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Dust Biter
Acrylic and Oil
48″ X 48″SOLD
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Golden Boy
Acrylic and Oil
30″ X 30″$4,500
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Where There Is Smoke
Acrylic and Oil
36″ X 36″$6,400
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Pony Keg
Acrylic and Oil
36″ X 48″$8,600
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The Bad & The Ugly
Acrylic and Oil
48″ X 30″$7,200
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This Conversation Just Turned Into a Confrontation
Acrylic and Oil
48″ X 60″$14,000
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Beer Run
Acrylic and Oil
36″ X 48″SOLD
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Clash
Acrylic and Oil
16″ X 20″$2,000
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Point and Shoot
Acrylic and Oil
16″ X 20″SOLD
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Cold Hard Ground
Acrylic and Oil
36″ X 48″SOLD
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Danger Closing In
Acrylic and Oil
36″ X 48″$7,500
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Here We Go
Acrylic and Oil
36″ X 48″SOLD
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Moonlight Ride
Acrylic and Oil
36″ X 48″SOLD
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Thirty Seconds
Acrylic and Oil
36″ X 48″SOLD
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The Bridge is Out
Acrylic and Oil
36″ X 48″SOLD
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Long Trail Home
Acrylic and Oil
36″ X 48″SOLD
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Classic No. 2
Acrylic and Oil
48″ X 36″$7,500
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Classic No. 1
Acrylic and Oil
48″ X 36″SOLD
Artist’s Bio
Cyrus’ work reflects and manipulates the mass produced dime novels and comic books that influenced the themes of the west. The Western art genre is a carful balance of mythology and preservation.
At some point in the history of the Western art genre there was a removal of the artist capturing the scenes and happening surrounding them and was replaced with the more fictional tales of the west. With help from the enthusiastic collectors and art connoisseurs residing in the eastern United States, the western genre began to take form. It is an interesting form of art because there is just as much fiction as there is fact. The western genre began to embody the ideas that we recognize today. Where men are rough, rugged and chivalrous. Vicious outlaws mingle with proud pioneers at a rowdy poker table and disputes are settled with a gunfight. All while surrounded by majestic mountain peaks and tumbling tumbleweeds. The early western painters paved the way for the phenomenon known as the, “Imagined West”. Their artwork made appearances in national magazines and other popular publications. The eager masses gobbled up the imagery and helped build the “Idea of the West”. These ideas of the mystical and Wild West became solidified as the mass production of dime novels emerged in 1859 by Beadle’s Novel Publishing House.This says a lot for the depth that the Wild West had permeated popular society. There was enough documentation or collective opinion to generate tall tales or factual stories ( it is hard to say which trumps the other) about the happenings of the land beyond the Mississippi. Wether factual or fictional the mass persuasion and shared recollections of the west is what peaked Cyrus’ curiosity.
Cyrus studied graphic design in school and was fascinated by the power mass produced print products can have on forming the identity of the west. While studying art, Cyrus was also working at an antique store that exposed him to vintage documents and publications that set him on a path to study the widely distributed work. Cyrus’ work is not created in a classical western style. Instead, he uses classic ideas and commercial style to capture and manipulate the, “Imagined West”.
