{"id":1943,"date":"2023-01-18T19:42:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T19:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/julyandavis.com\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&p=1943"},"modified":"2024-07-17T14:14:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T14:14:11","slug":"the-west","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/julyandavis.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/the-west\/","title":{"rendered":"American Ghosts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

‘American Ghosts’ is a novel in paint. It’s an allegory of westward expansion and the Gilded Age, covering the century between 1850 and 1950. The story traces the ghosts of three imagined women, each personifying three key moments in American history; the Gold Rush, the Civil War and the Dustbowl. As they cross both time and place, Belle, Betsy and Nancy (along with the outliers that join their caravan) will come to see at last the ravaged land Herself. The will learn also the value of a forgotten 19th c. counterpoint to the excesses of any gilded age, past or present- the notion of seeking just enough, of finding one’s ‘competency’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like other past narratives of mine, the story began with an old dusty book and an equally old ballad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Farewell to the Old Place Oil on canvas 30×38 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Last Buffalo Oil on canvas 38×72 2023 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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American Ghosts Oil on panel 18×24 Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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They were not Alone Oil on canvas 72×48 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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‘Lost. Again.’ Oil on canvas 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nancy Entertained the Hoboes 18×18 Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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No Sign of the Gentleman Oil on panel 24×18 Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Belle meets Betsy Oil on panel 18×24″<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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‘The Guardian of the Trees’ Oil on canvas 48×60″ 2023 Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Flying Lesson Oil on canvas 18×24 Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Belle on Point Oil on canvas 38×32<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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How Nancy Lost her Wagon 12×12″ Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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American Ghosts Oil on panel 12×12<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Drawn to their Own Reflections Oil on panel 18×18 Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A Moment of Despair Oil on panel 12×12 Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Man Who Built the Railroad Oil on panel 18×18<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WORKS ON PAPER <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Watercolor Study 5×7″ Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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‘The Last Buffalo’ Watercolor sketch 5×7″ Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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‘Circus Strong’ Watercolor study 5×7″ Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another Trick Watercolor study 7×5″ <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Her Australian Friend Watercolor 7×5″ Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lost in the Canyons Watercolor 7×5″ Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Related Works of the West<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tornado Oil on panel 10×10″<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dream of the Dustbowl 12×9″ Oil on panel Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Consternation, Study Oil on panel 16×16″<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Across the Border Oil on canvas 50×70″<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ice Storm, Sierra Blanca Oil on canvas 50×70″<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Best Cafe Oil on canvas 12×18″ Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ice Storm, Texas Oil on canvas 12×16″ Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ice Storm, Study Oil on panel 5×7″ Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cigarette, Mexican Border Oil on panel 5×10″<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Border II Oil on panel 5×10″<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Roadside Sign, Texas Oil on panel 5×7″ Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Truck Stop (Stewball Series) Oil on panel 8×11″ Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Winter (Stewball Series) Oil on panel 8×11″ Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stewball was a Racehorse (Stewball Series) Oil on panel 8×12″ Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stewball Series Oil on panel 8×11″ Private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stewball Series 8×11 Oil on panel private Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Oil Study, Las Vegas, NM Oil on panel 6×8″<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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‘American Ghosts’ is a novel in paint. It’s an allegory of westward expansion and the Gilded Age, covering the century between 1850 and 1950. The story traces the ghosts of three imagined women, each personifying three key moments in American history; the Gold Rush, the Civil War and the Dustbowl. As they cross both time and place, Belle, Betsy and Nancy (along with the outliers that join their caravan) will come to see at last the ravaged land Herself. TheRead more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"jetpack-portfolio-type":[],"jetpack-portfolio-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1943","jetpack-portfolio","type-jetpack-portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/julyandavis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/1943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/julyandavis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/julyandavis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/julyandavis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/julyandavis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1943"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/julyandavis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/1943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2162,"href":"https:\/\/julyandavis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/1943\/revisions\/2162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/julyandavis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/julyandavis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/julyandavis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-type?post=1943"},{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/julyandavis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-tag?post=1943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}