This colored pencil painting is done on hot pressed 300 pound watercolor paper. It shows a young longhorn calf standing at a weathered barbed wire fence, gazing at his majestic father—and his imposing curved set of horns. The calf’s small, delicate horns are just beginning to grow, hinting at the potential he sees in himself. The contrast between the calf’s youthful innocence and the father’s powerful presence captures a tender moment and the expression on the calf’s face seems to whisper, “When I grow up, I’m going to be just like you.”