Chase Reynolds Ewald

Photographed exclusively for COWGIRL by Audrey Hall Makeup: Fumi Nagai @fumimakeup Hair: Brook Spain – Brooklynn Studio @brooklynnstudio  OPENING SPREAD: Stephanie and her horse Magic on her ranch outside Bozeman, Montana. Stephanie Quayle is country music personified.  She is also a cowgirl, which is central to her ethos and integral to her spirit, and it’s the...

In the new book “Modern Americana”, interior designer Max Humphrey introduces his take on the style in clients’ homes across the country. DESIGNS BY MAX HUMPHREY | PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRISTOPHER DIBBLE Max Humphrey wasn’t always a collector, but he’s always enjoyed exploring. “I had some time to kill on a work trip layover in Ohio when...

The word “cabin” evokes a modest log structure, usually featuring a stone fireplace from which a curl of smoke wafts into the sky.  This idyllic dwelling might be tucked amongst trees or situated by a stream, often with a stunning mountain or lake view.  Traditionally built with small windows and dark logs, though, the cabin...

Carrie Ballantyne grew up in Southern California, but it is the people of the Mountain West—especially those engaged in traditional lifestyles tied to the land—who inspire her art.  Ranchers, ropers, Nevada buckaroos, old-timers, horse trainers, rodeo cowboys, children with their animals, a favorite model from the nearby Crow reservation: Her inspiration is as varied as...

When Mesa Pate was just 17 years old, with only a semester or two of college under her belt, she launched herself into the adrenaline-charged world of bucking bulls.  As a teen, and a female at that, she was not the most likely contender to raise and train her own bucking bulls.  But she’d been...

In one sense or another, Judy Wagner has been riding for the brand since she was a child.  Growing up on a cattle ranch as the eldest of eight kids, she learned early on the importance of pulling together for the greater good.  When she was 16, her father died in a ranch accident, and...

Ashley Alderson wouldn’t be the first “youngest child” to want to make her own mark, but she couldn’t have anticipated the direction her life would take when she did.  Growing up on horseback in a North Dakota rodeoing family was wonderful.  Once she reached high school, however, she realized that just about every event in...

It may be true that every artist has a style, but not every artist’s work is recognizable from across a room.  The cowgirls painted by Donna Howell-Sickles announce the artist as readily as they draw you in.  They are dynamic—confident, red-lipsticked, smiling—yet centered.  They radiate a calm joy that is only enhanced by the other...

Anne Beard lives on a rural property in the foothills of the Blue Mountains in the high desert of eastern Oregon.  There the expansive views across vast grasslands to Mount Adams and the Cascades provide both the solace and inspiration she needs to create her award-winning furniture designs.  But it is her immediate influences—the flora...