Jerry Crandall

A beautiful young lady, probably a trapper's new wife, pauses to view the courtyard at Bent's Fort, Colorado. https://www.eagle-editions.com/product/bent-s-fort-beauty-oil-by-jerry-crandall/

In a fantasy moment, a Plains Indian Chief plays on a carousel horse, grinning and imagining ledger horses in the moment.

In Yellowstone Wyoming, Buffalo and the Yellowstone squirrels often communicate with each other. Here Jerry Crandall has captued a true Bull Session in the wilds of Wyoming.

A beautiful young woman relaxing in a Victorian Parlor in an old western saloon, talking on a candlestick phone.

An amazing grouping of Cheyenne items beautifully presented in this detailed still life.

“Cisco and Pancho” are the names of these two beautiful and bedecked mules, seen posing in their harnesses in this classic scene lifted straight out of the American West. An original oil painting by artist Jerry Crandall, this 16" x 20" artwork shows the two animals at rest on the open plains, with the majestic Rocky Mountains seen looming in the backdrop and providing dark splashes of contrasting color. The mules seem to be resting, waiting for their driver to say “Ha!” to set them back about their work of leading explorers or settlers to the new opportunities that lie ahead in these promising lands. A beautiful scene, this artwork will look excellent in your ranch or upon the walls of your office.

Born in 1840, originally given the name Curly, Crazy Horse became the most feared warrior by his enemies and the greatest leader of the Lakotas. He was not a typical Lakota warrior: his hair was light brown, possessed hazel eyes and had rather light colored skin. He was quiet and very much a loner. Later he was renamed Tasunke Witko ~ Crazy Horse. A vision he had made him a Thunder Being, lightning gave him power over is enemy. He was instructed by his mentor and spiritual leader, Buffalo Horn Chips, that in order to protect him in battle to paint lightning bolts down his horse’s legs, to never tie up his horse’s tail like most warriors, not to wear a war bonnet but rather one or two eagle feathers in his hair, and to always wear a sacred stone behind his left ear with a larger one under his left arm. For war paint, he was told to cover the exposed body with white hail spots. Before battle he would toss sacred dirt from a prairie dog hole over the horse’s head and rump, then rub some into the horse’s body. Crazy Horse was a fierce and determined war leader fighting against General Custer at the Little Big Horn. At Fort Robinson, Nebraska, he was stabbed to death in 1877.

In a playful mood, a country doctor checks on a saloon girl out west. She admonishes him with “Easy Now Doc!”

As if in a fantasy, a Plains Indian rides an Indian motorcycle c. 1920 with a vision of ledger art style horses leading the way.

A beautiful Native American woman holds a toy horse and dreams of having many horses of her own. https://www.eagle-editions.com/product/horse-dreamer-oil-by-jerry-crandall/

“In the Land of the Enemy” depicts a prominent Lakota warrior as part of a scouting party who has encountered a painted medicine buffalo skull – a sure sign that his horse has carried him into enemy territory. Hoof marks adorn the crest of the warrior’s colorfully painted horse, showing that he has stolen many horses, while the blue stripes represent his esteemed membership as part of the Lakota warrior society.

Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday plays poker in a saloon and has a hand he thinks is a Daisy! https://www.eagle-editions.com/product/038-isn-t-that-a-daisy-original-oil-by-jerry-crandall/