The spirit of the west is alive and well on the working ranch of artist Theodore Waddell . I was recently invited to his studio for a visit and was immediately impressed by how prolific he is as an artist. Stacks of canvases fill a corner of the studio. My favorite piece ...this little bronze horse and rider. Above is a detail of the heavy texture and thick application of paint that carries Waddell's work beyond the Western genre and into a more contemporary realm of art. a new work in progress hangs on the studio wall The studio, located on a small ranch in central Idaho, is housed in an actual barn that is also home to his many horses. In the back is a large area devoted to painting where generous mounds of oil paint line a well-used worktable and several works-in-progress hang on the surrounding walls. oil paint laid out in mounds larger than my fist spreads out across a worktable work...