A cowboy grips the reins of a rearing brown horse mid-buck against a brilliant blue sky scattered with white clouds, his body taut with the effort of staying mounted. The painting renders the scene in warm earth tones and vivid sky blues, capturing the raw energy and danger of the moment with dynamic movement and careful attention to the horse's musculature and the rider's determined posture. Bound with 52 pages of 70lb paper, lined or unlined, behind an anti-scuff matte cover with wraparound artwork, made to order. Notes and sketches kept behind an independent artist's work, not a plain composition cover.