I guess all those Western movies actually did portray the wild, wild, West. My art is from an article I found while researching my maternal family. I think this may be my 4th of 5th cousin who met an untimely end as they say. Shot down in a saloon, just like in a typical cowboy movie. He, of course, was the good guy. And his killer was a villain. James died in the saloon, but Price survived his bullet wound and was taken to the doctor's office. He was shot again through the window presumably by a friend of James Curtismaking this even more like a Western movie!

I do love the old time shade in the article though: Curtis was a man universally liked and his death startles the community. He leaves behind a wife and one child. Rice was an unmarried man of dissolute habits and leaves friends in...some other parts of the North.

Journaling if you're interested:
James Curtis, a prominent cattle man, was shot & killed by Van Rice, in Slykles saloon. Rice worked for Curtis brother and because he was discharged has held a grudge ever since. A few words were exchanged when both parties drew pistols and began shooting. James Curtis was of the firm Curtis Bros, ranchmen, who owned a herd of not less than 25,000 head of cattle. Curtis was a man universally liked and his death startles the community. He leaves behind a wife and one child. Rice was an unmarried man of dissolute habits and leaves friends in...some other parts of the North.

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Process notes:
I used ArtsyPaper No. 1 as my background. Added a mask from FotoBlendz Overlays No. 11 and clipped my photo to it. I layered several Artsy Transfers from the new Arty Transfers Bravura underneath the clipped photo. To give it even more definition, I added the frame from the kit, but change the blend mode to luminosity to make it grey. I added my block of copy and created the title and subtitle using a font, Harrington, that resembled ones used during that time period. Final touch was brushing in some subtle grey accents.

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