ARTIST: Ted J Feeley (Wyoming, 1948 - 2016)
NAME: Absoraka Ghost
MEDIUM: oil on board.
CONDITION: Excellent. No visible inpaint under UV light. Minor damages to frame.
SIGHT SIZE: 18 x 24 inches / 45 x 60 cm
FRAME SIZE: 28 x 34 inches / 70 x 85 cm
SIGNED: Lower left
NOTE: The painting was originally painted for the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep. They do all sorts of works to preserve the wild sheep populations.
PROVENANCE: Big Horn Gallery, purchased in 1986
SIMILAR ARTISTS: Donna Howell-Sickles, Blake Neubert, Nancy Dunlop Cawdrey, William Matthews, Carrie L Fogwell Ballantyne, Mel Fillerup, James Morgan, Sheila Rieman, Fred Fellows, Geoff Parker, Bob Barlow, Ned Mueller, James Bama, Oreland Joe Sr, Dean St Clair, T Allen Lawson
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
SKU#: 114751
WARRANTY: 7 days returns accepted if item doesn't match description

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Ted J Feeley (Wyoming, 1948 - 2016)
Born in Cody, Wyoming and eventually settling there, T.J. Feeley says the area has everything he needs for his painting: "cowboys, wide-open spaces, stunning mountains, and magnificent wildlife" (Art of the West 11/98). He finds inspiration in the Wyoming cowboys and also at the nearby Buffalo Bill Historical Center, which is full of paintings and sculptures of Remington and Russell.
Feeley also has winter studio in Palm Beach, Florida.
As an artist, he is self-taught. His father was a construction worker and his mother a nurse. A teacher, family, and friends noticed his childhood art talent, and he credits their encouragement with his eventual success.
For short times, he lived in Los Angeles and Las Vegas and attended the University of Wyoming on a full basketball scholarship, but a knee injury ended that activity. At the U of Wyoming, he studied art, but his western art interests were put-down by his instructors, so he left school.
He returned to Cody, married and began painting, and after some struggling years began getting recognized in prestigious exhibitions including the Buffalo Bill Art Show, the Western Artists of America, Arts for the Parks competition, etc. In the 1970s, his subject matter was Indian villages and mountain men, but he switched to working cowboys.