"The Watchful Cowboy" 🐎🌅 captures a quiet Western moment — a lone cowboy on horseback silhouetted against a glowing sunset sky. Painted in oils on a 16x20 canvas, this work draws inspiration from Wilson Bickford, a painter closely tied to the Bob Ross legacy. Rich colors and dramatic contrast give the piece a timeless, contemplative atmosphere.
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🖌️ Original 16x20 oil on stretched canvas
🐴 Western silhouette scene at sunset
🎨 Painted in 2025, inspired by Wilson Bickford’s style
📍 Created in Arvada, Colorado
⭐ One-of-a-kind artwork by Hope Blakely
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16 x 20
Oil
Stretched Canvas
Unframed
2025
Landscape
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Acorn Dreams is an 11x14 oil over watercolor painting of a red squirrel by Hope Blakely. Original design, painted in Arvada, Colorado. Unframed. $225.
Cascade Hollow is an 18x24 original oil painting by Hope Blakely, created in a 2021 Steve Ross workshop. A peaceful waterfall flows through a mossy forest at sunrise.
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“A Quiet Walk” — original painting of a glowing yellow path through darkness by Max Winningham.
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Colors of the Ridge is a 24x36 oil painting by Hope Blakely, created during 2020/2021 COVID livestream sessions with Bram Bevins. Sunrise over misty ridges and pines. $450 unframed.
“A Quiet Walk” — original painting of a glowing yellow path through darkness by Max Winningham.