Most of my early life was spent in the Northeast U.S.  I also spent a lot of time in Eastern Canada, primarily Quebec. 

Like many others, I migrated West to seek my fame and fortune.  Also like many others, I ended up in Northern and Southern California.   Also like most Easterners, I knew little about the West Coast.  

Over the years I developed a new love and respect for the western deserts and the values of those who live there.  Never having been especially artistically inclined, I had only vaguely heard of Frederick Remington. 

Now, after living in California I have a new respect for Westerners and the early pioneers depicted by Remington!  

When I think about the lives they lived, and how easy it is to drive coast to coast nowadays it boggles my mind to even imagine walking across the Country! 

Those people were TOUGH!

Dave S