This Issue's Opinion Another Opportunity to Be Seen and Considered This issue's opinion is more of a rant than anything else. In the last issue I wrote about the online cowboy art competition cowboyartshow.com conducted last year and the one planned for now. Last year's event drew over 40 artists, providing every entrant with an increased opportunity for their works to be seen and commented upon. By all reports, the competition was a success. So far, the number of artists interetsed in the competition are much less than anticipated at this time. For the competition - and the results - to be creditable, we should have at least four entrants in each category: oil, pastel,crayon, sculpture, etc., a number not yet reached. What will happen, if there are not enough entrants for a viable competition, is that the artists who have submitted work will be showcased with a link to their site. The competition is another effort by cowboyartshow.com and CAPA to promote the whole genre called " cowboy art". This is all done at no cost to the artist, and, in many cases, artists have received commission work as well as sales of completed works due to their being shown on the cowboyartshow.com web pages. While the bulk of the artists I deal with are pretty good folk, there are those whose attitude is "what're you gonna do for me today?". After the last competition, a survey was taken concerning competing artists paying a $15 entry fee, most of which would be used as prize money. Only about 10% of those in that competition thought that was a good idea. The others queried complained that $15 was too much money, or they were too poor to pay to enter, and so forth. Some of that "starving artist" response may have been true, but too often once you start doing things for some people, it's expected that you will always do for them. Let's face it - art is a business. Unless you paint only for therapy value, every artist wants, and needs, sales. We're happy to help artists gain recognition and sales, but since the costs for doing so come out of my pocket, the time has come for me to be more selective about who cowboyartshow.com helps, which means that a "quid pro quo" basis is expected. Joe Chernicoff, CAPA Exec. Director

A photo of Bull Rider Jesse Bail has been requested, so click here (maximize page for best image) New Additions to the Gallery Suzana Stojanovic's "The Magical World of Horses", can be entered through this doorway. "Suzana Stojanovic Suza, an artist, was born in 1969. in Vranje, in a small town in Southern Serbia. She has been painting since her fourth. Her first artistic phase goes up to 1988. In this period her paintings and other works could have been seen on various artistic exhibitions. She also participated in several artists gatherings known on the Balkan as “artistic colonies”. Her works won numerous awards and public recognition in area of art painting. In 1990. Suzana moved to Nis, the largest and the most important Southern Serbian city. Her artistic comeback was introduced by The Magical World of Horses series in 2001. This series, among the other works, was presented on several exhibitions in Serbia, among which the largest was in Belgrade in Septembar 2002, at the "Geca Kon" Gallery." Also presented here are the works of Glenn and Alan Folsom. "Glen worked as a professional illustrator for over 30 years in New York. He was the assistant studio manager at DDB/Needham for 13 years, doing artwork for Xerox, Seagrams, Amtrack, Honda and other national corporations. In Arizona, he worked as an artist for Old Tucson Studios, Southwestern Scientific Corp.,and the Tucson Rodeo Parade Committee (La Fiesta de Los Vaqueros). Glen attended the Vesper George School of Art(Boston), The School of Visual Arts (New York), The Art Students League (New York), and Texas Western College. Art from Texas Art Gallery As has been noted in past editions of theis newsletter, Texas Art Gallery publishes an excellent catalog for its regular auctions. And it's always a pleasure to reproduce one of the works listed for sale. The piece shown in this issue was listed for the November, 2004 40th Anniversary Party and Auction. The bronze by Fritz White caught my attention, and will most likely catch yours. View it here and, if you can, enlarge the image for the best image