Dawn. High Noon. Sunset. Three scenes within a mile of one another, painted on location from one day on a high country Jeff Davis County, Texas ranch outside my studio. I chose a panoramic Pastebord, then measured out a space for each postcard-sized scene the day before I painted them.
These locations are so close, you can see each one from the others.
I painted on the "mat" to show that the three paintings are on one surface. Frank Reaugh, "Dean of Texas painters" and a contemporary of Remington and Russell inspired that technique. Reaugh would do as many as a dozen small paintings on a sheet of paper, then draw a window pane mat around them. The viewer can discover that all three of my miniature plein air paintings are connected in more ways than the landscapes' proximity.
custom, conservation framed under museum glass
- Framed: 9 x 21 x 1 in (22.86 x 53.34 x 2.54 cm)
- Subject Matter: Landscape, miniature
- Collections: Far West Texas Landscapes, Miniatures