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Stone paintings like your great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great etc. grandparents used to make!
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Q on Dec 21, 2022
5 out of 5 starsThe photos the artist took are amazing, but it's honestly hard to do it justice. This is by far one of the coolest works of art I've ever seen. Also the item was packaged well and informative material was included. Thanks to the artist for making this :)
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Monica on Dec 15, 2022
5 out of 5 starsI LOVE these rhinos! They will go great with my woolly rhino tooth fossil I just got! :-) The art is fantastic and as pictured/described. I hope to buy more from this seller! Oh, and thank you for the little extra!! It's perfect! :-)
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Monica on Dec 15, 2022
5 out of 5 starsI LOVE this mammoth! It will go great with my mammoth molar fossil! :-) The art is fantastic and as pictured/described. I hope to buy more from this seller! Oh, and thank you for the little extra!! It's so perfect! :-)
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Monica on Dec 15, 2022
5 out of 5 starsI LOVE this dog! The art is fantastic and as pictured/described. I hope to buy more from this seller! Oh, and thank you for the little extra!! It's perfect! :-)
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Monica on Dec 15, 2022
5 out of 5 starsI LOVE these reindeer! The art is fantastic and as pictured/described. I hope to buy more from this seller! Oh, and thank you for the little extra!! It's perfect! :-)
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windyhillsfarm on Dec 13, 2022
5 out of 5 starsThis is great and looks so authentic. It amazes me how this ancient cave horse painting looks so much like my present day horse!
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About BuckArt
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For mammoths, I spray a base layer of burnt umber paint, then I carve lines and details into the stone. -
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For a reindeer painting I use my hand to mask the paint just like paleo artists did. They would have loved the airbrush! -
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The view from my studio window as the resident buck (very fitting as Buck is my middle name) trims the yard. -
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Having done holiday fair events, this year I put on a pop-up event in my front yard. The key is lots of signs. -
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Most of my stones are repurposed landscape stone that is too small for landscape use and would be thrown away.
Travelling back in time to bring the past back alive and kicking.
Thirty-four years ago, I was working part-time at the U.C. Berkeley Paleontology Museum while studying Fine Art. The two became linked in my imagination. Later, after seeing some of the caves in France I wanted to bring home a souvenir that captured the magic and primitive feel of the caves, but found only mass produced kitsch. I thought I could do better, so I have been researching, experimenting and creating cave art ever since.
I spend hours at the stone yard, looking at the colors and textures of stone, looking for the forms of animals or people that lie in them. Each expedition yields about 100 pounds of interesting rocks. I shape the rock with a hammer and chisel, some of the more brittle stones shattering into sharp, unusable bits. Out of 100 lbs. of rock, I usually get about 20 lbs. of usable pieces. Once I’ve roughly shaped a stone, I rub it with another stone to smooth the surface and edges, brighten the colors, open the pores and give the stone a weathered ancient feel. I use the same painting techniques that paleolithic artists used, the main difference being I use an airbrush to blow light fast paint onto stone, rather than spitting pigment mixed with cave water out of my mouth (I’d like to live longer than they did!) and my paintings are smaller than the originals for portability. I use the same pigments, and sgraffito scraping techniques and am constantly exploring paleo art imagery and symbols, trying to recreate non-literate communication, and beauty, on stone.
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C. Buck Reynolds
Owner, Maker, Time Traveler
Over the course of forty years I've learned drawing, painting, etching, sculpture, hand-press, computer graphics techniques that have all culminated and been variously thrown out the window as I explore a lifelong fascination with prehistoric art.
Shop policies
All original artwork is copyright © C. Buck Reynolds
Buck Art original designs are not to be re-distributed, copied, imitated, or misappropriated in any way. Please contact me if you are interested in using my images for publication. All Rights Reserved.
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Frequently asked questions
Can a hanging stone painting also be put on display on a plate stand?
Yes. Flat bottomed stones do especially well on tabletop stands. Irregular stones, too, if they aren't too pointy. I originally started showing my stone paintings in wooden plate stands.
Care instructions
These stones may be safely dusted with a duster or soft cloth. The paint I use is light fast and super-fine, so it soaks in to the surface of the stone, but may be scraped off by something hard. The stone may be wiped off with a damp cloth if it gets dirty, but take care around the painted areas. With care, your painting should last at least 20,000 years!