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Texas-Best Art

Modern Western/Cowboy Painters

Listed in alphabetical order:

Wayne Baize

Born:1943 Stamford, Texas

Worked: Abilene, Ft. Davis, Texas

Works: Riders of the West Clearin the Trail, Along the Trail, A Good Lickin, Following the Old Path, Desert Shade, Bringing the Remuda

James Boren

Born: 1921 Waxahachie, Texas

Worked: Lamaesa, Big Sprig, Sweetwater, Snyder and San Antonio

Works: Five Card Stud, Out of the Mist January Evening, Vaquero of Northern Mexico, South of Laredo, In Navaho Land, Morning Glory, Heading For Summer Pasture, Waiting For the Late Train.

Education: Kansas City Art Institute, Southwestern College

1976 Texas State Artist

George Boutwell

Born:

Works: A Nice Tree, Armadillo, Dust Bandits, Gully Washer, High Hopes, Socked In, Lone Star Landscape

2006 Texas State Artist

Tony Eubanks

Born: 1939 Dallas, Texas

Works: A Rest Along the Way, Taos Remembered, From Where the Sun Now Stands, Sante Fe Snow

Education: Texas Tech University, North Texas University, Art Center in Los Angeles

1988 Texas State Artist alternate

Bruce R. Greene

Born: 1953, Norse, Texas

Works: Another day in Paradise, Colors of Courage, Little Lanterns of God, Nothin’ But the Truth

Education: University of Texas

Martin Grelle

Born: 1954, Cliffton, Texas

Works: Buffalo Dreamer, Peaceful Morn, Offering to the River Spirit, Teller of Tales

G. (Gerald) Harvey

Born: 1933 San Antonio

Works: Beside Still Waters, Blessings By the Bucket, Boot Top Crossing, Bundled Blessed & Headin’ West, Cowboy Coffee, Cowboy Country Club. Cowtown Drifter, The Horse Trader, Lights of a New Era, Ranger Outpost, Takin’ a Soakin’

Education: Texas State University

Dona Howell-Sickles

Born: 1949, Gainsville, Texas

Works: A Family Tradition, Red Horse Rider, Postcard Cowgirl, Pal-O-Mine, Takin’ the Reins, Moon Dog Chasers and Palomino Racers, Dance Romance, Apples for the Yellow Mare

Education: Texas Tech

Tom Lea

Born: 1907, El Paso, Texas died – 2001

Works: illustrated The Longhorns, a book by J. Frank Dobie, Recuerdo de Lagrimas, Rio Grande ( hangs in the Oval Office), The Land of the Mustangs, World in the Night, The Deathless White Racing Mustang

Education: Art Institute of Chicago

Robert Pummill

Born: 1936 Loveland, Ohio

Worked: 1968 – 2006, Kerrville, Texas

Works: Blue Beaded Bonnet, The Ride with Villa, Longhorn Country, A Lifetime of Cowboyin’, Pinnacle Run, A Few Strays

Tom Ryan

Born: 1922 Illinois

Worked: 6666 Ranch, Guthrie, Texas

Works: Paintings of 6666 Ranch, Sharing an Apple, 6-Pack Saturday Night, Calf Buster, Monday Morning Blues, Split Decision, Patching His saddle, Henry of the 6666 Ranch

Education St. Louis School of Fine Art; American Academy of Art; Art Students League

Robert Summers

Born: 1940 Glen Rose, Texas

Works: Last Cup, One Southern Morn’, Winters Lace, It’s Over, Sole Rider

1975 Texas State Artist

Melvin Charles Warren

Born: 1920 Los Angeles, California died 1995

Worked: Texas 1934-1995

Works: Bitter Cold, Night Riders, Approaching Storm, Night in Chimayo, Texas Ranger Border Patrol, Acoma Cowboy, Ponderin’, The Lost Coin, Rolling His Own

Education: Texas Chrisitian University

1972 Texas State Artist