The Custer Trail Horse painting is 99.95% finished. The horse itself is all done and the only thing left to finish is the post that it's lead rope is tied to. I'm afraid I still haven't decided whether or not to add a fence behind him.

This morning I got started on some sketches for this years holiday season cards. Deer are my favorite symbol for that time of year so I went through my photographs and found some of a mule deer buck and doe. They are both lying down but alert. I'll paint them in a winter setting with some snow covered pines behind them. The way the sketch turned out, they both look warm and content, keeping each other company. I plan on starting the painting next week and plan to have the cards available right after Thanksgiving.