Tucker Smith
In today's high-tech and complicated world many people have little contact with the natural world. However, we are all inseparably linked to it. Art depicting wildlife and nature reminds us of the importance of it to our soul and psyche.
Some think that to be creative one must invent the new. However, to be obsessed with rebelling against the established can inhibit creative observation, just as thoughtlessly adhering to the established inhibits creativity.
Personally, art has broadened my interests and helped me to see the not-so-obvious. One of the greatest attributes of art is that one does not need to be a painter or sculptor to participate. One only needs to observe.
~ Tucker Smith
Some think that to be creative one must invent the new. However, to be obsessed with rebelling against the established can inhibit creative observation, just as thoughtlessly adhering to the established inhibits creativity.
Personally, art has broadened my interests and helped me to see the not-so-obvious. One of the greatest attributes of art is that one does not need to be a painter or sculptor to participate. One only needs to observe.
~ Tucker Smith
First Light - Moose
15 1/2" x 26"
Limited Edition 818/1000
Was: $275 - Now 50% Off!
New Price: $135 CAD
"The setting for First Light is among the willows that provide natural feed for the moose during winter. But the real story of First Light lies in how the painting came about.
"My son Troy and I had been out searching for moose one December. Toward the end of a long day, just before dark, we found a fine bull. I decided to return at dawn to photograph him. It snowed heavily that night, but at dawn it was clear and cold. We returned to the spot and sighted the moose - but it had no antlers. This would identify it as a cow moose. Could we have been wrong about seeing antlers in the fading light the evening before? Approaching the animal, we realized that is was indeed the bull - he had shed his antlers overnight! Bull moose do this annually, and grow new ones in their place. We back-tracked his trail and found his antlers in the snow! Later, at the studio, I was able to prop up the antlers to paint them." - Tucker Smith
15 1/2" x 26"
Limited Edition 818/1000
Was: $275 - Now 50% Off!
New Price: $135 CAD
"The setting for First Light is among the willows that provide natural feed for the moose during winter. But the real story of First Light lies in how the painting came about.
"My son Troy and I had been out searching for moose one December. Toward the end of a long day, just before dark, we found a fine bull. I decided to return at dawn to photograph him. It snowed heavily that night, but at dawn it was clear and cold. We returned to the spot and sighted the moose - but it had no antlers. This would identify it as a cow moose. Could we have been wrong about seeing antlers in the fading light the evening before? Approaching the animal, we realized that is was indeed the bull - he had shed his antlers overnight! Bull moose do this annually, and grow new ones in their place. We back-tracked his trail and found his antlers in the snow! Later, at the studio, I was able to prop up the antlers to paint them." - Tucker Smith