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Texas
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The Anatomically
Incorrect Cowboy Silhouette
One Bar -Two Dimensions
- Three Rivers, Texas
by Brewster Hudspeth |
"Friends
don't let friends paint murals." No matter how many times we hear
it on public service announcements, every year there is a bumper crop
of deformed, melon-headed, leering, spatulate-fingered, bug-eyed "people"
who look like medical curiousities.
We spoted this couple in Three
Rivers just opposite the park in the town square. The artist,
who neglected to sign his work, has pretty good control and actually
draws a nice straight line for someone who might be color blind. We
assume that the figures were drawn from memory - and not from life.
Actually we pray that the figures were drawn from the artist's memory
- and not from life. |
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Figure
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TE photo May 2003 |
The High-waisted
Cowboy
Despite the musical
notes swimming all around him, the cowboy seems to prefer watching
than participating in the merriment. He may also be thinking about
the accident and the surgery that removed about eight inches of his
torso. |
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Figure
Two
TE photo May 2003 |
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