This is a gouache watercolor on board by Kenneth Ferguson.  It is entitled, “Awaiting the Heard“.  It is on board and finished with crystal clear archival acrylic varnish, which seals the painting off from the environment and provides strong UV protection, so there’s no need for glass.  It is perfectly framed in a classic wood frame.

Kenneth says of this piece,

Awaiting the Herd (Kiowa Man, Southern Plains, 19th Century).  When the People walked the Red Road, and life was good on the Plains, the passing of winter and the coming of spring brought with it the promise of abundance, and the return of the buffalo in great numbers.

Kenneth comments on his paintings, “Much of my work pertains to history and nature; often of the American West — and specifically, the people and animals that made their home on the Great Plains. Through my paintings, I shake the dust off the past and present these traditional subject matters in a more vivid, contemporary way. My interest might be the 19th century but I paint it as a 21st-century artist.”