Victor discovered his love for drawing at a very young age.
Growing up on a farm in central Oklahoma, he never was
encouraged in his artwork because it took time away from chores
and homework. During his high school and college days his
interest turned more to sports.
He spent the next era of his life around the cattle industry,
managing a feedlot, selling veterinary medicine, in and out of
business and raising a family, here again, discouraged from
pursuing his artwork because there were more important things to
do.
Then, as Victor puts it, “I found myself at the age of 40,
suddenly single, and responsible for nobody but myself, and I
decided to do what I had always wanted to do… I hauled my
bedroll and teepee from Texas to Montana and contracted out
anywhere I could cowboy.” A sketchbook his constant companion,
Victor drew everything he saw.
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Victor's philosophy of art is summed up in a quote by Picasso,
“You cannot draw a hand unless you know the function of that
hand.” In other words, if you don't know how it works, you can't
draw it. The attention to detail in Victor Erickson's artwork
demonstrates that he knows how the cowboy works. He's been
there, done that.
Victor works in pen and ink and water color, on paper and
rawhide. He also creates unique rawhide sculptures and mats and
frames his own work. His framing is a work of art in itself,
often incorporating things such as leather, silver and found
items.
Still a working
cowboy... Victor can be found around the Ashland, Kansas, area pursuing his passion of capturing the cowboy
life with his art.... or building rustic log furniture and
accessories for his friends and customers... people who also appreciate
the western way of life.
"We would rather do business with
one person 100 times
than do business with 100 people
once."
