BIGHORN SHEEP by Claire Beadon Carnell

'Bighorn Sheep'

Oil  9 x 12

I used to be terrified of sheep and goats when I was little.

We had visited a farm, and being the ever-inquisitive child that

I was, I wandered into a barn all by myself.  All I remember

 is that it was dimly lit, and all of these strange-eyed animals

were staring at me.  The next thing I remember is that I had been

 knocked onto my backside by an overly aggressive billy goat!

  I did not want to be around sheep or goats for quite some time.

I wanted to paint this wooly sheep when Gary Keimig posted it

for his Wilderness Challenge, but I never got to do it before

the challenge ended.  I liked the quiet spirit of this sheep, as

well as its beautifully textured coat - which was also full of color. 

Thank goodness I appreciate sheep and goats now, and am

no longer afraid of them!! 

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Claire Beadon Carnell

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters