Desperate Ride by Andy Thomas ~ Missouri artist Andy Thomas loves painting exciting moments in the Old West, much in the same way that Charles Russell did. "Desperate Ride" entices the viewer with the beginning of the tale: riders in trouble and desperate. We are left to wonder why. Are they the good guys or the "baddies"? Will they escape or will their desperate ride end in capture or even death? Excitement and narrative: the keystones of an Andy Thomas painting.