Collection: Clyde D. Lewis

  Raised in south Texas, Clyde's grandfather was a farmer, and his great uncle was a working cowboy on the Walker Ranch, so naturally Clyde's interest in cowboys budded at a young age.    His first-hand knowledge of the cowboy & western lifestyle comes from personal experiences; from competing in rodeos as a youth in team roping, steer wrestling, and bull riding, to working on a 3,000 acre ranch.  Mr Lewis also volunteers at the annual San Antonio and Houston Livestock Shows and Rodeos.
  Clyde first learned drawing skills from his cousin, who is a retired peace officer and artist for the San Antonio Police Department.  While working in the medical industry he also began building his art career as a black western artist focused on subjects that are close to his own cowboy lifestyle and Native American heritage.  His grandfather was an African American Choctaw Indian, so as a way to help preserve the Native American history in his family he spends much time researching his culture.  His ledger art and drawings showcase period-correct and historical Native American details, as well as Buffalo Soldiers and black cowboys.  
  Mr Lewis is a co-founding member of the Western Artist Roundup Association along with Jack Moss of Llano TX.  Residing in San Antonio, his artwork has sold to collectors across the USA and a couple foreign countries.
  

• March 2025 Harlem Fine Art Show, mid-Manhattan, New York
• 2023-25 Eye of the Beholder Art Gallery, San Antonio
• 2018 San Antonio Artists Collective
• 2017-18 The Party, Museum of Western Art, Kerrville TX
• 2017-18 Cowboy True, Wichita Falls, TX. (2nd Graphite Pencil award, 2017)
• 2016 Art on the Paluxy, Glen Rose TX
• 2016 Trappings on the River, Llano TX
• 2014  International Academy of Music and Arts Show, San Antonio TX
• New Braunfels Art League Show, New Braunfels TX
• A Night Out on Government Hill, San Antonio TX
• Book Illustrations: Buffalo Soldiers & Nate Grisham: Renegade Trapper Book 2, by Gary L. Benton (covers), and The Painting Speaks by Pamela C. Rice.
• Helped sponsor the Black Cowboy Association, and Men of Color Association of TX.