Joseph Fawcett Art
Joseph Fawcett - "The Wandering Western Artist!"
Western Art & Portraits
574-780-1177
Joseph Fawcett Art & Frames
Headquarters
1021 Joseph St.
Lafayette, IN 47905
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Historic Pines Ranch Artist
P.O. Box 311
Westcliffe, CO. 81252.
1-800-446-9462
Status of Commissions:
Accepting Commissions on a limited basis.
Joseph Fawcett Art - Headquarters
Lafayette, IN 47905
United States
ph: 574-780-1177
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Where I am wandering!
If you are wondering where I am "wandering," I spent the summer in Westcliffe, CO., at Historic Pines Ranch. I am currently in Wickenburg, AZ. At the Kay El Bar Ranch, working with and for some wonderful people. I now have a Mobile Art Studio. I intend to travel the west and southwest during the summer months in a year or two. For this coming summer, I am expecting to return to The Historic Pines Ranch in early May. After that nothing has been set for sure, except returning to Wickenburg for the Winter. Wickenburg is a great town and steeped in Cowboy history. It surely is in Cowboy/American Western country. The people here are great and very friendly. The desert is not what I was expecting, so much more beautiful and scenic!
I work for Joe and Teri Beattie who own Kay El Bar Ranch. They are wonderful people. Look for a page for the Kay El Bar Ranch (http://www.kayelbar.com.) here on my website because not only is it a good ranch to come to as a guest, but it is imbedded in Dude Ranch history, in the heart of cowboy history.
As for the Historic Pines Ranch. I will be returning March 5th, 2010 and working there for the summer. Their link is http://www.historicpines.com.
Short History:
I was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia in 1959, lived in England for a few years, and moved to the United States in 1970. I graduated from St. Charles Prep High School in Columbus, OH, in 1978, was a monk for a short time in St. Leo Abby, St. Leo, FL, worked in the Floral and Special Event décor industry for about twenty-seven years, most of them owning my own business in Chicago, IL. I moved to Indiana in 1999 and lived there until 2007 when I moved to Salmon, ID. I moved to Smithtown, NY in October of 2007 to start and establish an art career. However, New York just is not the American West and is not the source of inspiration for me. I needed to head back out west to God's Cowboy country. I got a job at Historic Pines Ranch just outside of Westcliffe, CO., and then went to Kay El Bar Ranch in Wickenburg for the winter.
I stopped sketching at the end of my senior year in High School (1978) because, I wasn't all that good. It never crossed my mind that I could ever do it for a living so I focused on applying my talents in the floral and special event industries.
After a few personally hard years dealing with cancer myself, a death of a dear friend whom I had cared for the last nine years of her life, and working as a Private Care CNA for Hospice care patients, I found myself wanting to do something totally different. In the summer of 2006, I went out West to Idaho and spent the time in Salmon, Idaho. I have always wanted to be a cowboy even as a kid in England. I have found that I can express it through sketches. In Idaho I was exposed to a lifestyle that is honest hard work without much pretense. Being a cowboy may not be an option for me now, but would have suited me as a young man for sure. To say, I was inspired by the young men and their talents with horses and the knowledge of the wildlife and mountains would be putting it very lightly. I learned that first summer how much I didn't know and how much I wanted to know.
In November of 2006, after I returned to Indiana, I was bored so I picked up a pencil and a sketch pad. I thought I would try to sketch a few of the wranglers from out West. I found out to my surprise, that I was actually was pretty good at sketching. I continued to sketch as a hobby after going back to Salmon the next Spring. I received wonderful compliments and was encouraged to sell prints. People have liked them enough to buy over 125 signed limited-edition prints that summer. So far, there are seven prints for sale. You can see them on the Page titled "Prints". I spent that summer and into the fall roaming around Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, promoting and selling the artwork.
I am now represented by the Cody Art League in Cody, WY. They are selling some of my originals. I also have prints for sale throughout Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. I have been a member of Cody Art League, in Cody, WY, since September, 2007. I have now relocated in Colorado and Arizona. The headquarters for my artwork remains in Indiana with my good friend and Business Partner Dylan Ellis.
Lastly, I am thankful to Dylan, Dusty, Hoss, JD, Jared, Chaseon, and the other cowboys that have allowed me to sketch them doing their thing. I am especially grateful to Dylan Ellis who is my frame maker. He does a wonderful job and I highly recommend him for custom frames. He is a young man that I got to know the second summer on a ranch in Idaho. I quickly came to respect and think a lot of him. I am honored to call him a friend too.
I am now dubbed "The Wandering Western Artist." That is because I have come out west and don't have a home out here. I am working on ranches and seeing where this takes me in my pursuit of my art career. I am learning what it is to be a rancher and an artist. My current plans are to work the summer at Historic Pines Ranch in Westcilffe, Colorado. I am working the winter months at the Kay El Bar Ranch in Wickenburg, AZ. Where I go from there is anyone's guess.
Thank you kindly for your time coming to the website and viewing a sample of what inspires me, and is my passion.
Joseph Fawcett – Artist
"Portrait of a Friendship" 
Above is the finished, in frame, "Portrait of a Friendship." The frames were made by Dylan Ellis, one of the young men who is featured in this portrait. He has done a first rate professional job. The frames feature raw wood, authentic barbed wire, shotgun shell casings and black-powder bullets. The bottom of each frame has the names of the two friends burned in with the name of the one to get the half on top. Click on the image to see the page with the enlargements of the images. If you want custom frames made by Dylan, he is willing to make them for you. Email me and I will pass on to you his contact info. He is extremely reasonable. Hopefully, he will be making many more frames for me for a long time to come!
Click on the picture to see it up close or go to its page for the details.
"Aim"
This is Dylan, the first original was done for his Christmas Present. Other originals are for sale. Merry Christmas Dylan!
For Sale
$350.00
Chaseon and Splash
Merry Christmas Chaseon, the featured cowboy in this piece of artwork.
My good friend Dylan, Happy Birthday Dylan!
What's New!
Maverick with a blue eye
Commission for John and Sue in Wickenburg, AZ
"Leather"
Sold
Black and white Charcoal
Approx 16"X 11"
For Sale -- $750.00 framed
On Sale at Cody Art League
"Understanding One Another"
Sold
Approx: 11"X16"
Charcoal
For Sale
$350.00
Sold
"Conference"
Sold
Approx: 11"X16"
Charcoal
On Sale at Cody Art League
"Coming In"
This was done for Historic Pines Ranch as a gift. The original photo was taken by Danny Powell of McAlester, OK, who was a guest of the Ranch. You can see his photo on Historic Pines Ranch Website.
"Freckles, My Baby"
This is a sketch of my dog Freckles. Freckles has become quite loved by everyone on the ranch to the point that little kids had to have their picture taken with her. She will be 15 in June 2010.
Bull Elk
The original will be auctioned off in Las Vegas, NV to benefit the ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK ASSOC. in April 2009
Mule Deer Buck
Original to be auctioned off in Las Vegas, NV to benefit THE ROCKY MOUNTIAN ELK ASSOC. in April 2009
"Two Big Boys Working Hard"
Not for sale
Merry Christmas Hoss! I would like to say a word about Hoss. Hoss is a young man who is amazing, and that is putting it lightly. He doesn't take to commpliments very much, so I can't say a lot. However, I was impressed by this young man who wasn't afraid of really hard work that most of us could not do if our life depended upon it. He works with horses and cattle mostly. He has a wealth of information about them that he is willing to share and teach. That's what makes him different than a lot of the cowboys I have met. He likes and enjoys the working with the BIG boys of the horse stock. The amazing part about it all is you can see the BIG boys enjoy working with Hoss too. He is a great horseman and can handle any cow, calf or bull. If today there is description of the heart of the American Cowboy West, Hoss would fit into to it perfectly! For all the real toughness and roughness there is about Hoss, there is a gentlemanly way about him too. I have seen him be extremely kind, considerate, and patient with others. On top of being a great cowboy of the American West, he is caring, considerate, and a very talented young man.
He is one person I am sincerely glad to know and hope to learn more about as life goes on.
"Chomping on the Bit"
Merry Christmas to Linda Coleman, she is the mother of the featured cowboy, Jared, in this piece of artwork.
Joseph Fawcett Art - Headquarters
Lafayette, IN 47905
United States
ph: 574-780-1177
joseph_f
