I took this about as far as I wanted to. Always a bit difficult to
know when to stop. I usually regret making something that looks too
smooth; I like to see the brush marks (even if they are digital). So, my
initial intention was to do a horse and rider. I lived in America for a
year and I was impressed and awed -even a little cowed- by the
magnitude of the land. I visited Joshua Tree and Yosemite and
Yellowstone national parks, and I thought a lot about the settlers. I'm
also a big Cormac McCarthy fan and I enjoyed the Lonesome Dove books by
Larry McMurphy. I wanted to do a character dwarfed by a vast hostile
environment, who might be surviving or might be fading.
I've
included that version here... But I actually prefer the one with just
the horse. I could probably have done a better job painting the man, but
I also think the picture is more interesting without him- I prefer the
horse as the protagonist! But I think its interesting to see both.
Riderless
With Rider
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