| Our Cowboy Artists, and their Bronze Sculptures, Drawings, Paintings, Music, Poetry, and Photos cover several pages. Please click on the title of the page below that interests you and then click your back button to return here to choose another. | | Artist's Showcase:
Gary's Custom Saddlery & Silver
Gary's Belt Buckles
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Gary's Custom Saddlery & Silver
maker of Roberts Arena Whistle
Stop Futurity NSBA award belt buckles
Custom saddles, carved leather
& exotic belts, and solid sterling silver & gold belt buckles
Gary's Belt
Buckles
Award & Trophy Buckles
In business for 45 years, Gary Mathis, owner of Gary’s Custom Saddlery
and Silver, is one of the few craftsmen that does both custom saddles as
well as one-of-a-kind hand engraved solid sterling belt buckles and
saddle trim. His product line also includes a great line of custom belts
of all types. Gary is well established in the entertainment industry,
having done work for both the movie and country western recording
industries. A long list
major US corporations make repeated use of his talents for incentive
awards, promotional items and retirement gifts. To this day, Gary’s
focus remains quality in materials and workmanship and not volume.
bucklemaker@earthlink.net e-mail
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| | Poetry Showcase |
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You Want To Be a Cowboy?
You
want to be a cowboy?
That what I heard you say?
These
old ears is stuffy,
‘n I was lookin’ ‘t’other way
Son, ‘taint like them dime novels,
Or who’s fastest with a gun.
Its heat ‘n sweat, cold ‘n froze.
All
work ‘n not much fun.
It’s
ridin’ mean, green horses
While chasin’ deer wild cows,
It’s
stakin’ hay, ‘ pullin’ wells,
‘n dippin’ for the louse.
It’s
all alone in a blizzard,
Your coat round a frozen calf.
Can’t
see the knob on your saddle.
Hopin’ your horse don’t miss the path.
Wearing
out three broncs a day,
The wagon and wormy chuck.
‘n you do it all with a smile son,
Sayin’, “Powder River, let'er buck.”
Means,
I’ll ride it if its wearin’ hair
I’m here to make a stand.
Son
if’n you’ll try come hell or breakfast
Then we might make of you a hand.
©
J E Moon
Bemidji MN
12/01/2008
| The American Cowboy by Rick Church
There's a
certain attitude, or code, if you will,
Of the rancher, westerner, or American cowboy, better still,
It's not the hat, the boots, or spurs so much,
That gives these Americans, the cowboy touch.
First and foremost, always keep your word,
Your word is your bond, I've always heard,
There are people that depend on you, to do what you say,
Sometimes it's inconvenient, but it's the American cowboy way.
Words like honesty, integrity, courage, and grit,
Are as natural as breathing, much like taking to a bit,
Helping out a neighbor, you've found has a need,
Expecting nothing in return, fine qualities indeed.
This truly is the American cowboy, for many I've known,
Seem cast from the same mold, American hewn,
No, it's not so much the clothes they wear,
Simply put, it's a way of life, a breed so rare.
Rick Church, copyright 2003
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