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Wild HorsesAs I go through my days, I often contemplate what life must have been like for those who lived in times past.  The reflection is what awakens an artist's creativity; it prompts images and narrative.

My particular passion is 19th Century America.


We all have read of the wagon trains that traversed the Oregon, California and Santa Fe Trails. 
We have watched the western movies  and TV shows.   We know the cowboys wore Stetsons and leather boots, rode horses, and strapped Colt .45's around their middle.  They were rough and daring - they captured our hearts.
Whole families of pioneers made their way west over barely visible paths to settle a wild & untamed land.  Women & children followed their men.  

Native Americans, splendid and enduring,
fought for the right to life as their people had always had known it.
But even through all our reading, we cannot possibly comprehend their fears, their anxieties, their struggles day-to-day just to stay alive.

Like giving birth, how can one truly know the experience unless one has lived it?

Wrangler or farmer, doctor or dressmaker, those who settled this land were survivors in the fullest sense of the word.

They did what they must to ensure their family's
survival.

They didn't intend to be brave.  They just were.  Cowboy Wrangler

To read a small sampling, check out the Portfolio Page.
I hope you enjoy something there, and I am humbled by your doing so.
 

 



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1859: 
Missouri
Pre-Civil War

The people are restless - the effects of prejudice and hate.  Blood has already been spilled, and now there is talk of war.


But all Charlotte wants is to find relief from a life chosen for her. 

Maybe her way out lies with the handsome outlaw from Texas.

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