This has been an challenging piece to work on, I decided to change things quite a bit! I removed the buffalo, and changed the rock formation. I am much happier with it now. I want the raven to "steal the show" in this piece. I will have at least one other raven somewhere in the painting but I haven't decided just where yet.

It's interesting that when I work on paintings such as this, there is a mood that starts to emerge. I can hear the call of the raven while I paint, (hopefully that doesn't sound too weird) and that call creates the mood for the piece. I have a number of different ideas in mind for the title of this piece as well. Stay tuned.