This is another good friend that I met
a while 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 happen to walk
into our store/gallery and Leigh knows
exactly who I am on the constant
lookout for. She immediately asked
him if he would pose for me. He told
her how my mentor, James Bama had
ask him the same question several
years ago. He agreed to pose for him.
He took the photos. What a shame,
Bama never painted him! "His loss, is
my gain."
During a driving snow
storm, him and I got together for my
photo shoot at his log home. I actually
posed him in the exact same clothes
Bama did, except for the shirt.
Gene had a favorite saddle as a young
cowboy. It was completely wore out
and now gone. Since the Bama shoot,
Gene had taken up saddle making. He
wanted to make an exact copy which
he set out to do. He had never made a
saddle before. Working totally from
memory, he actually made four
saddles until he was happy with the
forth one. He sold the other three
saddles, one went to a buyer in
England. He was so proud of his
saddle. I had to pose him with it!!
What a thing of beauty!!
If you care to see a “step-by-step
W.I.P.”(work-in-
progress)of the “THE LAST OF THE REAL COWBOYS” click
on this
link:
THE LAST OF THE REAL COWBOYS
W.I.P.
To buy “Signed and
Numbered” prints
along with many select “Originals” take this
link: BUFFALO TRADER ONLINE
I would ask that you please take this link to check my
“graphic
artwork” here on ArtWanted.
BUFFALO GRAPHICS
I have produced several
tutorials on ArtWanted.com
showing my "pencil" and
PhotoShop techniques and
if you care to take a look.
Please feel free to add
comments and maybe tips
of your own. This helps to
keep them near the top of
the list so others can find
them easier. Here are the
live links.
A PENCIL FOR
LEIGH
PENCIL TECHNIQUES
FOR FUR AND ETC
PENCIL TECHNIQUES
FOR FUR AND ETC-PART
II
PENCIL SCANS MADE PAINLESS
MATT KENSETH ART-
A PHOTOSHOP PEEK
MELTDOWN, A
PHOTOSHOP
TUTORIAL
SCREEN SNAPSHOTS FOR MAC & PC
GETTING INTO THE HUE/SATURATION MODE
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