Western Cowboy Art Prints

The cowboy was the glue that held the West together. Ranchers would hire cowboys to keep an eye over their herds on the wide open range.  Although with the addition of the "fenced in herds" has removed some of the need for cowboys, you can still see the skills that these cowboys had by attending a rodeo. Even today cowboys show off their talent with bull riding, using the lasso, and roping and tying steers.

The life of a cowboy on the great plains was a lonely one. This isolation is shown through the sad lyrics in cowboy songs and woeful words in cowboy poetry.  Near the turn of the century the need for skilled, reliable cowboys was waning and something needed to be done to prevent the extinction of the cowboy lifestyle.

Here's just a very small sampling of the "Western" artwork we have available!
Just click on any of the images below to see more by each artist.

When the Easterners starting moving west, the advent of the "saloon" was right behind & ever present.
Though places like Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico already held a few Mexican cantinas,
they were far and few between until the many saloons of the West began to sprout up
wherever the pioneers established a settlement or where trails crossed.

The first place that was actually called a "saloon" was at Brown's Hole near
the Wyoming -Colorado- Utah border.  Established in 1822,
Brown's Saloon catered to the many trappers during the heavy fur trading days.

Over the years I've discovered that there's more to being a cowgirl than punching cows, or winning rodeo trophies, or galloping off into a movie sunset with Roy. Cowgirl is an attitude, really. A pioneer spirit, a special American brand of courage. The cowgirl faces life head on, lives by her own lights, and makes no excuses. Cowgirls take stands. They speak up. They defend the things they hold dear. A cowgirl might be a rancher, or a barrel racer, or a bull rider, or an actress. But she's just as likely to be a checker at the local Winn Dixie, a full-time mother, a banker, an attorney, an astronaut."

"Children of my generation longed to be movie stars. Today, even movie stars want to be cowgirls. I'm in my golden years, as they say, but I still sometimes find myself thinking about what I'd like to be when I grow up. It's sort of silly, I know, but -- I think I'd like to be a cowgirl."

Dale Evans Rogers, Los Angeles, 1992