Nevada Bighorn

This bighorn sheep looks back from on high in the Ruby Mountains as the storm clears. Closely related to Nevada's state animal, the desert bighorn, the Rocky Mountain bighorn is thicker bodied and well adapted to living at higher elevations and weathering severe winters. Besides larger bodies and thicker coats, Rocky Mountain bighorns can be differentiated from California and desert bighorns by their larger horns and darker coats. Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep are found in Northeastern Nevada primarily in the Ruby and East Humboldt Mountains near Elko. 

This original bighorn sheep art is rendered in pastel pencil on archival paper and framed in a hand-tooled solid maple frame behind top quality museum glass. Finished dimensions are 22 1/4" wide by 28 1/2" tall.