Size: 12.5 x 19.25" Frame: 21.5 x 27.5" Beautiful 19th century birds-eye maple frame with original gilt liner. Linen mat with water gilt filet; archival materials, museum glass. A lone cowboy sits motionless on his horse in a vast prairie. His lowered head, accentuated by the tilt of his hat, confirms the painting's title. Yet, his grip on the reigns suggests it’s only a temporary respite and, in a minute or two, he and his steed, which appears alert and ready, will resume their work. Masters and his wife, Carlene, made 2 trips to the West, one to San Francisco in 1962 and another to Mexico in 1966[1]. Years later, photos from these trips served as inspiration for a small group of western scenes. [1] The 1966 trip to San Francisco was to the Photographic Society of America awards ceremony where his film, "The Storm", won the top five honors. The following year, "The Storm" won first place at the Caan Film Festival, Amateur Division. Giclee prints from $30 available at Fine Art America HERE. SHIPPING: $150 flat rate for shipping and packaging within the contiguous 48 states. Please contact us prior to purchase for shipping quotes to Alaska, Hawaii, and international destinations. Contact Robert Morrissey with any questions about this piece.
Size: 18″ x 23.5″ Framed: 25" x 30.5" Modern Larson Juhl coffee-colored frame. Archival mat, regular glass. A 1966 trip to San Francisco took Stan and his wife, Carlene through southern Colorado where he photographed the abandoned depot and water tank at Sargents, on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Some ten years later that photo served as the inspiration for a series of paintings he titled “Gone are the Trains”. Depicted on an angle, the converging lines draw the eye into the vast, open landscape and mountains beyond, accentuating the building’s isolation. The yellow and brown color scheme recalls Masters’ boyhood home at the railroad shanty that belonged to the Missouri Pacific Railroad and whose buildings were painted in those colors. Daylight flashes off the glass of the broken window, the effect achieved by the unpainted white paper. The rusted oil drum sports three small bullet holes, evidence of impish boys at play. Giclee prints from $30 available at Fine Art America HERE. SHIPPING: $150 flat rate for shipping and packaging within the contiguous 48 states. Please contact us prior to purchase for shipping quotes to Alaska, Hawaii, and international destinations. Contact Robert Morrissey with any questions about this piece.
Size: 12.5″ x 18.5″ Framed: 20" x 25.5" Modern Larson Juhl coffee-colored frame. Archival mat, regular glass. Over the course of his career, Masters painted at least 10 poignant still lives featuring a single dilapidated lantern in various settings. In “Lantern in the Snow” it stands in the undisturbed snow against a weathered stockade fence. Dented, with a broken handle and missing cap, the dead leaves reinforce the mood. And yet, its vertical stance and intact glass, rendered in gorgeous, harmonious colors, imbue the relic with strength and dignity. Indeed, Masters depicts the lantern as a portraitist would an elderly sitter, capturing the essence of a long purposeful life, endowed with a patina earned from years of service, tinged with the sadness that comes with age. An art critic wrote in 1978, “A Stan Masters watercolor is realism at its best… One thing that is always fascinating in a Masters scene is the very real feeling you get of what is going on outside of the picture.” Here, Masters abruptly ends the fence and the few blades of grass, bent in the wind, subtly point to something around the corner, drawing us further into the painting and its complex narrative. Giclee prints from $30 available at Fine Art America HERE. SHIPPING: $150 flat rate for shipping and packaging within the contiguous 48 states. Please contact us prior to purchase for shipping quotes to Alaska, Hawaii, and international destinations. Contact Robert Morrissey with any questions about this piece.
Size: 10.75" x 17.5" A lone rider on horseback follows the train tracks in this frigid snowscape. This original painting is sold. Giclee prints from $30 available at Fine Art America HERE. Contact Robert Morrissey with any questions about this piece.
Size: 16.5" x 23" Framed: 23.5" x 30" Modern Larson Juhl coffee-colored frame. Archival mat, regular glass. Giclee prints from $30 available at Fine Art America HERE. SHIPPING: $150 flat rate for shipping and packaging within the contiguous 48 states. Please contact us prior to purchase for shipping quotes to Alaska, Hawaii, and international destinations. Contact Robert Morrissey with any questions about this piece.
Size: 12″ x 17″ Framed: 19" x 24" Modern Larson Juhl coffee-colored frame. Archival mat, regular glass. An old wooden wagon sports a blue kerosene lantern beneath a cloudy sky with a bird circling overhead. Giclee prints from $30 available at Fine Art America HERE. SHIPPING: $150 flat rate for shipping and packaging within the contiguous 48 states. Please contact us prior to purchase for shipping quotes to Alaska, Hawaii, and international destinations. Contact Robert Morrissey with any questions about this piece.
Size: 12″ x 19.5″ Framed: 19" x 26.5" Modern Larson Juhl coffee-colored frame. Archival mat, regular glass. An enormous water tank stands alone in a vast landscape, a modern city in the far distance Giclee prints from $30 available at Fine Art America HERE. SHIPPING: $150 flat rate for shipping and packaging within the contiguous 48 states. Please contact us prior to purchase for shipping quotes to Alaska, Hawaii, and international destinations. Contact Robert Morrissey with any questions about this piece.
