Montana is known for it’s summer rodeo schedule that is included with every state and county fair. As a kid there were two rodeos that I always kept track of, my home town, the Wolf Point “Wild Horse” Stampede, always the second week of July, and the world famous Miles City “Bucking Horse” Sale. These rodeos would bring out the bull riders hoping to win the prize purse with the goal of not breaking any bones.
Along with the bull rider, the other character in the ring was the rodeo clown, also known as the "barrelman". The rodeo clown has several duties including; entertaining the crowd between events, providing comic relief as well as heckling the rodeo announcer, and most important to protect the rider from the bull once the rider has been bucked off. The clown is really a protection athlete working to distract the bull from the rider.
The rodeo clown is exposed to great danger. They frequently wear bright baggy fitting clothes designed to tear away with protective gear fitted underneath, and their outfit includes a hat, rubber chickens, and clown makeup. The clown can throw their hat or rubber chickens with the goal of distracting the angered Brahma Bull, giving a bucked off or injured rider the opportunity to escape from the charging bull, if possible.
From the moment that the bull is released from the bucking chute, the rider and the clown work as a team. The clown uses speed and agility and has the ability to anticipate the bull’s next moves. This is what Peterman is accomplishing in this composition, as an artist he understand all aspects of the rodeo including the performers and the entertained audience. Peterman evokes the viewers to develop a kinship between the painting and the illustrated showmen. The viewer of the painting becomes part of the viewers in the rodeo stands, seeing the action, and gasping as the rider is within seconds of being trampled. We see the clown jumping for high heaven as he works to maneuver the ill-tempered bull away from the rider with the hopes that the rider will jump up and run for the fence.
Peterman uses his composition for storytelling. Anyone who has seen a rodeo knows the story, but it is how Peterman tells and translates the story that is outstanding. He uses composition techniques of color, rhythm and texture to create the desired effects. The clown with a raised arm, the thrust of the bull landing the rider splat on the ground, and the bull is jumping up in the air about to gouge the rider with his horns. With all that, he illustrates the rhythm of continuous activity across the painting and accentuates the dangerous bull by rendering him in detail in the middle of the composition. Likewise the artist uses red, blue and earthy browns to solidify color values that convey the rodeo’s mood.
Peterman moves to the next level in creating the final stages of this painting. He uses a splatter dry-brush watercolor texture technique to create an atmosphere of impending danger to the bull rider. The splatters give the desired effects of flying dirt, splattered blood, as the bull is about to trample the rider with his hoof. The rider laying on the ground with his hat still on is part Marlboro Man and the neighbor next door. The linear fence in the background is used as a form of continuous rhythm, defining the surroundings and spelling out the rodeo environment. At the same time the audience waits for the ambulance to be called and the clown works to entertain until the next bull jumps out of the bucking chute.
Charles Peterman started out by studying architecture at the University of Houston during an age before computer generated drawings and documents. He was part of that generation where he was taught drawing, rendering and the ability to communicate building designs to clients by hand produced documents. Due to the unending hours in the architecture studio, he decided to change majors, and went off to find the School of Business - where he studied accounting. Upon graduation he joined Arthur Anderson and became a CPA, then moved on to Hewlett Packard in Loveland, CO. After discovering that Loveland can be cold in the winter, they eventually found a seasonal home in Arizona. Upon retirement, he once again picked up the tools of drawing and rendering by studying watercolor under noted artist, Julie Pollard Gilbert. As time has gone on Peterman has transitioned from watercolors to acrylics and still works as a artist in both Colorado and Arizona. The Pebble Creek Art Club has named Charles Peterman as the recipient of the Artist of the Year Award for 2015. You can find his more current work on Facebook.
Along with the bull rider, the other character in the ring was the rodeo clown, also known as the "barrelman". The rodeo clown has several duties including; entertaining the crowd between events, providing comic relief as well as heckling the rodeo announcer, and most important to protect the rider from the bull once the rider has been bucked off. The clown is really a protection athlete working to distract the bull from the rider.
The rodeo clown is exposed to great danger. They frequently wear bright baggy fitting clothes designed to tear away with protective gear fitted underneath, and their outfit includes a hat, rubber chickens, and clown makeup. The clown can throw their hat or rubber chickens with the goal of distracting the angered Brahma Bull, giving a bucked off or injured rider the opportunity to escape from the charging bull, if possible.
From the moment that the bull is released from the bucking chute, the rider and the clown work as a team. The clown uses speed and agility and has the ability to anticipate the bull’s next moves. This is what Peterman is accomplishing in this composition, as an artist he understand all aspects of the rodeo including the performers and the entertained audience. Peterman evokes the viewers to develop a kinship between the painting and the illustrated showmen. The viewer of the painting becomes part of the viewers in the rodeo stands, seeing the action, and gasping as the rider is within seconds of being trampled. We see the clown jumping for high heaven as he works to maneuver the ill-tempered bull away from the rider with the hopes that the rider will jump up and run for the fence.
Signed and Dated: C. Peterman, Lower Right Corner, 08/07
Watercolor, 12" X 18.5" Matted and Framed.
Peterman uses his composition for storytelling. Anyone who has seen a rodeo knows the story, but it is how Peterman tells and translates the story that is outstanding. He uses composition techniques of color, rhythm and texture to create the desired effects. The clown with a raised arm, the thrust of the bull landing the rider splat on the ground, and the bull is jumping up in the air about to gouge the rider with his horns. With all that, he illustrates the rhythm of continuous activity across the painting and accentuates the dangerous bull by rendering him in detail in the middle of the composition. Likewise the artist uses red, blue and earthy browns to solidify color values that convey the rodeo’s mood.
Peterman moves to the next level in creating the final stages of this painting. He uses a splatter dry-brush watercolor texture technique to create an atmosphere of impending danger to the bull rider. The splatters give the desired effects of flying dirt, splattered blood, as the bull is about to trample the rider with his hoof. The rider laying on the ground with his hat still on is part Marlboro Man and the neighbor next door. The linear fence in the background is used as a form of continuous rhythm, defining the surroundings and spelling out the rodeo environment. At the same time the audience waits for the ambulance to be called and the clown works to entertain until the next bull jumps out of the bucking chute.
Charles Peterman started out by studying architecture at the University of Houston during an age before computer generated drawings and documents. He was part of that generation where he was taught drawing, rendering and the ability to communicate building designs to clients by hand produced documents. Due to the unending hours in the architecture studio, he decided to change majors, and went off to find the School of Business - where he studied accounting. Upon graduation he joined Arthur Anderson and became a CPA, then moved on to Hewlett Packard in Loveland, CO. After discovering that Loveland can be cold in the winter, they eventually found a seasonal home in Arizona. Upon retirement, he once again picked up the tools of drawing and rendering by studying watercolor under noted artist, Julie Pollard Gilbert. As time has gone on Peterman has transitioned from watercolors to acrylics and still works as a artist in both Colorado and Arizona. The Pebble Creek Art Club has named Charles Peterman as the recipient of the Artist of the Year Award for 2015. You can find his more current work on Facebook.
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| Charles W. Peterman Named: Artist of the Year - Pebble Creek Post (Resort Newsletter) Pebble Creek Art Club News Photo by John Peehl Feb. 1st, 2016 |
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