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1 week ago | 
cowboysindians.com | Jordan Rane |Tyler Auffhammer
While it should come as no surprise that Utah has been tapped by DarkSky International as the most overachieving stargazing state in the U.S. (it’s home to the planet’s highest concentration of certified Dark Sky Parks and Communities), you may be surprised by our top pick for starry-night appreciation here.
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2 weeks ago | 
cowboysindians.com | Tyler Auffhammer
Situated in the heart of Wyoming, the city of Casper has some special flavor to it. It’s clear that this place drawsinspiration from each corner of The Cowboy State. But when the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) rolls around every year, Casper’s cowboy culture comes out in full force, and the town rallies behind one of the largest and most notorious rodeos in the country. For the past two years, the CNFR has experienced record-breaking attendance, and 2025 is looking to continue that streak.
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3 weeks ago | 
cowboysindians.com | Tyler Auffhammer
Featuring more than 270 new works of painting, sculpture, and mixed media by over 85 of the country’s leading contemporary Western artists, the Briscoe Western Art Museum’s Night of Artists is a premier opportunity to acquire exceptional Western art. Jeremy Winborg, Safe on His Watch, Oil, 32 x 48 in. From sweeping landscapes and Native American imagery to classic cowboys, vaqueros, wildlife, and masterful portraiture, Night of Artists offers a diverse collection for every art lover and collector.
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3 weeks ago | 
cowboysindians.com | Wolf Schneider |Tyler Auffhammer
For equestrian artist Liz Comer Hess, painting tuned awareness. You might call it a special kind of horse sense: What she has come to realize about riding sport horses and painting abstract expressionist portraits of horses is that her best accomplishments tend to involve a sense of transformation. Left: Bucking Horse 1, 36 x 72 inches, oil on canvas. Right: Bucking Horse 2, 36 x 72 inches, oil on canvas.
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3 weeks ago | 
cowboysindians.com | Dana Joseph |Tyler Auffhammer
Women’s history fascinates Margot Mifflin, author and journalist, she pioneered the study of women’s tattoo history with her 1997 book, Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo and looked at another aspect of womanhood with the first cultural history of the Miss America Pageant, Looking for Miss America: A Pageant’s 100-Year Quest to Define Womanhood.
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4 weeks ago | 
cowboysindians.com | Erika Haight |Tyler Auffhammer
My obsession with thrift and pawn and garage sales dates back to my early childhood. You might say it was a value instilled in me by my grandmother. It wasn’t unusual for me as a child to be loaded into the back seat of her powder-blue Volkswagen Bug on early Saturday mornings for a day of sublime scavenging. We would make a game of our treasure hunts, scouting for balloons and boldly marked neon signs advertising the location of a sale of used stuff.
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1 month ago | 
cowboysindians.com | Tyler Auffhammer
Geometric designs burst into kaleidoscopic colors. Shapes shimmer with soothing symmetry and mesmerizing grip. Visual metaphors melt into pure abstractions, evoking the vivid aesthetics of Native American beadwork and blanket weavings. Midcentury celebrities become fields of flowers.
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1 month ago | 
cowboysindians.com | Sarah Kuta |Tyler Auffhammer
“I don’t want anyone to mansplain to you,” says Steve Jerman, a long-time fly-fishing guide and retired high school principal. He’s talking to a group of female fly fishers — myself included — who have convened on the shady banks of Colorado’s Tarryall for a women’s weekend organized by the historic Broadmoor hotel. Wearing our waders, we’re sitting on the grassy lawn of the Broadmoor’s “fish camp” in South Park, a fertile valley surrounded by towering 14,000-foot peaks.
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1 month ago | 
cowboysindians.com | Tyler Auffhammer
Ned LeDoux, son of legendary rodeo champion and country singer Chris LeDoux, is keeping the spirit of cowboy music alive while forging his own path in the country music world. Ned has spent years honing his craft, first as a drummer and now as a singer-songwriter. In this interview with Cowboys & Indians, he opens up about his journey from playing drums in his father’s band to stepping into the spotlight as a performer and torchbearer of his family’s musical legacy.
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1 month ago | 
cowboysindians.com | Tyler Auffhammer
Tim Cox has been capturing the contemporary cowboy on canvas for over 50 years. His commitment to the preservation and continuation of the American cowboy way of life translates in a powerful way in his paintings, and his expansive body of work has been appreciated by Western art enthusiasts from all walks of life. His iconic Western paintings feature every detail of real working ranches — their cowboys, cowgirls, horses, livestock, and dogs.
