ENDANGERED: Fine Art & Photography Contest 2021 Submission

My painting depicts a cowboy and his mount, after having just crossed a river, coming upon a rattlesnake. The horse sense the rattler first as shown by an expression of pure panic. The rider, realizing the danger, shouts out the title of this painting - Oh Sheeit!. The question is: who startled whom first?

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