I've been working on this painting for awhile now, tweaking it off and on and finally calling it good. I had never had an inkling as to what I was going to name it until tonight when I posted it. I started with the Grey Bronc...ok, pretty boring for a name, and I'm trying to portray action and excitement here. So I stopped to think back what captured my imagination in the first place on this one. I'm often amazed at the abilities of the bronc and the rider as they battle for the upper hand and how well matched they are. This was one of those battles... yes, they are both "tough enough" to win.
 
Ah! "Tough Enough" - good name. Then it occured to me that all week long I have been noticing the storefront windows of our town painted with the saying "Are you tough enough to wear pink?" (to the rodeo this weekend at our county fair), promoting breast cancer awareness. It then occured to me that the cowboy in my painting is wearing a shade of pink...cool. And since I am a breast cancer survivor of over a year now it all seemed to fall into place...serendipitous, subliminal or something!