Lot 75286: DONNA HOWELL-SICKLES (American, 1949-) Lady on

DONNA HOWELL-SICKLES (American, 1949-) Lady on Horse, 1984 Mixed media on paper 30-1/4 x 22-1/4 inches (76.8 x 56.5 cm) Signed and datd lower right: D. Howell 84-2 Donna Howell-Sickles was born in Gainesville and raised on a 900 acre farm. In 1972, while earning her BFA at Texas Tech in Lubbock, she acquired an old postcard c. 1935 depicting a cowgirl seated on a horse which read, "Greetings from a Real Cowgirl from the Ole Southwest." Attracted by the charm and confidence of the woman in the image, she began incorporating the cowgirl figure into her work, as well as collecting and researching these old-time cowgirl images. Before long, this icon was the central theme in Howell-Sickles' pieces. Her works are largely mixed-media and can be found in collections throughout the west including the Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, TX, The National Cowgirl Hall of Fame, Fort Worth, TX, and The Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY.