Del Curfman’s joyously colorful figurative paintings deliver pointed messages about the present-day societal issues Indigenous peoples face. Take, for instance, his Selfie with a Stereotype, in which Crow artist and activist KamiJo Whiteclay poses in traditional dress while pursing her cherry-red lips, fashion model-style, to...

Lori Putnam captures enthralling scenes of the natural world, including iconic Western landscapes and wildlife, in oil-on-panel works that provide viewers with a sense of immediacy. Yet, Putnam prefers to consider her paintings not so much realistic depictions of places and things but rather “abstracted...

James Penfield’s paintings often possess the kinetic energy of a live performance, taking viewers’ eyes on a dynamic journey across canvases that simultaneously feel like abstract compositions and convincingly realistic images of Western wildlife, people, and landscapes. His 2024 painting Minerva, for example, offers dramatic...

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