An image of the painting titled, "Crush Kill Destroy," an image of a femme person surrounded by guns aimed and firing away from her toward men in front of her. The background is desert-like and billowing with yellow smoke or dust.

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An image of a painting where a man in a cowboy hat is standing on railroad tracks in the background and in the foreground is a close up of a woman waist down holding a pistol. In the background is colorful, billowy mountains and a train station.

Artist Statement

The myth and ethos of the West lives strong even today in American culture. The lone gunman of the west stands tall as an enduring symbol that people strive towards. The history that we try to live is a double-edged knife that cuts both ways, however. These paintings strive to build up and undercut, live into and criticize the american west as a force in our history that is both a powerful story of American ideals and a fundamentally flawed American character study.

An image of a painting where a man in a cowboy hat is standing on railroad tracks in the background and in the foreground is a close up of a woman waist down holding a pistol. In the background is colorful, billowy mountains and a train station.

Artist Statement

The myth and ethos of the West lives strong even today in American culture. The lone gunman of the west stands tall as an enduring symbol that people strive towards. The history that we try to live is a double-edged knife that cuts both ways, however. These paintings strive to build up and undercut, live into and criticize the american west as a force in our history that is both a powerful story of American ideals and a fundamentally flawed American character study.

A picture of a painting in which a bison plays banjo among rabbits in a field in front of a large plateau. The sky is all shades of sunset pink and orange.

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Denver's Best New Western Artwork

Art | Illustration | Originals | Prints | & More

An image of the painting titled, "Crush Kill Destroy," an image of a femme person surrounded by guns aimed and firing away from her toward men in front of her. The background is desert-like and billowing with yellow smoke or dust.
An image of the painting titled, "Crush Kill Destroy," an image of a femme person surrounded by guns aimed and firing away from her toward men in front of her. The background is desert-like and billowing with yellow smoke or dust.

Artist Statement

The myth and ethos of the West lives strong even today in American culture. The lone gunman of the west stands tall as an enduring symbol that people strive towards. The history that we try to live is a double-edged knife that cuts both ways, however. These paintings strive to build up and undercut, live into and criticize the american west as a force in our history that is both a powerful story of American ideals and a fundamentally flawed American character study.

An image of a painting where a man in a cowboy hat is standing on railroad tracks in the background and in the foreground is a close up of a woman waist down holding a pistol. In the background is colorful, billowy mountains and a train station.
An image of a painting where a man in a cowboy hat is standing on railroad tracks in the background and in the foreground is a close up of a woman waist down holding a pistol. In the background is colorful, billowy mountains and a train station.

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A picture of a painting in which a bison plays banjo among rabbits in a field in front of a large plateau. The sky is all shades of sunset pink and orange.
A picture of a painting in which a bison plays banjo among rabbits in a field in front of a large plateau. The sky is all shades of sunset pink and orange.