chroma cowboys

“The American cowboy was handed a costume and told it was a soul. Raw umber. Burnt sienna. Graphite grit.”

(manifesto) (studies)
Afternoon Song

Afternoon Song

Afternoon Ride

Afternoon Ride

Southwest Portrait

Southwest Portrait

Tall Rider

Tall Rider

Outpost Companions

Outpost Companions

The Chroma Cowboy

The Chroma Cowboy

Neon Buck

Neon Buck

Pony Express Rider

Pony Express Rider

Yellow Bronc

Yellow Bronc

Pink Bronc

Pink Bronc

Blue Bronc

Blue Bronc

addenda:
chroma cowboys. initiated 2014. the cowboy figure recontextualized through rogue colorist logic. gendered chromatic bias identified and subverted. the assigned palette of american masculinity refused. matisse chromatic precedent.

subset: portrait. (access).
inquiry 
works index: afternoon ride (access). afternoon song (access). blue bronc. chroma cowboy. neon buck. outpost companions. pink bronc. pony express rider. southwest portrait (access). tall rider (access). yellow bronc.