Don't be a chicken

The reference photos came from a fine photographer in the Utah area names Steve Carn. He shot the photos I worked from at Goat Lick, in Glacier National Park. The goats lick the rock for the salt and minerals that ooze from the layers. It's a health food store from Mother Nature. He spends a lot of time out there in the mountains shooting shots of all kinds of animals. He has so kindly opened up his entire hoard of photos to me. I have a number of these wonderful people who have helped me a lot with reference material. I would love to be up there on the mountain myself, but sometimes that stays a dream for longer than we want. He and I have some trips planned up there in the future.

I really enjoyed doing this painting. I went back and used my acrylics once again. I haven't used them since last year and didn't want to lose my edge, the one I took a while figuring out. I started off only going to use them for my underpainting but ended up just finishing it all in acrylics. I've entitled this one, "Don't Be a Chicken". It just seems to me that one young one is taunting the other. I hope you enjoy my journey on this painting.