The Story Behind the Painting

We were leaving a friend's 70th Birthday party as the sunset filled the western sky with remarkable color!  Of course, I grabbed my cellphone camera and snapped photos.  The couple walking in front of us had no idea they were part of the composition.  They were the after thought, the added bonus, the icing on the cake for the meaning that developed as I painted in my studio.     You have heard the phrase, "walking into the sunset" to describe closure.  Hollywood paints a picture of the happy ending, walking off into a sunset, bringing closure to the difficulties of the journey [...]

  "Oh give me a home, where the buffalo roam...."  Caprock Canyon State Park, in the Panhandle of Texas, is a place where the buffalo really roam!  Steve and I have roamed those roads several times, due to the beauty of the sparsely populated land, and the interesting wildlife, including a wild bison herd.    You need to see the painting, up close and personal to find the buffalo.  But if you go to the park, "distance" is the key word!  Keep a healthy distance between you and the animals.  It's their home.  You are only roaming.    This 24x30 oil painting is available in my studio [...]