Paul Milosevich (b.1936) is a renowned visual artist from Lubbock, Texas.
Growing up in Trinidad, Colorado with no electricity or indoor plumbing, he found work as a golf caddy to support his family, who emigrated from Croatia. At work, he was fascinated with drawing the golfers, sparking his interest in portraits. In junior college, Milosevich met and worked with Arthur Mitchell, his major artistic inspiration for Western paintings. After graduating college in California, then teaching art at Odessa Junior College, he joined Texas Tech’s School of Art faculty in 1970. Outside the art building, Milosevich met The Flatlanders, who would play during lunchtime. He became very friendly with the Lubbock music scene, and from there would go on to draw portraits of artists such as Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Joe Ely (who used his charcoal portrait for his debut album cover), and C.B. “Stubbs” Stubblefield. Additionally, there are about 75 pieces of Milosevich’s art across TTU’s campus. His portraits are in public collections throughout the US as well as the Royal and Ancient Museum of Scotland.
Paul Milosevich was inducted into the West Texas Walk of Fame in 1996.
