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Beau Compton
Silversmith

Beau Compton

Member

About the Artist

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Artwork by Beau Compton

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Plato De Los Vaqueros Serving Platter

Silver

$35,500

It took Compton a great deal of time to hand-form this 11 x 9-inch cowboy hors d’oeuvres tray out of heavy solid sterling silver sheet. Intricately designed and hand-cut scrollwork lining the base of the tray surrounds a hand-sculpted Longhorn steer with solid 10K gold horns. At the top of the tray is a ribbon in which a family name or brand can be added to personalize the piece.

Plato De Los Vaqueros Serving Platter

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The Crest Three-Piece Buckle Set

Silver Buckle Set

$10,500

Compton created this three-piece buckle set — called The Crest — in a unique, Old English style while also giving it a Western spin. Each piece consists of a heavy sterling silver base to which Compton added overlay scrollwork and gold accents that tie the elements together and complete this composition.

The Crest Three-Piece Buckle Set

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Cross Necklace

Silver Jewelry

$8,500

Compton said he has long wanted to craft a woman’s cross necklace for the Traditional Cowboy Arts Association Exhibition & Sale. So, drawing on his faith for inspiration, he designed this three-inch cross from a heavy sterling silver base which is fully filigreed and accented in the middle by a yellow and rose gold flower set with a natural green diamond. The cross is suspended from a twisted sterling silver wire collar.

Cross Necklace

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Stockyards Belt Buckle

Silver Buckle

$7,500

Inspired by his ranching roots and love of the iconic Texas Longhorn, Compton began crafting this dress buckle with a heavy sterling silver base. He then added hand-cut overlay scrollwork, gold flowers and the central focus of the Stockyards buckle: a hand-sculpted, tri-colored gold Longhorn.

Stockyards Belt Buckle

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TCA Scarf Slide

Silver Jewelry

$3,500

This year’s commemorative scarf for the 2025 TCAA show can be adorned by this unique, one-of-a-kind scarf slide featuring the TCAA logo in yellow gold. Compton fabricated this scarf slide by forming a barrel and end caps out of heavy silver, which he then bright-cut engraved. It can be worn with the TCAA logo facing forward or rotated to feature the engraved side.

TCA Scarf Slide

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TCA Tie Clip

Silver Jewelry

$1,500

Compton fashioned this TCAA tie clip in honor of the family heirloom tie clip that he proudly wears, which was handed down from his own grandfather. Consisting of a handmade silver spur with spinning rowel, inside of which rests a yellow gold TCAA logo, this one-of-a-kind keepsake promises to become a treasured family heirloom.

TCA Tie Clip

Beau Compton

Tombstone, Arizona

Beau Compton was born and reared in a rodeo and ranching family. Though he was initially interested in bit and spur making, he started silverwork in 1997 after his father-in-law introduced him to Vic Vasquez, a saddlemaker, silversmith and bit and spur maker. In 2006, Compton started to pursue silverwork as a full-time business, and in 2015, he was awarded a TCAA fellowship, which — along with the TCAA Emerging Artists Competition — he credits for propelling his work to the level of TCAA membership. Compton currently resides with his wife and two children on his in-laws’ family-owned cow-calf operation. “It is a blessing to raise my children, who are the sixth generation on the ranch, in this environment,” Compton said, “and to perpetuate Western lifestyle and values.”