Dagny Walton, aka Stray Dog Press, is an illustrator and printmaker. Originally from Colorado, she received her BA in Classical Studies from the University of British Columbia and her MFA in Fine Art from the University of Montana. She has also served as the Laura Grace Barrett artist in residence at the Zootown Arts Community Center in Missoula, MT, where she currently teaches printmaking workshops.
Dagny applies her background in Classical Studies to a literal interpretation of the myth of the American West and incorporates themes and visuals from Greco-Roman mythology in her work. Her work explores the inheritance of stolen land, the industrial exploitation of the landscape, and the deification of the cowboy archetype. She also examines the interplay between human ambition and natural entropy: the permanent consequences our actions have on the land, and the chaotic nature of the environment that threatens our own existence.
Dagny resides in Missoula, MT with her partner Alexandra and cat Sam. Her work has been shown at the Cawein Gallery in Forest Grove, OR, the Brinton Museum in Big Horn, WY, the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, MT, and the Montana Museum of Art & Culture, Allez! Missoula, ZACC Gallery, and Radius Gallery in Missoula, MT, among others. She has also been featured in I Like Your Work’s 2023 MFA Catalog, the Spring 2023 edition of Camas Magazine, and provided the cover design of Cutbank Literary Magazine, volume 95.