About 5 years ago, our family was returning home from a weekend away when I noticed a portable corral that enclosed several wranglers who were tending to a small herd of cattle. I stopped the vehicle so that I could talk with them and learn more. As I was raised on the farm, I could connect with these folk and felt a need to immortalize them by painting the story I had just been witness to. West Wind Wranglin’ was born from this need, and I knew that this connection would lead me to discover more about the cowboy lifestyle, the culture and traditions that have shaped the character of the West.

I entered West Wind Wranglin’ in the 1999 Western Art Auction, Calgary Stampede and received the award for Best New Artist. This did two things: it validated to me that the trail I was headed down, in pursuing a documentation of the cowboy lifestyle, was the right one, and it spurred my need to discover more.

Since capturing the West Wind Wranglin’ scene years ago, I have driven along that same road many times since, but I am bewildered by the fact that I cannot find any remnants of that location to this day. It is like destiny brought me to these cowboys and to this place, and destiny will lead me on, so I will follow . . .

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Series

”West Wind Wranglin’” watercolor SOLD	“Duskride” acrylic on canvas SOLD	“Weathered Wheels” acrylic on canvas GICLEES AVAILABLE
“The Quiescence of Man” acrylic on canvas AVAILABLE	“One With the Land” acrylic on canvas SOLD	“Ultimate Respect” acrylic on canvas SOLD
“Up N' Comers” acrylic on canvas AVAILABLE	“Pick 'Em Up Boys” acrylic on canvas SOLD	“Spirit of the Dog Soldier” acrylic on canvas AVAILABLE
“Black Coffee, Red Dawn” acrylic on canvas GICLEES AVAILABLE	“Equine Ballance” acrylic on canvas SOLD	“Tuckered” acrylic on canvas SOLD
“Wisdom Follows Wisdom” watercolor on canvas SOLD	“Golddusk" acrylic on canvas SOLD	"Patience in Pursuit" oil on linen canvas GICLEES AVAILABLE
“ Steered by Faith ” oil on linen canvas AVAILABLE	“ Thundering Hooves " oil on linen canvas SOLD	“ Little Pard " oil on linen canvas AVAILABLE
“ Dancing With the Shadows ” oil on linen canvas AVAILABLE	“ Tranquil Reflection " oil on linen canvas SOLD	“ Sundown Roundup " acrylic on linen canvas SOLD
"Donna's Recollections" oil on canvas AVAILABLE	"Dusk Run" oil on linen canvas AVAILABLE	"Hello Grandma" oil on canvas AVAILABLE
"Leave Your Boots at the Door" oil on linen canvas AVAILABLE	"Breakin' Broncs" oil on canvas GICLEES AVAILABLE	"Open Trails" oil on canvas AVAILABLE
"Spirits from the Past" oil on canvas SOLD	"Thundering Hooves II" oil on canvas Triptych SOLD	"One Good Friend" oil on canvas SOLD
"The Fur Trader" oil on linen canvas SOLD	"Circa 1770" oil on linen canvas AVAILABLE	"Movin' Downstream" oil on linen canvas SOLD
	"The Crossing" oil on linen canvas AVAILABLE
	"Bovine Waves" Oil on Linen Canvas Tryptich SOLD
"Majestic" oil on linen canvas AVAILABLE	"Coming Home" oil on linen canvas AVAILABLE	"Gentle Strength" oil on linen canvas GICLEES AVAILABLE
"Bovine Wave II" oil on linen canvas AVAILABLE	"Spirit of the Horse" oil on linen canvas AVAILABLE	"Bovine Beauty" oil on linen canvas AVAILABLE

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