Indigenous figure at a mountain stream filling a water jug, oil on canvas. Robert Wesley Amick was born in Canon City, Colorado amidst cowboys, prospectors and Indians. He studied law at Yale and practiced law for two years before becoming an artist. He worked as a printmaker, illustrator and painter. His paintings of landscapes, horses and western life (his childhood) became so popular that several were printed for the public school system.Overall size: 27 x 35 1/2 in. Sight size: 15 1/2 x 24 in.