Cowboy c. 1950s - 1960s

This lively drawing of a Cowboy was made by Jack Davis. Look at the cartoonish energy of the line and the way the watercolor brush rushes to fill it in! The horse and cowboy seem to be bouncing along, ready for adventure. I imagine Davis sketching this quickly, capturing the feeling of the wild west with a few strokes. There’s a real love for caricature here, right? The cowboy's thoughtful demeanor with that horse practically bursting with energy and that tongue sticking out! I bet Davis was chuckling as he drew it. Maybe he was thinking about the old Westerns, the heroes, and the landscapes— distilling the spirit of the genre into a single, playful image. It reminds you that drawing, like life, is often about finding the humor in the everyday.