9" x 12" Oil painting on stretched canvas. Sold this little study at Benson Gallery in San Patricio, New Mexico. One of my favorite paintings. Wish I knew who owned it. As a footnote, I painted hundreds of saddle studies over the years. There is something special about re-creating the work of the saddle-artisan as well as the stories behind their owners and users. A cowboy's saddle was one of his most prized and liquid assets. As the story goes: If God had wanted man to walk, he would have given him four legs. As it was, he gave him only two...one for each side of a horse.
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