Randy and Popeye

2012 Oil on Old Barn Wood
15″ x 16.5″ unframed
$1300
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The Carey Ranch
Randy Carey, born in the early forties, was about ten when he taught both himself and his ever-faithful Shetland pony this trick.  Being the youngest of six children, he was a reasonably spoiled child, but then that sort of matched the temperament of his pony. Popeye was a gift from his parents, and he rode his pony everywhere on their ranch on Foster Creek in Custer County.  Randy taught him this trick which both horse and rider loved to perform.  After his father died in a horrible horse accident, his mother remarried a man from Seattle, and Randy moved with them there.  It is unknown if Popeye made the transition to city life or was left back on the ranch.