Wildlife Drawings by Ron Schaefer

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Wildlife Drawings

You may have seen Ron’s art work displayed for auction at the Dallas Natural Museum of History in Association with the Smithsonian Institution, the Dallas Safari Club, Bosque Conservatory Art Museum, Friends of the NRA and in private collections from all over the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Drawing is therapeutic for me. It only takes moments to forget about the day’s stresses and time just passes by. After an evening of drawing I am so relaxed and at peace. I am always amazed how fast three or four hours pass by only feeling like minutes.

It is so rewarding when you have a vision and you slowly see the thought come to life. To me it is like Christmas, I can not wait to wake up to see what my mind will unwrap and vision today!

I take as much time as I can get away from either work or worrying about completion times and try to enjoy what god put on this earth.

Perfect example is in the summer of 2003 my wife and I were hiking in North West Montana. The mountain sides have broken powdery snow across them. Tracking a set of mountain goat tracks, recklessly day dreaming, how cool would it be if I could get a glimpse of a mountain goat. Hours of hiking, loosing the tracks, and then finding them; we suddenly sensed we were close. And around from a thick juniper steps a brilliant white long haired billy goat, nanny and two kids! The two kids were only five paces away. My heart thumping, knees trembling, tingling ringing burning ears feeling that was! We watched them slowly feed their way from the edge of tree line they grazed over the top.
My wife and I high-five each other and just wanted to scream with excitement. Hiking back off the mountain I rambled on like a hipper school kid who just had a soda. Moments like that we will never forget!
I can still remember clear as the day it happened looking into the eyes of the billy and noticing his pupil looking at me and scanning the cover. The word of the lord "thanks to be god".

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Animal Collage - "Reflections of Nature" 11 1/2 x 17 Limited Edition 350 SOLD

Standing on a dock. Seeing the view of the water and beauty of wilderness. Anticipating the images of wild life at a distance and allowing you to see the animals in their world. Limited edition of 350 signed and numbered prints from the original pencil art drawing. Printed on pH neutral, Archival paper. using UV protecting glass. Image size - 11 1/2’ X 17”. Framed size - 21 3/4” X 27 1/4” with a 2” silver/copper custom hand made solid wood frame. Triple matting with a green outer mat. Certificate of authenticity.

Bush Buck - "Watchful Eyes" 11 x 16 Limited Edition 350 SOLD

This is an elusive, beautiful, graceful and well sought after bushbuck found in many parts of Africa. With long brown and just a little bit of white hair and an impressive short coal black spiral horn. For this specie to survive it will need a sharp watchful set of eyes. Ron has surely captured all of this in this pencil drawing on archival paper. Using UV protecting glass. Limited edition of 350 signed and numbered prints from the original pencil art drawing. Image size - 11” X 16”. Framed size - 20 1/2” X 26 1/4” with a custom built 1 3/4” black walnut-stained custom hand made hard wood frame. Double matting with gray suede outer mat. Separating the two mats is another 1/2” black walnut-stained solid wood fillet. Very elegant and putting a touch of class into this fine piece of art. Certificate of Authenticity.

Group of Impalas - "Another Day" 10 1/2 x 12 3/4 Limited Edition 325

The morning sun just starts to raise. Getting an early start feeding in a field of long soft lush grass. It is easy to find a meal when food is plentiful. How easy it could be to take this moment for granted. Limited edition of 325 signed and numbered prints from the original pencil art drawing. printed on pH neutral, Archival paper. using UV protecting glass. Image size - 10 1/2” X 12 3/4”. framed size - 22 1/2” X 22 1/2” with a 2 1/8” Aztecan custom hand made frame. To complete this framing is a 1/2” black stained-walnut African textured solid wood fillet. With a gray suede outer mat. Certificate of authenticity.

Leopard - "Sunrise On The Safari" 10 1/2x12 Limited Edition 200 SOLD

Ram - "Little Bighorn" 4x6 Limited Edition 150 SOLD

Giraffe - "Tree Top High" 14x16 1/2 Limited Edition 200 SOLD

Peacefulness, grace and poise is what you think when you see a Giraffe. With tremendous height advantage they can see long distances. With this height they have a food supply that other animals can not reach. Limited edition of 200 signed and numbered prints from the original pencil art print. printed on pH neutral, Archival paper. Using UV protecting glass. Image size - 14” X 16 1/2”. Framed size - 26” X 31 3/4” with a custom built 2 1/4” black walnut-stained custom hand made solid wood frame. Triple matting with a white outer mat. Certificate of authenticity.

Ram skull - "Legend Lives On" 10 1/4x 13 1/4 Limited Edition 400 SOLD

Even after the perishing of an animal. There is a memory that is still left behind. A sheep will live a long life high on a mountain hill side. As they enter old age they have earned their levels of dominance and have grown an impressive set of horns. So even after passing you still may find a legend. Limited edition of 400 signed and numbered prints from the original pencil art drawing. Printed on pH neutral, Archival paper. Using UV protecting glass. Image size - 10 1/4” X 13 1/4”. Framed size - 201/4” X 23 1/4” with a 2 1/4” gold/white custom hand made solid wood frame. Double mating with a ivory outer mat. With this drawing is available a 4” X 6” sheep marquee. Framed with marquee - 23 1/4” X 25 1/4”. Certificate of authenticity.

Wildebeest - "Moving On" 8x9 Limited Edition 300 SOLD

Always on the move for food and water. One of the migrating wildebeest takes a moment to look for danger in a very harsh and unforgiving environment. They must press on. Limited edition of 300 signed and numbered prints from the original pencil art drawing on archival paper. UV protecting glass. This is available in three styles of framing. Image size - 8" X 9". Framed size - 20" X 22" with a custom built 2 1/4" antique-gold and a maroon wash on the frame. Bordered with a brown outer stain. Custom hand made solid wood frame. Triple matted with a storm gray outer mat.

These other two frames . The image opening was reduced due to the size of the tanned leather will vary in size. Although there is a frame size listed. They may vary a little slightly larger or smaller. This is so we can display as much of the wildebeest leather as we can. This leather comes in assorted sizes. These frames are also only available when there is leather available.

Second frame choice Image size - 8" X 9". Framed size - 19 1/2" X 22" with a custom built 2 1/4" gold and antique green frame. The matting is a piece of tanned wildebeest hide with a thin 1/4" black walnut-stained fillet inner frame. Outer mat is storm gray.

Third frame choice Image size - 8" X 9". Framed size - 25 1/2" X 30 1/2" with the same custom built 2 1/4" gold and a maroon wash frame. This has two mats including a tanned wildebeest hide surrounding the image. Outer mat is storm gray. This hide has the black main from the wildebeest included in the framing. Very classy touch. No inner black walnut-stained fillet on this third choice. (Also available in second frame choice.)