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Whistling’ Past the Graveyard, 2025. #photography #blackandwhitephotography #creativephotography #visualstorytelling #westernart #westernartist #southwestart #artofthewest #westernstyle #cowboyart #americana #oldwest #ghosttown #graveyard #country #cemetery
On this day in 1863 Alfred Packer enlisted in the 8th Iowa Cavalry Regiment in Iowa. Guilty or not he eventually came to be know as the #Colorado cannibal. #americangothic #photography #artphotography #gothic #visualstorytelling #artofthewest #oldest #americana #photo #history #oldwest
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Santa Fe Art Auction Smashes Records: Two-Day Sale Surpasses $1 Million Milestone!
...#SeptemberShaman #MalcolmFurlow #SantaFeArtAuction #ArtOfTheWest #WesternArt #AuctionRecords #NativeAmericanArt #GustaveBaumann #EdwardBorein #MaynardDixon #FrankApplegate #LouisaMcElwain #SunsetThunderhead…
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From the Saddle and Spurs shoot. #americangothic #photography #artphotography #blackandwhitephotography #spurs #saddle #visualstorytelling #westernart #westernartist #artcollector #cowgirl #artistsofthesouthwest #southwesternart #southwestart #artofthewest #westernstyle #cowboyart #cowboy #oldwest
Working this hunk of a stallion...
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Saddle and Spurs #17. #americangothic #photography #gothic #creativephotography #visualstorytelling #westernart #westernartist #artcollector #collectingwesternart #artistsofthesouthwest #southwesternart #southwestart #artofthewest #westernstyle #cowboyart
Saddle and Spurs #21. #photography #photographer #cowboy #cowgirl #southwesternart #southwestart #artofthewest
Saddles and Spurs #1. #americangothic #photography #blackandwhitephotography #gothic #visualstorytelling #westernart #westernartist #artcollector #collectingwesternart #artistsofthesouthwest #southwesternart #southwestart #artofthewest
Family Plot up on the wall. So much better than looking at a screen. #americangothic #photography #artphotography #blackandwhitephotography #gothic #creativephotography #visualstorytelling #westernart #artcollector #southwesternart #artofthewest #westernstyle #cowboy
The Last Pale Light. #americangothic #photography #artphotography #blackandwhitephotography #gothic #creativephotography #visualstorytelling #westernart #westernartist #artcollector #collectingwesternart #artistsofthesouthwest #southwesternart #southwestart #artofthewest #westernstyle
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Behind the Fence. #americangothic #photography #artphotography #blackandwhitephotography #gothic #creativephotography #visualstorytelling #westernart #westernartist #artcollector #collectingwesternart #artistsofthesouthwest #southwesternart #southwestart #artofthewest
Wild sunset
24x30" Oil on canvas
This is stallion known as 'Cash' from the Sand Wash Basin...my personal photo reference. You can find this and fill collection on my website.
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Hope to see You at Equifest in Salina Kansas, March 21-23!
I will have a full collection of wild fine art originals and prints!
Visit the website to see the full collection!
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Time Is Running Away and Running Fast. #americangothic #photography #artphotography #blackandwhitephotography #gothic #creativephotography #visualstorytelling #westernart #westernartist #artistsofthesouthwest #southwesternart #southwestart #artofthewest #westernstyle #cowboyart #oldwest
Can’t go to the art gallery every day? Turn your home into one with a mix of high fashion next to varied and mixed artistic styles. #americangothic #photography #artphotography #gothic #creativephotography #westernart #westernartist #southwesternart #artofthewest #westernstyle #oldwest #artgallery
New One roughed in the works... stay tuned!
This is different then my norm...this is my personal
photo reference, stay tuned, got a fun title for this one,
should wrap it up this week!
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This was sold years ago to a collector, but enjoy!
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I have been to Nevada a couple of times to photograph wild mustangs, but never seen this stallion for myself.
16x20" Oil on canvas
Its available,
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A long standing favorite! These are two wildies I photographed at Dissapointment Valley in CO, they were having a 'debate' and the series of expressions I photographed were a lot of fun... I picked this one to create a 36x48" oil. The Negotiation 36x48" Oil on canvas It's available, you can find this and the full collection on the website at www.melodydebenedictis.com #wildmustangpainter #cowgirlartistsofamerica #womenartistsofthewest #artofthewest
A long standing favorite!
The Negotiation
36x48" Oil on canvas
It's available, you can find this and the full collection on
the website at www.melodydebenedictis.com
#wildmustangpainter
#cowgirlartistsofamerica
#womenartistsofthewest
#artofthewest
“The Dance of Colors”
A swirling symphony of hues, where crimson circles dance with a fiery passion against a backdrop of golden whispers.
#AbstractArt #ColorExplosion #PainterlyDance #ArtThatMoves #VibrantVisions #SteinbeckInspired #ArtOfTheWest #DynamicComposition
Photo of a spread of the western art oil paintings of American artist Patrick Saunders in the September 2024 issue of Art of the West magazine
Check out the six-page feature on my work in the September/October issue of Art of the West Magazine. My thanks to Mark Wilcox for the write-up.
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