Cowboy Culture

Genre cover by Ava Dawson

A landscape painting of a desert scene with red rock formations, a clear blue sky with some clouds, and a person riding a white horse on a dirt path surrounded by green shrubs.

Why is this piece your Trace Fossil?

"I view these works as my 'trace fossil' pieces because I think they provide a larger societal commentary than they appear on the surface, subtly but (hopefully) somewhat effectively forcing the viewer to question their own opinions on the world around them."

Ava Dawson is a high school student as well as an artist from Charleston, South Carolina. Her work typically follows human and animal depictions across multiple mediums.