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Wildfowlin' At The Hilton By Les Kouba

Wildfowlin' At The Hilton by Les C. Kouba

This painting is of the typical old hunting shack found in the Midwest. I thought I’d paint a real beat up one and show everything in the camp. I wanted to add all the little goodies a hunter would like. I painted the game hanging up and the guys sitting around visiting. I showed one dude cleaning his gun while his buddy watched a flock pass overhead.

Anytime I paint people, I have to do some real serious research. They have to look right and have the proper attitude. I figured I needed a model for this painting and then it came to me. “Hey, why get a model? Hell, I hunt more than just about anybody. Why not paint myself in the picture?” I liked the idea so much that I got out my old hunting cap and jacket and sat down on the loveseat in the backyard. Orial took photos of me as I cleaned my gun. I had her take some shots as I pointed into the sky like I was showing my partner a flight of honkers.

I painted myself in the painting twice. The one sitting down is me, right now-note the gray hair. With the other dude, I exercised my artistic license. I painted away a few pounds, made the hair darker and put a pipe in my mouth-the way I looked 25 or 30 years ago.

It’s the only time in my career as an artist that I’ve painted myself into the picture.

Wildfowlin' at the Hilton by Les Kouba is available for sale as a signed and numbered limited edition of only 2,000 prints with a 13 x 19 image size priced at $250 unframed.

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