Fueled by Fantasy I’m pleased to introduce Soup’s On, the newest piece in my Homage to the Pin Up series. Soup’s On is my ode to two of my favorite illustrative art forms, Pin Up art and romanticized Western images from the 1940s. Illustrators in that era fueled our daydreams, whether they were those of…
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The cost of the expansion of the American West was frequently paid in sacrifice and lost lives. Yet most of us scarcely know of these battles today. One such battle, now known as the Sand Creek Massacre, occurred 145 years ago this year. On November 29, 1864, 700 American soldiers killed and mutilated 400 Cheyenne…
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UPDATE 8/1/10: This edition is SOLD OUT. The last piece in the edition is on its way to a new home in London, England. As of this time, there are only two versions remaining in my Saloon Girls series: High Explosives and Everything Nice. Please contact me to reserve yours before these editions are also…
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Excerpts from the creative journal of Craig Bergsgaard written while researching “Memorare, Sand Creek 1864” The site is in southwest Colorado, off the beaten path. You find the road 13 miles off a US highway, where the surface turns to gravel. At first, the road was well maintained, but with each cattle pass I crossed,…
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