Near Best Friends
Oil on canvas, 6x12 / $75 road price, $100 gallery/studio price
This is the first Utah painting I made - at the junction of Route 89 and the road that goes to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.I loved the way the little building nearly disappeared into the rock face behind it, same colors, same reflections, same sense of solidity.
And I love the way the different layers of rock swirled through the face, their colors streaked in swirling strata of light and dark, all under a bridge of deep orange.
This is a small painting, 6x12, on a regular type of canvas, not the deeper gallery-wrap I usually use. I've painted around the sides, so it doesn't need to be framed, though it could.
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Cowboy Up!
I've been looking for cowboys as long as I've been coming out West, and I finally saw one! Well, I've seen them around - in diners, in Office Max, in the grocery store - but I finally saw one working, herding cows. It was so exciting! He was twirling a lariat, above the heads of the cattle to shoo them along. He was whistling, too, a high-pitched whistle to alert the cows. He had a small dog along, who was working hard to corral the strays - and doing a great job, too! I'm going to make paintings from these photographs when I get home.
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Dog of the Day
It's the little guy who was helping the cowboy.
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A Final Thought
"Paintings come out of themselves."
- Lawren Harris
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