Award Winning Bison Original Painting by Kortney Beth

Title: Radiant Spirit

Dimensions 36 x 38 x 1.5

Medium: Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas

2nd Place Award- juried Art Show - Jamestown Buffalo Museum - ND

Original Painting for sale as well as prints available in multiple sizes;

canvas, Metal, & Paper Prints available.

There is beauty behind everything, but Ive always admired the order without bounds that natural life lives by. Primarily dominated by The Great Plains, North Dakota is a state where you can experience it first-hand. A Herd of deer tromp through town as if on a casual shopping spree, mystery tracks will swirl across a snow-dusted front yard, and bison will cross, as casual as pedestrians, from one side of a gravel-paved road, to another.

No matter the example, these animals share a common energy: an energy that allows them to roam through the territories and restrictions we put up around ourselves, that they themselves dont feel. Its order without bounds, the freedom of The Great Plains, the energy that we forget is even inside ourselves sometimes.

Radiant Spirit is a reminder of what these animals share, and the reminder is stored in the image of the Bison. He faces the viewer- but looks to his side knowingly at the landscape, because he is proud that it belongs to him. No matter his location, the bison enjoys looking out at his home, so he should be placed near a window with lots of natural light. In this way, he may look out upon his boundless territory, and hopefully when you look at Radiant Spirit, positioned near the window, you will be reminded of your own freedom. Your eyes will glide from the bisons form to the world outside, and for just a moment the world will feel limitless.