Original Oil Painting by Bud Breen -- The Beginners

"The Beginners" a.k.a. "The Begainers"

"The Beginners," a 24x36 Bud Breen painting, is actually titled "The Begainers." Mr. Breen sometimes had his own way of spelling things.

The painting depicts a dance hall in the Old West. A banner over the door reads, "RANCHERS GET-TOGATHER." Another example of Breen's unique spelling or a play on words? Inside the dance hall the band plays on a low stage, sconces on the wall provide warm light, and couples dance their way around the room. The band's name is only partially revealed by their banner, "[?] RIVER BOYS," it reads.

Outside the hall horses are tethered and two children mimic their elders with as much proper dance hall etiquette as they can muster.

Bud Breen Original Oil Painting -- A Precious Find

A Precious Find

a.k.a

Locating Water

by Bud Breen

Bud gave this 24 x 36 unframed oil painting two different titles. "A Precious Find" and "Locating Water." The caravan's scout is alerts his fellow travelers to a precious find by firing his gun into the air.




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Original Oil Painting by Bud Breen -- Gathering the Use'n Horses

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Bud's wife, Nakai, helped him get the Native American ornamentation and touches down correctly on Native American paintings like the one above. Being a Cherokee who has studied her ancestral past and who stays actively involved with the Native American community, she was the perfect consultant for his work.

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Bud Breen -- Race Against Time -- SOLD -- 24 x 36 -- an Original Oil Painting depicting life in the Old West

Bud Breen loved incorporating comedy into his original western art as you can see in these two saloon paintings. The interior of the saloon depicted in "Race Against Time" above is typical of the many structures built in the late 1800's that are still standing here. They tend to be dark, were not really built to last (yet many still stand), and the style of those shelves can be seen in some of the historic buildings around Brackettville. ********* ********************* *************** ***********

I will try to add photos of such places as soon as I can. Bud Breen's work was meant to record history as well as to illustrate it. Or, at least, to illustrate Bud's impression of it. ********************** *************** ************* *****

"Race Against Time" is a 24 x 36 that we sold recently on Ebay. *********** **** ********** ********** ******* **************** ************

Below is, "And One For My Spotted Friend," another 24 x 36. I include it in this post because the bar has so many similar elements to the one above. Notice the similarity in the diamond shapes of the bar's front panel, the same bartender (mayhap someone Bud knew or, perhaps, someone he knew only in his mind), the same style of lamp, not to mention that yet another rider has ridden right on into the bar in direct defiance of the clearly posted sign that says, "No horses, no guns inside." "Spotted Friend" really is that red. But it looks much better in person. For some reason, Bud's reds and browns are hard for me to shoot on film.

All our Breens are originals. We don't make, sell, or handle prints or reproductions.