"A Helping Hand"

ORIGINAL:  38 x 40 inches, Oil on Canvas

Sold at Cowboy Artists of America Exhibition 1994, Pheonix, Arizona

In the Permanent Collection of the Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, Georgia

Loren's inspiration:  "I wanted to show the struggle that exists between the cowboy caring for the newborn calf and the elements.  A late winter storm during calving time can be critical.  I enjoy using actual people doing what they do in real life.  My model is Lowell Peterson, a nearby rancher."