Western Art Collector – August 2019

with select narrative detail.”

Another standout piece in the show, Lay says,

is the antelope in Swift Prairie, an entirely new

subject matter for the artist. “Living in Wyoming,

antelope are a quite common site—gorgeous

color, amazing lines. I’ve always wanted to paint

them. Since returning to the old family ranch in

Oregon part of the year, I’ve been seeing more

and more of them in a place where as a child

it was a rarity,” she explains. “It’s a 25-mile

drive to town, usually the only vehicle on the

highway, but there, just about every time are

those antelope with the backdrop of the electric

blue mountains. I know I’m a lucky person

to always have inspiration surround me. It

always seems to be there and quite honestly the

problem has never been finding it, sometimes

the problem has been sifting through so much

of it. I’m a lucky girl.”

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Red Darlin, oil, 24 x 18”

Nocturne Gangsters,

oil, 48 x 24”

Mustang Under the Blue, oil, 36 x 72"