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40 Miles A Day For Beans And Hay 11" x 14" scratchboard print edition 100 price: $ 40.00 |
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40 Miles A Day For Beans And Hay 11" x 14" scratchboard print edition 100 price: $ 40.00 |
| On a hot summer day, during a Seventh Cavalry re-enactment, the horse and soldier return from a day's ride. The sweat runs under the young mans blue wool uniform and drips from the horse's belly; they seem to be holding each other up as they walk home. The title comes from a soldier's journal describing the life in the cavalry. I used a scratchboard technique, which dates to ancient times. After layering the china clay-coated board with ink, watercolor, or gouche. The picture is scratched out with a sharp tool. A rendering results as one scrapes the layers of color. This piece was include in the book "ART OF THE AMERICAN WEST", published by Quarry books,1999. | |||
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All artwork copyright Judy F. Fairley
