Washington Avenue, home to the newly revitalized Hotel 1928, has long been a thoroughfare in the Central Texas town of Waco. Its bridge spans the Brazos River and connects East Waco to downtown. Since this city’s founding in 1849, people have come to Washington Avenue...
In the 1960s, tiny Wallace, Idaho, was threatened when the federal government proposed cutting through the historic downtown to lay the last link of Highway I-90. The town’s appearance and charm would have been marred forever without the courage and persistence of two residents: businessman...
The three principals of Missoula, Montana-based Hone Architects + Builders have much in common. They grew up in families who built anything from sheds to shelves and houses from scratch. They’ve all been out in freezing weather working as timber framers. And all are into...
Harry Jackson, the artist credited with revitalizing Western American bronze beginning in the late 1950s, reviving the lost art of polychrome sculpture, and writing a definitive book on Italian Renaissance lost-wax bronze casting, is also the man who, in an authentic cowboy voice, could sing...
On Snow King Avenue in Jackson, Wyoming, a striking building asserts its prominence amid a mountain town filled with interesting architecture. As the new headquarters of award-winning WRJ Design, the 20,000-square-foot Stags Landing was conceived to meet the varied needs of the interior design firm,...
For those who love art and artifacts of the West, handwoven textiles are a fabulous way to infuse Native American history and anthropology into your collection. Textiles created by the Diné, or Navajo, in particular, carry hints of family lineage through symbolism, the wool itself,...
While some galleries have come and gone, others have maintained their presence for a substantial time, and Settlers West Galleries in Tucson, Arizona, could be a record-setter. Equipped with master’s degrees in American history and business administration, Stuart Johnson founded the gallery 54 years ago...
Stephanie Rose’s ethereal oil paintings reimagine the Western landscape as dreamlike scenes existing in a liminal space between realism and abstraction. “I’m more interested in non-visual sensory observation of nature,” she says of paintings that aim to capture more of the feeling of scenes she...
Maia Chávez Larkin simultaneously pays tribute to the past while looking to the future in oil-and-ink paintings of contemporary Western life. She achieves that challenging feat through a self-assured style that combines the restrained elegance of classic early- and mid-20th-century illustrators, the exuberance of greats...
Jesse Littlebird’s joyfully provocative paintings remind some viewers of urban street murals. Still others note the undeniable influence of his Indigenous Southwestern heritage, evident in tribal figures, symbols, and patterns. Those with a taste for subversion might also savor his appropriate approach, championed by 20th-century...