Sheryl Bodily pen and ink cowboy and horse

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Sheryl Bodily pen and ink cowboy and horse.
While well known for his oil paintings and sculpture, this is a rare Sheryl Bodily pen and ink,. This unusual and exemplary work was done in 1966-1970 in Montana and is the original frame.
Sheryl Bodily, a western wildlife and landscape artist, is a resident of Montana. He was the winner of the 1986 Ellensburg Washington Rodeo Association Poster Award, and recently received Best of Show/Flatwork at the Florence Festival Art Auction in Florence, Montana.
His enthusiastic interest in Native American people and their contemporary culture has continued to grow over the years and has had a tremendous influence on his art.
Mr. Bodily began oil painting at 14, and oil has been his primary medium since that time. He has also completed a number of works in pen and ink, but at present works almost entirely in oils. After completing high school, Mr. Bodily studied commercial art for two years at Brigham Young University in Utah.
In the fall of 1970, an art auction was held through the Pacific Northwest Indian Center in Spokane, Washington where Sheryl Bodily sold paintings for twice their listed value. A few months later, the same thing was repeated at an auction in Great Falls, and suddenly an artist who had been painting professionally for 12 years was discovered.
Known for Indian scenes with children, old cabins, stage coaches, wagon trains and wildlife, his work is in many collections. He won the Goodey Indian Culture Award at the National Art Show.