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Bison Skeletons | Art Print
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Discount: Free Shipping on orders over $50.
Special: All prints are signed with the artist's name and the title of the piece.
Shipping: All orders will be shipped out either UPS or Fedex. When your order is shipped, you will receive an email with tracking information.
Prints: Currently, only prints on card stock are available online.
Canvas: If you'd like to have this piece recreated or transformed into a one-of-a-kind canvas artwork, please visit the commission art page to get started.
Product Color:
Discount: Free Shipping on orders over $50.
Special: All prints are signed with the artist's name and the title of the piece.
Shipping: All orders will be shipped out either UPS or Fedex. When your order is shipped, you will receive an email with tracking information.
Prints: Currently, only prints on card stock are available online.
Canvas: If you'd like to have this piece recreated or transformed into a one-of-a-kind canvas artwork, please visit the commission art page to get started.
Bison Skeletons
This listing is for a fine art print of the original Bison painting. The original painting can be commissioned as a custom artwork - please visit our art commissions page for details.
About The Original Painting
Painting Title: Bison
Created: 2015
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 18" x 24"
Experience the mystical beauty of a prairie night in this captivating piece from the Beautiful Bodies series. Three skeletal bison graze peacefully beneath a star-filled sky, their forms silhouetted against a distant ridgeline. In the foreground, a lone wolf's skeleton raises its head to howl at the luminous full moon, creating a powerful scene of natural harmony and primal connection.
Each figure in the composition tells part of an ancient story of the American prairie. The bison, rendered in skeletal form, represent both the enduring spirit of these majestic creatures and their deep historical significance to the land. The howling wolf adds a layer of wild reverence to the scene, its pose suggesting both sovereignty and solidarity with the night.
This artwork belongs to the broader Beautiful Bodies collection, a series that invites viewers to embrace the meditation "Be In Your Body and See with Your Heart." The skeletal figures symbolize our fundamental connection to nature and our ancestors, while the featured hearts represent our innate capacity for nurturing relationships with the natural world.
The artist's thoughtful color palette carries deep symbolism throughout the piece: black tones ground the work in wisdom, white elements emphasize our universal interconnection, and red accents pulse with passionate energy.
This piece continues the historical artistic tradition of "memento mori," joining a legacy of macabre celebrations of life and death that spans from neolithic art to contemporary works. However, it transcends the traditional somber tone of this genre by infusing it with the majesty and mystery of wild nature.
Perfect for lovers of wildlife, Western art, and natural history, this print serves as a beautiful reminder of the eternal connection between all living beings. The dynamic composition draws viewers into a timeless prairie night, inviting contemplation of our relationship with the wild world and its inhabitants.
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The composition artfully combines layers of black, ethereal washes of color, and varied dots and lines, complemented by subtle touches of realism.
