Heidi & Grease/Finished Commission

What a great Christmas present! She was ssoooo surprised!

Initial Point Gallery Collective Rodeo Show

Stop by and see my rodeo work at The Initial Point Gallery hosted by the Meridian Arts Commission.

Located at the Meridian City Hall on the 3rd floor outside the Mayors Office.

33 E Broadway Ave, Meridian, ID 83642

Saddle Bronc WIP

Started this huge piece about 1 1 /2 months ago. My biggest one yet. 36×48

A big TY to Robb At Red Dirt Road Photography for my reference photo!!

https://robbwalther.photoshelter.com/archive

https://www.facebook.com/Robbwphotos/

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Contemporary equine, western & wildlife artist Robin D. Cox, AAEA

http://www.westernreflectionz.com

Exciting News!

I did it! I got into The Art of the Cowgirl Show!

Very excited to be accepted in to this prestigious show.

This summer it will be at the

Gallatin County Fairgrounds

901 N Black Ave, Bozeman, MT 59715

Bozeman, Montana

June 24th – 27th, 2021

Please take the time if you are in the area to stop by and see me!

https://artofthecowgirl.com/

Hope to see ya there!

Art Show 2021 – Rodeo Theme

So, I have accepted a show at the Initial Point Gallery, in Meridian Idaho, July 2021 along with 3 other artist.

I have a 1/4 of a wall…. and 3 pieces to hang. Gah… I have to get to work. Plus I have 6 commissions. One that’s been waiting for a very long time.

Anyway, The actual reason for this post is to a photographer that is gracious enough to let me buy his photography to use as a reference photo for my next piece.

This photographer is Robb Walther. Here is a link to his photography. Red Dirt Road Photography.

As luck would have it Robb just happened to be at a cutting horse show where I had a booth set up. He had this huge camera with him and I asked if he took rodeo pictures. He did! We started talking and he showed me some of his pictures.

We worked out a deal so that I could use his pictures as reference photos.

Anyhow, I did do a small 9″x12″ ballpoint and watercolor drawing for this show called Dappled-eyed Bronc. This one lucky enough was straight out of my imagination. This is one of the 3 pictures I have so far for the July 2021 Show.

Contemporary Equine, Western & Wildlife Ballpoint Artist, Robin D. Cox, AAEA

www.westernreflectionz.com

Alpha ~ A Pet Portrait in Ballpoint

A little over a year ago our wolf hybrid Alpha passed away. Alpha was 1/2 Husky, 1/4 Malamute and a 1/4 Red Wolf.

My husband wanted a portrait of him. So, this year for Christmas I decided to at least get started on him.

Here you can see my reference photo better. It is a picture that I took myself and one of my favorites.

At this point (8 hours) I had to stop and wrap him as a work in progress for Christmas.

The present was a big surprise. My husband requested that I make prints available when I’m finished and I am not allowed to complete him until after I am finished my current 6 commissions and rodeo art for my upcoming 2021 Show at the Initial Point Gallery in Meridian, Idaho.

www.westernreflectionz.com / Contemporary Ballpoint Art / Robin D. Cox

Updating my Website

In the hopes of looking more professional, I teamed up with my best friend, Angela K. Stout and a book that you can get on Kindle called “Starving to Successful” by Jason Horejs.

WOW!!! There’s just so much information…. I bounce ideas off of Angela and will probably read Jason’s book a couple of times.

I didn’t realize how hard it was to navigate through my site to be able to see my portfolio and buy my art.

Plus the added fact that people…. really didn’t know anything about me.

I have collectors, but no one knew.

I had to build an artist resume… WHAT? *that was my deer in the headlight look*

These are things that galleries want to see when you send them an email.

So, nose to the grindstone and wish me luck!

The Jaguar / Hand Colored (embellish) Print / Robin D. Cox

Hamilton ~ An American Bison ~ Ballpoint Pen Art ~ Work in progress

I started Hamilton about 2 years ago at about 30 hours of work I had to stop. Then I had a total knee replacement. The next year I had carpal tunnel surgery on my drawing hand.

Needless to say art took a backseat for a couple years. My hand finally decided it would cooperate.

So, August 2020 I started doing a few shows and started working on Hamilton again.

Here is a Youtube video (my 1st) of Hamilton at 65 hours of work. This is when people said he started to get attitude.

Hamilton ~ Ballpoint Pen Art ~ 2020

I finished him in November of 2020 with 125 hours of work.

If you are interested, prints are available at Western Reflectionz.

Hand Colored Commission for a Client.

Hand Colored Print

Finally finished this hand colored print of Stampede Prayers for a customer. The great thing about my black and white work is that once in a while I color them in and make a piece more powerful.

Private Viewing

Private viewing of “Stampede Prayers” tonight, Wish it luck!