Jake Gaedtke has been a professional full time artist for over 20 years and lives in Bozeman, Montana with his wife, Janice. Like most landscape painters, Gaedtke loves the outdoors and he grew up spending a great deal of time camping, fishing, hiking and exploring. At the age of sixteen, his parents allowed him to take the two year Famous Artist Course for Young People, a correspondence art course that started him on a path of discovering the art world. A high school art teacher bellowed the fire inside of Gaedtke through his passion and enthusiasm. Gaedtke's personal interest in learning and growing as an artist is something that has never left him. He has spent a lifetime drawing and painting, focusing on the natural world he is so close to. Landscape painter Jay Moore formed a one-on-one Mentorship program that elevated Jake’s skills and awareness. After five months of extremely hard work, Gaedtke's growth as an artist took a professional turn and he hasn't looked back since.