Cowboy Art is serious stuff.  These men who formed the Cowboy Artists of America wanted to show that their art is more than just the kind of stuff you find at the wall at the local La Quinta Inn. 

Cowboy Oil Paining

Cowboy Metal Sculpture

We were both very impressed by the paintings and sculptures on display.  One of the exhibits was "Cowboy Artists and their Families" which featured works of CAA association members and their children who had also become artists.  One Cowboy's Son designed a Michael Jordan Pinball Game which was on display.  Eric found it very disturbing that the old woman who showed us around didn't know who Michael Jordan was...  He was going on all day about the racist implications of her being so out of touch.

There were lots of pictures of guys in Cowboy Hats all over this Museum.  Lee couldn't help but notice that the text next to a lot of them seemed to say something like "Jimmy Joe Smith, 1917-1986, was a tough, rough man who could rope cattle all day... defying the stereotype of the artist as a pansy"  Lee suspected that they were overcompensating a bit too much.