Betsey Hurd received her BFA, cum laude, from the University of Montana, Missoula in 1984 -- with concentrations in ceramics and drawing.
All my life, I've been a horsey girl and have gotten to do just about everything on horseback, from foxhunting in Virginia to trailing cows in the Missouri Breaks of Montana, showing jumpers to starting colts. As a painter and sculptor my strength comes from depicting what I know; horses and cows, sheep, dogs & all the four-leggeds that I live with, and observe.