Buck Mccain's Bronze Technique

Many artists paint very vivid images, some are so crazy that you wonder how that artist came up with that idea? I like to think that not all painters paint for the same reason, some paint for the money, some for the challenge, some to express their emotion. I 'd like to take a look at a Bronze Sculpture called the Cowboy by Buck McCain. I was able to go and see this sculpture in person a couple of years ago in Jackson Hole Wyoming and it was one of my favorites. The Cowboy is fairly simple, a man in a cowboy hat holding a saddle in his left hand and his in his right a bridle. His rowles on his spurs are a 16 point type and are used on responsive and very sensitive horses, like the ferrari in today 's world, his chaps are very detailed at the top but lose this when they transfer into the pants part of the leather. He carries no gun …show more content…
There are fewer and fewer cattle ranches in the united states and few use horses any more, they now rely on four wheelers which actually don’t move cows as well as a horse. Back in the 1860’s cowboys would wander all across america looking for work these cowboys would spend days in the saddle with little food or water. Now the cowboys go home for a big slab of beef from the cows they have raised from birth. This spirit of the cowboy is held by few families and is being overrun with the rich and proper english riding style. The fact that Buck had sculpted the Cowboy as a dirty, tired, and worn out man shows that McCain views hard work as an important part of society and might want to teach his children about it. McCain was thrown off a horse and was hurt for a while and to help pass the time he painted and sculpted so he might use art as a hobby. Buck never would have pursued his art career if it wasn’t for Ernest Berke McCain would never have been as good as he is now so buck could also want to make his mentor proud and give him more