We have such amazingly creative artists, architects, and designers in the West, people who work tirelessly to make a difference. In this issue, we shine our spotlight on a few. Case in point: August heralds the 104th Indian Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Beginning on...
Western style. Its influences are varied, from dude ranches and dime novels to rodeo and the silver screen, to Native American artistry seen in such crafts as beadwork. The fine artists who came to the region as the railroad opened the Mountain West to tourism...
On a recent visit to a museum in the Southwest, I toured their collections, which included a long-term loan of Western saddles, bridles, and spurs. The museum staff member guiding the tour mentioned that the saddles had recently been frozen as part of the museum’s...
Deborah and Warren Wadsworth like a good art-inspired rabbithole. Over the decades that they’ve been collecting art, they have also been gathering provenance and meeting artists and their families. While it may border on obsessive, they and the small group of collectors committed to the...
The Western, American, and other art markets are not pushing against the tide; they are part of it. Officials overseeing spring art sales in the secondary market reported generally strong prices and evident favorites, including Ed Mell in the Western genre and Norman Rockwell in...
There is a nine-foot-long parade of rabbits in Dan Ostermiller’s Loveland, Colorado, studio right now — 12 chubby, precocious characters, each with a different personality, doing something entirely its own: leaping, napping, playing, scratching. The piece, A Good Hare Day, is one that Ostermiller has...
Sage Lodge in Montana’s Paradise Valley is one of those rare destinations where place is everything. Set between the craggy Absaroka peaks and the free-flowing Yellowstone River that cuts through the valley, this 50-room lodge on 1,200 idyllic acres is a stone’s throw in either...
Architect Stephen Dynia is the person you want to sit next to on the plane. Or at a dinner party. He’s funny and humble and just the right amount self-deprecating. Dynia has been an artist his whole life and an architect for more than 30...
Set on a bluff above the Pacific Ocean, Seabrookfeels so magical people say it resembles a Hollywood movie set. The Washington beach town brims with cottages awash in robin’s egg blue, minty green, and butter yellow hues. Retreats dubbed “Whim-Sea” and “Tide Together” greet guests...
Black River Buckle by Vogt Silversmiths From one of the West’s most distinguished silversmiths comes this stylish solution for securing your jeans. Founded in California in 1970, Chet Vogt has been creating handsome belt buckles, handmade sterling silver women’s jewelry, and men’s accessories ever since. Each...