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POP Goes the Art
Pop art is for everyone. So said Andy Warhol, himself one of the original pop artists. It’s a style that emerged in the 1950s and thrived in the 1960s; now it has arrived in the West with a flourish of brightly colored prints depicting traditional Western elements – think: horses, cowboys and hats.
Building Worlds in Miniature: Ryan Scheer’s Western Dioramas
Ryan Scheer didn’t set out to become a miniature world builder. Four years ago, he realized that the photographic style he was pursuing was perfectly suited to the micro scale.
Ryan Scheer Creates Western Nostalgia
Ryan Scheer left Steamboat Springs after high school and swore he would never come back...
The Westerly is Full of Western Charm
When husband and wife duo Ryan and Jacque Scheer bought what used to be the Standard Gallery + Wine Bar at 907 Lincoln Ave., they had a vision: Western charm, fun, whimsical, not overly masculine, which, they point out, can happen a lot when you get into the Western genre.