Nelson Boren "Cowboys In Color" Artist Focus

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Horizon

32'' x 51'' Watercolor

Cover: Cooling Off 31'' x 73'' Watercolor [2]

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Artist Focus featuring 10 new works J une 27 th - J uly 7 th , 2019 J ackson H ole , W yoming

This sale is conducted on a first come first serve basis.

For more information on additional works, please call 307-733-2353 or view the entire show online at www.legacygallery.com.

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Slotted “H” Brand

26'' x 50'' Watercolor

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Nelson Boren’s art can best be described in these words, “We can practically hear the creaking leather and smell the musty, oily aroma of gloves and gear as the callused hide goes soft in the hands of this industrious cowboy. That Boren manages to imply a story with his faceless cowpuncher is merely a bonus.” (U.S. Art magazine, Feb/March 2001) Nelson uses the German word “gestalt”, meaning, “undefined whole”, to describe his ability to “kick start” a story, only to be completed by the viewer. “I am fascinated with trying to capture the close up texture, depth, richness, and detail of the iconic American Cowboy. If old leather chaps, worn out dusty boots, or trail worn circa 1900 silver spurs could talk, think of the stories they could tell.”

For more than thirty years now, Nelson’s paintings are featured in museums, private and corporate collections nationally and internationally. Nancy Ellis of Southwest Art magazine says of Nelson’s work, “The medium here is handled so deftly, the illusion of texture and the third dimension so complete, that I’m amazed. Standing back from the painting, I can’t help but smile.”

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Leather Staps

27'' x 38'' Watercolor

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Deep Thinker

34'' x 44'' Watercolor

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Stars

16'' x 12'' Watercolor

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Ride’m Cowboy

43'' x 52'' Watercolor

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Evening Siesta

14'' x 33½'' Watercolor

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Life Is Good

24'' x 42'' Watercolor

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Tucker’d Out

26'' x 50'' Watercolor

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