Turnin On A Dime

This is a studio painting done exclusively with a palette knife! I took the reference photo on a working cattle ranch in Mariposa County, California. It was a perfect day with color galore! I took many photos that day put I caught the cowboy turning his horse in a tight circle and loved it! When I returned to the studio I picked this image as the best scene I had captured that day! I love the palette knife to paint with and I believe it worked out well! Some of them don't work out!