“No Hour of Life is Wasted That is Spent in the Saddle” Winston Churchill
Life has changed from back in the day when the west was wild and cattle roamed the open range. A man’s word and a handshake was the way of doing business. One of the main rewards of a Cowboy’s Life was knowing that days spent in the saddle made him an honest living.
The tools of his trade were no more than a good horse, saddle and bridle, and good strong rope to catch an occasional stray that wouldn’t stay with the herd.
He had the necessary equipment needed to protect him from the elements, his hat, chaps, and slicker to shield him from the weather or the occasional briar patch looking for that stray, but that wasn’t what made him a cowboy.
It was the spirit in him that fought for what he believed in and a way of life that only a few were tough enough to live.
The true spirit of the cowboy that sometimes led a lonely life, leaving behind loved ones while out on the trail, but none the less had a mission to complete, a life to fulfill and still lives in all of us today. The life and Spirit of a Cowboy!
It is my passion in my art to capture that spirit and share it with all of you. That unbridled spirit of a cowboy or cowgirl that’s hiding inside of you. The one that yearns for a day that seems to have gone away, but it hasn’t, it is just waiting there to be rekindled like a campfire in the wind.
Let your imaginations reflect back in time to a simpler way of life. A life we still strive to live here on the ranch and a life I hope you will see in my artwork.