Within the first 10 minutes of the 2023 Masters of the American West exhibition at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles, artist Tony Abeyta sold all of his paintings. This sounds remarkable, but it is, in fact, a typical experience for the artist at this and...
Regard a painting by Laurie Lee for even a moment, and a stirring soundtrack from the era of classic Western films might come to mind. Highway to the Sun, destined for this September’s Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale in Cody, Wyoming, could well conjure...
Early in his career, R.C. Gorman was staying at the Safari Hotel in downtown Scottsdale, Arizona, before the opening of his solo show at a nearby gallery when he realized there was nothing in the hotel lobby advertising the show. He called his teenage cousin...
Paul Lewing, whose glazed ceramic tile art has long been appreciated in private residential settings such as home bathrooms and kitchens, debuts as a public artist this September 25 through 30. That’s when, during homecoming weekend for his alma mater, the University of Montana in...
Tyrel Johnson might best be described as a poet in bronze, using sculpture to express deep, complex meanings through art. His Undivided Love, for example, captures the deep human-equine bond by portraying a young woman and a horse, each leaning into the other across a...
Topher Straus has found a simultaneously bold and surprisingly nuanced new medium by which to capture the radiance so often possessed by iconic landscapes of the West — from the Maroon Bells that tower over Aspen, to the volcanic cone of Maui’s Haleakala, the craggy...
Architect Nick Deaver worked as a sole proprietor in Austin, Texas, for nearly two decades. But five years ago, he was joined by his daughter Jessica, who’d left a career in film, television, and writing to pursue an architecture degree, then worked for Pfeiffer Partners...
Abstract Dreamscape Pillowcases by Celestial Silk Making an artistic and opulent statement in the bedroom, these Abstract Dreamscape Pillowcases by Celestial Silk are also luxuriously soft. That’s because they were created by beauty writer Danielle Jackson, who, after discovering the benefits of silk for hair and...
Many people never forget the first time they laid eyes on the Tetons. As one of the most iconic mountain ranges in the U.S., they tower over Jackson Hole, Wyoming, just south of Yellowstone National Park, with the Grand Teton standing tallest at 13,766 feet. So,...
In a meadow at the base of the Royal Arches in Yosemite National Park sits a landmark lodge that’s hosted the likes of John F. Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. The iconic Ahwahnee Hotel is located at the east end...