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Vaquero
c 2013
Ricardo Cuéllar
Mixed Media on Canvas 16x20 Inches
Cell Phone Photography
Digital Print/Acrylic Touch
A lone, chiseled figure rises from the emerald shimmer of a hidden Texas river—equal parts myth and man. Naked but for the water that slicks against him like glass, he stands statuesque, a modern-day cowboy carved from muscle and mystery. His black Stetson, tipped low, keeps his face in shadow—because legends don’t need names. A coil of rope slung over one shoulder hints at work done, or trouble coming. The image doesn’t just reimagine the cowboy—it seduces the idea of him. Raw. Unbranded. Eternal.
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