There’s a story that art historian Michael R. Grauer tells about two co-founders of the Taos Society of Artists, the small group of painters who, beginning in 1915, were highly influential in popularizing realistic and romanticized images of the American Southwest. The first time William...
Cathi and Steven House of San Francisco-based House + House Architects met on their first day of Virginia Tech’s architecture program, and married the day after they graduated. Then, the couple worked to save up for a year-long trip to Europe, where they visited all the...
Wander down Park City’s Main Street on an evening in the height of the winter tourist season, and the small-town charm is palpable. A trolley makes its way on the snow-covered streets of historic Old Town. Breweries, distilleries, fine dining establishments, art galleries, and boutiques...
According to Andrea Schumacher and her interior design team, designing a home is like curating an art collection. Schumacher selects each furnishing and decorative element for its outstanding nature and contribution to the collected space. Many items are custom designed to achieve the exact look...
Whenever Alexandra Karram looks into the reflecting pool outside the house she shares with her husband, she sees “a sky mirror that reflects what’s above.” And then, when she goes back inside, she often admires the long, shimmering, rectangular chandelier that hovers over her dining...
As much as the West has always been defined by its landscapes, Native American tribes, pioneers, and ranchers in the imaginations of people across the nation and around the world, the region’s wild animals may well be the subjects that most excite artists, collectors, and...
Painter and sculptor Bruce Greene has spent periods of his life on a horse. In his time, he has rodeoed, worked cattle, taken miles-long trail rides, and sought out moments in which the astringent aroma of sage mixed with the spicy scent of mesquite spoke...
Chuck Roberts had always been interested in architecture, and when he had the chance to study design in college he found that it was the work of Modernists including Mies van Der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Philip Johnson, and Le Corbusier that resonated most with...
There was nothing particularly wrong with the home that was built in 1999 just a short stroll away from town in Crested Butte, Colorado. Soaring timbered ceilings swept from the entry and foyer through a great room and out to a back terrace, matching the...
“Dream Yet Again” is the title of a talk that painter Jerry Jordan of Taos, New Mexico, will make to attendees at his upcoming one-man show, “Together Always Our Spirit,” opening at Legacy Gallery in Santa Fe on October 7. The title expresses a thread...