April 7, 2025
It all started with Buckeye's dream. My Kid Krazy compadre, had this idea to do a shrine of the wake of Billy the Kid with the dead outlaw stretched out on the carpenter's bench in Old Fort Sumner on July 15, 1881. Buckeye's original idea to place this shrine at the actual graveyard in Old Fort Sumner, got shot down by the city council. Still Buckeye persevered, and now, with the help of myself, artist Thom Ross and Tim Roberts at the Fort Sumner Graveyard Museum that dream is about to become a reality.
Some of my contributions to the traveling wake will be on display at the Roswell, New Mexico Library this coming Friday night. It is technically a drop off point for me to meet my co-conspirators, Thom Ross and Karla Morton, who will then carry the artwork on to Lamy, New Mexico, where the first leg of the traveling show will be staged in August of this year. From there the show will travel to Raton, New Mexico and then on to Scottsdale and points beyond.
An original art print of this painting will be on display and for sale at the Roswell Library Art Show. In addition, framed art prints and originals of my Billys—and even a Pat Garrett!—will be included in the show.
And, you know what the Kid would say about all this expended effort:
"There's no money in it."
—William Bonney
Roswell is looking forward to hosting you!
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