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In June 2004, Denny also donated a pencil portrait of Tom Selleck entitled "Selleck with Rifle" posing as "Cable" from the 1997 movie "Last Stand at Saber River." Selleck is a long-time member and large financial supporter of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. This Original now hangs in a private collection in Nevada. | ||||||
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| In October, 2005, Denny's works were reviewed and two pieces were accepted for permanent display at the famous Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, Georgia, "Horse Capture" and "Chief Tosh~A~Wah". The Booth has one of the largest collections of art in the country from some of the most famous Western artists past and present. Denny will be a featured artist at the Booth Western Art Museum, September 25, 2006 through November 19, 2006 in the Borderlands Gallery during the Southeastern Western Art Symposium, the museum's largest art promotion and sales event of the year. Denny expects to have many more new works or art completed for this exciting event. |
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WAYCIE ROUNDSTONE "GRASS DANCER"
My latest offering is this fine, fine young man, grass dancer, "Waycie" Roundstone. Waycie is 26 years of age. He is full-blooded, Northern Cheyenne from Lame Deer, Montana.
This piece is traditional oils on museum-grade
Masonite. The size is 16" x 20" overall.
Waycie Roundstone "Grass Dancer" is for sale.
$6500. Please contact the artist for shipping and handling charges.
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"CHEROKEE OUTLAW"
For those of you who like history, I think my next painting project might interest you. I met a new friend here in Cody. His name is Stan Bearpaw. Stan is 53 years old and he is a full blooded Cherokee. The great thing about Stan is that, he is the "great, great, great nephew" of the famous "Indian Outlaw," Ned Christie.
This piece is traditional oils on Masonite. The size is 18" x 24"
overall.
"Cherokee Outlaw" is for sale. $7500. Please contact the artist for shipping and handling charges. Click here to see more on "Ned Christie" and the work in progress
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"THE BRONZE COWBOY"
This is bronze artist extraordinaire, Don Hershberger. Don is 55 years
old. He lives in nearby, Clark, Wyoming. Don has lived the life of a
cowboy here in Wyoming for many, many years but he has always found the
time to create. His bronze work consists of cowboys, horses, Native
Americans and wild animals from the area. Don has several pieces in our
gallery here in Cody. His work is phenomenal! His website is:
The piece is traditional oils on the Ampersand "Gessobord" Masonite. The size is 18" x 24" overall. "The Bronze Cowboy" is for sale. $7500. Please contact the artist for shipping and handling charges. |
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"A RODEO SPIRIT"
This is my latest offering.
This is a commission piece. My subject is a one of the most
well-mannered kids I have ever met. His name is Rick Scruggs from
Duncan, South Carolina. Duncan is near Spartanburg, where we lived
before moving to Cody, Wyoming. This is traditional oils on Masonite.
It is 24" x 20" overall. My reference photo was taken by Moore
Photography in Duncan.
http://moorephotographysc.com/
Rick is a senior in high
school and he is 18 years old. Rick has been riding since the age of
two. He specializes in "team roping" and "calf roping." Rick has four
horses that he rides and trains. His pride and joy is his horse
"Money." He started team roping and calf roping during his freshman
year in high school and has been participating in the SC High School
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After graduation in May, he
is planning to attend Northeast Texas Community College in Mount
Pleasant, Texas where he will further his education and still be able to
learn more about his true passion, rodeo riding.
Rick is posed with his
favorite saddle that his Dad bought for him. It's a high-end "Courts"
roping saddle handmade by a company called "McMaster Custom Tack" in
Texas. It is one gorgeous piece of work! Check their workmanship. It's
nothing short of breathtaking!
http://www.mcmastersaddlesandta SOLD |
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"LAST OF THE REAL
COWBOYS"
This is another good friend that I met awhile back. His name is Gene Hartung. Gene is soon to be 72 years old. Gene lives right across the Buffalo Bill Dam from us. He happened to walk into our store/gallery awhile back and since Leigh knows exactly who I am always on the constant lookout for, she immediately asked him if he would post for me. He told her a story of how my mentor, James Bama, had asked him the same question several years ago. He agreed to pose for him and James took photos. What a shame Bama never painted him! His loss is my gain.
Last Monday, during a driving snow storm, he and I got together for my
photo shoot at his log home. I actually posed him in the exact same
clothes that Bama did, except for his shirt.
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Gene had a favorite saddle as a young cowboy. It became completely worn
out and is now gone. Since the Bama shoot, Gene took up saddle-making. He
wanted to make an exact copy of his saddle, and that he set out to do. He
had never made a saddle before. As he worked totally from memory, he
actually made four versions of the saddle until he was happy with the
fourth one. He sold the other three saddles. One went to a buyer in
England. He was so proud of his saddle. I just had to pose him with it!!
What a thing of beauty!! Since I painted Gene, he told me a little more about what he was wearing. He said that he had not only had made his own saddle, he made his vest, his pistol holster, his chaps and lastly his bone necklace. If you look closely in one of the close-ups, you will see hanging from the small center metal concho on that necklace is a strand of horse hair. Gene owned, many, many race horses. His most favorite race horse eventually died a few years back. This is a small piece from his beloved horse “Red Eagle’s” tail. What a tribute! I am learning real fast what fine, fine people this town of Cody has living here. "The Last of the Real Cowboys" is for sale. $7500. Please contact the artist for shipping and handling charges |
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"THE MOUNTAIN MAN OF CASTLE ROCK" Just recently, Leigh and I had the extreme pleasure of meeting a man, well known and well loved by many here in Cody. His name is Sheldon Hanson. He is 70 years of age. Sheldon actually lives right across the river from Castle Rock. The piece is traditional oils on the Ampersand "Gesso board" Masonite. The size is 24" x 18" overall. My reference photograph is from Leigh's photograph in February 2008, Cody, Wyoming.The Mountain Man of Castle Rock" is for sale. $8500. Please contact the artist for shipping and handling charges
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"THE PEACEMAKER"
It seems that everyone that I paint, becomes more than just a model,
they have all become "good friends." This is my "good friend" Dave
Behling pronounced "Bayling." Dave is a well-known local here in Cody,
Wyoming. Dave is a master "leathersmith" as well as a master "gunsmith."
Mr. Behling is a member of the "Single Action Shooting Society." The
"society" was organized to preserve the "western style of shooting." All
the members have aliases and a badge number. Dave's alias is "Buck
Elliott," badge number 6177. Leigh and I posed him with his favorite
"Colt Peacemaker," a "single action" in a .45 caliber.
The size on this piece is 16" x 20." Traditional oils on gesso-coated
Masonite.
"The Peacemaker" is for sale. $7000. Please contact the artist for shipping and handling charges.
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"WESTERN
CONTEMPLATION-DUSTIN ROUSH"
Here is my latest piece. This
Dustin Roush from Gillette, Wyoming. Dustin posed for Leigh and I in July
of 2006 at the DC Bar Guest Ranch, my friend's ranch in Pinedale, Wyoming.
Dustin and his family operate a very large beef cattle ranch in Gillette.
Dustin was completing "guide school" classes so he can work as a licensed
guide in the state. Dustin is a "master" with a lasso. He was giving
lessons to all the other students. What a great kid he is as well as a
pure gentleman. BTW, all the girls love this "blue eyed Kid!" SOLD |
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"SPIRIT, HORSE, HUNTER" -RICHARD ASHBURN My latest piece is titled "Spirit, Horse, Hunter"-Richard Ashburn. Mr. Ashburn is a guide from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He actually has "lived the life" of an actual mountain man for over thirty years. What a great guy. The piece is traditional oils on the Ampersand "Gessobord" Masonite. The size is 18" x 24" overall. My reference photograph is from Leigh's photograph in July 2006, Pinedale, Wyoming. "Spirit,Horse,Hunter" is for sale. $8000. Please contact the artist for shipping and handling charges. Here is Mr. Ashburn's great website: http://www.elkantlerltd.com/
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"BAD HAND" This is my third piece featuring Michael Terry. This piece is titled "Bad Hand," Michael's given name. It is traditional oils on my usual Ampersand Masonite "Claybord." The overall size is 16" wide x 24" high. The framed piece is 23" x 31". "Bad Hand" is for sale. $7500. Please contact the artist for shipping and handling charges. |
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"HONORING THE DEAD"
A STUDY OF LIFE AND DEATH This piece is titled "Honoring The Dead." It is traditional oils on my usual Ampersand Masonite "Claybord." The overall size is 24" wide x 15" high. The framed piece is 31" x 21". Before producing the painting I first did a pencil study which is below. The piece is 12" x 20". The pencil study was done to work out all the details for the oil painting. "Honoring The Dead" is for sale. $7500 Please contact the artist for shipping and handling charges. Click here to view a close up of "Honoring the Dead"
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This is the pencil study. The pencil is framed and for sale. $2500 Please contact the artist for shipping and handling charges. |
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"JESUS IS COMING" THE CIRCUIT RIDER A "circuit," nowadays is called a "charge," was a geographical area that encompassed two or more local churches. Local Methodist pastors would met with their bishops annually for appointment to either a new circuit or remain at the same one, most often they were moved to another circuit. Once a pastor was assigned a circuit, it was his responsibility to visit each church in his charge at least once a year in addition to possibly erecting new churches. Because of the long distance between churches, the preachers would ride on horseback. They were called "circuit riders" or "saddlebag preachers." They traveled with few possessions, carrying only what would fit in their saddlebags. They traveled through wilderness and villages, they preached every day at any place available such as peoples' cabins, courthouses, fields, meeting houses, later, even basements and street corners. Unlike preachers of settled denominations, Methodist preachers were always on the move (most circuits were so large that it would take 5 to 6 weeks to cover their assignment). This is what boosted Methodism into the largest Protestant denomination at the time; bringing the church to the common people.
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| My model was the first rider out in last year's 2006 Annual Mountain Man Rendezvous in Pinedale Wyoming. He was so striking and stood out from all the other actors. He rode out on a beautiful "Blue Roan". The horse appeared to be all black (actually black hair with silver mixed in) that matched the man's all black regalia from hat to boots. The man just blew me away. I turned to Leigh and made the quick statement, "that preacher is a painting for sure." The man even nodded at me as if he knew on his last ride by us. After the event they announced that most of the actors would be available for photographs. We made a beeline straight over to the man. It was spitting rain the whole time we were there, the sky looked like it would open anytime. As we introduced ourselves the rain stopped but the grey sky remained. The man was so gracious to pose in whatever position we asked. As I directed the shots, I don't know why, but I asked him to please look back over his right shoulder. I even heard Leigh react to the two-second preview in her camera's LCD screen. I knew it was going to be "the shot." | |||||||
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It wasn't until weeks later that the
title came to me while listening to Don Henley of the Eagles singing the
lyrics to "The Last Resort." The spiritual song is about the settlers
moving across the plains seeking and praying for the next "paradise." I
was studying Leigh's photograph of the circuit preacher as the song
played. It was at that moment that it hit me. There was a reason that I
had asked for the "look over the shoulder." The title came to me like
a revelation.
Proudly I present to you, Festus Krause of Cora, Wyoming. Festus was playing the part of a 1860-1870 era "Circuit Rider." Festus is actually a rancher and works the oil fields outside of Pinedale, Wyoming. Festus is a "class-act." Even though he is not a "real" preacher, he is a man to be well-respected. Thank you, my good friend. This piece measures 18” x 24,” medium is traditional oils on “Claybord,” gesso-coated Masonite. Giclee S&N prints are available now. The original is also available for sale. Inquire for details. | |||||||
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Michael "Bad Hand" Terry
as "The Courter" This is the second in Denny’s Michael “Bad Hand” Terry series, titled “The Courter.” Michael is portraying a Northern Cheyenne, circa 1860-1870 and is “looking for a bride.” He is wearing an eagle feather war bonnet trimmed with row-after-row of Italian glass bead work that the Native Americans traded for. Above the beads is a row of small bells. The sides of the war bonnet have rows of long, white ermine hides, otherwise known as weasel. The sleeves and sections of the front of Michael’s shirt are also trimmed with hundreds of rows of ochre and turquoise glass beads. Lining Michael’s shoulders and the back of his arms are rows of human hair strands, held tightly by metal beads.
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He wears a bright red, white and blue blanket wrapped around his waist. The blanket is one like those the U.S. Government gave the Indian chiefs of that time. Just out of sight, on Michael’s chest, is a “Presidential Peace” medal, that was also given to the Indian chiefs. Lastly, the fan he is holding us made from immature eagle feathers. Hanging from it are more ermine furs and leather thongs that are below his right hand. Michael made all the authentic regalia that he wears. This piece measures 18” x 24,” medium is traditional oils on “Claybord,” gesso-coated Masonite. Giclee S&N prints are available now. The original is also available for sale. Inquire for details.
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"First Snow"- Michael "Bad Hand" Terry My latest painting is from my wife, Leigh’s photo shoot with Michael “Bad Hand” Terry, Native American Indian. He is pictured here with his horse, "Apache", photographed in July 2006. “Bad Hand” is his given Indian name. Michael is an accomplished Actor, Stuntman, Authenticity Expert and Technical Consultant for nearly 50 motion pictures including “Dances With Wolves” and “Last of the Mohicans.” He is currently the nation’s most well known authority on Plains Indian history. Michael’s journeys take him all across the USA where he teaches, lectures and informs the curious public on Plains Indian history, culture, and corrects may of the myths and untruths propagated and compounded by generations of television and inaccurate historical portrayal. Michael’s mission is to undo the misunderstandings about the Native Americans from history and show the kinder, gentler side of their survival as a culture. Michael was kind enough to pose for me in Pinedale, Wyoming in July while he was there giving lectures on the Plains Indians history during the annual Mountain Man Rendezvous. |
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In this image, Michael is dressed in authentic Comanche (time period 1870’s) buffalo skin coat, leggings, smock, and an otter hair hat. He is holding a US-made rifle designed especially for trade to the Indians. The stock of the U.S. government-issued rifle is covered with brass decorative tacks. There were mittens hanging around his neck (not shown here) that are also made of soft leather and were designed so that the trigger finger is gloved alone while the remaining fingers are together. The trigger guards on the specially made rifles were designed with a large opening to allow for this single gloved finger. It would be hard to feel the trigger or accurately judge the pressure on the trigger with an entire hand covered by a single mitten with only the thumb free. A lot of planning and effort went into making and trading items between the trades people and the Native Americans. My portrayal here in full winter dress and, indicative of the harsh winter months suffered b the Plains Indians. This piece, appropriately titled, “First Snow” is the first in a series of “Bad Hand”: I forwarded a .jpg of this image to Michael last evening. Much to my surprise, he responded right away and not only conveyed how much he was moved by this piece but also offered a trade of future modeling or other such services. This man has been photographed and painted by many artists over the years and he states he has never requested an original before mine! I am so humbled and honored at this request……..I am truly moved and speechless. This piece is traditional oils on gesso-covered Masonite Claybord, painted to the finished edges measuring 18 x 24”. Signed and numbered limited edition prints and giclees are available. To See
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"Jim Dunham as Kid Rio”
This portrait of Jim Dunham,
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I had the privilege of meeting Jim at the museum when Leigh and I went there October, 2005 when I delivered the two pieces of art the museum requested for placement in their permanent collection at the Booth. There is something quite special about Jim. He is also and artist. He, along with another guy at the museum who reads stories of the old west, portrays the famous western artist, “Charles Russell.” While the reading is going on, Jim draws really great rough sketches that Charles Russell was so famous for.
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“Gordon Bond –
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I met Gordon through an acquaintance at my printer’s shop in Tampa, called him on the phone to inquire if he would be interested in posing for my photographer, my wife Leigh, to obtain photographic reference for a painting I wanted to do and was subsequently invited to an upcoming quickdraw competition in Florida near where I live. Mr. Bond was more than happy to pose as were many of his friends at the competition.
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“Charles Bolin-Quickdraw
Artist”
This is the first oil that Denny has ever done. The overall size is 18” x 24” on Clayboard painted
to the finished edges. This portrait of Charles
Bolin from Deland, Florida was done as part of a series of works Denny is
currently working on for his upcoming show at the Booth Western Art Museum
in Cartersville, Georgia this coming September. Mr. Bolin refers to himself
as "Cypress Scout". He is a member of a nationwide organization called the “Single Action
Shooting Society” also known as "S.A.S.S." Denny was invited to observe one of
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“Alan Baker-
This is the first piece of a
new collection for Denny. The overall size of this painting is 16"
x 20," painted to the finished edges. The medium is acrylics, laid
down in thick layers. This is Alan Baker of
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“No Time For Flowers”
The overall size of this painting is 16" x 20". The medium is
acrylics. Denny’s wife, Leigh, is his reference photographer and took
a fantastic photograph of this massive buffalo bull plodding through
the famous Hayden Valley of Yellowstone September, 2004. The buffalo
was then transformed into another shot of
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| Click on these links to see Denny's work in 10" x 12", 12" x 16" and 16" x 20" formats. Signed and number prints are now available along with a few choice "originals". To inquire about purchasing these originals or requesting "commissioned work," please contact the artist directly. All contact information is available on the last page of this site. | |||||||
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