Shadow Play art-code-GUS-05 Contemporary western

Contemporary western

I prefer to work with big alpha animals – elephants have a greater pull on me than mice

Each little face and body posture reflects a different way of responding to whatever this scary thing might be

inlayed with pink coral

1 5/8" Long

Shadow Play art-code-GUS-05 Contemporary westernAcrylic on panel, 14" x 11" "I start each piece on location. As a photographer for 40+ years, I look for that perfect moment when motion, gesture, and focus come together. Back in my studio in Arizona, using techniques similar to Rauschenberg and Warhol (but always with my own imagery), I get to work. The power and allure of the silhouetteof reducing the moment to its essential partsis the way I see the world. I work in acrylic on panel, layering up,