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| SDAN Member Gallery Four - Ron Backer |
SDAN Home Ron Backer Main Gallery One Gallery Two Gallery Three Click on artwork images to see larger versions. |
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Lithograph prints
© Ron Backer (archival paper, as stated) $A/S |
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A THOUGHTFUL ENTRY - Exploring the land in advance of his party, Captain Meriwether Lewis and his dog often ranged farther and farther from the boats, sometimes so far in advance that they had to spend the night on the river bank. He kept a fire to ward off the mosquitoes and knats, which also provided the illumination for his writing. CAMP PLEASANT - Having incurred heavy rain and cold NW winds for 3 days the Lewis and Clark Expedition was in need of rest and drying out. They "Came To" on the west bank of the Missouri River across from what is now Chamberlain, SD. They transferred cargo, changed and mended clothes, and rested. GOOD MORNING MRS. INGALLS - Ten year old Harold Fritzell herded milk cows down the alley back of Mrs Ingalls home and garden. Seems she was always in her garden when the cows went by, evidently to guard her garden. This day one of the cows managed to rip off one of her tomato plants. INTO THE LAND OF PLENTY - Entering the High Plains, Joseph Field, in the Lewis and Clark Expedition, killed their first buffalo. This was the beginning of a culinary delight that along with the abundance of other game, fruits, berries and roots, that prompted the Corps to refer to the plains as a land of plenty. QUEEN BEE MILL- The era known as the "Great Dakota Boom" took place in 1878 to 1886. The construction of the Queen Bee Mill by the Big Sioux River Falls in Sioux Falls, Dakota Territory, was completed in 1881. SUGAR COOKIES AND LEMONADE - Pansy Austin's big birthday present in 1886 was a gazebo. It was a sunny day in May and she was 4 years old. About 25 children were invited and 120 showed up. They all enjoyed sugar cookies and lemonade. The house is now the Austin-Whittemore Museum, in Vermillion, South Dakota. |
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On the Street Where You Live
© Ron Backer (oil/canvas, 23" x 31") Not For Sale |
| The storm has passed and a peaceful stillness fills the air. The sun casts its warm rays into the heavens as it sinks in the west It is indeed a romantic time as the beau picks up his girl on the street where she lives. | |
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Pacific Surfliner
© Ron Backer (oil/canvas, 18" x 24") $780 |
| Amtrac California's color scheme and logo are different from the standard Amtrac colors. All state owned locomotives and passenger cars, with the exception of equipment used on the Pacific Surfliner, are painted in the "California" Colors" of blue and yellow (gold). The scheme is also used on many of the connecting buses. All state-owned equipment is named for geographical features in California. The Pacific Surfliner paint scheme was created especially for Amtrac's Pacific Surfliner trains in California. Their primary run is between Los Angeles and San Diego. This Surfliner is stopping at the San Juan Capistrano Station when the trees are in full bloom. | |
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First Snow
© Ron Backer (oil/canvas, 20" x 24") $900 |
| How delightful--gliding over snow filled streets in the crisp clean air after an early gentle snowfall envelopes the tree leaves and ground. Rays of light eminate from the homes casting their warm glow into the night. | |
Ron Backer 40755 Avenida Rosario, , Palm Desert, CA 92255 760-636-0404 Email Ron Backer SDAN Home Ron Backer Main Gallery One Gallery Two Gallery Three |
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