This one now has a title, "Guess I'm Walkin'." Many thanks to all the folks who submitted suggestions at the Footprints on the Trail show in Great Falls last week. I hope some of you may be able to catch me at the Cattlemen's Western Art Show in Paso Robles, CA, April 8-10. It looks like a very good venue at the fair grounds. By the way, if you wish to be removed from this blog/newsletter, just go to www.fayetaylor.com and click the email newsletter link on the left. You can then remove your email from my list, although I hope you enjoy them.

Faye Taylor - Western Artist

Well, I'm in Montana at the show. I started and finished this yesterday. It's not the best photo, but it's the best I could do with a bunch of people in the way. I plan to tone down the orange cross on the chaps, but it's essentially done. I'm having a contest with the people who come by to suggest titles. It's been a lot of fun to discover how people interpret it. Most think his horse took off, or he's wondering why his wife isn't there yet, with his lunch, or that he's been stranded. I'm accepting suggestions until Sunday afternoon when I choose the winner. It just feels so good to be painting again.

Faye Taylor - Western Artist

Finally, I have started my first painting of 2011! I am using a photo that his wife sent to me. She is quite a good photographer. The light in the photo is great and the background is all dusty. The horizontals are just references for a fence that will probably be very faint in the painting. I'm looking for a name for this one. I was kind of thinking of "Of Her Dreams" or "Man of Dreams" something like that. Maybe his wife will come up with something. Tomorrow, I am off to Monatana for a week-long show and my hope is to finish this there. Don't know if there will room, but that's my hope. If I can, I will send shots of the painting and the show periodically. Wish me luck.

Faye Taylor - Western Artist