^Lot 1532 Lot of 2 Carlos Hadaway Signed Prints.

Includes "This Bud's For You", 1981, original signature acquired 1985; and untitled cowboy with rifle and rope, no original signature or date. Both measure 19" x 15", in black wood frame 22" x 18". Carlos Rudolpho Hadaway (1941-2017) was born on August 15, 1941, in Portsmouth, Virginia and was raised in San Diego, California. He was the oldest of six in a family known as “The Wild Bunch.” While still a child, he suffered blindness twice and underwent six eye operations to eventually regain his sight. As a youngster, Hadaway's keen interest in art was encouraged and nurtured by his third-grade teacher, Sister Helen Theresa. In his early teens, when the family spent two years in Sasebo, Japan, his Japanese art teacher exposed him to portraits, sketching, landscapes and the appreciation of nature. As he grew, he never lost his fascination of the Old West and the western lifestyle, so it was natural that his deep-rooted passion was expressed through western art. He once stated, “When I paint the cowboy life, I’m painting my vision of heaven.” His favorite medium was oil on canvas, although in the early years he worked with watercolors and pen and ink.