Robert Pummill explains the course his life took from illustrator to western artist, "In
rural Ohio, where I grew up, there was little
direct art instruction available; correspondence
courses were a good alternative. The work
of one of the founders of the Famous Artist
Course, Harold Von Schmidt, and the text he
wrote for the course, had a great impact on
my art.
After nine years in the military, I studied
at the Art Center School of Design in Los
Angeles at night and worked as an illustrator
during the day. Eventually we settled in Dallas,
where I worked as an illustrator fpr Vought
Aeronautics, continuing to paint in the evenings
and on the weekends, all the while selling
my work in the local art galleries. After
about eight years and a couple of successful
one-man shows, I was able to devote full time
to easel painting as of January 1977. We later
moved to Kerville, Texas, where we still reside.
My choice of western subject matter is the
result of a lifelong fascination with the
life of the cowboy and the drama of opening
and development of the American West. I was
elected to membership in the
Cowboy Artists of America in 1984."
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