Hello Loves!!!
I’m just popping out the door to ride some ponies…But I thought I’d share some of my favorite old photo’s before I took off! I love love love finding old cool pictures, and these are some of my more recent finds I like!
Hope you enjoy!
Have a wonderful day all!
Xoxo
~Adrian
Hello loves!
This week I swear I have seen more talented and hard working girls than ever before. I love seeing all the amazing things that ranch women, cowgirls and gear-makers are doing, and thought I would share some of my favorites with you!
Seriously one of my heroes, this is one hard working talented girl in her own right through her never ending dedication. She writes for Western Horseman, owns her own rough stock company and is always on the move! A stunning and kind girl, she is everything a working cowgirl wants to be.
Check out her awesome bulls here on her website at http://www.wix.com/mesapate/mesabuckingbulls
Also, check out Mesa’s wonderful response to animal right’s activist’s accusations, I was very impressed with her clarity and insight into a difficult and touchy subject.
Nevada is another extremely dedicated and hardworking girl that I admire a lot. I have known her since I was young, and had the opportunity to get to know her through poetry gatherings, gear shows and a stint in the NV desert in a VERY small camper for two girls who talk as much as we do! She is beautiful on the inside and out. Nevada has an amazing work ethic and a entrepreneur’s brain to the extreme! She has accomplished a lot in a short time, and I am so excited to see what she does next. Check out her silver designs and great work here at http://www.ranch2arena.com/ranchkidznevada.html
Nevada Watt’s best friend and simply a BA in her own right, Reata is taking the world on by storm. She works on making nice horses, loves ranch roping and started her own company REATA RANCHWEAR, where she sells wild rags and adorable palm leaf hats…go check her stuff out-I just ordered mine! http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2088811381891.128332.1293408225
This girl rocks my socks off everyday. Not only does she braid awesome useable gear, but she is beautiful and kind on the inside and out. A displaced working cowboy at the moment, Liz is attending college and is working this summer starting 150 head of colts for a large horse sale. I love all my Liz Brannan gear-and I know you will too! Check out her gorgeous goody’s here
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1822468562&ref=ts
And ALSO make sure you check out her blog at http://buckaroobarbie.blogspot.com/
Hope you all love checking out all the wonderful goody’s out there, as well as learning about some of the most talented women of our generation in the cowboy world.
Have a wonderful day! <3
Xoxo
~Adrian
Hellos loves!
WHEEWWWW!!!! Holy Moses am I glad to be able to talk to you guys again! I have to say though, these last few weeks of no internet has been mighty fun! As a new treat I’m going to introduce you all to a wonderful artist I have just discovered and am SO excited about, his name is Steve Johnson and he has such beautiful artwork…I was clicking along one day looking for art for Liz’s and mines house, and suddenly stopped dead on a photo. It was of a dark haired girl in a white shirt, horseback and leaning around looking behind her. Her palm leaf hat is pushed back slightly, and the look on her face is stunning. It’s a pencil drawing, and is one of the most beautiful pieces of work I have ever seen. I love good cowboy artists, and am excited to add Mr. Johnson to my list of favorites alongside Asher Freeman, Carrie Ballentyne and Larry Butte. I know you guys will love his work just like I do!
“Johnson’s art career first bloomed when his mother handed him pencil and paper to keep him quiet in church. Growing up in Huntsville was all about being outdoors, so drawing took second place to exploring nature. But the underlying passion to express himself in art kept a steady glow, and by high school, Steve was selling his paintings. Marriage and family supplied him with more images, and Johnson often used his kids, family pets and neighbors as models. He also worked as a professional horse trainer and fireman until an accident sidelined him for a few months. It was his chance to pick up a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Weber State University and better learn illustration. Ultimately, however, Johnson pursued art as he’d pursued the outdoors – with a sense of wonder and adventure. He threw away the mold and just did what he did, one painting or drawing at a time.
Johnson’s art runs the gamut, from graphite and colored pencil, to watercolors and oils. He’s done commission work for the World Cup downhill ski races and the World Cup disabled ski races, and has also gained recognition from range and ranching societies who use his universal themes to focus on the disappearing Old West. Two inspirational coffee-table quality books, No Bad Apples and From the Back of a Horse, combine country scenes with original verse.
Steve Johnson still views life from the back of a horse, and paints in a converted chicken coop behind his 90-year-old house. His studio, however, carries no fowl smell, but rather the trappings of an authentic artist who needs to work amidst the action of the Old West he knows and values. Beyond his studio, he sees a new Utah emerging, complete with ski slopes, art galleries and new people. In Johnson’s mind, however, the growth is one more opportunity for him to share his lifestyle with a world hungry for some of those simple country moments.” (taken from http://www.stevejohnsonart.com/ARTIST.html)
Here are some of my favorites…
If you guys get a chance go check out this wonderful guy!
http://www.stevejohnsonart.com/
Xoxo
~Adrian
