Art

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Framed Print on canvas - Fleeting Sun

24”x16” / Limited Edition AP 5/10   Year: 2009

Artist: Daniel Smith

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

This gorgeous, framed and signed limited edition print by renowned Artist Daniel Smith portrays Earthfire mountain lion Windwalker relaxed on a mountain ledge as he basks in the final rays of sunlight.  Beautifully lit, exquisite in detail, it portays the magnificent intelligence and compelling presence Wildwalker embodied.  

HOW YOUR BIDDING BENEFITS THE WILDLIFE OF EARTHFIRE

Your generous bidding on our Wildlife Online Fundraising Art Auction will help provide food, housing and veterinary care for both the residents of Earthfire and the wildlife we rehabilitate.

Earthfire Institute Nonprofit Wildlife Sanctuary & Rehabilitation Center provides lifelong homes to wild animals unable to survive on their own, and rehabilitates injured and orphaned wildlife so they can return to their native habitats. If you would like to learn more about Earthfire or read about Windwalker the mountain lion, you can visit our website here. 

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Painter Daniel Smith, who is equal parts hermit, aesthete, and explorer of the outback, has never thought of himself as being a visual provocateur.

 A native of the Minnesota prairie, where epic retreating glaciers left behind thousands of sparkling lakes and waterways, Daniel Smith, who prefers painting in acrylic, was raised in a culture where daily interaction with nature is part of his DNA. It is a state where the jeweled presence of water leaves a permanent impression on the psyche—a constant incurable longing to submerse oneself in the elements.

His esteemed portfolio has trajected its own wide arc, encompassing enough miles of travel and reflection, to wrap around the world many times. His unquenchable thirst to research the setting for every landscape painting has taken him to the wildest corners of both the northern and southern hemispheres. He has spent weeks observing bears, wolves and moose beneath the big shouldered slopes of Mt. McKinley in Alaska; he has tromped through the southern African bush to study Cape Buffalo, lion, and rhinoceros; he was gone afield to help welcome the return of lobos to Yellowstone with fresh paintings commemorating the event; and he has sat beneath the prairie sky, transfixed by the whirring roar of thousands of migratory waterfowl wings passing overhead.

Smith’s interpretations have been described by art historians as “photo-realism,” meant to suggest a literal translation of detail, color, and pose. Indeed, the technological advancement of photography during the 20th century has had undeniable influence. Artists, after all, are a reflection of their time and few artists, if they are astute, ignore tools that enable them to glean more information.

Daniel’s originals are represented by Trailside Galleries in Jackson, WY and Scottsdale, AZ and Settler’s West Gallery in Tucson, AZ.  His reproductions are published by The Greenwich Workshop in Seymour, CT.  His website is www.danielsmithwildlife.com.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

This item will be shipped framed with a Certificate of Authenticity.  Payment for shipping and handling is the responsibility of the winning bidder.