PAPER COWBOY
WYOMING, USA
CHAPS 1-3 acrylic, powdered pigment, ink on velum. 36" x 24". 2011.
The climate, terrain and history of Western United States profoundly affected me during my recent residency with Ucross Foundation in April 2011. Generally my work depicts the human body, but for this project I explore the trappings of a figure that has attained mythological stature in America - the cowboy. Here, drawings and fabrications of Western shirts and well-worn chaps represent the hardworking, lonesome nomad.
Cowboy Shirt I (North Star) (2011)
Acrylic, earth on interfacing and 19th century land deeds
38” x 42”
Cowboy Shirt I (North Star) (2011) (detail)
Acrylic, earth on interfacing and 19th century land deeds
38” x 42”
Cowboy Shirt VII (Annie Proulx) (2011)
Acrylic, Xerox transfer on linen, ink on vellum
40” x 36”
Cowboy Shirt VII (Annie Proulx) (2011) (detail)
Acrylic, Xerox transfer on linen, ink on vellum
40” x 36”