This Bighorn ewe looks like she couldn’t be happier to be able to lie here and catch some sun. I mean if you had just spent the whole winter up to your udders in snow I bet this would feel pretty good to you too. In the early spring the herds come down from the high country to drink out of the Big Thompson river, lick the highway for minerals and salt, and hang out for most of the day. The stress level is way down, the new grass is here, the rams have settled down after the rut is over and mostly all the ewes have to do right now is wait for the lambs to arrive. And soak up that beautiful spring sunshine. Now if I were a bronze wildlife sculptor, and I was for about 25 years, this image would make a wonderful bronze piece, the angle of the rock she is lying on, her pose in general, the makeup of the surrounding habitat, it’s all perfect. Now if I were doing that piece I’m quite sure it would take me several months of hard labor to finally have a finished work of art, but now in the age of instant gratification all I have to do is push the shutter and print the picture. Art in an instant. Although you as the viewer will always have the final say on whether it is art or something different, I as creator of the work will always have the satisfaction of knowing that I created it, good or bad. I will always love sculpture, but I love being able to create these images even more. My hope is that you enjoy them too.