Cheyenne Bottoms NE Road, November 2023 (Original sketch)

This is an original, small, drawing of a view across Cheyenne Bottoms, Kansas from NE Road 60. A place of wide vistas with yellows, greens, and rusty reds below a blue sky. It was created in 20°F weather while sitting in the cab of a pickup truck. I used Blick Art pastel chalks and Prismacolor pencils, then sealed with Polycrylic.

Size: H: 2.75 inches X W: 6.5 inches
Media: Chalk pastel & colored pencil on Bristol board.
Year: 2023

MORE ABOUT THE ARTWORK:

With 41,000 acres of wetlands, Cheyenne Bottoms near Great Bend, Kansas is the largest inland march in the United States.

In the winter there are eagles and other species, with a larger bird population during mild winters. In the spring, over a half million ducks & geese, and thousands of other birds like sandhill and whooping cranes, pass through the bottoms.

My husband loves hunting pheasant and duck here.

CLICK HERE to read more about Cheyenne Bottoms, Kansas.