About the Artist - Buck Taylor

Like the windswept West Texas Ranch he now calls home, Buck Taylor's life and career begins at the end of a long and winding dirt road.

Born the son of a famous Hollywood actor, Buck grew up on movie sets watching his father, Dub Taylor, appear with such movie greats as John Wayne, Tex Ritter, and Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. Acting was deeply rooted in the young man, and Buck began his acting career in the fifties working in television.

He appeared in everything from The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet to classic period westerns, including Have Gun Will Travel, The Rebel, and Bonanza. He is best remembered for his eight-year run as Newly on Gunsmoke, which ended in 1975.

Preserving the heritage of the American West is the driving force behind Buck's career as a watercolor artist. On movie locations he found himself sketching and painting during breaks in filming. He started in earnest at the 1993 National Finals Rodeo selling paintings, and, in less than a decade, became internationally famous for his depictions of Western scenes and figures.

These paintings are sold through his website, private art shows, and festivals, and at exsclusive galleries. His private commissions can be found in the Loomis Fargo Headquarters, the Franklin Mint, John Wayne Enterprises, the American Quarter Horse Museum, as well as in the hands of private collectors, including Sam Elliott, James Arness, Roy Clark, Val Kilmer, Roger Staubach, and Powers Boothe.

Recently, Buck was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame and recieved the "Spirit of Texas Award." In 2000, he was memorialized on the streets of Dodge City's "The Trail of Fame."

He recieved the "Golden Boot" award alongside Ted Turner and and the "Spirit of the West" award with Jack Palance and Roy Rogers. And in 2003, Buck was honored with a star on the Walk of Western Stars in Old Town Newhall.

Were proud to have Buck's Painting, "My Father's Guitar" as our featured art for the 2008 Cowboy Festival.

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