A Whole Lotta Livin'

Photo and prose by Frank Allnutt

16" x 20" Giclee on Artist's Canvas of an original photo, with optional hand-crafted beetle-killed pine Frame.

"A cowboy don’t throw out a good pair o’ boots until they’s plumb wore out and even a good cobbler cain’t fix ’em no more. Darned if I know who wore them ol’ boots. Ain’t much to look at these days, but they got a story to tell. ’Course I don’t know ’bout all that, but I’ll tell ya sure as shootin’ that ol’ cowboy who wore ’em did a whole lotta livin’ in ’em. From the looks o’ things, I reckon he wore them boots fer some hard ridin’ on long trail rides and roundups, and fer brandin’ calves and fixin’ fences—in rain and snow and corral muck ankle deep. And them fancy boots hint somethin’ else to me: on payday that ol’ boy most likely hopped on his cayuse and high-tailed it into town for a little foot-stompin’ good fun with the girls at some honky-tonk. Well, like I said: I don’t know ’bout all that. But them ol’ boots has seen a whole lotta livin’. I’d bet my boots on it."—Frank Allnutt

Canvases, in select sizes, are available stretched on wooden stretcher bars, with or without a frame in the style shown above.

Frank Allnutt's giclees are individual digital enhancements of computer-scanned photos. Vivid colors and brush strokes are created to emulate fine paintings. We use eight Ultrachrome K3 pigmented ink colors with lightfast rating of 108 years. Images are printed in high-resolution on artist's canvas and museum-varnished to further help protect against ultraviolet rays and humidity, and to preserve the color values.