George Boutwell’s

THE ENCOUNTER


Painting completed in: 1975

While driving thru a country village called Prairie Dell, I got a sudden glimpse of a bull standing at the opposite end of a barn, perfectly centered in the doorway. The bull moved away before I could stop my car and the idea slipped away. Several years later, while face to face with a Brahma Bull near San Angelo, the memory of the first "Encounter" returned. This time I didn't forget!