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. 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.
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Magnificent collection of extremely fine water colors.,
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This review is from: Cowboys & Images: The Watercolors of William Matthews (Hardcover)
The book is the next best thing to actually visiting a working ranch and smelling leather, sweat or burning hair -- or visiting Willie's gallery on a fine December evening for a showing of new works.
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Richly rendered watercolors of buckaroos . . .,
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Collected here are 100+ watercolors of mostly cowboys and western themes by painter William Matthews. First inspired by readings at the Elko, Nevada, Cowboy Poetry Gathering in 1985, Matthews became fascinated by the lives of working cowboys, their manner, attitudes, and spirit. Unlike the more dramatic renderings of Charlie Russell and Frederic Remington, Matthews' cowboys are often quietly at work or caught in moments of contemplation, often astride their horses. His images focus attention on the body language of cowboys, their clothes and hats, and rarely on faces.
A number of paintings are beautiful landscapes, rivers, ranch buildings, a rodeo grounds against a sunset-colored outcropping of rock. The book includes a remembrance of cowboys from his family's ranch by writer William Kittredge and an accounting of the buckaroos of the Great Basin. Another essay by Dyan Zaslowsky tells of the career of William Matthews, born in 1949 and growing up in San Francisco. This is a handsomely designed oversize book, and an excellent addition to any bookshelf of Western art and literature.
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Wow - I keep this book on my fireplace hearth,
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This is a BEAUTIFUL book!! I've had it for several years and I never put it away. I keep it out within easy reach so I can look again and again at the stunning watercolors within. In fact, the reason I was looking at Amazon for this book was to send it to friends for a Christmas present.
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