Rawhide Motel Neon Sign Painting, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Rawhide Motel Painting by Borbay
The neons of Jackson Hole continue to surge in my Teton Village studio — the latest? The Rawhide Motel, in downtown Jackson.

Rawhide Source Image by Borbay

As you can see in my extremely tall-formatted source image — this sign captures the flavor of The Old West… albeit, during day (something I would modify with my artistic license, which, by the way, is UN-revocable).

If you’d like to see this entire painting come together one minute, check the video. Bonus? Soundtrack by MH the Verb, and a cameo from the lovely Vega.

Rawhide Motel Neon Sign Painting Process by Borbay

Always with the basic shapes and red-hot under-painting.

Rawhide Motel Neon Sign Painting Process by Borbay

To show you how insanely effected Colors can be… this background remains the same throughout the process.

Rawhide Motel Neon Sign Painting Process by Borbay

As you can see, the elimination of the red in the sign and hills dramatically impacts the background.

Rawhide Motel Neon Sign Painting Process by Borbay

The key to this, and all neon sign paintings, is capturing the subtly in the tonal shifts around the bulbs. I painted the sign itself a few times, working from very dark to quite dark.

Rawhide Motel Painting by Borbay

And here it is… an unusually formatted 10″X20″ canvas of the Rawhide Neon Sign, in downtown Jackson.

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6 comments

  1. Jerry Ariganello says:

    Jason:

    This is some awesome looking work here!
    Somehow have to figure out some sort of collaboration with you and Michael. My brain is spinning with ideas!

    Email me when you get a chance. Curious on pricing on these.

    Thanks! Jerry

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