Art for Art's Sake
I imagine that it's not a too far-fetched assumption that probably all of you reading this
newsletter enjoy cowboy art - painting, sculpture, photography. Everyone has his or her own
reason for enjoying this genre, whether it serves as a reminder of used to be; provides a
record of related experience; or is just enjoyable to look at.
Art can serve as a historical reminder or it can have therapeutic value - "soothing the savage
beast". But for whatever reason we enjoy cowboy art, it serves one important value - the
development of our enjoyment of art in its totality.
I see this almost everyday in mail received from visitors to cowboyartshow.com who have questions
about other subject content works of art. At times, cowboy art can be self-limiting, creating
a need in the viewer for something more, maybe for a different style or a
different subject. Whatever the case, the fan of cowboy art can segue into a discerning fan of
art - one who can , and does, learn to enjoy the works of many different artists.
That being said, elsewhere in this issue is a feature about a West Indian American painter and
sculptor, and I also recommend visiting
Art Business News to read about, and see, some wild and interesting Cuban art.
In the same issue of Art Business News, there's an interesting column in the "Legal Lowdown"
section written by Joshua Kaufman, Esq. This excerpt from the story is important to both buyers
and artists:
There is "a class of dealers who are causing galleries, artists and publishers a great
deal of anxiety. They are the secondary market Web sites that have very little or no artwork
in stock, yet advertise vast numbers of works in the hopes that someone will come to them
seeking to buy a listed work. They then go out into the marketplace and try to find the
requested work at a low enough price so that they can buy it and then resell it for a profit.
If they are unable to locate the piece, apologies are made and they try to sell the purchaser
another work that they can obtain or they move on to a different buyer."
Joe Chernicoff, CAPA Exec. Director
The Art of Leigh Walker
Leigh Walker is West Indian-American, self taught sculptor and painter. Her art also extends to her work as
a jewelry designer, puppet maker, and all around craftsperson. Her paintings are either acrylic or acrylic and cray-pas (crayon-pastel).
A very strong painter, Leigh's work exhibits a reality with which we all can probably identify to some extent.
She currently resides in the Catskill Mountains of Ulster County in New York State.
At 57, the artist states "After returning to my art 8 years ago, after a 30 year absence, I feel that nothing
in life gives me the satisfaction of doing what I enjoy most - "letting the creative spirit of the universe express itself
through me".
Leigh has exhibited at the Art Under Construction Gallery in New York City, Northern Westchester Center for the Arts in
Mt. Kisco, NY, and at both the Kleinart Gallery and the Woodstock Guild in Woodstock, NY.
Enter here to view
Leigh's current online exhibit
New Additions to the Gallery
Carol Heady's
drawings, books, and illustrations adds another facet to the work of the western artist.
"I am a Northern California Artist that has lived in Mendocino County all my life. I especially l
ove the wilderness of Trinity County where my husband and I ride our mules and take care of our
wilderness cabin on the N. Fork of the Trinity River.
My book writing is for my children and
for those who would like to share in my life experiences.
My art has taken me far beyond my dreams. I let it take me where it may - I follow it with great
pride.
A new Associated Art Sale Site
The equine art of Janet Griffin-Scott has recently become associated with cowboyartshow.com. This new cooperative
enterprise will help bring her work to the public at large. Janet Griffin-Scott tells us: "I am
an equine artist/illustrator working in Port Hope, Ontario, about an hour east of Toronto.
My work has been used as Greeting Card and Stationery items, Flags, floormats, plates, mugs,
wallpaper borders etc. I also publish a line of cards and sell to over 650 stores in the specialty
horse market, that is, tack and saddlery shops."
Enter here to review over 100
equine prints for sale in her "Western" and "Mares and Foals" collections.
