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8.00" x 5.50"
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10.00" x 7.50"
Guests for Dinner Poster
by Jill Westbrook
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Guests for Dinner poster by Jill Westbrook. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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The inspiration for this painting came from an old photograph (circa early 1900�s by Charles J. Belden) of horses tied up outside a cabin on... more
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Artist's Description
The inspiration for this painting came from an old photograph (circa early 1900�s by Charles J. Belden) of horses tied up outside a cabin on the Pitchfork Ranch in Wyoming. Fascinated with the snow coming down on the horses and the cabin, I thought the play of snow would be more interesting if I painted the horses as Appaloosas. I added light coming from inside the cabin, and named it �Guests for Dinner� to convey the idea of Pioneer warmth and hospitality on a cold Winter�s Eve.
To see more of Charles J. Belden�s ranch life photography, go to www.bbhc.org/exhibitions/cbelden.cfm. (Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming.)
About Jill Westbrook
Parts of my story are integral to why I do what I do, what motivates me and the emotions and ideas I am trying to convey through my work. CS Lewis said, in Till We Have Faces... The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing, to reach the Mountain, to find the place where all the beauty came from, my country, the place where I ought to have been born. Do you think it all meant nothing, all the longing...The longing for home...For indeed it now feels not like going, but like going back. My mother told people the first thing I ever drew was a horse before I was three in the dust on the kitchen floor of the little white clapboard parsonage in the North Woods of Wisconsin. In 1963, our family took a trip Out West to Vancouver, BC,...
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John Weeks
Congratulations on your sale and beautiful image
Beverly Guilliams
Congrats on Your Sale!!..........A Beautiful Blessing......v.
Jill Westbrook
Jeepers! What a compliment! Thanks!
JD Brandenburg
Hey Jill, Your years of experience shows. Such fine detail. Nicely done!