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“It is ironic that the history
of the Vaquero is a hidden one.
Without the Vaquero, the west and
the cowboy as we know it doesn’t
exist and neither does western art.
It is my honor to be painting this
subject with the same sense of duty
and connection to place that the
original cowboy must have felt. The
work must be done. It’s a passion AND
I’m happy to be doing it.”

— SEAN MICHAEL CHAVEZ

Study for Diablero | Oil on Canvas, 24x20 Inches

The Seeker | Oil on Canvas, 30x16 Inches

WIld Ride | Oil on Canvas, 48x48 Inches

Hollyhocks II | Oil on Canvas, 20x10 Inches

VII
Paisano III | Oil on Canvas, 16x12 Inches

Over Sheep Mountain | Oil on Canvas, 24x20 Inches

Night Owl | Oil on Canvas, 16x8 Inches



Enounter | Oil on Canvas, 36x48 Inches

Hollyhocks | Oil on Canvas, 40x20 Inches

Paisano II | Oil on Canvas, 16x12 Inches

Holloyhocks III | Oil on Canvas, 20x10 Inches

Paisano | Oil on Canvas, 20x16 Inches

Repose (above) | Oil on Canvas, 16x12 Inches
Diablero (detail, opposite) | Oil on Canvas, 60x48 Inches

VII



SE AN MICHAEL CHAVEZ

CONTEMPORARY WESTERN PAINTINGS

S.M. Chavez (Sean Michael Chavez) is a proud native of
New Mexico. Working in oil, the pivotal subject within his
compositions is the Vaquero. The work is a marriage of
old and new, nodding to historic masters such as the Taos
Society of Artists as well as to the future of contemporary
western art.

A soothing sense of color and exceptional design aesthetic
places his work well within the spectrum of the best that
contemporary western painting has to offer. Included
within notable corporate and private collections, his next
frontier will be within the collections of national art
museums.

S.M. Chavez is currently represented by Santa Fe’s Acosta
Strong Fine Art on Canyon Road. His solo show is titled “The
West, A Second Coming” is scheduled for August of 2021.
His first show at the gallery in 2019 was sold out.

Selected additional venues he requlary shows at include:
Coors Western Art Show, National Cowboy & Western
Heritage Museum and Albuquerque Museum of Art.

In 2022, he will be participating in the Couse Foundations
Gala & Art Auction at the Couse-Sharp Historic Site in Taos,
New Mexico — whose mission is to preserve the Couse-
Sharp Historic Site.

ACOSTA STRONG FINE ART

HISTORIC & CONTEMPORARY WESTERN ART
200 CANYON ROAD SANTA FE, NM | 505.982.2795

WWW.ACOSTASTRONG.COM

Front: Pisano III (Detail) - Oil on Canvas, 16x12 Inches | Back Pisano II - Oil on Canvas, 16x12 Inches