If I am not mistaken, (and often I am), this painting is in the collection of the Great Plains Western Art Museum in Lincoln, NE. I actually owned this saddle at one time. I am actually rather proud of this painting. I was pushing the "temperature" of the color. Notice the blues and violets on top and the bit of red hot along the back side of the cantle. That's about the time that my friend Oleg Stavrowsky and I were sharing studio space and he was the master of hot and cold running color! He would tell me, in his Harlem accent, "Gav-ry (for Gary)...it don't matter if you put the paint on with a mop...if it is believable and the temperature is right, you have succeeded." Thanks, O.
Gary, obviously you're a very
ReplyDeleteaccomplished watercolorist as
I'm sure a successful commercial
artist. These are all great, nice
and loose with colors running together.
The part I like a lot is your use of
the white of the paper as a design
element. Beautiful work!
Gary, Are you the artist of the two western pencil sketches that are hanging in the Dink's Restaurant in Bartlesville? Do you happen to sell any prints of your work? I know that some artists refuse to do this or just don't want to bother with it. Just curious. The title of the one I have particular interest in is: "Blood, sweat and tears". Thanks,
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