Opening Night Friday, July 3rd from 5:00-7:30PM

Artist Talk on Thursday, July 2nd from 4:00-5:00pm

Hemmings Gallery is pleased to present a new exhibition of paintings by Thom Ross featuring Buffalo Bill’s Wild West — the legendary touring spectacle that helped define how America, and the world, imagined the frontier. Please join us for the Opening Night Reception with the artist Friday, July 3rd from 5:00-7:30pm.

Debuting on the eve of the nation’s 250th anniversary, the exhibition arrives at a moment of reflection on American identity, memory, and myth. Founded by William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody in 1883, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West toured the United States and Europe for thirty years introducing millions worldwide to an imagined vision of the frontier.

Ross’s paintings bring this world vividly to life. Through expressive brushwork and dynamic compositions, he captures both the energy of the arena and the presence of its iconic figures, while also reflecting on the layered and often complex cultural narratives embedded within the spectacle itself. From scenes of high drama and action to quieter, more introspective moments, the works in this exhibition reveal a nuanced perspective on a defining chapter of American cultural history—one where performance and reality became inseparably intertwined.

For Ross, “The West we think we know was staged, performed, and retold long before we ever saw it. I’m interested in that space—where fact and fiction blur, where reality becomes myth. And how Cody seemed to move with ease from one to the other.”

More info at www.hemmingsgallery.com