Trouble Ahead by Donald Edwin Dawes Teague
Trouble Ahead
Donald Edwin Dawes Teague
Title
Trouble Ahead
Artist
Donald Edwin Dawes Teague
1897 - 1991 (biography)Year
c. 1940
Technique
watercolor
Image Size
approx. 6 1/4 x 9-1/8" image
Signature
signed "Donald Teague N.A." in ink in lower left
Edition Size
1 of 1 unique
Annotations
Reference
included in the Carmel Art Association's 1992 exhibition: Donald Teague, N.A. A Tribute. This was number 43 in the exhibit.
Paper
State
Publisher
Inventory ID
PMJ320
Price
SOLD
Description
Donald Teague packs a whole story into a small format, 6 x 9". A night scene with a full moon lighting a western town. A sheriff pauses, the moonlight lighting the edge of his badge, as he ponders entering the saloon through the swinging doors, into the light, where trouble waits.
To the left a number of horses are tied to the hitching post, saddled and ready to ride. In a few minutes the peaceful evening may become chaos. A large building casts a night shadow in the foreground, focusing the viewer's attention on the saloon doorway. This could be straight out of Gunsmoke.