Sunday, March 14, 2010

Catskills' Longhorns


30"x40" oil/canvas
Spring is approaching and I'm still doing winter livestock. This time the boys make an appearance. We saw this image just before the Catskills received their 4 ft of snow. Thats just after we received our 4ft. I purposely keep the figures vague. It's a mood scene not neccessarily a landscape.

4 comments:

SamArtDog said...

These bad boys better not get moody, with their 7 feet of hook-em-horns, but the moody contrast between the sky and the hill is very nice. I also like the sky-blue reflection in the snow.

loriann signori said...

Your color choices really work to create the mood. nice.

brian eppley said...

Thanks Sam. These fellas were quite impressive in person. I'll probably do a more detailed piece with one silhoutted longhorn in a vertical format.

brian eppley said...

Hey Loriann. Thank You, I liked the color conditions of the scene. Nice cool foreground and a warm, fleeting sky.