In the fall of 2019, photographer Adam Jahiel got a call from Susan Wolfe, an art director he’d done some work for years ago. She had a project she wanted to run by him. The clients, she explained, were shy, sometimes difficult to read. They...
Alexandra Manukyan’s latest body of work is a surrealist exploration of femininity, mythology, and fashion. Born and raised in Armenia, she studied there at the Fine Art College and the State Pedagogical University before immigrating to the United States where she has made her home...
Patrick Michael Charron Stevens Jolly is a native of Detroit, a graduate of Western Michigan University, holds a BFA in sculpture, is a father, a grandfather, an art dealer, a recovering alcoholic, a painter, a woodsman, a prickly pickleball player, a printmaker, and a seeker...
Texas Hill Country is remarkable for its quiet yet rugged beauty, where rolling limestone hills, aromatic evergreen brush, and wildflower meadows flank rivers that flow under vast blue skies. Quaint towns offer cinematic refinement without pretense. Here, an old-soul Texas ethos endures. On a stretch of...
Chaos. That’s what comes to mind in painter/woodcarver Gregory Lomayesva’s living room — aka studio — in the South Capitol neighborhood of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Even Lomayesva calls his routine chaotic, complete randomness. “You bounce around a bunch of things and suddenly it’s, ‘I’m going...
No, you haven’t been there. But you think you have; in fact, you might commit perjury in an attempt to prove it. That is the mystery of the art of Francis DiFronzo, a Pew Fellow, whose paintings defy realism and entice the observer to sincerely believe...
Bailey Placzek, curator of collections for the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, was relaxing at home one day a few years ago, listening to instrumental, ambient music with her eyes closed. “All of a sudden, one of Still’s paintings popped into my mind. I wondered,...
Since opening his firm, Tryba Architects, in 1988, David Tryba has had a lasting and profound influence on his hometown of Denver, Colorado, and beyond. After graduating in 1981 from the University of Colorado Denver College of Architecture and Planning, Tryba began professional practice in the...
Kuryo by Abe Motoshi Japanese design is always at home in the West, especially at TAI Modern in Santa Fe. Kuryo by Abe Motoshi is a masterpiece in bamboo and rattan. It’s exemplary of his style, which tends toward simple vessel shapes in one or two...
Most art comes with a price tag. But that’s not always the best indicator of whether its value will endure over time. In this issue, we’re looking at the intangible qualities that affect the value of art. We spoke with hyperrealist painter Daniel Sprick, art...