Tyrel Johnson might best be described as a poet in bronze, using sculpture to express deep, complex meanings through art. His Undivided Love, for example, captures the deep human-equine bond by portraying a young woman and a horse, each leaning into the other across a...
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius [1869 – 1959] is widely regarded as the premier painter of American wildlife. This painting and many of his best are now part of an impressive exhibition at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming. Rungius’ first visit to Wyoming...
Topher Straus has found a simultaneously bold and surprisingly nuanced new medium by which to capture the radiance so often possessed by iconic landscapes of the West — from the Maroon Bells that tower over Aspen, to the volcanic cone of Maui’s Haleakala, the craggy...
Architect Nick Deaver worked as a sole proprietor in Austin, Texas, for nearly two decades. But five years ago, he was joined by his daughter Jessica, who’d left a career in film, television, and writing to pursue an architecture degree, then worked for Pfeiffer Partners...
Abstract Dreamscape Pillowcases by Celestial Silk Making an artistic and opulent statement in the bedroom, these Abstract Dreamscape Pillowcases by Celestial Silk are also luxuriously soft. That’s because they were created by beauty writer Danielle Jackson, who, after discovering the benefits of silk for hair and...
Many people never forget the first time they laid eyes on the Tetons. As one of the most iconic mountain ranges in the U.S., they tower over Jackson Hole, Wyoming, just south of Yellowstone National Park, with the Grand Teton standing tallest at 13,766 feet. So,...
In a meadow at the base of the Royal Arches in Yosemite National Park sits a landmark lodge that’s hosted the likes of John F. Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. The iconic Ahwahnee Hotel is located at the east end...
Ben Strickling understands land, not only for the reserves of gas and oil it may hold, which has been his business for decades, but also for what the land can become. He knows how to reclaim and reshape the most rugged terrain; get a silted...
For a house in Jackson, Wyoming’s Shooting Star community, the juxtaposition between drama and tradition is as deftly handled as its relationship to the Teton Mountains. Combining steel beams and expanses of glass with rugged stone and reclaimed timber, JLF Architects worked with design-build partner...
For centuries, artists have grappled with ways of rendering the atmosphere — that ever-changing mix of clouds, light, wind, and sky — and how it affects the world below. Northern California artist Mark Bowles explores this subject for its own sake, painting ethereal environments that...