Cowgirl Rising: The Art of Donna Howell-Sickles

Streep, Peg

ISBN 10: 0867130342 / ISBN 13: 9780867130348

Published by Greenwich Workshop Press, Shelton, CT, 1997

About this Item

Beautifully illustrated with the artist's paintings, in color ("imaginative offspring of the women of the rodeo"). Interpretative text by Peg Streep. There is a brief bibliography in the front. Original tan cloth publisher's covers with black spine and cover lettering and a black and red cover illustration. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names and no bookplates. The dust jacket is in similarly nice condition with no chips, tears, or markings (just a trifle bit of wear to the top edge of the jacket at the spine).; Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 128 pages. Seller Inventory # 21557

Bibliographic Details

Title: Cowgirl Rising: The Art of Donna ...

Publisher: Greenwich Workshop Press, Shelton, CT

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+

Edition: First Edition; First Printing.

About this title

Synopsis:

Cowgirl Rising is a beautifully rendered metaphor for today's woman. Here, Streep weaves the story behind Howell-Sickles' vision of the cowgirl and places her in the context of world mythologies. The result is a celebration of the courage, self-reliance and exuberance of the cowgirl spirit, and indeed of the female spirit today. 120+ full-color paintings.

About the Author:

Donna Howell-Sickles was born in 1949 in Gainesville, Texas and raised on a 900 acre farm. In 1972, while earning her BFA at Texas Tech in Lubbock, she acquired an old postcard c. 1935 depicting a cowgirl seated on a horse which read, “Greetings from a Real Cowgirl from the Ole Southwest.” Attracted by the charm and confidence of the woman in the image, she began incorporating the cowgirl figure into her work, as well as collecting and researching these old-time cowgirl images. Before long, this icon was the central theme in the contemporary settings of Donna’s pieces. Donna’s works are largely mixed-media. She works on paper and canvas in a mix of charcoal, pastel and acrylic most often leaving her under-drawing visible. In Donna’s pieces, the cowgirl achieves the status of a heroine, and her images have brought her national attention and success. Her work is rich with symbolism and allusions to classical mythology, but the viewer does not need to be familiar with the references in order to appreciate the female affirmations of each piece. Her paintings can be found in museum collections throughout the west including the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, Texas; The National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas; The Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody Wyoming and several others.