While
growing up in New Jersey, Bob Coronato used to wish he had been born a hundred
years earlier, so that he could have seen the “Old West.” After graduating from
Otis Parsons Art School, he traveled to a remote open range ranching section of
Wyoming, where he discovered that the west of his childhood dreams had not yet
completely passed on.
Bob’s
experiences working with these modern-day cowboys inspired the themes and mood
of his artworks. These pieces go beyond mere nostalgia, recognizing the
importance of the west in American history and contemporary culture. “The
freedom of the west has become a symbol of our great country,” he writes. “As
our lives become more regimented, and the rules become more numerous, we long
for those places of freedom. The subjects of my work remind people that there
is still a remote, free west. It gives a sense of relief, that we are not a
completely modern country, just yet.”
