Sculpted out of love: Ranching artist’s charcoal works of Sandhills life gain national acclaim
(Photo by Lisa Hare) Her latest piece, depicting a western woman on horseback in the Sandhills, is meant to be a “restful image,” according to the artist.
Deep in the heart of the Sandhills, tucked away on a working cattle ranch, there is a little art studio from which some the nation’s most authentic western art is quietly being produced. In this humble but functional space, a young rancher, wife, mother—and now, artist— spends hours each day at her easel, translating the images, spirit and essence of real ranch life into photorealistic charcoal wo…
