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A Ladies’ Man

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Charlie Russell was a man’s man. He painted buffalo hunts, Indian warfare and cowboys roping steers, like in the 1898 watercolor that sold as the top lot at The Russell auction held in Great Falls, Montana, on March 15-17, 2012.

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Artists We Love—Thom Ross

thom-ross_artist_painter_western_cowboy_abstract“I had a cowboy who came to one of my shows and exclaimed, ‘This isn’t Western art!’” Thom Ross says.

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The Ordinary, Observable World

collecting-art_painter_western-artist_g-harveyTwo New Mexico artists shared a vision across three centuries.

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New Mexico’s Top 10 Paintings

new_mexico_top_paintings_artThere is little doubt that I could identify the top 1,000 paintings to the satisfaction of most True West readers as long as my choices were not listed in consecutive order of presumed merit.

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Gary Ernest Smith

gary_ernest_smith_desert_solitude_painter_artist_art_westernGary Ernest Smith can often be found creating artworks in his Highland, Utah, studio, or out in the vast, open spaces.

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True West captures the spirit of the American West with authenticity, personality and humor by linking our history to our present. Whether you call it the Wild West, the Old West or the Far West, America's frontier history comes to life in True West, the world's oldest, continuously published Western Americana magazine.

Western movie fans, re-enactors, history buffs and road warriors, we got your history covered: outlaw, cowboy, Indian, lawman, gunfighter, fur trapper, miner, prospector, gambler, soldier, entertainer and pioneer. Check out these True Westerners now!
 

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The Illustrated Life and Times of Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp

"Your book is fascinating, coupling your powerful illustrations [and] tracking...from birth to Tombstone to the legend [Wyatt] had become;...even Wyatt would approve." --By Hugh O'Brian, of the TV series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

"Hands down the definitive books on Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday." --By Allen Barra, New York Newsday