Colorado Pioneers is a series of twelve large original watercolor paintings of anonymous Colorado historical pioneer figures. Artist William Matthews used his families and friends as a basis of facial features for the paintings. Characters and themes include: Native American/Ute, Trapper/Explorer, Rancher/Cowboy, Miner, Mother and Child, Farmer, Railroad Man, Politician/Businessman/Shopkeeper, Clergy, Calvary Soldier, Schoolmarm, 10th Mountain Division Soldier, and Airplane Pilot. Mr. Matthews’s paintings convey a thematic viewpoint of the various people and cultures that have informed Colorado’s rich history.
Collection of Paintings
Tony James No. 1
Truly/Rural
Wood Water Rock
Wild Mustang
Welcome to the Front Range
Wall of Words
Dynamic Wall Sculpture
Ocular series
Pure and Clean and Raw
Duologue series of small paintings
Unabridged
Two Tall Mountains and Joggers in the Park
The Blue Trees
Tail Spin
The Rope Whisperer
The Heavy is the Root of the Light
Stone Garden
Seattle Cows
Model State: A Local Cosmology
License Plates
Laughing Escalator
I See What You Mean
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Indeterminate Line
I Know You Know That I Know
Glimmer, Waggenwaybreen, and Losvik Cut
Four Floors of Murals
Forever Colliding
Don’t Hide
Doing the Denver Dance
Colorado Pioneers
Colorado Panorama: A People’s History
Boulder Creek‚ Autumn 08 #1
Big Ben
Atmosphere No. 27, 37 and 44
Ancient Colorado Paintings
1000 Prayers
Start Planning Your Event In Denver Book
Experience the Colorado Convention Center
