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Growing up in Montana, Wilson was surrounded by the iconography of the American West, and specifically that of the cowboy. Images of rugged men with their code of stoic endurance, self-reliance, loyalty, courage, and camaraderie, on horseback riding across the plains, wrangling cattle and spitting chew were everywhere - from the paintings of Charles M. Russell, Frederick Remington, and Will James to the landscape itself. However, what she remembers being the most drawn to were the accouterments of the cowboy - the beautiful ornamentation and floral designs that adorned their trappings and presented such a delicate contrast to the rough and tough image of the wrangler.
Branded drawing #1, branded suede, 2004
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Branded drawing #1, branded suede, detail 2004
Branded drawing #3, branded suede, detail, 2004
Branded drawing #9, detail, branded suede, 2004
Branded drawing #9, detail, branded suede, 2004
Branded drawing #5, branded suede, 2004
Branded drawing #8, branded suede, 2004
Branded drawing #8, detail, branded suede, 2004
Branded drawing #3, branded suede, 2004
Branded drawing #3, branded suede, detail, 2004
Branded drawing #9, branded suede, 2004
Branded drawing #9, detail, branded suede, 2004
Branded drawing #9, detail, branded suede, 2004
Branded drawing #5, detail, branded suede, 2004
Branded drawing #4, branded suede, 2004
