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When I was looking for reference photos for the 2013 Old West & Rodeo art show, I decided to do a couple of bull riders. Unfortunately, the insurance carriers for most Rodeo Associations won't let unauthorized personnel behind the shutes anymore, so I was forced to rely on televised Rodeos. I spent many hours with the TV on pause while I snapped photos to get the scene I wanted. I finally decided on this one: two cowboys are behind the gate while one of them gets ready for the bell to ring and his 10 seconds of fame and terror!

Gail Daley is a self-taught artist and writer with a background in business. An omnivorous reader, she was inspired by her son, also a writer, to finish some of the incomplete novels she had begun over the years. She is heavily involved in local art groups and fills her time reading, writing, painting in acrylics, and spending time with her husband of 40 plus years. Currently her family is owned by two cats, a mischievous young cat called Mab (after the fairy queen of air and darkness) and a mellow Gray Princess named Moonstone. In the past, the family shared their home with many dogs, cats and a Guinea Pig, all of whom have passed over the rainbow bridge. A recent major surgery on her stomach and a bout with breast cancer has slowed her...