Artist | Barbara McQueen

Barbara McQueen was an Oregon farm girl turned world class fashion model – known as Barbara Minty – when she met Steve McQueen in 1977. Roughly half his age, Barbara enjoyed a life outside of Hollywood with the maverick star, who’d mostly left the spotlight behind to pursue his passions for motorcycles, antique airplanes and vintage pick-up trucks, in which the couple would tour around America.

She took more than 400 photographs of her late husband, from 1977 to 1980. These poignant images document their three-and-a-half year relationship and lends proof to the fact that McQueen had finally achieved the peace that eluded him for so long.

The former model is now remarried to David Brunsvold, her husband of 15 years. The two enjoy a fun and adventurous lifestyle, traversing the country in their decked out bus and stopping whenever the mood strikes them. They divide their time between their Montana ranch in the warm weather months and head to western Arizona in the winter.