Judy Larson Slow Bull Giclee Canvas Framed Pre-Release Description *Artist: Judy Larson. Pre-Release offering for mid-to-late Nov.2008! Title: "Slow Bull" Custom Framed! * Limited Edition "Giclee on Canvas" signed and numbered by the artist. Limited to a very low edition size of only 200 images (on canvas) worldwide. Image size is 16" x 22". Outside framed size is 20" x 26". *Custom framed in a Museum quality Italian Larson Juhl moulding #498745 2" wide from the "Craig Ponzio- Prado Collection" in an antiqued distressed gold leaf finish with matte black outer edge. *We do all the custom framing here at the gallery in Vermont with over 25 years experience in the field of fine art gallery and custom picture framing business. *Mint Condition! Brand new stock directly from the publisher Greenwich Workshop. We are an authorized dealer for Greenwich. *An average retail price for this piece including the artwork and framing is $895.00 Offered here on this "buy-it-now" listing framed for only $89.00 above the cost of the artwork alone which is $595.00. *This reflects a saving of $211.00 off the retail price of the custom picture framing. *Be one of the few clients to own this piece! Buyer gets FREE shipping and insurance. Shipped flat in its original box for your best protection in transit.Complete with certificates and all print documentation.Thank you. Jim Duff~ Early River Gallery.My Stores Logo *You can place your advanced pre-release orders here from this "buy-it-now" listing. Shipping mid-to late Nov. 2008.Please allow about a week for the quality custom framing after your order is placed. Thank you. * About This Piece: Slow Bull was a respected Oglala Sioux subchief who joined his first war party at the age of fourteen. At the age of seventeen he captured one hundred and seventy horses from the Apsaroke. That same year he received medicine from buffalo in a dream as he slept on a hilltop—not fasting or meditating, but resting from hard travel on the warpath. Over the course of his storied lifetime he engaged in fifty-five battles with rival tribes and his distinctive features can be seen in the shoulder of Judy Larson’s bull buffalo. “I personally ‘met’ this bull buffalo in the middle of a thunderstorm, roaming wild with three hundred other buffalo on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana. Some of the oldest buffalo were nearing thirty-five years of age and most of the old bulls stayed by themselves, but this seasoned veteran had come to join the herd as rutting season began. He was massive and awesome.” *Many of Judy Larson's paintings contain a hidden image. Shown here is the spirit of the Oglala Sioux Chief within "Slow Bull". Judy Larson always knew she was going to be an artist. She was surrounded by them as a child, and was particularly inspired by her father, a professional illustrator. Judy received a Bachelor of Science degree in Commercial Art from Pacific Union College in Northern California, then spent the next 17 years as a commercial artist, illustrator and art director. In 1988, influenced by her love of nature and animals, Judy devoted her time to wildlife art. Her primary focus in each of her paintings is the animal, with the horse as a recurring subject. Her unique approach to her work is through the use of scratch board--a technique that can render magnificent detail but one requiring infinite patience. Scratch board, an old, but little used medium, consists of a smooth, thin surface of hardened China clay applied to a board. The subject is then painted solidly with black India ink to create a silhouette. Now the exacting work begins, engraving the image into the surface of the artwork. While many artists use steel nibs or engraving tools, Judy prefers to work with X-acto blades, changing them ever few minutes to produce as fine a line as possible. Once the subject has been totally scratched, it is a finished black and white illustration, ready for the artist to add color. The methods of adding color are diverse. Judy prefers a combination of airbrush, gouache or acrylics for finishing, with frequent rescratching for detail. Scratch board is a demanding medium, one that Judy has used masterfully in developing her unique approach to wildlife art. About Early River Gallery: Greetings from Vermont. We have been in business since 1977 offering Fine Art, Antiques,Period Victorian Lighting, Museum Quality Custom Picture Framing,Antique and Limited Edition prints.Also offering one of the most comprehensive selections of Fine Art Giclee Canvas and Lithographic prints on the web by major publishers such as The Greenwich Workshop, Hadley House Publishing,Mill Pond Press,Wild Apple Graphics and more...