Connie will be completing 3 originals for this event.

One will feature a landscape of the 600+ acres, Romey Property which was purchased through joint contributions from the National Wild Turkey Federation, Rocky Mt. Elk Foundation and the SD State Game, Fish and Parks Department to be preserved as "green space".
Photo Comp Scan unavailable at this time.

One will of course feature wild turkeys as seen down the ravine behind Connie's home in the Black Hills.
Photo Comp Scan

The other one with Mule Deer, young and old, from the front of her property.
Photo Comp Scans

Follow the progress from composition photos to the actual development of the paintings online with artist's personal thoughts and aspirations for these pieces.

Connie Savage Thiewes will be the featured artist for
the Black Hills National Wild
Turkey Federation Banquet
March 8th, Ramkota Convention Center,
Press Release Available
Rapid City Journal Article by Kevin Woster 2.18.03
Rapid City, SD, 2003, 6:00pm. She will be donating one original painting for the auction and two others will be available with a percentage going to the BHNWTF. More info & press release coming soon.

Check out the Black Hills Sports Show in Rapid City, SD at the Rushmore Convention Center, February 21, 22 and 23, 2003, for ticket information and to see some of the artwork in progress.

	Signed 3.07.03
	March 4, 2003 12" x 12"
	February 23, 21 hours painting at the sports show on all 3.
February 13, 2003	12 x 12" on canvas Treatment of color and playful brush stokes will slowly develop into the details of this piece. The comp photos on the far left are merely colors and light interpreted with style and focus.
	Signed 3.07.03
	March 3, 2003 20" x 16"
	February 23, 21 hours painting at the sports show on all 3.
February 19, 2003	My goal before the weekend is to make these areas look a little like they are supposed to be there. :)
February 13, 2003	Balance concerning the placement of the focus points and direction the eye will be pulled. The comp photos on the far left are merely colors and light interpreted with style and focus.
	Ready to sign March 3. 2003 24" x 30"
	February 23, 21 hours painting at the sports show on all 3.
February 19, 2003	Time is closing in, I am going to be out in public with these in 2 days and in 2 weeks they are to be done. YIKES!:)
February 13, 2003	The sky and background are laid in ready for more detailed landscape elements, lighting and colors to begin to develop. Comp photo to come.
January 30, 2003