Dana Hart-Stone’s digital paintings are rooted in a deep engagement with the historical and cultural fabric of the American West. His childhood explorations of abandoned homesteads in Eastern Montana fostered a fascination with the fragmented narratives of settler life and the broader, often obscured, histories of the American frontier. These formative encounters continue to inform his work, now expressed through meticulously composed digital paintings constructed from vintage vernacular photographs. These recontextualized images investigate intersecting themes of race, gender, sexual identity, class, and socioeconomic struggle. Dana Hart-Stone’s work powerfully reframes collective memory, challenging dominant national narratives and creating space for the voices and faces of the historically marginalized to finally be seen and heard.