Kurt Snyder is a designer, illustrator and Salida, Colorado, native. After earning an art degree from Colorado State University – Pueblo in 2005, he opened his own design business – Drawn Wild Design. Kurt’s detail-rich illustration work portrays a playfully-stylized perspective of the natural world.When Kurt isn’t drawing, the part-time luthier can be found in his workshop crafting custom banjos, mandolins and ukuleles that feature beetlekill Engelmann Spruce and other Colorado-grown tone woods. More of Kurt’s illustration and design work can be seen at: DrawnWild.net Check out his Colorado handcrafted string instruments at: KutthroatStringWorks.com. [InContentAdTwo]