Prairie Prince #1 Metal Print

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I tried to put this fellow into a real hot day. Maybe some dust is being kicked up as he moves along. I use arrows in my work sometimes. The arrow signifies the heart line that Native Americans sometimes used in their work. This has certainly influenced my thinking but I use the arrow often times as a decorative device and a directional device. I think that it helps to move the eye around the painting and also forces the question why.

A Colorado native and long-time Fort Collins resident, Bob's painting style reflects his Western Heritage yet is uniquely his own. He strives for an image that is unusual and that brings pleasure in the doing as well as in the viewing. His work is often stylized, often whimsical, always colorful and strong in design and composition. Animals, landscapes, people, history and mythology provide him a wealth of subject matter. He also produces images that are purely abstract or non-objective in nature. He works with a color palette reminiscent of the Fauvist movement and often combines both realism and abstraction in one piece. Coonts' work has been likened to abstract surrealism, realism with an abstract point of view or...