David A. Leffel (American, b. 1931) Wild Horses, 2013 oil on canvas signed DAL (lower right) 12 x 20 inches Provenance: Donated by the artist David Leffel's beautiful oil, Wild Horses, is reminiscent of the early Hudson River School, and Asher Durand in particular. It also recalls Worthington Whittredge's paintings of the Western Plains in the Civil War era. Leffel finds his inspiration in the painting of the Dutch Golden Age, in Rembrandt and Vermeer, but here the wildness is Western, as the three white horses, lit by a break in the clouds, move away from the fences, towards the wild gray weather that looms at left. -James D. Balestrieri Property being sold to benefit the Mission and Vision of the Couse-Sharp Historic Site, Taos, New Mexico