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Jan 31, 2025
Painting in Focus: A Tradition as Old as the USA (Crispus Attucks) oil on canvas, 36 x 48,” 2023
Jan 31, 2025
Jan 31, 2025
Dec 10, 2023
Painting in Focus: Sandy, oil on canvas, 22 x 30", 2023
Dec 10, 2023
Dec 10, 2023
Aug 8, 2023
Painting in Focus: The American Adam and Eve, or the Scarf Skin Works Both Ways, oil on canvas, 22 x 30,” 2023
Aug 8, 2023
Aug 8, 2023
Apr 2, 2023
Painting in Focus: Portrait of a Dog (2023)
Apr 2, 2023
Apr 2, 2023
Jan 8, 2021
Muralizing Western American History
Jan 8, 2021
Jan 8, 2021
Aug 10, 2020
"Our Story Continues"
Aug 10, 2020
Aug 10, 2020
Jul 29, 2020
The Work of Public Art in a Decolonizing Age
Jul 29, 2020
Jul 29, 2020
Dec 9, 2019
Can You Hear I.T.?
Dec 9, 2019
Dec 9, 2019

The cowboy flaneur

Taylor spence

The cowboy flaneur, like Charles Baudelaire’s “M.G.” in The Painter of Modern Life, is the “eternal convalescent,” seeing the history of the American West with reborn eyes from the dusty tomes of a storied archive.

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