This is an oil on canvas painting of a local bucking school just outside of Pouce Coupe, northern BC Canada. These bucking schools and Roughstock practices are where our Canadian cowboys learn to ride Roughstock. A Roughstock practice would not take place without the Pick-up men, and here we see two pick-up riders wrangling a bucking horse after it has gone the 8 seconds in the arena.
It is a cold spring day in the North, the wind is picking up dust, and buds are just showing on the aspen trees that have begun to wake up after a long northern winter. It’s a fresh crisp spring day, excellent for bucking Roughstock.