Oil Peggy Immel we found this point on

we found this point on the edge of Monument Valley and somehow our cowboys managed to get the horses and wagon down onto the desert floor below

casting shadows on the hiding bunnies below

We were in the right place

Photographed at a guest ranch in southern Wyoming

Oil on linen 8" x 10

Oil Peggy Immel we found this point onMarathon, Texas 2023LARGE 56 x 86 Unframed 71 x 101 Framed Edition of 12STANDARD37 x 57 Unframed 52 x 72 Framed Edition of 12Despite our acute awareness of the environmental harm of carbon emissions, there is something incongruously appealing about the early days of the oil industry. It is difficult to articulate the reason for the appeal, but perhaps its because we warm to pioneers and people who risk it all to follow their dream. Daniel Yergins 1992