The Studio of Bruce Greene

Bruce Greene doesn’t just create Western art; he lives it. Since 1998, about four times a year, he spends a stretch of several days at one of two historic Texas ranches—JA Ranch, the oldest privately owned ranch in the Texas Panhandle, and the legendary Four Sixes Ranch. What does he do there? He engages in contemporary cowboy activities: riding, roping, and wrangling. Those forays into the cowboy psyche have a profound impact on Greene’s art. There’s nothing quite like an authentic contemporary cowboy experience to awaken and excite his creative muse.

Greene describes his time at the ranches as magical. Starting work before daylight is even a glow on the horizon, he chooses his horse from the remuda, then saddles up and heads out in the semi-darkness, watching as sparks fly from the horses’ hooves on the rock. Reality and creativity collide, producing fodder for the paintings and sculptures he’ll create, when he returns to his studio.