Western Spirit

One of only 12 hand painted balloons in the world, the Art Balloon Western Spirit flies internationally and in the USA. The eight cowboys stand almost 40 foot high and cover more than 3/4's of the 18,000 foot surface. Though it inflated for a bit, it did not take off.

[Graham Thresher]

Wonderful capture.

[Margo]

Love the Cowboy painted one. A Fav

[Brigette]

great perspective capture April

[Sam]

This is so very cool!

[David Lee]

great angle found, like the cowboys

[Janet B.]

Beautifully captured! And I love your interesting commentary. I'd love to ride in a hot air balloon someday!

[gloria jones]

Great capture, colors

[belinda]

Wow,, this shot really highlights the scale of the balloons. They are very colourful and ornate.

[vstap]

Wonderful scale here between people and balloons!

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Hand painted- wow! Love the scope of this shot- breadth and height. fav

[Richard Sayer]

This is intriguing April - how on earth do you paint something like this and get all the perspectives right... I'm not surprised there are only 12 hand-painted ones in the world. Thanks for sharing this.