B SHAWN COX
B SHAWN COX
Born and raised in far west Texas, B Shawn Cox both lived and watched Westerns: one the lived reality and the other as its loaded cinematic idealization. Television Westerns were ideology dressed as entertainment, seducing a generation with heroism and spectacle while carrying cultural critique and moral weight beneath the surface. Cox paints into that tradition deliberately. His idealized cinematic cowboys and cowgirls on vintage floral upholstery fabric are visually seductive by design with layers of bold color, pattern, and classical beauty . What you find beyond that is a different conversation. His work is for collectors drawn to bold color, pattern play, and American mythology viewed through a contemporary lens. His work is collected throughout the United States and resides in private, corporate and museum collections.