Bison at Buffalo River | Namesake

Description

Details about the Original Work

Title: Namesake
Size: 12 x 6″ (portrait orientation)
Media: handmade watercolor, Ozark pigments
Substrate: watercolor paper
Pigment source: Shale, bone black, red smooth stone, sassafras leaf, Osage root bark, black sandstone (brown pigment), yellow sandstone, gray-green sandstone, Asiatic dayflower petals (long-term stable, but not a permanent pigment)

Namesake

While this critter is a bison and not a ‘buffalo’, people commonly refer to them as buffalo anyway. It is considered the namesake of the Buffalo National River in our part of this beautiful state of Arkansas (USA). This painting is a tribute to the ‘Buffalo’, the river for which the bison are a namesake, and to the First People who depended on that majestic creature.

This 12 x 16″ painting is on Arches watercolor paper. The colors, with the exception of the small area of blue sky, are all light-fast Ozark earth pigments. Click here to see the process of making this artwork from start to finish.

The painting is framed in barn wood currently, but the price listed here is not including the frame. The frame will be included free of charge if the buyer pays shipping. I will ship anywhere, but there are no refunds or guarantees for artwork shipped internationally. Domestic shipments will be insured and signature required. If this painting is purchased in person at a show or private review, the frame is included at no extra charge.

Prints

All of my prints are processed in house with a professional giclée art printer using archival inks. The paper is archival watercolor paper for high quality prints. 

Bison Painting Fine Art Print

More Info

All of my paintings begin with foraging for rocks, bones, clay, or other pigment sources. If you’d like to read a little more about my life of foraging for rocks, read this post: She Delivers in Spades. If you’d like to see how the paints are actually made, read this post: Making Smooth Paint from Rock Dust.

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