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12 x 16 Acrylic Plein Aire painting was painted in September, a perfect time to find vibrant color and soft light. While accompanying our oldest son Micah on an archery hunt, I brought my paints and found the afternoon light perfect - Since I had to work fast I was delighted with the way the acrylic paint allowed me to capture this exquisite moment as summer gives way to the fall: as mid day gives way to evening. I too have archery hunted in my past but now I bring home a gentler harvest.

Steve Spencer, an Idaho native, is a self-taught wildlife, landscape and portrait artist. His paintings are the fruit of rigorous contact with the source, the hours he spends in front of an easel are preceded by weeks in the mountains and canyons of the west. The landscapes are places he has walked and is familiar with. Steve's work is an articulate expression of his love for the "delicate weave of extremes" that is the West. He finds individual purpose and challenge in his creations, allowing his works to "speak for themselves". Throughout Steve's 40 years as a professional artist he only offered his work as originals. Just recently he has made the decision to allow many of his former works to be printed and distributed by fineart...