Quick Trigger Country
2017-2018
These works gently poke fun at Western tropes and narratives surrounding the Western male hero - specifically, the cowboy and the soldier.
By breaking apart the hyper-masculine imagery of vintage pulp fiction cover art, rendering pop iconography in the antiquated medium of silverpoint, and by pitting the cowboy and the soldier against one another in a visual space, I wanted to toe the line between humor and reverence in these works.
Quick Trigger Country / silverpoint on paper / 3'“x5” / 2018 (private collection)
King Colt / silverpoint on paper / 3'“x 5” / 2018 (private collection)
Dead Warrior / silverpoint on paper / 3'“x 5” / 2018 (private collection)
Why I Oughta / silverpoint on paper / 8“x 10” / 2018 (private collection)
Stick ‘Em Up Soldier / silverpoint on paper / 8“x 10” / 2018 (private collection)
Think Fast, Ranger / silverpoint on paper / 8“x 10” / 2018 (private collection)
Cold Repeater - 41 Thunderer / graphite on paper / 8“x 10” / 2019
Quick Trigger Country (original) / oil on canvas / 12“x 12” / 2016 (private collection)