Collection: Howell-Sickles, Donna

Growing up on a Texas ranch near the Red River, Donna Howell-Sickles developed her affinity for nature, animals, and the West at an early age. After graduating from Texas Tech University with a BFA in painting and drawing, she found her muse in a vintage postcard depicting a cowgirl that read, “Greetings from a Real Cowgirl from the Ole Southwest.” For the last forty years, her work has explored the images, spirit, and myth of the American West. Her nationally recognized and distinctive artwork, filled with bright colors and spirited cowgirls, is a part of many museum collections, including the Booth Museum of Western Art, the Tucson Museum of Art, and the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.

Along with winning numerous awards in invitational museum shows, Howell-Sickles’s artwork has been featured in many publications about Western art. Her artwork has been the focus for solo exhibitions at the Steamboat Art Museum, the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame, the Booth Museum of Western Art, and many others.

In November 2007, Donna Howell-Sickles was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, and in 2011 Southwest Art magazine listed her as one of the forty most prominent people in the Western art world.

Howell-Sickles is represented by Ann Korologos Gallery, Aspen, Colorado; Davis and Blevins Gallery, Saint Jo, Texas; McLarry Fine Art, Santa Fe; and Artspace 111, Fort Worth.