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Trouble Ahead by Donald Edwin Dawes Teague

Trouble Ahead by Donald Edwin Dawes Teague

Trouble Ahead

Donald Edwin Dawes Teague

Title

Trouble Ahead

 
Artist

Donald Edwin Dawes Teague

  1897 - 1991 (biography)
Year
c. 1940  
Technique
watercolor 
Image Size
approx. 6 1/4 x 9-1/8" image 
Signature
signed "Donald Teague N.A." in ink in lower left 
Edition Size
1 of 1 unique 
Annotations
 
Reference
included in the Carmel Art Association's 1992 exhibition: Donald Teague, N.A. A Tribute. This was number 43 in the exhibit. 
Paper
 
State
 
Publisher
 
Inventory ID
PMJ320 
Price
SOLD
Description

Donald Teague packs a whole story into a small format, 6 x 9". A night scene with a full moon lighting a western town. A sheriff pauses, the moonlight lighting the edge of his badge, as he ponders entering the saloon through the swinging doors, into the light, where trouble waits.

To the left a number of horses are tied to the hitching post, saddled and ready to ride. In a few minutes the peaceful evening may become chaos. A large building casts a night shadow in the foreground, focusing the viewer's attention on the saloon doorway. This could be straight out of Gunsmoke.