Oil on linen, signed at lower left, attractively presented in a burnished white gold cove frame of weathered wood with gilt gallery plaque.

Stretcher size 18 x 24 in.; Frame dimensions 25 1/4 x 31 1/4 in.

From the Estate of the late Mr. & Mrs. Charles and Cynthia Salzhauer, Oxford, North Carolina

Growing up in New Jersey, Craig Tennant studied at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida. He began his career in advertising working for Grey Advertising and BBD&O in New York, creating television and magazine ads. In the following years, he became a freelance illustrator, working for Fortune 500 companies, and was elected a member of the New York Society of Illustrators.

By 1989, Tennant had moved West to dedicate his career to oil painting. He opened a publishing company to promote his works, featured on the covers of several Western magazines and in children’s books. He has received numerous awards throughout his career and is a Signature Member of the Oil Painters of America.

Damp stain to verso of canvas, not affecting surface of painting.