Acrylic on board, signed at lower right, presented in a giltwood frame below glass.

Panel 31 3/8 x 41 1/2 in.

From the Collection of Wayne Morrison, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Donald "Putt" Putman studied at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles before joining the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, working during the day, and rendering circus paintings in the evening. Eventually, Putt left the circus to raise a family in Los Angeles and began painting full-time. There he became a scenic artist for MGM. During the 1960s, Putt returned to Art Center College as a teacher. While he is best known as a Western artist, his works cover many other subjects including portraiture, dance, circus life, nudes, and landscape.

Putt was a member of the Yosemite Western Artists art organization based in Ahwahnee California. During the last years of his life, Putt painted at the historical Gertrude Schoolhouse with the YWA painting group. His paintings are in the Rochester Museum of New York, the Whitney Museum in Wyoming, and numerous public and private collections.

Good estate condition.