MAY 6, 2025 |
Photo – Winning art by Saratoga resident Aspen Boxberger – Courtesy Art of the Cowgirl
Artwork created by a Saratoga teenager has been chosen to represent women in the West.
“Art of the Cowgirl,” an Arizona-based nonprofit dedicated to supporting and preserving women’s contributions to Western arts, announced that sixteen-year-old Saratoga resident Aspen Boxberger has won the 2025 Art of the Cowgirl logo contest.
For the past three years, the Art of the Cowgirl Foundation and Fellowship Program has held a contest asking artists to create their own interpretation of the foundation’s logo, a cowgirl riding a bucking horse. Boxberger’s winning submission features the logo embroidered in blue thread on a white background. According to the Art of the Cowgirl website, Boxberger first drew her design by hand in pen and ink, then used a computer to create the final product.
Boxberger is a Saratoga native, having been raised on a family-owned ranch in the Platte Valley. The Art of the Cowgirl website states that Boxberger enjoys working on her family ranch and the Wyoming summers.
However, the cold and windy Wyoming winters have made the contest winner especially excited about her current job training young horses in Arizona. Boxberger is also attending school online, planning to graduate next December.
The Art of the Cowgirl website states that Boxberger is a self-taught artist who developed her style through trial and error, starting with logo designs before moving on to ink, watercolor, acrylic, and colored pencils. Boxberger describes her art as inspired by all things Western, from horses and spade bits to the ranch life around her.
As the 2025 Art of the Cowgirl logo contest winner, Boxberger received $500 and had her design featured on custom scarves that were sold during the February Art of the Cowgirl trade show in Wickenburg, Arizona.
Boxberger’s winning entry has made her eligible to receive a scholarship from the Art of the Cowgirl Fellowship when she turns eighteen. The scholarship will help cover the cost of mentoring under an established artist, along with materials, supplies, travel, and room and board if the mentor isn’t local.
This isn’t the only time the Saratoga artist has had her work recognized. For the past two years, Wyoming First Lady Jennie Gordon selected one of Boxberger’s pieces to be displayed in the Governor’s residence in Cheyenne.
