jenn Wilson, Painter (74 KB PDF)

 
Yellow Ridge by Tim Young

Fall 2006: Tim Young, Painter (23.5 KB PDF)

 
Sunset in the Badlands by Rikk Flohr

Spring 2007: Rikk Flohr, Photographer (35.4 KB PDF)

 
Swift Fox Carving by Brent White

Fall 2007: Brent E. White, Sculptor (45.1 KB PDF)

The Great Race: According to Brent (1.23 MB PDF), story by Brent E. White, to accompany carousel wildlife carvings.

 
View from behind the Ben Reifel Visitor Center by Gabby Salazar

Spring 2008: Gabby Salazar, Photographer (11.5 KB PDF)

 
Lightning at Yellow Mounds by Carl Johnson

Spring 2009: Carl Johnson, Photographer (43.8 KB PDF)

 
Before the Storm by Rick Braveheart

Fall 2009: Rick Braveheart, Photographer (17.2 KB PDF)

 
Sage Creek Basin by Harold Nelson

Spring 2010: Harold Nelson, Painter (23.2 KB PDF)

 
Angel Butte by Brenda Howell

Fall 2010: Brenda Howell, Painter (56.7 KB PDF)

 
The Wall, Badlands NP by Jason Jilg

Fall 2010: Jason Jilg, Photographer (8.42 KB PDF)

 
Polly Townsend
Spring 2011: Polly Townsend, Painter (138 KB PDF)

 

 
Jessica Bryant's Bio image

Spring 2012: Jessica Bryant, Painter (312 KB PDF)

 
 

Did You Know?

Sandstone caprock balanced atop eroding sediments, an example of a toadstool or hoodoo

The badlands are some of the fastest eroding landscapes on earth with erosion rates averaging 1” per year in their fragile layers. However, in areas where sandstone is found, the erosion rate may be 1” in 500 years. Often, toadstools form when surrounding sediments erode beneath a sandstone caprock.