Art contributions to the cause....Utah High School Rodeo Queen heading to Nationals! :)

My cousin's daugher was crowned this year's Miss Utah High School Rodeo Queen. (Yes, I am from a family of cowboys, rodeo queens, farmers, and ranchers...and proud to be part of it!). :) Anyway, she is heading to National competition and had a fundraiser tonight to help raise money for the trip. I donated these two pastel sketches towards silent auction items.
I completed these pieces in college under the direction of Don Doxey (the head of the Art Department at the time), a painter known for his highly realistic Western-themed paintings. As you can imagine, he had many Western props for still life sketches. :)

Happy to contribute to the cause. Good luck Bailey!
http://www.standard.net/topics/rodeo/2011/06/26/morgan-girl-queen-help-family-friends

(And...we won a quilt in a raffle too!)



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