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Literature:
Southwest Art, October 1978: cover.
James Reynolds captured the images of American cowboys, but he also sang to their souls. With paintings of working cowboys, many in yellow slickers fighting the elements or at sunset’s golden hour, the California-born artist brought life to both the cowboys of lore and their present-day versions. “Most people will go through life without ever having seen a real cowboy,” he wrote in Traildust: The Art of James Reynolds. “Yet, as with some exotic endangered creature, they have heard rumors of his existence and are intrigued by the stories. Folks who live close to cow country are pleased to report: the cowboy is alive and well. You just can’t see him from the interstate.”