If you’ve ever imagined living on a ranch, riding high in the saddle, herding cattle, and working in nature, you can live that vicariously through the art of Sherry Cobb-Kelleher.
“I don’t know if I’m being romantic or what, but I’ve always had such a connection to the land and the animals,” she says. “I want to be able to show that in my artwork so people can see and feel it. I’ve had this connection my whole life. That’s why I paint—to make that connection.”
Born into a family of artists, Cobb-Kelleher describes her trajectory to becoming an artist. “My favorite thing to tell people is I didn’t have a choice,” she says. “My mother was an artist; my grandmother was an artist who had five sisters who were also artists. Painting is in my genes; I was born into it.”
Read the full article in the May/June 2026 issue.
The Tack Room Light
charcoal
24″ by 18″
Tough Crowd
oil
16″ by 20″
