I have been slowly but surely trying to scan and catalog most of my older artwork. This is a piece that I did for an article in the Pennsylvania Game News Magazine back in 1996. The story was written by writer named Joe Perry. The story was about a pistol that his father had made from the Colt factory and passed it down to Joe. His father had passed away many years before. Joe wanted to do something to remember his father by. He decided to take the pistol on a deer hunt. The story was titled "Requiem for a Peacemaker." "Peacemaker" was what the famous pistol was called back in the late 1800s. To give you a hint, shooting a deer with a pistol is a feat in itself, let alone that it is a pistol that is not a very powerful piece. He did not get the buck but he saw it and Joe realized that the "hunt" meant more than the "kill."

Joe did take the old Colt to have it appraised and was told that the "custom made," custom engraved" piece was worth well over $10,000! What an honor to have the privilege to illustrate this fine work of art!

The original measures 6" x 9' on a gray textured charcoal board and was render in pencil with a white pencil used for the highlights.