Geoffrey Gersten’s Hollywood Summer uncannily feels like a portal into idyllic post-World War II America. Rendered large-scale in near-photorealistic detail, a carhop delivers food to the driver of a Plymouth sedan, against the backdrop of L.A.’s Art Deco masterpiece, Wiltern Theatre. Look closer, though, and...
Lisa Bennett’s growing list of collectors may find it challenging, at times, to come up with a general term to describe the artworks she composes from such objects gathered in the wild or thoughtfully sourced as feathers, quills, shells, and precise slices of branches, bones,...
Barbara Berry seemed destined to create art. She grew up in an art-filled home in rural Pennsylvania near Philadelphia, and her talented mom earned money painting portraits of local children. “I would stand behind her and absorb it, and I assumed that I should be...
Susan Eddings Pérez arrived at the realization that she was, in fact, an abstract artist when the interior design clients for whom she’d been creating elaborate, atmospheric custom wall and ceiling finishes asked if they could keep, to display in their homes, the sample boards...
When international sculptor and octogenarian David Marshall announces that he’s considering retiring and opts to open his private studio in rural Colorado for visitors to “take a look at this and that,” you’d be crazy not to go. Over the last 55 years, Marshall has...
Andy Johnson, the founder and principal architect of DAJ Design in Louisville, Colorado, doesn’t believe there should be such a thing as an “environmental architect.” To him, that’s just an understood element of the job. So, while he’s not aiming at by-the-numbers sustainability awards, he’s...
Camel Speedy 35 Bag by Leatherandvodka Metropolitan style meets the Wild West in this authentic Louis Vuitton handbag infused with rustic charm. After Kay McMurtre, founder of Leatherandvodka, saved up and purchased her first Louis Vuitton bag, she found that it didn’t reflect her individuality. She...
Travelers expect to see Art Deco in Miami, L.A., and Chicago. Not in Oklahoma. But the sky-high pylons of marble, vertical chevrons, and abstract mosaics of downtown Tulsa are all the more delightful because of their unexpected setting. In 1905, oil gushed from Glenn Pool Oil...
Visitors choose Taos, New Mexico, for a combination of reasons. Some come for the mountains and to ski at one of North America’s steepest resorts. Others want to hike to the tallest point in New Mexico, Mount Wheeler, rising more than 13,000 feet. Some choose...
Throughout history, we’ve celebrated explorers for their courage, resilience, and curiosity. They venture into the unknown, seeking to expand our understanding of the world. Yet, beyond the realms of geography and science, there exists another type of explorer — the artist. Artists embark on journeys of...