Parker County Today May 2016 | Page 73

Cowgirl Gold MAY 2016 PA R K E R C O U N T Y T O D AY Texas Bluebonnets cutters. In fact, she started as a photographer by photographing her husband who was showing cutting horses, cutting with Chubby Turner. “He was my muse,” said Steege. “Then I started looking around and actually there were more interesting things going on than the actual cutting. So I got more interested in the western lifestyle — the ranching, the rodeos, the buckaroos, the cowgirls, who are a big part of what I do.” Steege is a docent at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in Fort Worth. Her art has been featured in Cowboys and Indians, Granbury Living, Weatherford Residential, Granbury Showcase, Homeland, 71