This card is by Vivian Montre of Nevada City, CA (faces and, I think, "Wanted"), Martha Bickford of Santa Rosa, CA (cow skull), and Wrenay Kann of Syracuse IN (reward sign and collaged postage stamps). Vivian wrote, “Thanks Dean. I know there's some kind of profound symbolism going on -- just can't put words to it.” But Vivian, isn't that the whole point of symbolism? If you could put words to it, you wouldn't need the symbolism. The point is to bring things together, suggest something, and let the viewer get an idea. If dancers could get their feelings across in words instead of dance they'd be writers.And what does the Winslow Homer painting have to do with it? Now THERE's something to speculate about. Maybe the desperado, rather than riding off farther west, went back East and is hiding out in a fishing dory on the grand banks, hauling up a ground line of cod instead of riding the fence line. Maybe the cowboy and indian have spent their entire lives on the high plains and long to have a look at the sea. The possible explanations are unlimited.
Martha stamped her cow's skull on the reverse side of the card, and someone seems to have practiced getting the antique yellowed-edge look on the back, too. I thought that added so much to the card that I scanned the back; it's the right-hand image below. Also, you can see much more of the cow skull in the scan of the back.