chroma cowboys
“the american cowboy was handed a costume and told it was a soul. raw umber. burnt sienna. graphite grit.”
Southwest Portrait
Afternoon Ride
Tall Rider
Afternoon Song
Outpost Companions
The Chroma Cowboy
Family Portrait
Neon Buck
Teal Cowboy
Western Valley Cowboy
Young Cowboy
Stoic Cowboy
American Blues
Bluegrass Brothers
Orange Farmer
Pink Farmer
Mountain Pioneer
Pony Express Rider
Yellow Bronc
Blue Bronc
Pink Bronc
addenda:
the practice conducts an iterative investigation into western iconography. oil pastel over acrylic produces autonomous chromatic relationships through deliberate layering. the cowboy figure is recontextualized through rogue colorist logic. gendered chromatic bias is identified and subverted. the classification of specific hues as "feminine" is rejected as an inherited cultural designation rather than a chromatic fact. western motifs are positioned within a contemporary americana framework. the kansas studio functions as the primary site of this ongoing formal inquiry.
filed under: rogue colorist. contemporary western painting. americana. chromatic subversion. matisse chromatic precedent.
works index: afternoon ride (access). afternoon song (access). american blues. blue bronc. bluegrass brothers. chroma cowboy, the. family portrait. mountain pioneer. neon buck. orange farmer. outpost companions. pink bronc. pink farmer. pony express rider. southwest portrait (access). stoic cowboy. tall rider (access). teal cowboy. western valley cowboy. yellow bronc. young cowboy.