Prince of the Prairie

A lone Pronghorn buck stands in warm, late afternoon light.

Selected Comments from social media;

Doug M---------;
Beautiful lighting and colors. I can feel the time of day!

Trudy S----------;
Ohhh wow, this is absolutely beautiful! I just love this. You are a masterful painter, Richard! Thank you for sharing

Heather L--------;
This is very good and I love the use of such a limited colour palette - you get a real sense of open space.

Robert J--------;
Lovely use of oil paint - judiciously applied to bring out the best of its qualities. And a very warm, welcoming painting.

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Biography

Richard Kimball Jolley, American oil painter, b. 1954 –

R.K. Jolley graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Fine Art, and has been painting professionally for 38 years.

Jolley has a strong attraction to rich, tonal color, expressed in a variety of
styles, particularly, realism, tonalism, and impressionism.

He paints a wide range of subjects including, landscape, figurative, wildlife,
birds, and an occasional non-representative work.

His paintings can be found in collections throughout the United States and
abroad.

Artist’s Statement

What inspires me are, those fleeting moments of patterns of light.

I believe I am mainly influenced by tonalism and impressionism. For the most part, what concerns me the most when creating a work of art is, good color, believable light quality, and making strong, interesting value proportions. I apply these principles to all my subjects, whether they are realistic portrayals or non-representative works.