Painting of the Day, December 19, 2011

By Donna Poulton

Jason Rich, C.A., Back to Pasture, c. 2011, oil, 36 x 48 in. Credit: Legacygallery.com

Having grown up on a horse farm in southern Idaho, Jason Rich understands the temperament and movement of working horses. His paintings are characterized by rich impasto and he is not afraid to use luminous color and contrasts to capture the mood of the land. His loose-edged, painterly technique allows him to depict motion and action among the animals and men that often dominate his compositions. Rich has won numerous awards and is recognized as a major emerging western artist.

Painting of the Day, November 29, 2011

By Donna Poulton

George Catlin (1796-1872) was among the first artists to paint the Plains Indians.  He travelled WITH General William Clark (of Lewis and Clark fame) for two years among the Iowa, Sioux and other tribes.  Later he painted the Blackfoot and Crow on the upper Missouri River.  He took over 600 of his paintings on exhibition throughout Europe to great acclaim. His study Buffalo Chase, A Surround by the Hidatsa will be selling at Sotheby’s Auction for between $800,000 and $1,200,000 dollars on December 1^st.

Credit: Sotheby’s, 1 December 2011 Auction

Sotheby’s New York, Buffalo Chase, A Surround by the Hidatsa, 1830-32, 22 x 27 in. oil on canvas

Painting of the Day: November 15, 2011

By Donna Poulton

The painting Moving Cattle is typical of the unusual aerial perspective and bold shadows found in much of Howard Post’s work.  Raised on a cattle ranch near Tucson, his paintings are narratives of life and labor on a working ranch.

Credit: With permission of the artist

Howard Post (1948 - ), Moving Cattle, c. 2006, oil on canvas, 43 x 55 in.