Artist Reimagines Scenes from Classic Western Movies with Females in Leading Cowboy Roles
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April 20, 2017Painter Felice House created her series, Re-Western, as a reimagining of favourite Western movies, in response to her frustration at the gender division typically seen in Western films. In her work, the accomplished figurative painter features female leads in the roles traditionally filled by male cowboys such as Clint Eastwood and John Wayne…
Virginia Eastwood in “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” 2013. Oil on canvas, 62” x 80”.
Photo: Artist Felice House