Bull Rider and the Cody Nite Rodeo

Bull Rider and the Cody Night Rodeo
Artist Blake Neubert
Year 2007
Type Pastel, on paper
Location Private Gallery, Laramie, Wyoming

Bull Rider and the Cody Nite Rodeo; created in 2007 is the title of an expressionist painting by American artist Blake Neubert, depicting a Cowboy riding a Bull in the nightly rodeo. In a review for The World & I Online Audrey Albright describes the piece as "Kandinsky-like," going on to note how Neubert "takes a step beyond impressionism and reaches expressionism with his Bull Rider at the Cody Night [sic] Rodeo . . . [Neubert's] use of color and line emphasizes the emotions and feel of riding a bull, making it possible for the viewer to imagine actually being on the bull."[1]

Source of inspiration

The piece depicts a Bull Rider competing at the "Cody Nite Rodeo" which is a nightly amateur rodeo competition which takes place annually from June 1 to August 31 in Cody, Wyoming.[2]

References

  1. "Artists Capture the Great American West". The World & I Online. March 2007.
  2. "Cody Nite Rodeo". Cody Nite Rodeo. 2008.