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A man in a red and white plaid
shirt sits atop a broad tan horse
with muscles protruding. His
beaten cowboy hat sits low on his
He tightly clinches a pair of reins
in his left hand and a lasso in his
right. The lines in his weathered
neck speak his age. The horse
and the man work in unison to rein
in a head of livestock with a mind
of its own.
All of these details can be
observed upon a simple glance of
one of Tyler Crow’s paintings.
The young man only recently
graduated from Apache High
School in 2007, but has already
made a name for himself as a
western artist. Admirers of his
work expect him to go far. Still, he
remains modest.
“With the good Lord willing, I
hope to continue to paint and get
better and better everyday,” he said.
His website spins the tale of a
young boy with a fascination for
horses, one that stayed with him
through high school. Known as the
guy who always had a pencil in his
hand, Crow’s natural artistic talent
Tyler Crow
Young Western Artist Gaining Praise by Amanda Herrera
won him participation in a summer
painting workshop where it was
further honed.
His collection now consists of
vibrant oils that intricately depict
western scenes, mostly of cowboys
in ranch settings. His charcoals are
as brilliantly detailed, leaving color
to the imagination. However, none
of the people in Crow’s paintings
He often takes trips to ranches
in places like Wagoner, OK and
Madison, TX to gain the inspiration
for his artwork.
“It’s a blessing that I get to know
each of the people I paint,” Crow
said.
He sometimes photographs the
subjects and then paints them,
but also does linear sketches and
paints subjects live freehand as
well.
With his art centered on all
things cowboy, Crow has gained
a unique perspective on what the
term really means to him.
“A good cowboy is someone
like my dad or grandpa,” he said.
“A cowboy
is someone
who takes
pride in what
they stand
for, is a
good family
person, and
has God in
their heart.”
Crow
recently
received
the People’s
Choice
Award at
the Bosque
Arts Classic
and Small
Works, Great
Wonders.
Two
pieces of
his work will be featured beginning
Nov. 16 in the upcoming “Small
Works, Great Wonders” winter
art sale at the National Cowboy
and Western Heritage Museum in
Oklahoma City.
For more information on this
talented young western artist, visit
www.tylercrow.com.
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