Lichtenstein. Need I say more? You know I will. In fact, you can always count on me to use more words than necessary. Roy Lichtenstein climbed to fame in the 1960s at a time when a national and critical love affair with Abstract Expressionism was losing intensity....
Ted Rowland didn’t grow up with art. What he had was a neighbor who paid him to house-sit. That neighbor happened to own one of the best Western art collections in the state of Montana. “Before he’d pay me,” Rowland recalls, “he’d pull out a...
Wine collecting has always been about knowing what is worth seeking out, but right now, the stakes are changing. There has never been a better time to collect wine. To understand why, let’s look at what is happening in the world’s greatest vineyards and the current...
Two weeks before Thanksgiving, interior designer Jeremiah Young is perched on a ladder in the ballroom-sized showroom of the Kibler & Kirch headquarters in Billings, Montana. At this time each year, the designer and his staff undertake one of their favorite rituals: decorating for the...
With the holidays ahead, we’re bringing you a bunch of stories to make the winter days a little brighter. For those of you who are often stumped over what to bring to holiday dinners and parties, check out the Collector’s Notebook for a fascinating look...
For more than 40 years, Kim Seyesnem Obrzut has been giving bronze form to the women of her Hopi heritage. Now her daughter, Krystal Seyesnem, is picking up the tools beside her and, in the process, learning to see the line that turns clay into...
Dyana Hesson learned about the American Women Artists (AWA) in 2015 when a friend urged her to join. Since then, she’s served on the board and has been a featured speaker at symposiums. “Until my association with the organization,” she says, “I was not aware...
Kim Harrell’s aesthetic can be articulated in three words: less is more. It’s a philosophy she embraced during the 14 years she spent living in London. She first looked for work where she could use her sociology degree from Colorado College. Then, she stumbled upon...
When Cathy Bailey and Robin Petravic bought Heath Ceramics in 2003, the company Edith and Brian Heath founded in 1948 had shrunk to fewer than 30 employees. Those employees were still making dinnerware in the Sausalito factory the company has occupied since 1959. More than...
Ben Steele came to Helper, Utah, in 2002, lured by the opportunity to apprentice under retired professor and artist David Dornan. He arrived in the former mining and railroad town equipped with a BFA in painting and drawing from the University of Utah and accompanied...