There continues to be a calling among artists and collectors for art that represents the animals and traditions of the American West. Key autumn shows and sales suggested that the appetite is not waning for paintings, sculpture, and handcrafted items that demonstrate both the heights...
WHEN A TEXAS FAMILY STUMBLED UPON A SLOPESIDE LOT AT THE YELLOWSTONE CLUB, private residential club and ski area in Big Sky, Montana, they knew it was a keeper. Ideally situated for the ultimate ski-in-ski-out experience, it was the husband’s dream to have a modern...
EARLY ON A SUMMER MORNING, WHILE THE REST OF THE FAMILY SLEEPS, a small boy makes his way alone to the overgrown banks of a nearby mountain stream in California’s Eastern Sierra. He tosses a worm-baited line just right, into just the right spot. Soon,...
I'VE ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT AND WILLIAM MORRIS," says Carol Kelly, co-owner of the Portfolio Gallery in Breckenridge, Colorado. “When we had the opportunity to build our own home, I went to see the Gamble House in Pasadena —...
IN 1999, LEE ANDRE TRAVELED TO KOREA, the country from which she'd been adopted at age 5 by a family from Minneapolis. She’d grown up as an American, discovered a proclivity for art at an early age, and went on to study fine art at...
MIGUEL MARTINEZ IS RECOGNIZED BY ART CRITICS AND COLLECTORS alike for his poignant images of women. He describes his subjects as “upright and strong, yet gentle.” And women from around the world inspire the iconic faces in his paintings. What isn’t recognized about Martinez is how...
THE HISTORY OF ENGRAVING FIREARMS FITS HAND IN GLOVE WITH THE HISTORY OF WEAPONS, a past as entwined as the scrolling acanthus leaved etched onto them. In the 16th century, firearms frequently sported engraved foliage, lettering, animals, and hunting scenes, exhibiting embellishments of exquisite decoration...
ARTISTS OFTEN DRAW UPON UNCONSCIOUS LONGINGS when creating works of art. Releasing them into the world like messages in bottles tossed into the sea, they carry wishes for viewers to connect with their own universal thoughts and secret prayers. California painter Gary Ruddell renders his...
THERE'S THE POSTCARD VERSION of spectacular Western American landscapes, places such as national parks, for example, that shout out, “This is beauty!” And then there’s the more common and intimate magnificence that most people drive on past. This second kind of beauty is what artist...
FOR MANY, NATURE AND ITS BEAUTY ARE SACRED. The majesty of towering cumulus clouds exploding against a clear blue sky, golden rays of light streaming through a threatening storm, massive granite boulders connoting eons of early environmental changes — these all figure prominently in Doug...