John J. Scott - Snowy Ranch 1976 24.7 x 43.625"

John J. Scott (American 1919-2016)Snowy Ranch, 1976Oil on canvasCanvas: 24.7” x 43.625”Frame: 29.625” x 48.7” Signed with Artist’s Symbol and Dated Lower Right: John Scott / © 1976Verso: Signed with Artist’s Symbol: John Scott A tranquil wintery landscape, this picturesque view of a Colorado ranch of a rather large scale features an entrance gate adorned with an antlered elk skull, a lone horse in the coral before a log cabin with firelight shining through its windows, several charming barn buildings, clusters of deciduous and tall snow-encrusted evergreens bordering the ranch, the hills beyond lined with more evergreens, and billowing clouds in the sky above that almost camouflage the grand mountains not to be dismissed in the distance. A peaceful winter retreat replete with quiet beauty and blanketed in pristine snow by Coloradan artist John Scott. John Scott was an American artist of Scottish heritage. He lived in a log cabin in the woods of Kittredge, Colorado that he built from th