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About A Good String By Chris Owen
A Good String by Chris Owen Giclee on Canvas Signed & Numbered
Nearly all large ranches keep a sizeable herd of horses for use by the cowboys in gathering and moving the cattle. These ranches will often have their own horse breeding programs with each year's foal crop destined to become either mounts for use on the ranch or brood mares.
Typically, when a new cowboy first arrives for work on the ranch he is "strung" with a group of horses, usually unbroken 3 - 4 year olds that have lived out on the open range. This string of horses will be his and only his for use while he remains on the outfit.
Chris Owen's working cowboy themes are a representation of authentic operating ranch activities. He paints predominantly with gouache.
He majored in art at Montana State University. he was the recipient of a scholarship to the acclaimed Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, where he studied for two years.
Chris Owen has recently gained widespread recognition for his dramatic Western paintings. Chris exhibits annually at the Coors Western Art Exhibit in Denver; at the C.M. Russell Western Art Auction in Great Falls; and at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Art Show, where he was selected as the limited edition print artist.
His work is emotional and expressive, conveying western action in a striking and sometimes moody fashion. Utilizing a combination of realism and abstraction, he expertly captures present day, working cowboy themes in a artistic and creative way.
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