JOHN FARNSWORTH PAINTER / PHOTOGRAPHER
2240 West Alameda #7 / Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507 / 505.982.4561 / info@johnfarnsworth.com
2240 West Alameda #7 / Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507 / 505.982.4561 / info@johnfarnsworth.com
OTHER ANIMAL PAINTINGS
WEJNA (Caribou)
Oil on canvas
40” x 50”
These Caribou were painted following an exciting trip to Alaska in 1982, when I was commissioned by ARCO ALASKA to do a large painting of Caribou for their offices. I went to Anchorage, spent a week there, and flew, with a local bush pilot, 200 miles out to a frozen lake where we landed in the middle of a herd of caribou. He was the only pilot in town who would chance the flight, due to threatening weather conditions, and having to fly back through the mountains after dark.
Wejna, by the way, is, according to Bruce Chatwin in his book, IN PATAGONIA, a Yaghan word meaning 'to be loose or easily moved as a broken bone or the blade of a knife' - 'to be attached yet loose, as an eye or bone in its socket' - 'to swing, move or travel' - or simply 'to exist or be'. I found the Caribou to be homely, awkward looking creatures when standing still, yet beautiful and graceful and fluid when in motion.
Oil on canvas
40” x 50”
These Caribou were painted following an exciting trip to Alaska in 1982, when I was commissioned by ARCO ALASKA to do a large painting of Caribou for their offices. I went to Anchorage, spent a week there, and flew, with a local bush pilot, 200 miles out to a frozen lake where we landed in the middle of a herd of caribou. He was the only pilot in town who would chance the flight, due to threatening weather conditions, and having to fly back through the mountains after dark.
Wejna, by the way, is, according to Bruce Chatwin in his book, IN PATAGONIA, a Yaghan word meaning 'to be loose or easily moved as a broken bone or the blade of a knife' -
BROWNIE
Oil on Canvas
12" x 16"
Sold
Oil on Canvas
12" x 16"
Sold
IMAGE 5 1/2" x 7"
Collection of Donald and Brenda Locke
Collection of Donald and Brenda Locke
BISON BISON / 36 x 48 inches / oil on linen / for price call 505 982-
This powerful yet serene painting of young buffalo sparring was created expressly for the exhibition Street Dogs and Wild Buffalo, October, 2008, at our Farnsworth Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
For more on the Street Dogs and Wild Buffalo exhibit, be sure to see our article in the October 2008 issue of Western Art Collector.
BISON PAIR
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Collection of George and Sheila Ross
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