Picture-Story a Day

Elephant Boy Painting

2008-03-03T14:29:00.001-06:00

Circus Elephant Boy
Here is the painting that resulted from the vintage photo print I had in an auction below. I'm selling on D'Art now as well as Ebay. I'm hoping to get a painting and/or a picture in the blog everyday soon. Click here to see the D'Art auction.

Circus Elephant Boy

2008-02-05T09:58:00.000-06:00

Circus Elephant Boy

I love the tiny glimpse of the boy with the sun in his hair, almost hidden among the many elephants who are setting up a circus tent in a field in Indiana, ca. 1930. I just finished reading, "Water for Elephants," and this picture reminds me of the book. Great book, by the way. Here the boy is guiding the elephants in their work, using a bull hook on the trunk of the one elephant, barely visible. The elephants are busily setting up the tents and the boy seems fearless among them.

You are viewing my print, "Circus Elephant Boy."

This 6x6 print is offered for auction as the first of a limited edition of 250, the remainder of which will be offered on my web gallery, currently under construction.
I retain all rights for reproduction and/or copyright to this image.

To view this auction please click here: Circus Elephant Boy

Corgis on a Winter Walk

2008-01-27T11:43:00.000-06:00

Corgis on a Winter Walk

There's a story behind this picture. During a Christmas trip to visit family in Meeteetse, Wyoming, I got to stop in Cheyenne and pick up my ex-step dog for a week-long visit. Here Xena and Stella talk about old times while making new tracks along a Wyoming road.

Since the snow, there had been a pickup, a cowboy and his dog, and note the deer tracks crossing laterally.

You are viewing my print, "Corgis on a Winter Walk."
This 9x12 print is offered for auction as the first of a limited edition of 250, the remainder of which will be offered on my web gallery, currently under construction.

I retain all rights for reproduction and/or copyright to this image.

To view this auction please click here: Winter Walk

Weighing Hen

2008-01-25T12:55:00.000-06:00

Weighing Hen

I love this picture of an apparently unconcerned hen that someone thought fat enough to weigh. Hope she's a laying hen, or her days may be numbered. Cropped, doctored, vintage photo.

Limited Edition 11” x 9" Giclée Print by Shannon Nolte

Archival pigments on watercolor paper

No. 1 of 500 Signed, numbered and ready to frame

Proceeds from the sale of this item will go to Chicken Run Rescue: a poultry rescue organization in Minneapolis that cares for abandoned, mistreated and abused chickens and fighting cocks. Birds are great companions if you give them a little credit! Can you find a place in your home for a rescued chicken?

You are viewing my print "Weighing Hen."
This 11x9 print is up for auction as the first of a limited edition of 500, the remainder of which will be offered on my web gallery, currently under construction. You'll receive the print, carefully packaged and ready for framing.

I retain all rights for reproduction and/or copyright to this image.

To view this auction please click here: Weighed Hen

Mr. Jones and the Waterloo Boy

2008-01-23T20:57:00.000-06:00

Mr. Jones and the Waterloo Boy

This is a photo taken near Utica, Nebraska around 1919. It is the first relatively straight (not altered) vintage photo that I've selected for a limited edition and for my Picture-Story a day blog. It is one of the historic photos from the Russell Richmond Collection -- the wonderful archive left to my care by my very talented grandfather, Russell Richmond, an early photographer of rural and Victorian era life. This one features a Mr. Jones and his Waterloo Boy tractor during repairs by the side of the road. Waterloo Boys, it seems, were the precursor for John Deere.

Alongside the straight photo, I've included a picture of a commission I did including this photo in a photo collage. I'm always happy to do more commissions.

Limited Edition 12” x 9" Giclée Print by Shannon Nolte

Archival pigments on watercolor paper

No. 1 of 250 Signed, numbered and ready to frame

You are viewing a print of my grandfather's photo,

"Mr. Jones and the Waterloo Boy"

This 12X9 print is the first of a limited edition of 250, the remainder of which will be offered on my web gallery, currently under construction. You'll receive the print, carefully packaged and ready for framing.

I retain all rights for reproduction and/or copyright to this image.

To view this auction please click here: Waterloo Boy

The Icons

2008-01-21T09:51:00.000-06:00

The Icons

In honor of Martin Luther King, today I'm posting this wonderful image representing two old adversaries, now worn icons, of the Old West. Both overly romanticized -- both wounded in their own ways. Here they seem to have each others' backs as they observe the goings on at an auction.

Limited Edition 9” x 12" Giclée Print by Shannon Nolte
Archival pigments on watercolor paper
No. 1 of 2500
Signed, numbered and ready to frame
You are viewing my original print, "The Icons."
This 9x12 print is the first of a limited edition of 2500, the remainder of which will be offered on my web gallery, currently under construction. You'll receive the print, carefully packaged and ready for framing.

I retain all rights for reproduction and/or copyright to this image.

To view this auction please click here: The Icons

Chat at Auction

2008-01-20T16:48:00.000-06:00

Chat at Auction

One would never see hip-action and attitude like this in your basic businessmen on a New York City street, and I will never be too old to appreciate the east end of a westbound cowboy. Here two horsemen chat while waiting for their horsedrawn buggy to go on the auction block.

Limited Edition 9" x 12" Gliclee Print by Shannon Nolte

Archival pigments on museum-quality watercolor paper

No. 1 of 250

Signed, numbered and ready-to-frame

I retain all rights for reproduction and/or copyright to this image.

Click here to go to the auction: Chat at Auction

Christmas at Lucille's

2008-01-16T14:51:00.000-06:00

Christmas at Lucille's

Lucille's Cafe in Meeteetse, Wyoming, on Christmas Day. I love the hundred years old boardwalk and the blue snow shadows that reflect the beautiful blue Wyoming sky. Number 1 of 250.

Limited edition Gliclee print by Shannon Nolte

I retain all rights for reproduction and/or copyright to this image.

Archival pigments on museum quality watercolor paper.

9x12 print, signed and numbered -- ready to frame

Click here to go to the auction: Lucille's

Nazi Headquarters

2008-01-14T08:17:00.000-06:00

Nazi Headquarters

Here is an image from my vintage Grand Tour collection…an innocent street scene photo taken by tourists in Nuremberg, I believe, at least 10 years before the war. It was probably tucked away and its historical importance forgotten until today. Limited Edition 8.5” x 11"

Giclée Print by Shannon Nolte

Archival pigments on museum-quality watercolor paper

I retain all rights for reproduction and/or copyright to this image.
Signed, numbered and ready to frame
No. 1 of 250

Click here to bid on this item: Nazi Headquarters

Blind Woman in Mink

2008-01-12T11:06:00.000-06:00

The Blind Woman in Mink

The blind woman barely remembers the slices of light that are photographs, but she lets someone take a picture. She feels secure and confident in her new hat and soft Christmas mink. Her dog is a shoulder to lean on. The sun warms her face. Her toe defines the edge of the world.

Manipulated Vintage Photograph

Limited Edition 5” x 7" Giclée Print by Shannon Nolte

Archival pigments on museum-quality watercolor paper

No. 1 of 250

Signed, numbered and ready to frame

I retain all rights for reproduction and/or copyright to this image.

Please visit the auction at Blind Woman in Mink

Art Deco Field Brothers Station Print

2008-01-11T11:35:00.000-06:00

Field Brothers Station

This Art Deco Field Brothers gas station (built in 1919) would be right at home on Route 66, but it's about forty miles south in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. It was taken on a beautiful summer day, after a long trip, at the end of a friendship (as so many long trips end up being), so it has special meaning to me. It is beautiful but seems lonely -- empty but for the birds flitting in and out from under the canopy. It shines at the crossroads at the center of town, clinging to its own special time in history, not wanting to let it go.

Limited Edition 9” x 12” Giclée Print by Shannon Nolte

Archival pigments on museum-quality watercolor paper

No. 1 of 250

Signed, numbered and ready to frame

I retain all rights for reproduction and/or copyright to this image.

Click here to go to the auction: Field Bros

Western Windbreak

2008-01-10T14:04:00.000-06:00

Western Windbreak

What a lonely story this windbreak tells of a hundred years farm that sits on the edge of town, a brand new shopping center across the street. Next winter the windbreak and cornfield will be gone, replaced by a Wal-mart or some other bit of urbanity, and a little piece of history will be lost.