Dai Lu - Chinese Lesbian Cowgirl Framed Canvas
Description
Dai Lu stands at the crossroads of myth and memory, a Chinese lesbian cowgirl rewriting the American frontier in her own image. Her ivory Stetson casts a shadow over eyes that have weathered dust storms of exclusion and expectation. Dark as ink, her hair moves with the whisper of the Silk Road winds, a testament to the legacies she carries. She is the outlaw the West never wrote into its ballads, the queer Asian gunslinger the history books left unwritten. But she’s here. Unbowed.
A vermillion silk scarf, adorned with dynastic embroidery, knots at her throat—a crimson echo of the Red Silk Society, the secret lesbian networks of Qing China. Beaded fringe lines her powder-blue riding jacket, echoing the Yi embroidery of Sichuan horsewomen who defied colonial borders. She is the living bridge between past and present, East and West, myth and flesh.
Behind her, the painted desert unfurls in soft golds and cool cobalts, where echoes of Mongolian mustangs gallop across the windblown canvas. Dai Lu is no ghost of the frontier—she is its reckoning. A butch cowpoke, a Gaysian trailblazer, a legend whose story will never again be erased.
About the Canvas
Make any room a showpiece
• Luscious artist-grade cotton canvas, finely textured for depth and precision.
• Hand-stretched and natural white to capture light/color with striking clarity.
• Printed with non-toxic, water-based pigments that stay vivid for decades.
• Precisely measured floating frame that creates a sleek, gallery-worthy effect.
• Sustainably sourced FSC® certified European knotless pine.
3 distinctive frame colors
Black: Suits every style from bold modernity to gothic opulence.
White: Helps art shine bright in dark rooms to lift your mood.
Natural: Infuses warmth with its rich, honeyed tones.
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Only the Best Will Do
Artist-grade cotton with lush, finely grained texture. Engineered to capture every intricate brushstroke and subtle gradient.
Giclée Printing
Forget 4 color CMYK. Giclée layers up to 12 — alive with deeper shadows, richer highlights and multidimensional contrasts.
A Century of Color
Printed using a pro-lab process that helps art stay bold & breathtaking for up to 100 yr with non-toxic, archival-grade inks.
