About Katie West

Introducing Katie West

Katie West was born an artist and a cowgirl, with an inbred love for horses and the old west.She lives the lifestyle, living on “The Rocking KT Ranch with her quarter horses and collie dogs. She has shown and has collectors from California to New York, Africa, China, Europe, and Canada. Katie has striven

for perfection, driving her to become one of the finest pen and ink artists in America. She is also known for her oils on canvas, watercolors and her own unique process, petrography™. This is the finest, fine line engraving into granite, crystal and now solid jade. She can hold more detail in granite than anyone in the world.

Katie’s collectors include Roy Rogers, Dale Evans; Wells Fargo Bank; Ford Corporation; Toyota Motors U.S.A.; Gene Autry Museum, Oklahoma; Churchill Downs; Bill Shoemaker; Sid and Jenny Craig; jockey Gary Stevens; Rancho Santa Margarita Company, Tony Moiso; Pat Boone; race car driver A.J. Foyt; Dan Gurney; Karen & Richard Carpenter; Steve Allen; Chuck Mangione; Clyde & Elsie Frost, (parents of Lane Frost); Johnny Western; astronaut Buzz Aldrin; Caruth C. Byrd; actor, Jon Locke; Otis Chandler; U.S. Congressman Ron Packard; actor, Dick Jones; John & Karla Bludworth, Texas; Melissa Ashby, Texas; John Lusin of the Lusin Foundation; the City of Norco; Riverside Sheriffs Association; Colony Pacific Development; Rob & Sherill Gosnell; Councilmen Herb Higgins, Harvey Sullivan; Mynon Foley; A & M Records; Nabisco; Mayor Wyatt Hart; Tony Forster; Victor Brandt and Mickey Dawes to name a few.

She has been nominated and appeared at the Cowgirl Hall Of Fame, Texas, and has appeared on national and local television. Katie has been featured artist for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Texas; Ohio Quarter Horse Congress ’98, ‘99’ 2000; Riverside Resort, Western-Celebrity Days, Laughlin, Nevada; West Fest, Branson, Missouri; Western Celebrity Days, Sedona, Arizona; Golden Boot Awards; Empire Polo Club; End of Trail; National Rodeo Finals, Las Vegas; Rolls Royce Owners Club; Bentley Drivers Club; Ontario Motor Speedway; Indianapolis Motor Speedway; Richard O’Neil. She has been featured in magazines coast to coast in Polo magazine; the first artist to be featured in Thoroughbred Times magazine; Bloodhorse; Backstretch; Trail Blazer; Horse Talk; U.S. Art; Cowboy Sports Entertainment; Katie is a member of the NSWA, National Society of Western Artists.

Katie’s passion of course is animals, horses, and the “Old West”. When not doing a commission, her studies and talent turn to oil paintings of the old west such as “The American Cowboy”; “Forever Eternal Red, White and Blue”; “God Bless the U.S.A., let freedom ring”; “Born In the U.S.A, (a painting of the real cowboy on the range); or “Stars & Stripes Forever”; Katie also does watercolor studies. Her petrigraph™ engravings include “Comanche” a movie by Burt Kennedy about the last American survivor of Custer’s Last Stand; western TV heroes, Clayton Moore, “The Lone Ranger”; Jimmy Stewart, “Winchester 73”; Roy Rogers & Trigger; Dale Evans; James Arness; George Strait; Gene Autry; John Wayne; James Garner, “Maverick”; “Lane Frost & Red Rock”; Gary Cooper; “The Gray Fox,” Richard Farnsworth; “Buffalo Bill Junior”, Dick Jones;

RCA Turtle, Don Bell, now PRCA nominated Katie to “The Cowgirl Hall of Fame”. Don is Cowboy Hall of Fame and Cowgirl Hall of Fame historian. Katie is a card holder for PRCA; an active member of the REEL COWBOYS, (movie star cowboys); S.A.S.S, Single Action Shooting Society; nominated for “Poet Of The Year for 2000”; inducted as an International Poet of Merit; a member of the “Horsin’ Around Gang,” authentic 1800’s cow punchin’ cowboys; Member of NSAW, National Society of Western Artists.

Lois Ash, Frank Tenney Johnson’s niece and authenticator of his artwork said, “Charlie Russell is dead, Frederick Remington is dead, Frank Tenney Johnson is dead, and there has to be young people to take their place. Katie is one of those young people.”

Katie’s joy, in life is seeing others happy. Her hopes and prayers are to touch your heart and spirit, by her art, music and writing. Her art, a gift from God, is her gift to you.

Katie West: A Cowgirl's Portrait of the Old West

The Honorable Jim Barcia

of Michigan

In the House of Representatives

Thursday, June 27, 2002

MR. BARCIA: Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to artist and cowgirl Katie West for her work portraying the Old West and for her passion for living the cowgirl lifestyle on the Rocking KT Ranch with her quarter horses and collie dogs. Katie has always strived for perfection and is considered one of the the finest pen-and-ink artists in the nation.

Besides her pen-and-ink drawings, Katie has earned a worldwide reputation for her oils on canvas, watercolors and her own unique process called petrigraphy, which is fine line engraving in granite, crystal, and solid jade. Her technique allows her to hold more detail in granite than anyone in the world. Katie's depictions of animals, particularly horses, and the Old West has brought her wide acclaim. In fact, others have proclaimed her work to be in form and quality a worthy heir to the great western artistry of Charles Russell, Frederick Remington and Frank Tenney Johnson. In addition, Katie has been nomimated to the Cowgirl Hall of Fame.

Her oil paintings, including "The American Cowboy," "Forever Eternal Red, White and Blue," "God Bless the U.S.A.," and a painting of a real cowboy on the range called "Born in the U.S.A.," evoke strong emotions and recall a simpler time when the lines between

good and evil seemed as clearly defined as the difference between a white or black hat. Her petrigraph engravings also are stirring, including "Comanche," and studies of Clayton Moore as "The Lone Ranger," John Wayne, Gene Autry and Gary Cooper.

Katie also has been a featured artist at a wide-range of national shows and regional events. She has appeared on many television shows and her work has been illustrated in magazines from coast to coast. Her art, music and writing have spread joy and happiness to fans young and old all over the world. Collectors of Katie's work include such luminaries and fans of the western tradition as Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, jockey's Bill Shoemaker and Gary Stevens, singer Pat Boone and astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

Finally, Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in expressing the gratitude and appreciation of the United States Congress for the artistry of Katie West. Her dedication to conveying the strength of spirit and the vigor of the Old West in her artwork serves to preserve and rekindle the romanticism and patriotism that have always helped our nation overcome obstacles and adversity. I can think of no better time to have an artist such as Katie West riding the range for our country.