Description: Oil | Image Size: 24”h x 36”w; Framed Size: 29 ½”h x 41 ½”w

Charles Damrow, a painter of western subjects made friends wherever he roamed. After leaving home, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, at the tender age of 13, he ventured West. Primarily a self-taught artist, Damrow painted that which he sought, the western frontier. Success, at times, wasn’t what he had hoped, but he enjoyed his art-filled life nonetheless and those whom he met along the way such as fellow painter Olaf Wieghorst, photographer and politician, Barry Goldwater, trading post owner Bill McGee, and former Navajo Nation Chairman, Peter McDonald. And though a significant 1968 horse accident, hampered his career, Damrow’s work has been broadly collected and can be found in private and public collections alike.



In this moon and campfire lit scene, the cowboys and horses equally enjoy the respite from what was an arduous day. In capturing both light sources, Damrow highlighted not only the central figures, but the landscape as well quite effectively.