Claim Jumper
Claim Jumper
Claim Jumper
Claim Jumper

Claim Jumper

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$20.00
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$20.00

Note: All unframed prints will come rolled in a tube. Please inquire at clarkkelleyprice@gmail.com if you would like your canvas print mounted or gallery wrapped. Pick-up options for the 30x30 Framed option are available for those who live near Utah to avoid the large shipping cost. 

About this Art:


This painting depicts a mountain man from the 1800's in western America. These mountain men came west before other settlers. They were fur trappers. They would trap beaver and other fur bearing animals and then sell the hides. This particular mountain man has shot an elk for meat. He wounded it, but the elk didn't go down. He's tracked it quite a long ways and is getting close to where he should be able to get another shot at the elk and kill it so he can use the meat. In the meantime, this grizzly bear, who has not yet hibernated for the winter, could smell the elk. He's gotten on the trail and followed the smell from a different direction. It happens that the bear arrived first and has been eating on the elk, when the mountain man shows up. The mountain man has his riding horse and his pack horse. They've just come up the side of the mountain following the tracks of the elk. They get to the top and see the bear. It's a question of who is going to get this elk. Will the mountain man let the bear have the meat or will he fight him off? The outcome is questionable. A claim jumper is a person in the gold rush days who found a claim of someone else's gold mine, and when the person was gone, they would come along and claim the same place as their gold claim. Sometimes this would lead to fights and dangerous situations. In this situation, the bear is the claim jumper because the mountain man is the one that shot the elk.