Cowboy Art, Frame And Poster: "It's Never Too Late To Be A Cowboy" Poster

BURKE III, L. D. [ARTIST]

Publication: Cowboy art, poster and frame by L D Burke III n d (ca 1980), Santa Fe, New Mexico

Colorful 36" x 24" of a pair of cowboy chaps. Framed in wood 42 1/2" x 30 1/2" that is decorated with quarters and an overall distressed look which are signatures of the long time noted Santa Fe artist. Attractive and in fine condition. "David Leigh “L.D.” Burke — designer, architect, poet, composer and magnificent free spirit — has died here at the age of 80. The designer of Cowboy Furniture of Santa Fe fell from a ladder on July 27 at his Heron Lake cabin and died at home in Santa Fe on July 30 of his injuries. A lifelong artist and designer, L.D. Burke spent part of his career in Chicago, living in the Riverwoods, Ill., area, and also in San Francisco. He held a fine arts degree from Colby College in Maine and was born in Norwood, Mass., where he grew up. He worked in and visited Texas where he fell in love with the West and cowboys before coming to Santa Fe in the early 1980’s and establishing his highly successful Cowboy Furniture of Santa Fe. Burke also designed several buildings in Santa Fe, including the Pink Church building on Pacheco Street, for use as his artistic base; also The Nunnery, Fortaleza Coyote on Second Street, the twin towers buildings at Jackalope Pottery, and the tall red, tan and chocolate brown and blue Granaries buildings at the corner of Sixth and Hopewell Streets, and his own home on Don Gaspar." .... Santa Fe newspaper.

Inventory Number: 51096