Chuck Middlekauff

WITH ITS TIMEWORN AND WEATHER-BEATEN AMERICANA, THE ART OF CHUCK MIDDLEKAUFF transports you back into the West of the 1950s and ’60s. Working in watercolor, acrylic, and collage, Middlekauff paints a world of vintage Coke bottles, gas pumps, and billboards, placing contemporary cowboys in decades-old iconic settings. He calls it American pop art.

Serving four years in the Navy after high school, Middlekauff went on to study makes 10s!’ I said to myself, ‘I’ll show him.’ And I actually did make some 10s.” Middlekauff went on to graduate with honors in graphic design from the Art Institute of Colorado, where he learned about concept and design and “thinking outside of the box.”