Stampede 1867

Very nice...reminds me of a painting in an old book on the West that I had when I was growing up, showing a stampede being caused by thunder and lightning...nicely done...the man's face looks a little washed-out and light but that may be the lighting...

Thanks, manny. This is probably the painting you remember by Frederick Remington. I'm pretty sure this was the inspiration for the sculptor along with Remington's bronze

deafpanzer wrote:

Now the pressure is on Manny as he is planning to paint a cow soon...

Agentg and Andy, thanks for the comments. I probably have the advantage over Manny here because the quality of the sculpting on the steers was just so dramatic and the musculature/anatomy were so dramatic.

I agree with you about the quality of the sculpting on the steers. Lets wait and see if Manny will really marry his cow this time.  I lost count how many times he has gotten married...

Again, nice job... it still amazes me everytime I look at your pictures!

I'm taking my first steps to figure painting, this is nicely done, as although I don't know HOW to do it yet, I can certainly appreciate how nice this looks.  Excellent work on the stampeders, too, they look lifelike.

Bill  

I've always been a HUGE Remington fan, along with Charles Russel, and images like these have always stirred me. He's got his spurs dug in, toes up, hard left on the reins and his sixgun firing high in the air, trying to turn them ornery longhorns. The hat tipped back a little, front of the rim turned up in the wind, is definitely a Remington trait. I think the molding might be a little off on his shirt, seems to be wrinkled in a strange way, but that might just be the action.

The pony is awesome with all four feet off the ground and his eyes & nostrils flaring wide. Fantastic job painting all around, and also very good groundwork. I think this is a knockout dio!

~Jerry

Bill, IMHO, the dark art of figure painting really is a long journey. Sometimes, as in all journeys, you head down a dead-end, sometimes it's an open highway. Hang in there, and keep working at it. The good news is that it's fun to learn.

To both Jerry and Bill, thanks for the nice comments.

I agree, the shirt is a bit unusual in its drapery.

I love it, AJ!  Great work.

Any chance you'll bring this to AMPSEast just.... because...

bbrowniii wrote:

I love it, AJ!  Great work. Any chance you'll bring this to AMPSEast just.... because...

That could be arranged!

WOW,  AJ--just outstanding, really!

That's some beautiful painting! 

And great photographs too! 

Thanks, Karl.

Can't take credit for the backdrop photography, though. I found that on the net.