Originally published in Points West in Fall 1996 Joseph Henry Sharp’s Monotypes: On the Cutting Edge Marie Watkins, Guest Author In the late nineteenth century American artists rediscovered the monotype […]
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Bear-ly Making It – Points West Online
Originally published in Points West in Spring 2002 Bear-ly Making It: Can Homo Sapiens and Ursus Arctos Horribilis Make History and Coexist? Ed. note: More than thirteen years later, grizzly […]
Directed by John Ford – Points West Online
Originally published in Points West in Winter 1999 Directed by John Ford By Lillian TurnerFormer Director of Public Programs Ed. note: This is the third of three posts tracing the […]
James Warner Bellah: “In the Finest Tradition of the Cavalry” – Points West Online
Originally published in Points West in Winter 1999 James Warner Bellah: “In the Finest Tradition of the Cavalry” By Dan Gagliasso, Guest Author Ed. note: This is the second of […]
Novel Adventures—The Life and Writing of Charles King – Points West Online
Originally published in Points West in Winter 1999 By Nathan BenderFormer Housel Curator, McCracken Research Library Ed. note: This is the first of three posts tracing the evolution of the […]
From Photograph to Painting – Points West Online
Originally published in Points West in Fall 2007 From Photograph to Painting: The Art of James Bama By Thomas B. Smith The realist portraits of cowboys, Native Americans, mountain men, […]