New museum exhibit focuses on Goodnight

Saints’ Roost Museum has opened its newest exhibit, “The Life and Times of Texas Icon Charles Goodnight,” by artist Lee Cable, leading up to the Col. Charles Goodnight Chuckwagon Cookoff on Saturday, September 24, 2016.
Cable, who lives in Colorado, has been commissioned to portray the life of pioneer rancher Charles Goodnight. This exhibition is the first stage of that series, which includes some of the events and highlights of Goodnight’s life.
The exhibition is made possible by businessman James E. Sparkman of Houston, who owns this collection and wished to share these paintings with visitors to Texas museums.
An artist since the age of nine, Lee Cable has drawn inspiration for his subjects from Maine to Florida and California to Washington state.  But his artist’s heart belongs to Colorado and the magnificent Rocky Mountains where he and his wife, Pam, enjoy the cowboy way of life.
Cable’s love of the West, ranch life, and horses has been the subject of his work for the last 15 years, building upon a very successful career as a wildlife artist.
Cable has been a world finalist numerous times in the equestrian sport of Cowboy Mounted Shooting, traveling over the country with paint, brushes, and horses in tow.
Exhibiting throughout the United States and Canada, Lee has garnered numerous awards and high acclaim.  Hhe was Featured Artist at the Western Heritage Art Show, Mont.; Southeastern Wildlife Expo, South Carolina; Original Art Showcase, Ontario, Canada; Tropics Alive Art Show, Florida; Pacific Rim Wildlife Expo, Wash.; Oklahoma Wildlife Art Show, and Germanton Art Show, North Carolina.
To share what he has learned with others, Cable is an instructor for the Susan Kathleen Black Foundation whose mission is art education.
Donley County residents and all visitors are invited to view “The Life and Times of Texas Icon Charles Goodnight” during August and September.  Saints’ Roost Museum hours of operation are Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.