Michael Westergard's career spans 20 years and he has won numerous awards including being selected as Best Living Western Sculptor by the historical publication True West Magazine and selected as a participating artist in the prestigious Best of Scottsdale Show held in Scottsdale, Arizona. His present focus is working with scientific journals and watercolors of the Maximiliam/Bodmer Expedition to create historically accurate sculptures of the Native Peoples they encountered during their exploration of the Upper Missouri River in 1833-1834.