Legends 1998 - Huge

Year1998

Hand SignedLower Right in Pencil 

Condition Excellent 

Framed with PlexiglassWood Frame w/ Tan Mat 

Purchased fromDealer 2003 

Provenance / HistoryPurchased in Dallas, Texas, Original owner. 

Story / Additional InfoDonna Howell Sickles is known for her 'Western themed' paintings and she says she sees herself in a cowgirl mode for perspective to her art. She has had a dozen or more one-woman shows and was the featured artist at the 1996 American Woman Artists show at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson WY. 

Certificate of AuthenticityThe Greenwich Workshop 

Additional InformationSUPER SUPER 

LID165065

Donna Howell-Sickles - United States

Art Brokerage:: Donna Howell-Sickles American Artist: b. 1949. Donna Howell-Sickles first started painting cowgirls in 1972, after seeing an old postcard from the 1930s bearing the image of a rodeo cowgirl. She was earning her BFA at Texas Tech in Lubbock at the time. Fascinated by the woman on the postcard, Howell-Sickles began to research the history and imagery of the cowgirl. While the energy of Howell-Sickles' cowgirls seems to jump off the canvas, the symbolism in her paintings is not always obvious. Howell-Sickles uses folklore and classical mythology to bestow deeper meaning to the scenes she paints. By alluding to ancient myths and how women have been portrayed through legend, Howell-Sickles creates an archaic heroine, one that is relatable for modern women as well. Howell-Sickles focuses on the joyous aspect of life in her works, and the cowgirls in her paintings are confident, happy and vivacious. Many of the symbols in her works recall ancient times when women were revered as the source of life. Triangles, six-petaled flowers, bears, and apples are all feminine symbols that add to Howell-Sickles' imagery. The cowgirls sometimes even rewrite myth, as is the case in a painting of Europa and the bull, in which Europa grabs the bull by the horns and steers him around. Listings wanted.