Rescue

This is my rendition of a famous photograph. I do not know the name of the photographer, but I saw it up in Montana in a restaurant. I was on a fly fishing trip up there in October and actually saw a cowboy with a calf across his saddle in a blizzard on the Sitz Bull Ranch. I just had to come home and paint it! I call it "Rescue".

The dawn of a new era in Star Valley

My dad was born and raised in Fairview, Wyoming in the southwest portion of Star Valley. It was almost unbelievable to me when the announcement was made that a temple would soon be built in Star Valley. I have been monitoring the construction for awhile now, contemplating how I could put my feelings about it on canvas. This scene is what I came up with ... my dad on his horse at dawn marveling at the newly constructed temple ... the dawn of a new era in Star Valley. Hope you enjoy ...

Mustangs in the Mist

A couple of months ago, we were returning home from a fly fishing trip on the Green River in eastern Utah along the "mustang" highway between Dutch John, Utah  and Rock Springs, Wyoming. It gets its name because of the wild herd of mustangs that roams this high mountain area. I was telling our group that I see the mustangs almost every time I take this route. It was cold, had been snowing earlier and was foggy and misty. As we came around the bend, there they were right next to the snow drift fence, just as advertised ... free roaming, and majestic! (I'm sure my companions must have thought that I had set the whole thing up!) I couldn't wait to get home and paint the scene! Enjoy ...
Acrylic on canvas 18"x24"