“This Is the Place” is a richly layered contemporary Western painting that collides nostalgia, Americana, and surreal pop culture into a single cinematic moment. A bronc rider bursts through the center of the composition, painted with raw movement and muscular realism, while ghost-like cowboy icons and hand-drawn cartoon bunnies dance at the edges of memory. The work blends eras and influences—vintage rodeo posters, frontier mythology, childhood animation, and modern-day spectacle—creating a playful yet emotionally charged commentary on how the American West is remembered, mythologized, and performed.
Oil on canvas
65.5” × 61.5” x 2
“This Is the Place” is a richly layered contemporary Western painting that collides nostalgia, Americana, and surreal pop culture into a single cinematic moment. A bronc rider bursts through the center of the composition, painted with raw movement and muscular realism, while ghost-like cowboy icons and hand-drawn cartoon bunnies dance at the edges of memory. The work blends eras and influences—vintage rodeo posters, frontier mythology, childhood animation, and modern-day spectacle—creating a playful yet emotionally charged commentary on how the American West is remembered, mythologized, and performed.
Oil on canvas
65.5” × 61.5” x 2