Thursday, April 22, 2010

Quanah for Texas Monthly


I recently complete a painting for Texas Monthly Magazine for an article titled Last Days of the Comanches. Here is a small excerpt from the piece: "By the autumn of 1871, the Western frontier was rolling backward, retreating in the face of savage Indian attacks. When a ragtag army of federal soldiers arrived on the Llano Estacado to crush the hostile natives once and for all, they had numbers and firepower on their side. What they didn’t know was that their enemies were led by Quanah Parker, a half-white war chief who may have been the greatest fighter of his time." By S. C. Gwynne.

I worked with AD TJ Tucker and had a excellent time. I hope to work with him again in the future.

You can find a preview of the article here - Last Day of the Comanches

18"x24" oil on board

6 comments:

By Scott Flanders said...

that's cool Tyler.

Scott Murphy said...

Ooo there's all kinds of Wyeth and Schreyvogel in there. Sweet! How did you end up working with them?

Tyler Jacobson said...

Thanks to both Scotts. Wyeth is a huge influence for sure. I got the job through my art rep Richard Solomon. It was a really fun job.

James Ryman said...

Really classy stuff mate. Very cool.

Chris Rahn said...

Wow man, this piece is just unbelievable. I love the super fresh paint application.

Eric Braddock said...

Beautiful piece, Tyler. Absolutely beautiful.