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Title
Home On The Range
Artist
Lianne Schneider
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Painting/photographic Art
Description
Digital impressionist hand-painting of the small herd of American bison restored to the Montana plains from pure stock from the Wind Cave National Park, SD herd. Derivative work from a reference photo in the public domain - US NPS
What is life?
It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
It is the little shadow which runs across
the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
Crowfoot, Blackfoot warrior
The American bison, also commonly known as the American buffalo, is a North American species of bison that once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds, became nearly extinct by a combination of commercial hunting and slaughter in the 19th century and introduction of bovine diseases from domestic cattle, and has made a recent resurgence largely restricted to a few national parks and reserves. Their historical range roughly comprised a triangle between the Great Bear Lake in Canada's far northwest, south to the Mexican states of Durango and Nuevo Leon, and east along the western boundary of the Appalachian Mountains.
The term "buffalo" may be considered a misnomer for this animal, as it is only distantly related to either of the two "true buffalo," the Asian water buffalo and the African buffalo. However, "bison" is a Greek word meaning ox-like animal, while "buffalo" originated with the French fur trappers who called these massive beasts "boeufs," meaning ox or bullock - so both names, "bison" and "buffalo," have a similar meaning. In reference to this animal, the term "buffalo," which dates to 1635, has a much longer history than the term "bison," which was first recorded in 1774. The American bison is more closely related to the wisent or European bison.
Bison were hunted almost to extinction in the late 19th century primarily by market hunters and were reduced to a few hundred by the mid-1880s. They were hunted for their skins, with the rest of the animal left behind to decay on the ground. After the animals rotted, their bones were collected and shipped back east in large quantities.
The US Army sanctioned and actively endorsed the wholesale slaughter of bison herds. The US federal government promoted bison hunting for various reasons, to allow ranchers to range their cattle without competition from other bovines, and to weaken the North American Indian population by removing their main food source and to pressure them onto the reservations. Without the bison, native people of the plains were forced either to leave the land or starve to death.
The Antelope Island bison herd, an isolated bison herd on Utah's Antelope Island has also been used to improve the genetic diversity of American bison. The current American bison population has been growing rapidly, and is estimated at 350,000 compared to an estimated 60 to 100 million in the mid-19th century. Most current herds, however are genetically polluted or partly crossbred with cattle. Today there are only four genetically unmixed, free roaming, public bison herds and only one that is also free of brucellosis: it roams Wind Cave National Park. A founder population of 16 animals from the Wind Cave bison herd was re-established in Montana in 2005 by the American Prairie Foundation. The herd now numbers near 100 and roams a 14,000-acre grassland expanse on American Prairie Reserve.
Thank you so much to the following groups for featuring this image:
Art From the Past
Photography and Textures Make Fine Art
Digital Realism
Artists News
Female Artists - Creative Women
James R. Granberry Gallery
Dimensions
Designs with Photography
Digital Touch
Loving the Color Yellow
Must Create Art
Artists Best Five
Manipulation
Digitally Re-Imagined
Harmony and Happiness
Today's Best Art
Wildlife One A Day
Raised Country - Raised Right
Excellent Self-Taught Artists
Art With Flair
FAA Featured Images
Memories and Nostalgia
Comfortable Art
Art Perspectives
Your Best Work
All Landscape Photography
Forgotten by Time.
Textures: Smoko-Stock on DeviantArt for the grainy gold overlay and http://goodtextures.deviantart.com/gallery/ for the the cracked plaster.
Image Copyright - Lianne Schneider http://lianne-schneider.artistwebsites.com All rights reserved.
All images and my personal poetry/prose are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced, downloaded, distributed, transmitted, copied, reproduced in derivative works, displayed, published or broadcast by any means or in any form without prior written consent from the artist. Copyright on works derived from or based on images in the public domain applies only to the subsequent manipulation or painting resulting from my changes. The original image remains in the public domain and such images are used with in accordance with international copyright laws.
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September 29th, 2012
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Suffield, CT - United States
So good to hear from you...glad you are getting back on your feet!!😊
Suffield, CT - United States
Hi Lianne....love your treatment of this. Haven't 'seen' you lately and miss your wonderful work..we must be in different groups. L/f
Lianne Schneider replied:
Hi Anne - Gosh I'm so sorry. I've been off FAA for 6 weeks or so having surgery and in rehab for my hip. But sometimes, I just miss people when I come back. I'll have to rectify that "different groups" thing!! On my way to visit you next. And thank you so much !!
Peekskill, NY - United States
CONGRATULATIONS! This image is now featured on the Homepage of 'Sensational Animals'. You are invited to visit the group and promote this image on the discussion thread. Your collectors need to know all they can about you! Bravo for this marvelous art. L/F
Strykersville, NY - United States
Amanda, many thanks for featuring this in FORGOTTEN BY TIME. I guess that's the most appropriate place for this, so I'm really very honored.
Strykersville, NY - United States
Bob and Nadine - I'm so very honored and truly grateful for your feature of this image in ALL LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY. There is something very dear to my heart about Native cultures and the buffalo are such a big part of that.
Strykersville, NY - United States
Ella - thank you so very much for featuring this image in YOUR BEST WORK - I'm so very honored and pleased.
Strykersville, NY - United States
I'm so honored Laura that you have chosen to feature Home on the Range in ART PERSPECTIVES. Thank you so very much.
Strykersville, NY - United States
Jim, once again you have my sincere thanks for featuring Home On the Range in COMFORTABLE ART. I'm just delighted.
Strykersville, NY - United States
My deepest gratitude Sandra for featuring this image in MEMORIES AND NOSTALGIA. What a wonderful affirmation.
Strykersville, NY - United States
Thank you so very much Robert for featuring Home On the Range in FAA FEATURED IMAGES. I'm so very honored.
Allenton, WI - United States
Such a wonderful image, Lianne, that transports us back to a simpler time. I love the buffalo on the glowing prairie with the interesting textures you've added. It makes me fondly remember our family trips to South Dakota where you can still witness dramatic beauty like this. liked/fav
Lianne Schneider replied:
Thank you so much Mary - What a lovely comment. I'm delighted that it brings such fond memories.
Fürth, Ba - Germany
Wonderful artwork, Lianne,..great atmosphere and melancholy about bygone times..!! v/f
Strykersville, NY - United States
My deepest thanks William for choosing to feature this in ART WITH FLAIR. I'm tremendously honored and thrilled.
Strykersville, NY - United States
It's always such a joy Joe to be featured in your wonderful group, EXCELLENT SELF-TAUGHT ARTISTS. For me it's a fabulous affirmation and real pleasure. Thank you.
Strykersville, NY - United States
John I'm just so especially honored to be featured in RAISED COUNTRY-RAISED RIGHT. I can't thank you enough.
Parker, CO - United States
I love the colors and texture you chose to use for this image, Lianne! Just right for it. v99 + faved
Strykersville, NY - United States
What a singular honor Mariola to be featured in WILDLIFE ONE A DAY. I'm just very touched and happy about it.
Strykersville, NY - United States
Thanks so very much Ernestine for featuring Home on the Range in HARMONY AND HAPPINESS. I'm just so thrilled.
Strykersville, NY - United States
David, thank you too for the feature in TODAYS BEST ART. What a wonderful affirmation - I'm just so happy.
Strykersville, NY - United States
My most sincere thanks David for featuring this in DIGITALLY RE-IMAGINED. I'm very honored and so pleased.
Strykersville, NY - United States
Thank you all so very much for your lovely comments and votes on this image. I can't begin to tell you how much it means to me. I've dropped by your portfolios to leave an encouraging word for you as well as my way of saying a personal thank you. If you haven't seen me there yet - I'll be there very soon. xo
Shepherdstown, WV - United States
Superb texture work, and so fitting for the subject! Well done Lianne. v/f
Pueblo, CO - United States
Another vote for this excellent work. Love colors and textures and subject matter of the west!
Chicago, IL - United States
This is beautiful Lianne! I love the gorgeous finish and the light!! Just a delightful work!! :) v/f!!
Doniphan, MO - United States
I am so far behind, so I will say that I love your work! And I REALLY mean it!! v.f
Livonia, Mi - United States
Lianne, the wonderfully warm and golden tones and the textures of this image are beautiful, and the sense of the vastness of the plains is very well conveyed. f/v
Encampment, WY - United States
What a golden glow of nostalgia, time, and deep feeling you have given this timeless image! The Lakota believe that Wind Cave is where all life originated, so it is true to the spirit of this place that this herd came from there. A masterful and endearing image. v/f
Lianne Schneider replied:
So thrilled that you know that history as well - it's what inspired my love for the Lakota and their way of life many, many years ago...and by extension all Native Americans. I'm so very glad you like this Dawn - I've a companion piece to post soon.
Bilbao, Vi - Spain
This is a truly hommage to this extraordinary species tht was almost gone to oblivion by greed and lack of soul with the home earth, I love this peaceful scenario you have created, with such a golden shade and texture that is richer than the original I am sure. The soul enriches what can perceive with the eyes, and goes beyond trying to make eternity out of our normal visions. Wonderful picture, Lianne. Rosa
Lianne Schneider replied:
You are always so incredibly kind Rosa - I've just finished a companion piece to this that I'll post soon. I hope for a return of the buffalo in much greater numbers. Thank you so much my friend.
Fürth, Ba - Germany
Awakens nostalgic feelings for the good old times in the west! Superbe Lianne!
Lianne Schneider replied:
What a lovely thing to say and just the mood I hoped to evoke Alfred - thank you so much.
Wynnewood, PA - United States
Wonderful texture and color palette, I get a "frozen in time" feeling from it! vf
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