Winter Landscape

Eaton was born in the eastern Utah town of Vernal, and raised in Bingham, Utah. He is a traditionalist painter specializing in the rural and mountain landscapes of Utah. His work has been popular, and avidly collected throughout the state and elsewhere in the West. Eaton earned an MFA in painting from Brigham Young University in 1971 and studied at the Art Center School in Los Angeles. He taught art at Magna High School before moving to Midway, Utah. The Utah Governor’s Mansion Artist Award was presented to him in 2002.

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