This is a digital image I made in 1998. It's based on an illustration from a men's magazine from the 1960's of two cowboys who were tied together at the wrist in some sort of weird west fighting ritual.
When I first glanced at the image while flipping through the magazine I made two mistakes: I thought that the two cowboys were the same person, because of the way they were drawn, and I thought that they were dancing together. After I looked more carefully and realized this wasn't the case, I decided to make a version of the image based on my first impression, which I thought was more interesting.
I'm currently finishing up a painting based on this piece, which I'll post in a couple of weeks (unless I decide I hate it).
PS: click on the image to see a larger version.