Collection: Clyde D. Lewis

GRAPHITE PENCIL 

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 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, as well as working cattle on the 3,000 acre family 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 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 Museum artifacts, and the old ways.  His ledger art and drawings showcase period-correct, historical Native American events, 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.
EXHIBITIONS
• 2025 Harlem Fine Arts Show (HFAS), mid-Manhattan New York
• 2023-25 Eye of the Beholder Art Gallery, San Antonio TX
• 2018 San Antonio Artists Collective
• 2017-18 The Party, Museum of Western Art, Kerrville TX
• 2017-18 Cowboy True, Wichita Falls, TX. (2nd Place Award, Graphite Pencil, 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.
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