Sheriff shooting gambler in saloon
This is an original pulp western illustration completed in gouache
and casein on illustration board by Shannon Stirnweis, circa
1960's. This illustration was purchased in a lot of others
from a collector, and they were all commissioned for magazines
during that era.
Shannon Stirnweis is an accomplished and
listed fine artist and illustrator of western life subjects.
He began his career as an illustrator in the US Army and pursued
that career commercially illustrating for books, posters, ads and
magazines such as Boy's Life, Field & Stream, and Sportsman
Magazine.
He is a member of Western Artist's of
America and is shown in galleries throughout the US. He is
represented in the permanent collections of the US Dept of the
Interior, US Air Force, US Army Historical Museum, US Coast Guard,
Leaning Tree, Marriot, Grumbacher, Rumley, CBS, Burt Reynolds,
California Federal Savings, University of Texas, University of
Wyoming and the Pippin Museum. He has participated in shows at
the Hunterton Art Center, New York Historical Society, and the
Smithsonian.