Billy the Kid

 

I went to the Western Spirit Museum in Scottsdale last Sunday to see a new exhibit they were featuring called "The Resurrection of Billy the Kid".  The museum and True West Magazine combined forces to bring the west's most notorious outlaw back to life.

The exhibit contained the works of Bob Boze Bell and Thom Ross to reimagine the "kid's" short life.  

The painting to the left was created by Bob Boze Bell and is called "Charming Billy".  It's based on the only surviving photograph of Billy taken around 1880.

One thing I didn't expect to see was this little memorial to Billy the Kid complete with a guest book for people to sign.

An even bigger surprise was opposite the memorial where I saw this statue of Billy laid out for a wake with candles and flowers.  The death-bed statue was created by Buckeye Blake.

Tomorrow I'll show you some of the art works created by Thom Ross for this exhibit. He reimagined the "Kid's" life as a fevered frontier dance.