craig-tennant-american-b-1946-cowboy-up
Lot 1252
Craig Tennant (American, b. 1946), Cowboy Up
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on linen, signed at lower left, presented in a weathered wood frame with linen liner.

Stretcher size 20 x 16 in.; Frame dimensions 27 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.

From the Estate of the late Mr. & Mrs. Charles and Cynthia Salzhauer, Oxford, North Carolina

Growing up in New Jersey, Craig Tennant studied at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida. He began his career in advertising working for Grey Advertising and BBD&O in New York, creating television and magazine ads. In the following years, he became a freelance illustrator, working for Fortune 500 companies, and was elected a member of the New York Society of Illustrators.


By 1989, Tennant had moved West to dedicate his career to oil painting. He opened a publishing company to promote his works, featured on the covers of several Western magazines and in children’s books. He has received numerous awards throughout his career and is a Signature Member of the Oil Painters of America.

Good estate condition.