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"Last Stray O' The Day" American Western Painting with Cowboy Horse Cow Lasso
By Gary Jack Thornton
Located in Austin, TX
"Last Stray O' The Day" is a thrilling piece by painter of the American Old West, Gary Jack
Category

Early 2000s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pickin' His Way Down
By Gary Jack Thornton
Located in Austin, TX
"Picking His Way Down" is an original oil painting by Gary Jack Thornton. It depicts a nostalgic
Category

1970s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bucking Bronco
By Gary Jack Thornton
Located in Austin, TX
"Bucking Bronco" is as original oil on canvas painting by Gary Jack Thornton. It depicts an
Category

1970s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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Gary Jack Thornton (1941-) Gary Jack was born in Oklahoma City in 1941. He attended The University of Tulsa on an athletic scholarship and graduated with a degree in commercial art. A career in design and illustration over the next 37 years produced a significant body of award winning work. Along the way, he founded the Beat Of The West Gourmet Food Co. and grew it into an international company. In 1998, Gary Jack retired to paint on a full-time basis. Growing up in the Charlie Russell country of Montana, the horse country of Oklahoma and the mystique of Texas, the West is in his blood. He is a self-taught painter and he will quickly tell you he is no real cowboy. But he often "cowboys" on various ranches to research, study, get in the way, and have one hell of a good time. His inspiration is the dust, sweat, smells and the action and believes you must experience the lifestyle to be able to paint it.

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