I see there's another insidious blow against the West and the life of the cowboy and westerner. Television ads proclaim that
rodeo is an "extreme" sport. I guess ranching is an "extreme" occupation - or maybe there's just no correlation anymore between rodeo
and western and ranch life. To really make it extreme, producers of those shows should update their scripts and include
events such as "helicopter round-up". Maybe I'm just gettin' too old, but these days I wonder how long it'll take for people to only know about the cowboy and western lifestyle
from movies, books, and art.
And speaking of art - I'd like to hear from all of you what kind of cowboy art you like best, and the kind of cowboy art you would buy if you had the chance. Now I'm not trying to sell you anything - it's only
an informal survey of a targeted demographic which can help us understand the interests of all of you great folks out there who visit cowboyartshow.com and capausa.org. If we get any kind of usable information, the results
will be published here.
Joe Chernicoff, CAPA Exec. Director
Real cowboy stories at cowboyartshow.com
Read cowboyartshow.com's featured cowboy writer, Bob Kinford's cowboy stories are listed on the story
directory page. He's been sending us a couple of stories a minth, and if you're interested in ranching and the cowboy life, you'll enjoy these tales.
Steve From , a former bull rider who's had his share of breaks and bruises, turned bull fighter, has written a story that every rodeo fan, and especially, bull riding fans, are gonna really enjoy.
To read more about this book, enter here
"The Teams"
Australian artist Dorothy Gauvin
Last month we featured on of Dorothy Gauvin's paintings, and although we don't usually repeat work in backto back issues, this painting is shown since it is of some interest. Writes Dorothy,"You may be interested to know the models for "Teams" are members of one of the last few working teams of Clydesdales in our country. I travelled to Victoria - our southern-most mainland State - and spent two days in photographing them for the painting. In it, the team is being harnessed to a (replica) tabletop wool wagon.
Most of our heavy horse teams are "clumpers" - ie a Clydesdale over a stock mare - and Percherons for display and competition."
Rodeo Schedules and Other Events of Interest
For rodeo schedules and information - including barrel racing schedules, visite:
The following artists and organizations are active in supporting and promoting
cowboy and western art and photography. CA&R appreciates their efforts
at keeping this art form in front of the public eye:
800-982-2855.
Cowboy Artists and Photographers of America is a co-sponsor of the 4th Annual Big Bear Valley, CA, Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering which will be held in Big bear Lake, July 17-20, 2003. This juried event includes the annual Western art Show, featuring the work of cowboy and western artists - paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, and design art.
Margo Petterson's painting "The Cowboy Way", is the painting used on this year's poster along with a new poem from Curly Musgrave titled "The Cowboy Way".
Contact Robyn Anderson by e-mail at focusmagaz@aol.com or write to her at Western Art Show, P.O. Box 1716, Big Bear City, CA 92314, for more information.
Current and Future Events of Interest
July 10, 2003 5:00PM
For information or call 403-261-0101.
The cover of the 2002 Western Art Auction Catalog. As a note of interest, CAPA members Margo Petterson and Val Moker had work included in the 2002 auction.
For those of you in PA, NJ, DEL, NY & CT Peter Campbell is coming to Willow Brook Farms in October. Information
Cowboy pencil and ink artist Don Hambrick and sculptor Robin Palmer are recent additions to the Cowboy Artists and Photographers of America membership rolls. Enter here for both artists' bios and web page links.
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Horse Expo a successful event for CAPA members
Capa members Margo Petterson, whose work is seen above, and CAPA Director Karen D. Smith both had success at the recent Horse Expo in Sacramento, CA. Margo sold two of her paintings, and Karen's bronze, "Revenge", was bought by the Expo and presented to the guru of modern day horsewhisperers, Ray Hunt. Margo's next show is July 11th at the Calgary Stampede, Calgary Canada
