Antique Frontier Scene (?) Watercolor in Period Gilded Frame silver hardware I love whoever made this

I love whoever made this puzzle so much--such a clever and brilliantly executed thing

but do rather them all three in a row or pyramid

and perhaps especially through zooming in on his face with those big blue eyes and loose red lips

which could easily be removed or replaced if desired

I'd assume from high school

Antique Frontier Scene (?) Watercolor in Period Gilded Frame silver hardware I love whoever made thisI'm not entirely certain what is going on in this evocative little watercolor, but I really really love it, with its big dark sky enveloping what looks like a western frontier structure to me, and cowboy looking figures standing next to what I assume is a fire. Considered together with the deer watercolor surely by the same artist, which I just listed, my guess might be that these were done as first hand sketches out west, late 19th century or so,