Susan McKinney’s creations in clay, and now sometimes glass, embody the meeting point of art, design, and craft. “A lot of the work I do starts with my background in industrial design,” she says, describing that role as “advocating for the human experience in objects...
Lisa and Loren Skyhorse design and craft uncommonly intricate saddles and collaborative works of leather and silver that’s prized by collectors and horse enthusiasts alike. “Every single saddle we make is not just decorative,” says Lisa. “It’s also a rideable piece,” which, being less bulky...
It’s been said that all artwork is a self-portrait. For Pamela Caughey, her increasingly non-objective work reflects a personal transition, including rising from the ashes of a 2016 fire that destroyed her home and studio. After earning a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and relocating to Montana...
Frank Soenke Haseloff reckons that a big reason he “ended up being an American was because of a car.” It was a 1958 Plymouth that his dad saved up to buy after immigrating to the U.S., having escaped from East Germany by “crawling through trenches...
Brenda Howell’s realist oil paintings of the Grand Canyon do more than merely display that iconic setting in all its majesty. Through the use of skillful composition, rich natural colors, and masterly brushwork, she immerses viewers in her scenes. Yet, another factor amplifies their impact:...
It took a journey to the Far East for Don Oelze to discover his deep love for the Old West. That passion ultimately led him to create richly atmospheric, authentically detailed oil paintings of medicine men, stalwart braves, tribal leaders, and vigilant scouts — works...
Tim Lozier adds his own creative spin to classic Western-style furniture in a range of club chairs and sofas, desks and dining sets, beds and dressers that he designs and builds — each one inspired by the collectible creations of Thomas Molesworth [1890–1977]. “It’s classic...
Beth Cavener’s ceramic sculptures defy easy explanation and gravity alike. Since her 2002 residency at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana, Cavener has sculpted animals — mostly goats, hares, and wolves, but also outliers like the life-sized snow leopard staring intently at a hornet’s...
With modest brevity, Mardie Rees describes herself as “a sculptor of the human figure and the portrait.” Yet, that summation embraces a breadth of subjects in the expressive artworks she produces in the studio beside the home she shares with her architect husband, Jeremy Broderick,...
When she was growing up in Indiana, Sheila Miles drew just about anything within her orbit: cows, horses, barns, even the calves her family raised in the backyard. In a household of six kids, making art was a way of finding some space for herself,...