Evening Flight

Image © Derk Hansen About the Artist Derk Hansen has managed to stay as elusive to the public, like some of the wildlife he so beautifully represents in his work. If you are looking for him, you will not find this artist in the mainstream art world. A cattle drive, working young horses in the round pen or hanging out with his cowboy friends playing his guitar, is more his style. One day he might be in Africa on safari doing field work for new paintings, or you might find him working on a documentary video in the rugged mountains of New Zealand. Then again, you could find him studying bald eagles in the wilds of Alaska or researching for a humpback whale painting off the island of Hawaii. Since 1982 Derk has joined his buddies as a stuntman and actor as they reenact the defeat of the notorious James Younger Gang by the citizens of Northfield, Minnesota. Here, Derk has left his mark by creating a seven-piece set of pencil drawings depicting this historic event of September 7th 1876. May