“Before I start painting,” says Esteban Cabeza de Baca, “it’s usually a very euphoric moment of ideation.” The artist’s dynamic, brightly colored, visionary works transmit this quality of euphoria. They express the deep, inseverable connections between all forms of life; between past, present, and future; and...
What happens when the lights are turned off? “When you’re a little kid, that’s when the monsters come out,” says Western painter Grant Redden. When you’re older, a moonlit night can bring a sense of peaceful quiet and mystery. Both feelings, and many in between,...
“Our little planet floats like a mote of dust in the morning sky,” wrote the late, revered American astronomer Carl Sagan. “All that you see, all that we can see, exploded out of a star billions of years ago, and the particles slowly arranged themselves...
ARCHITECTURE: Shepherd Resources Inc. CONSTRUCTION: Beck Building Company INTERIOR DESIGN: Kelly Carlisle Design LLC Though he didn’t know it at the time, when Tim Winfrey was a boy painting the fence of his grandmother’s house in Eagle, Colorado, he could see the land where his new house now...
If there were one word to define Tom Browning’s life and artistic career, it would be simplicity. Simplicity in the rural Eastern Oregon lifestyle he was born into. Simplicity in purpose and direction from early on in his life. And simplicity in his painting style. “The...
Images by Rudi Broschofsky may strike viewers as delightfully intriguing optical conundrums. Are they paintings or photographs? Two-dimensional surfaces or illusorily shimmering 3-D grids? Limited-edition prints or one-of-a-kind artworks? Such puzzlements, however, only speak to how successfully this Idaho-based artist has developed his approach to...
Kristine Poole’s fired-clay sculpture Duende offers an eloquent, poetic manifestation of the artist’s life and career. A reclining woman holds her right hand in the Palli Mudra, a yoga gesture connecting to one’s inner voice and self-confidence. On that hand rests a Brahminy kite, a...
Sculptor Amy Laugesen and visual artist Stephen Hume met, appropriately enough, in a Denver art gallery. They started dating in 1999 and married three years later on the winter solstice. The artistic couple built their dream home off the grid in Colorado’s vast San Luis Valley...
Chloe Convertible Bag by Sapahn Known for its artisan-made leather bags and wallets, Sapahn has also built a reputation as a company that advocates for human rights. When founder Brooke Mullen lived in Thailand for 10 years, she met talented female artisans in rural areas who...
Works available for purchase during recent Western art auctions presented a dazzling array of masterpieces that captivated art enthusiasts and collectors alike. While traditional Western Realism continued to excite bidders, auctions at the tail end of 2023 also highlighted the appeal of more contemporary interpretations...