Covered Wagons (1940). Artist: Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945) (aka NC Wyeth or N.C. Wyeth). Covered Wagons is a vintage fine art American West painting that depicts pioneers traveling in covered wagons pulled by horses taking a journey across the plains in the wild west. A beautiful sunny day with blue skies and fluffy clouds in the sky.About the artist: Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945), aka N.C. Wyeth, was an American artist and illustrator. He became one of America's greatest American West illustrators.