William Hook’s recent Heads Up captures the discerning appeal of a realist painter at the top of his game. Against a distant Southwestern mountainscape, a vast blue sky, and a towering cumulus, wild sunflowers reach toward the heavens. Every element — composition, colors, and brushstrokes...
The unreality of the American West feels more real to Nicholas Ward. When the 28-year-old artist, who lives and paints in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, seeks out subjects for his large-scale canvases, he summons from his imagination a state of magical realism, with surrealist landscapes populated...
Cora Sexton Wheeler has never stopped trying to capture something she considers forever elusive. “You can never recreate what nature creates,” she says. And yet, the artist remains adamant about filling her canvases with scenes of ranch life, Western flora and fauna, mountain skylines, and...
Destiny Bowman devotes her artistic talents to two primary genres: portraits and still lifes. Those dual callings may at first seem antithetical; after all, figurative works celebrate living beings, while the term “still life” can sometimes seem like a demure way of referring to paintings...
Russ Fry designs furniture, lighting, and architectural installations that make traditional Western materials and forms feel new. Using items as diverse as wood burls and reclaimed steel, old barn timbers, and even repurposed ski-lift chairs, he and his team of craftspeople “work with interior designers...
Some called it a grizzly miracle. In the newsletter Grizzly Times, Louisa Willcox celebrated the miraculous birth of quadruplets to the matriarchal mama bear #399. “Grand Tetons’ matriarch, Grizzly #399, is perhaps the most famous grizzly bear alive,” wrote Willcox. “Her feat is remarkable for...
Multi-Colored Champagne Flutes by Saludi Glassware Saludi Glassware founder Dani Baltar has infused her Latina roots into high-quality drinkware reminiscent of the joy-filled family gatherings she recalls from childhood. Inspired to make celebrations more fun, she designed these colorful glasses to brighten a table setting and...
21c Museum Hotels is a boutique resort chain with an imagination. In eight properties throughout the U.S., historic structures have been restored and reimagined into posh hotels resplendent with expansive contemporary art collections — displayed indoors and out, floor to ceiling — offering, in all,...
Collectors showed a strong appreciation for the iconography, heritage, and spirit of the American West during late summer and autumn auctions. Wildlife works and art by historic and contemporary Indigenous artists were among the offerings that stirred art enthusiasts and brought large bids. The Jackson Hole...
As businessman and philanthropist Steve Lynn has matured as an art collector, one thing has become abundantly clear: Sharing one’s collection enhances the experience of it. “Why do it if you aren’t going to let others enjoy it?” Lynn asks. “It’s not fun to drink a...