Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 9

Tracy Stuckey
Woman Walking

2023

About the Item

My paintings operate in a fictitious world that utilizes the mythologies and realities of the modern American West. Because of its unique history, the Western United States is more than just a location; it is a label, a persona and most importantly a cultural identity. The word "Western" is a category; it is used to describe films, literature, music, art, and fashion. In my work I use the cowboy and cowgirl and other stereotypical Western themes coupled with pop cultural depictions of the region to reflect my own interpretations of the contemporary West. I am interested in historian Michael Johnson's phrase, the "Ralphlaurenization" of the iconic West and its characters. In order to become such a cultural identity, the American West has been idealized throughout its history. As the frontier ended, the cowboy way of life and the landscape came to be highly romanticized through dime novels and with the development of Wild West Shows in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the 1920s the creation of western films further etched the image of the iconic West and its characters into the collective American psyche. From then on, the cowboy became a symbol of the American ethos. "Western" became a brand and an image used to signify certain characteristics and stir up romantic illusions. John Wayne, the Marlboro Man, and Monument Valley denote something uniquely American and iconic; and everyone from fashion designers to advertisers to pop stars use them to sell not only products, but an idea. Ironically most of these images and idealizations have little to do with reality and more to do with a romanticized mythos of the American West and its residents.
  • Creator:
    Tracy Stuckey (American)
  • Creation Year:
    2023
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 60 in (152.4 cm)Width: 36 in (91.44 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Bozeman, MT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU498313082052

More From This Seller

View All
Valley of the Tricksters
By Tracy Stuckey
Located in Bozeman, MT
My paintings operate in a fictitious world that utilizes the mythologies and realities of the modern American West. Because of its unique history, the Western United States is more t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Used Monuments
By Tracy Stuckey
Located in Bozeman, MT
My paintings operate in a fictitious world that utilizes the mythologies and realities of the modern American West. Because of its unique history, the Western United States is more t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Offering
By June Glasson
Located in Bozeman, MT
June Glasson is an artist, illustrator, and designer. She lives in New York. Her paintings have been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London, Nature Morte Gallery in Ber...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Progress #4
By June Glasson
Located in Bozeman, MT
June Glasson is an artist, illustrator, and designer. She lives in New York. Her paintings have been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London, Nature Morte Gallery in Ber...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil

Progress #3
By June Glasson
Located in Bozeman, MT
June Glasson is an artist, illustrator, and designer. She lives in New York. Her paintings have been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London, Nature Morte Gallery in Ber...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil

Progress #1
By June Glasson
Located in Bozeman, MT
June Glasson is an artist, illustrator, and designer. She lives in New York. Her paintings have been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London, Nature Morte Gallery in Ber...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil

You May Also Like

Vanity Moreno Pincas 21st Century art Contemporary painting portrait figurative
By Moreno Pincas
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas Hand-signed by the artist
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

«My brother gave them a name» Still Life Oil Painting by Samantha Van Heest
By Samantha Van Heest
Located in Oslo, NO
This painting was inspired by the artists very first toy, a small blue giraffe, given to her as a day-old baby. It is something that has been around her whole life, and even though it is inanimate, there is a feeling of personification through the years of wear. Her brother as a baby would call giraffes “fa,” which is always a sweet memory she associate with this toy. Samantha Van Heest...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

«Sh*t Happens» Figurative Oil Painting by Samantha Van Heest
By Samantha Van Heest
Located in Oslo, NO
Shit happens sometimes. In this piece, the artist wanted to create an unsettling and claustrophobic space where people feel most private and vulnerable. Inspired by artist Tala Madani, she created a cartoon figure to act as the voyeur, a bright and unwelcome disturbance that cannot be ignored. Samantha Van Heest...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

«Imported Goods» Still Life Oil Painting by Samantha Van Heest
By Samantha Van Heest
Located in Oslo, NO
Imported Goods is an exploration of environment, especially focusing on the wellness of the ocean and the consequences of human plastic consumption. There is beauty in appreciation and replication, but it becomes a tragedy when it fully devours natural creation. Samantha Van Heest...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Figurative oil painting- The return
Located in Beijing, CN
Zhang Lili oil paint on canvas 50 x 40cm dated 2019 Zhang lili was born in Hunan, China. She received her MA from Central Academy of Fine Arts in China in 1996.
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still life. Oil on canvas figurative painting, vibrant, Polish female artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Colorful 20th Century oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Ewa Bajek. Painting depicts still life with vegetables, animal skull, glass and plants in pots....
Category

1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Recently Viewed

View All