NICHOLAS ANGELO
FINE ART

Dave Stirling came from Corydon Iowa to Estes Park in 1915, and painted in Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park for over 50 years. He had a studio and home, which he called the Bugscuffle Ranch, just inside the Park on the Horseshoe Park side.

Dave loved to spin tales and charm his potential patrons at many of the grand old lodges in Rocky Mountain National Park. He spent a great deal of time in the bars and nightclubs of the grand old hotels in the park, where he would hold court evenings (sometimes from the piano), and provide "local color" for the tourists. Many of these folks would stop by his studio the next day to buy some of that local color.

Oil on Board