Vaquero Posters by Ernest Morris
2002 Santa Barbara Fiesta Poster
The vaquero area of this attractive poster was created in water color by Ernest Morris. This poster was used to announce the 2002 Santa Barbara Old Spanish Days Fiesta Stock Horse Show & Rodeo. This long-standing event celebrates many of the historical traditions of Santa Barbra and the central coast area of California. In addition to creating the image for this poster, Ernie Morris was named the Honorary Vaquero for the 2002 event. The image shows an old vaquero riding a traditional vaquero-style bridle horse, with the Santa Barbara Mission in the background. Supply of this poster is limited.
Ready-to-frame poster size: 18” x 24”
Vaquero image area: 16″ x 16¾“
$50.00
Parade of Colors
Parade of Colors is a full-color print on good quality heavy paper. There are some fifty different colors and shades of horses. Ernie has painted forty of the more well-known ones in this picture. The Spanish have a name for every one of them. There is the moro, sabino, and roan to name a few, and you can start a war of your own by trying to put a label on any of them. The horses are shown with cowboys and buckaroos with different kinds of tack.
24″ x 36″ Ready for Framing
$75.00
Jaquima to Freno (Freno means bit)
Jaquima to Freno is printed on good quality heavy paper of a pen and ink original drawing by Ernest Morris. It illustrates the process of starting a young horse in the hackamore, and then gradually transferring him to a bit and a finished bridle horse.
18″ x 24″ Ready for Framing
$50.00
The Outlaw
The Outlaw is printed on good quality heavy paper of a pencil original drawing. This print shows a “rough one” that has obviously won the last round of a contest with the rider, and is very likely a veteran of such events.
14″ x 18″ Ready for Framing
$25.00
A Recollection
A Recollection is printed on good quality heavy paper of a pen and ink original drawing. It depicts an old vaquero who has spent more than sixty years working on the back of a horse. It’s for sure he has a bank full of beautiful memories – riding, roping, and moving large herds of cattle. He can still recall when times were not so good, from bad weather to many life threatening incidences. But most of all, it’s his horses that stick in his mind to the end of his life, and all the old buckaroos love to tell about them.
14″ x 18″ Ready for Framing
$25.00
