When John Mortensen’s house was built in 1913, it anchored a burgeoning town at the key intersection of the remote high-altitude valley that early fur traders had dubbed Jackson Hole. Situated on Fish Creek at the base of the Tetons on the west side of...
What happens when support for the arts is cut off? As in Jhenna Quinn Lewis’ painting, Secrets to be Lost, the paintbrush and palette dry up, valued old books are forgotten, the candle of knowledge and creativity burns out. The painting was the Oregon-based artist’s...
In 1968, author and artist Henry Miller wrote in his book To Paint is to Love Again: “No doubt the painter, studying the face of the sitter whose portrait he is about to do, must be astonished by the things he suddenly recognizes in the...
Designer Tracy Lynn’s father served in the military, so her family moved every few years when she was growing up. Perhaps that’s one reason why she always felt grounded at her grandmother’s home in Chatham, Virginia, where Lynn spent part of every summer. “My grandmother...
Each year offers new opportunities to create a more environmentally conscious world around us. With developments in energy efficiency coupled with a rise in green-focused lifestyles, new technology, and the challenge of keeping up with what’s conceptually in style, the science and art behind creating...
Rusty Henderson is a man on a mission for art, a man whose passion for paintings is secondary only to his love for his children and grandchildren. Like the knights questing for the Holy Grail, like Ponce de León seeking the fabled Fountain of Youth,...
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 —...