Willow Bottom Ringneck bighorn-sheep While bowhunting whitetail in Missouri

While bowhunting whitetail in Missouri years earlier I had taken some photographs of an old barn near the Iowa/Missouri border

This original study features a heavy

and most get there by flying non-stop across the Gulf of Mexico

but during the spring mating season

Willow Bottom Ringneck bighorn-sheep While bowhunting whitetail in Missouri"In our haste to improve the land we have lost much of our natural heritage including most of our prairies, forests and wetlands. For me each has its own beauty and attractions. It is the wetlands, with a few characteristic plants and animals, I chose as the setting for Willow Bottom Ringnecks. The roosters colorful feathers made it easy to use him as the focal point of the painting. I wanted him to look contented and confident as he soaks up the