I made it up to Oklahoma City, to see the Prix de West.  I thought it was a great show, and I spent hours enjoying the great art on display.  I especially like evaluating composition, and checking out techniques.  It was at a Prix de West that I first saw Curt Walters work in person.  And his work inspired me to start painting The Grand Canyon.  Now there are many artists that inspire my path in art, but of course it is the scene in front of you that inspires the most!  I do suggest that if you are not able to make the show in person, then check it out online at  www.nationalcowboymuseum.org .  I had a lovely time and was able to make the day of it with a friend and 2nd double cousin, Debra.  We shared about family, life and the artwork.

Everyone is of course influence by their mother, I just happened to have had a talented artist for an early influence.  There are so many stories to tell, which I will relate some later, but now I just want to share one of my favorites of my mother's work.  This oil was done in the 60's by my mother, Winifred Bozeman, titled Daffodils.

Many years of ago I did a sculpture titled "Starting Out". It was of a foal getting up for the first time, legs all over but you can tell that the foal is getting up this time. I gave the one of a kind sculpture to a friend for a wedding gift. Thought it was really a good match. (The marriage was not and was annuled later, and alas, the sculpture has been lost.) So I feel like that foal 'starting out' writing a blog about my art journey. I know that this journey will have a better outcome than my friends marriage! I suspect that I will have falls and missteps as any foal, but just as that foal I am determined to make a go of this endeavor. Hopefully one day I will be an old hand at blogging, which leads me to the painting of an old hand titled "Golden Retirement". Enjoy!