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GUARD DUTY 1804 5" x 7" Oil on board, $485 5" x 7" Canvas print, $85 |
Kyle Carroll Grand River Studios 2665 SE Sheridan Rd. Maysville, MO 64469 816-449-5452 kylec@centurytel.net |
They were hand picked and wilderness tested, these young soldiers of what Lewis and Clark called "the Corp of Discovery". By the late summer of 1804 they had become a tough and determined band of brothers. Military discipline combined with the certain knowledge that the frontier demands constant vigilance motivates this soldier to do his duty while his weary companions talk around the driftwood camp fires, then roll into their blankets. Wearing his infantry fatigues, standing with his bayonet affixed as the last light fades from the sky; this private takes his turn, at guard. - Kyle Carroll, July 2004 |