Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (And Reds, And Yellows)

ANN GADD

Title: Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (And Reds, And Yellows), 2021

Edition: Unique Original

Medium: Acrylic, Spraypaint, Pen, Enamel On Stretched Canvas

Dimensions: 90cm x 120cm, 35.43in x 47.24in, Stretched

This is a more personal work. "I saw an image of this horse laughing on social media. It made me smile, so I painted myself as the cowgirl with the laughing horses. The zebra/quagga was a hint of my South African home." The quagga was a subspecies of the plains zebra that lived in South Africa until hunted to extinction late in the 19th century by European settler-colonists. "When I create these paintings I'm totally focused for days. My mind is obsessed with the work. As such the laughing, absurd animals, and the need for total focus shifted my mood from blue to brighter colors."