Demo Cowboy #2

thomasblackshear

painting, watercolor

portrait

figurative

contemporary

painting

figuration

watercolor

realism

Thomas Blackshear's *Demo Cowboy #2* is a watercolor painting that depicts a close-up portrait of a Black cowboy wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a red bandana, and a goatee and mustache. Blackshear's artwork challenges stereotypical portrayals of cowboys in Western art history and emphasizes the presence of Black Americans in the American West.