Skip to content
  • Home
  • Artists
    • Paintings
    • Photography
    • Sculpture
  • Artwork
  • Videos
  • About Us
  • News
  • Contact
Menu
  • Home
  • Artists
    • Paintings
    • Photography
    • Sculpture
  • Artwork
  • Videos
  • About Us
  • News
  • Contact
(Click image to enlarge.)

Winter’s Coming

Artist:

David Yarrow
Medium: Digital Pigment Print on Archival 315gsm Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Baryta Paper
Available
Frame: Framed
Year: 2020
Available Sizes:
71" x 71" Edition of 12
52" x 52" Edition of 12
Collection: Bison
Inquire here

Artwork Story

These were probably the worst weather conditions I have photographed under for many years, but it was those very conditions that define this image. If it was the same bison, in the same field at midday in the summer, there would be nothing special at all. I am reminded that we always have to fight to get what we want. Big bull bisons in the snow as a starting concept is appealing as they are primeval beasts that survived an ice age and portraits work best when their faces look like monsters from Game of Thrones.
When working in heavy snowfall, there is a need to be as close to the subject as possible so as to reduce the number of snowflakes hitting the line of path between the camera and the subject. Too much and the whole thing becomes a little too abstract.
It is not permitted to be within 25 metres of a bison in Yellowstone and this rule is often enforced in a charmless and dictatorial way. There is actually a prison at the north entrance in Yellowstone and visitors are left in little doubt that transgressions within the park could lead to the transgressor serving time.
That morning in early January 2020, I did not have a measuring tape with me, but I guess I was as close as I could be and maybe a little more. But I was on my own – clearly no one else was daft enough to be out there in that storm just after sunrise. I think the amount of snow detail between the camera and the bison adds to the mood of the image. Winter was very clearly coming.

PrevPreviousAfter the Flood
NextElectric CityNext

More Artwork

Yellowstone
The American Idol II
David Yarrow
Forest Grump
Ice Age
The Beast
Boogie Nights
Local Hero
  • 203-622-0500
  • [email protected]
  • 40 West Putnam Ave Greenwich CT 06830
  • Sunday by appointment
    Monday - Friday 11AM to 6PM
    Saturday 12PM to 5PM

Menu

  • Home
  • Artists
    • Paintings
    • Photography
    • Sculpture
  • Artwork
  • Videos
  • About Us
  • News
  • Contact
Menu
  • Home
  • Artists
    • Paintings
    • Photography
    • Sculpture
  • Artwork
  • Videos
  • About Us
  • News
  • Contact

Explore

  • Appointment Request
  • Sold Out Artwork
  • Knowledge Base
  • Artist Submissions
  • Trade Program
Menu
  • Appointment Request
  • Sold Out Artwork
  • Knowledge Base
  • Artist Submissions
  • Trade Program
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram

contact form

2021 © All rights reserved | IG International LLC

We love this one!

You are in the right place.
Fill out your details and we will be in touch.

Success!

Your settings have been saved!
We appreciate you choosing
Isabella Garrucho Fine Art.

Continue

Welcome to
Isabella Garrucho Fine Art

Please tell us why you have come to Isabella Garrucho Fine Art so we can help improve your experience.