San Antonio Cowboys Canvas Print

When I start the painting process, whether watercolor, oil or acrylic, for me the canvas is a way for me to be as creative and expressive as needed to tell a story. These stories usually come from real life adventures and this piece is no different than many that I've done.

It's not that I am not use to seeing people dressed in character. After all, I live in Plymouth and see actors playing the part of early pilgrims either downtown near the Mayflower or at Plimoth Plantation. Once a year around September and October, King Richards Faire brings the renaissance to life by recreating a 16th-century marketplace, including musicians, singers, dancers, minstrels, mimes and so on.

San Antonio Cowboy is a little different in my mind. It's about the past meeting the present.

The inspiration came from the sight of a couple of costumed men dressed in the character of the Old West. They were walking down one of the main streets of San Antonio as if they were going...

P. Anthony Visco, a Plymouth, Massachusetts resident is rapidly becoming a well recognized and popular painter of Oils, Acrylics and Watercolors. He is a current member of the Plymouth Guild for the Arts, the Canton Art Association, the New Art Forum in Kingston, the North River Art Association and the New England Watercolor Society. This craggy old seasalt has one discernable talent...to pleasure us with his beautiful paintings. He is cantankerous by nature and although his first love is the sea, Tony's paintings focus heavily on his favorite New England scenes and abandoned objects found in unusual settings. He is the recipient of many juried art show awards including First Place in drawing, pastel and watercolor categories. What's...