In his studio, Steven Handelman oversees the design and creation of wrought ironworks. Each piece is handmade by skilled craftsmen and fashioned one at a time. His vast array of lighting fixtures stem from historic designs updated to current standards. Handelman started his business directly out...
Textile artist Melissa Cody integrates contemporary themes with traditional Diné (Navajo) tapestry designs. A fourth-generation weaver raised on the reservation in Northern Arizona, Cody works within the parameters of the handed-down techniques she grew up practicing. She then adds her voice, incorporating symbols and text...
Painter Noel Hudson combines the intellectual and emotional content of abstraction with the surety of representation. Through the implication of images, careful use of color, and repeating patterns, she conveys a sense of the natural world. “When I was working on my Grass Series, I started...
Cynthia McLoughlin’s scraped and gouged paintings of ridgelines and summits on aluminum portray a raw wilderness. Glinting perspectives of a rare, pristine landscape, her paintings feel personal and accessible, yet enigmatic. Through her clawing marks that travel beneath the paint to the aluminum below, typical...
Recently, painter Robert Goldman completed a significant endeavor that created a visual dialogue of the Western landscape. He retraced the route of John Wesley Powell’s trip down the Colorado River, resulting in a commemorative show that honors the 150th anniversary of the expedition. His first instinct...
In 1989, fine art woodworkers Marilyn Endres and Eucled Moore started Kazi Studio together in Driftwood, Texas. The intricate woodturning methods and meticulous beadwork on their vessels and platters evoke a contemporary perspective on classic forms. [caption id="attachment_18112" align="aligncenter" width="474"] Contemporary Interpretation of an Olla Basket...
After sculpting for more than 40 years, Kevin Robb suffered a stroke in 2004, but that didn’t impinge on his artistic voice. Although his vocabulary and some mobility were limited, his stainless steel sculptures continue to portray a lightness rarely seen in metalwork. “He loves working...
Jonathan Keeton’s series of watercolors, Nocturnes, envelops the solitude that comes with empty streets and dimly lit shops. They bring out the echoes of footsteps on concrete and the silence of parked cars. “Yes, they’re moody. That’s what I like about night scenes,” Keeton says. “They’re...
Patrick Dean Hubbell explores his Diné (Navajo) identity through materials and processes that speak to nature and traditional design by way of abstract patterns. In a recent series titled Earth, Hubbell traversed the boundaries of the Navajo reservation, within Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of...
Full of unexpected resonance, depth, and a sense of harmony, Tricia Rissmann employs color and texture to extoll the power of abstract form and composition. “I don’t usually have anything mapped out,” she says. “I just get in there and start creating and working for a...