Happy the Cowboy

Here is one I didn't know my brother had.  Happy the cowboy was in my house most of our lives.  So he must have been created back in the 70s.  He's a little dusty these days but you can still see the oil paint is still pretty vibrant.

Happy and I had a bit of history because as a young boy I accidently broke it.  I busted his legs off at the knees.  I tried to cover my tracks and just glue it back together but Dad noticed.  Caught! He then took it and fixed it properly.  I couldn't even see where the break was.

One can assume he was named happy because of the bottle in his hand or maybe because of his simple look ignorance is bliss.  Either way glad to see he's still around.

Indian Cowboy Caricature

Visiting my brother he mentioned he had a few of the cowboy caricatures that our father created.  He was  big fan of western movies and created many of these exaggerated guys.  They are very hard to find and I was glad to have an opportunity to add them to the blog.

Here we have an Indian cowboy.  I really have no backstory on this guy but I would assume it was created back in the 70s.  I suppose it wouldn't be considered very politically correct today but back then the issue wasn't considered.

Once cared Mike would have painted it with oils before the final varnish.  He a little dinged up and dusty but still great to see.