Bison Portrait Art Print, Signed Limited Edition Watercolor

A bison in winter carries its own weather. The hump and shoulders are covered in a coat so thick that snow sits on it without melting, and the head hangs low, built for pushing through drifts to the grass underneath. I painted this bull from photographs taken in Yellowstone, keeping the dark mass of the body loose and wet, and the eye small and exact.

Why it is a limited edition

Each print is made in an edition of 150, and I sign and number every copy in pencil under the image. The edition is small so that every copy can be made properly: the file is scanned from the painting itself, printed on museum-quality cotton paper with archival pigment inks, compared with the original in daylight and corrected until the colours match, and only then signed. When the last copy is sold, the edition closes for good.

Paper, inks and sizes

• Archival pigment inks on acid-free, museum-quality watercolor paper
• Framed canvas options in a black wooden frame, ready to hang
• 15 sizes, from 20 x 26 cm for a desk to 100 x 140 cm for a cabin wall
• Shipped flat in rigid packaging or rolled in a hard tube, with tracking

Frame not included unless the option says Framed Canvas. The bison hangs well in a study, a mountain house or an office that wants something quieter than a photograph. Also available as a T-shirt.