In Hot Pursuit


In Hot Pursuit by Robert Talbert, Pastel, 18 x 24
  • Pastel on Panel
  • 18 x 24
  • 2020
  • Available
$1,200.00 USD

The word "sheriff" originates from two old-English words - "shire" which was equivalent to what we might think of as a county, and "rafe" which was a tax collector. This depicts a sheriff in hot pursuit of some desperados wanted for crimes only imagined.

This painting is based on a photo posted by Jim Hatzell of American Frontier Productions, who related that photo reference is of an actual Sheriff, South Dakota Sheriff Paul Williams. (This was not intended to be a portrait of Mr. Williams only a derivative creation of my own.) I loved playing with the colors in this work, which is the fun part of working in pastel - the colors are so saturated and alive.

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