From the Original Painting in the Permanent Collection of
The Museum of the American West
(Formerly the Autry Museum of Western Heritage)
The Force of Nature
Humbles All Men
A Limited Edition MasterWork Giclée Canvas
Image size: 50"w x 36"h.
Edition Size: 250 s/n
75 Artist Proofs
Masters of the American West Award
Presented to
Howard Terpning
for "The Force of Nature Humbles All Men".
Selected for the permanent collection at The Museum of the American West.
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This painting is about the truly awesome force of nature and how the sight of such power affects people, Terpning says. The spring snow melt from a severe winter has created an abundance of water in the rivers and creeks which have in turn created a dramatic, tumbling flood and waterfalls. Two of the men in the painting face the viewer, to suggest that there is far more to see outside the edge of the canvas.
The setting is not a specific location, but rather a composite of many sites and rivers. I wanted to create a place that native people might have passed through countless times, but in this instance, a group of Blackfoot men have stopped in awe before the roaring power of nature.
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