This is my first of three pieces I donated to the Buffalo Bill Historic Center. It was auctioned off on the 25th of September, 2004 in Cody, Wyoming.

This piece is somewhat larger than I do most of my "Western Artwork." The overall size is 18" x 12." Framed size will be roughly 30" x 24". What you are looking at here is four separate scans which were merged into one in "Good Old PhotoShop." God I love PhotoShop! I defy anyone to see where I spliced the four scans together.

I have been working on this piece since the August 1st. I have well over 43 hours to completion.

I tried something different here on this piece also. Leigh being a photographer, I had her mount the camera on a tripod above my left shoulder. She would "shoot" me and the drawing about every 30 minutes or so. She is in the process of loading them into a program which a DVD will be made so the entire process will be played on a laptop at the auction. What I have seen, the 160+ photos have a definite "flow" that works pretty well. I will post several of the "stills" later from the process so you can get an idea what it will look like.

The original is 18" x 12" overall. It is drawn on medium weight, hot press Crescent Illustration Board. German made Faber-Castell Drawing Pencils were used. The majority of the "pencil" was done with a #6 lead, while the remainder was darkened with a #8 lead. Total time to complete was almost 43 hours.