It is my privilege to be featured in the premiere issue of a new magazine, titled Ranch & Reata.  Publisher Bill Reynolds and Editor A.J. Mangum offer an exciting new publication that profiles the values, character and talent represented

in our modern West. 

     But it is more than a magazine!  It is a multi-media event; journalism unlimited by the constraints of any one format.   

     You can view this new magazine and all it has to offer at their online home at www.rangeradio.com, where you get video, audio, internet, broadcast and e-books that extol the best of the American West.

      This premiere issue features articles on the legendary artist Joe Beeler, Bladesmith Tom McGuane, horse trainer Buck Brannaman, contemporary Watercolor artists such as myself, Buck Taylor and Don Weller.

     I have viewed the online publication and am blown away!  The presentation is beautiful and you'll meet professional and varied artisans from writers, horsemen, photographers, songwriters and real and authentic cowboys.  I am truly honored to be a part of this ground-breaking format.        

 

 

 

    

        Imagine my amazement when a genuine    

   Navy Seal hero called and asked me to  

   illustrate the cover of his new book, titled  

   Castigo Cay.  I had read author Matthew

   Bracken's mesmerizing trilogy of books,  

   beginning with Enemies, Foreign and  

   Domestic, and considered them some of  

   the best books I've ever read.

          Then out of the blue, I receive an email

   from him, saying he had seen my work on the

   internet, and wondered if I'd be interested in

   illustrating his next book.  Would I?!?!

           So we embarked on a couple of months

   of collaboration, and the result is the cover

   pictured here.  And an extra added bonus?

   I got to read the manuscript before it gets

   published.  You'll have to buy it when it hits

   the bookstores!    

  

Sonador

   

          I have now added Portrait Commissions to my ever-

   expanding schedule.  It's something I really enjoy doing;

   capturing a favorite horse or dog, and painting a work of

   art that families will treasure for generations.   

          It's especially gratifying when it's done as a gift and  

   the recipient is surprised.  There's been many a tear shed

   when the painting is unveiled.  So I invite you to consider

   commissioning a portrait the next time you need to  

   commemorate those special events or people.  The   

   memories last forever!

 

Gale Doak