Sunflower Plateau Canvas Print

While living in France, and painting only the American prairie, I was asked repeatedly why I didn't want to paint the beautiful countryside of Southern France, where so many great painters went for inspiration. Finally, I did this sunflower to quiet them, not telling them, of course, that it was inspired by South Dakota or Kansas.

Visions of the Great Plains consists of drawings and watercolor paintings inspired by the American Great Plains, by Scott Kirby. Referred to as an accidental artist by Sandpoint Magazine, Kirby began painting in 2005, after 9 months of drawing with dual-tip brush pens. Although the attempts to capture these mostly imagined visions are quite intentional, the origins of Kirby's transition from music to art was, in a way, accidental, and unexpected. While drawing with his daughter Sara one afternoon, Kirby was suddenly compelled to continue into the night and following days, being bombarded by mental images which demanded expression. Weeks turned into months, and drawing turned into painting, all scenes rooted in a long relationship with...