Size: 18x24
Medium: Oil on canvas
Painting will ship unframed.
About this Art:
This painting depicts a somewhat fairly common occurrence in the foothills surrounding Star Valley, Wyoming. Mule deer inhabit these low lying hills, which are often cultivated for the growth of alfalfa hay, barley, rye, and sometimes wheat. The deer like to stay near the fields because of all the abundant food they can eat. There are areas near to these crops in these low hills, which provide excellent cover for the deer. They are areas where the farmers and ranchers could not plow or cultivate the ground so the brush and the trees were left standing. The deer like to hide in these thickets where they can sleep, rest, and keep an eye on the fields for approaching hunters. They are then able to make a quick getaway out of the brush in the opposite direction to other brushy and wooded areas to hide there. This painting shows several mule deer bucks running and bounding very swiftly out of the area. Something “spooked” them or scared them out of their hiding places. Sometimes they will run several hundred yards before they slip into another hiding place further away from whatever spooked them, which is usually a hunter. It is an amazing site to see these large, beautiful deer, bounding, and running through the grain fields with seemingly almost effortless ease. Boy, can they go!