Cowgirl Up! Art from the Other Half of the West Desert Caballeros Western Museum Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
2006McGarry, Susan Hallsten (Essay)
68 pages (color)
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Born 1949 Gainesville, Texas. Known for: Action cowgirl figure paintings, sculpture.
Donna Howell-Sickles' subject of empowered cowgirl figures dates back to 1972 when she stumbled across a 1950s hand-tinted postcard. It featured a waving cowgirl and under it was the inscription:... Read full biography
Donna Howell-Sickles' subject of empowered cowgirl figures dates back to 1972 when she stumbled across a 1950s hand-tinted postcard. It featured a waving cowgirl and under it was the inscription: "Greetings for a Real Cowgirl of the Southwest." The notion of a woman sitting atop her horse in period... Read full biography
Donna Howell-Sickles' subject of empowered cowgirl figures dates back to 1972 when she stumbled across a 1950s hand-tinted postcard. It featured a waving cowgirl and under it was the inscription: "Greetings for a Real Cowgirl of the Southwest." The notion of a woman sitting atop her horse in period costume appealed to the artist. "But back then I didn't think they were real cowgirls," say Howell-Sickles. "At least none who might look like the one on my postcard. The real/unreal aspect is what I... Read full biography
Donna Howell-Sickles' subject of empowered cowgirl figures dates back to 1972 when she stumbled across a 1950s hand-tinted postcard. It featured a waving cowgirl and under it was the inscription: "Greetings for a Real Cowgirl of the Southwest." The notion of a woman sitting atop her horse in period costume appealed to the artist. "But back then I didn't think they were real cowgirls," say Howell-Sickles. "At least none who might look like the one on my postcard. The real/unreal aspect is what I liked. When I started I never gave the women faces. They had mouth, bright red mouths that were a touch off to the side. It was if you had caught a glimpse of something frozen in time. My intent was to create a generalized western persona, rather... Read full biography
Donna Howell-Sickles' subject of empowered cowgirl figures dates back to 1972 when she stumbled across a 1950s hand-tinted postcard. It featured a waving cowgirl and under it was the inscription: "Greetings for a Real Cowgirl of the Southwest." The notion of a woman sitting atop her horse in period costume appealed to the artist. "But back then I didn't think they were real cowgirls," say Howell-Sickles. "At least none who might look like the one on my postcard. The real/unreal aspect is what I liked. When I started I never gave the women faces. They had mouth, bright red mouths that were a touch off to the side. It was if you had caught a glimpse of something frozen in time. My intent was to create a generalized western persona, rather than a specific personality.". The character type, Howell-Sickles learned, was real back in the 1910s and 1920s a... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (14)
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Cowgirl Up! Art from the Other Half of the West Desert Caballeros Western Museum Exhibition
2006The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesThe Trail of Painted Ponies: Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002Sais, Melissa (Essay)100 pages (color)Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists 2001 Edition
2001Editors, Art of the West88 pages (color)Leading the West One Hundred Contemporary Painters & Sculptors
1997Hagerty, Donald J213 pages (color)Prix de West Invitational 1997
1997
(Exhibition catalog)National Cowboy Hall of Fame194 pages (color)Reflections of Women Artists
1997O'Sullivan, Michael B M.D.39 pages (color)Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997Southwest Art128 pagesCowgirl Rising The Art of Donna Howell-Sickels
1997Streep, Peg128 pages (color)Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale1996
1996
(Exhibition catalog)Buffalo Bill Historical Center128 pages (color)American Women Artists & the West Show and Sale Tucson Museum of Art
1994
(Exhibition catalog)Carman, Shari; Robert Yassin32 pages (color)The Red Book Western American Price Index
1993Southwest Art126 pagesMaster Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993Southwest Art64 pages