Cowboys & Images: Watercolors

Chronicle Books , 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . 11x0x12. The West has attracted many wonderful painters over the years, but rarely has any one of them introduced a new vision of the region and its inhabitants. In the venerable tradition of Frederic Remington and N.C. Wyeth, Matthews has quickly established himself as a leading artist of the American West. His evocative watercolor images of contemporary working cowboys embody the timeless spirit of the Western frontier and offer a fresh portrayal of one of America's most beloved icons. Over 100 watercolor reproductions. William Matthews had already made a name for himself as a watercolorist when he began to paint cowboys and their world in 1985. Associated with the revival of cowboy poetry and music fostered by the Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada, Matthews brought a fresh and unexpected viewpoint to this classic American figure.