"Queen of the West" Original Painting

Acrylic on canvas, unstretched 15.5x20 

"Queen of the West" is a painting for the modern woman, who feels powerful in who she is and connected to the women of the past. It is a provocative, bright artwork showing the power of women, both now and throughout the history of the American West. It is a commentary on race and gender. 

When I was deciding on the skin color of the woman in the painting I found that it felt disingenuous to have her be specifically white, she is ambiguous intentionally, to recognize the hispanic, native and white women who built the history of the West, there are cowgirls of all races.