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Intense
oil on stretched canvas, 40 x 40

 
  Barrel racing provides me with endless action material as horses and riders dig in around the cans; this turquoise-shirted rider on her catlike chestnut were competing in a Montana rodeo on a very hot summer day, and I wanted to get a feel of heat shimmer in the piece along with the muscles, flying dirt, and wonderful color.
 
 
 

 
   

 

 

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