TY - ADVS AU - Simon,Chris AU - Blank,Les AU - Gosling,Maureen AU - Gaxiola,Alice AU - Gaxiola,Gerry AU - Gaxiola,Monica AU - Starbuck,Nadine AU - Mollica,Peter AU - William Brown,Peter ED - Les Blank Films (Firm), ED - Kanopy (Firm), TI - Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists PY - 1994/// PB - Les Blank Films KW - Art KW - Documentary films KW - lcgft N1 - Title from title frames; Film; In Process Record; Alice Gaxiola, Gerry Gaxiola, Monica Gaxiola, Nadine Starbuck, Peter Mollica, Peter William Brown; Originally produced by Les Blank Films in 1994 N2 - What happens when a dedicated husband and father quits his job, adopts the persona of a Western-Movie Singing Cowboy, takes on the entire art establishment (including Christo and Andy Warhol), and refuses to accept money for his art? Meet Gerry Gaxiola, AKA The Maestro, an ex-wage slave who gave up everything to make art for its own sake. The Maestro’s story could inspire a whole new generation of Van Goghs UR - https://tus.kanopy.com/node/11157055 UR - https://www.kanopy.com/node/11157055/external-image ER -