As long as there’s golden sunsets and green pastures, the cowboy way of life will carry on.

That’s the sentiment evoked by artist Karen Holt’s brilliantly hued painting that now hangs inside the Winthrop Rockefeller Building. Her work, a 28-inch by 45-inch oil on canvas titled “Nearby … there is peace,” was commissioned by Ranch Management in celebration of the program’s 50th anniversary. It was unveiled in a November ceremony attended by the TCU Board of Trustees.

“I think it’s beautiful,” Ranch Management Director Kerry Cornelius said.

The painting depicts two cowboys on horses wading into a stock pond to round up cattle. The inspiration for the scene, which appears to take place in the late afternoon, was real-life cowboys Bobby Harter ’05 (RM) and Dusty Powell, who work on the Moncrief Ranch.

“They just gave me a true insight into what the program involves and what contributions it makes to the community and the world,” Holt said.