“If ever there was a time to be an artist in Salt Lake City, it’s now,” says muralist Miles Toland. He and fellow artist Joseph Toney recently completed the largest mural in Utah, Echoes of Eternity. Painted on the Salt Lake City luxury apartment building...
In her studio not far from the famous Santa Fe Opera, Roseta Santiago is painting a Native American figure clad in regalia. “I am drawn to Native people and I’m drawn to the energy of the Southwest,” she says. “I found it to be a...
Al’s Crosses Cowboy Boots by Tres Outlaws Wearable art takes on new meaning in this remarkable pair of men’s handcrafted cowboy boots. Al’s Crosses were inspired by the masterful silver work of the late, great Alan Somers, an Arizona artist known for his one-of-a-kind pieces. The...
“I will overcome every barrier to success,” Susie Barstow wrote in her journal in 1856, “and soon, with the sun rising above every Earthly conflict, make myself a name and position that will influence the whole world.” An aspiring artist, Barstow was 20 years old...
Catharine Garber created the now Palo Alto, California-based Fergus Garber Architects (FGA) in Chicago in 1988. She added Fergus, her maiden name, to give the fledgling company’s name more weight. It was, in fact, a one-woman operation, with her infant son often crawling about under...
Midway between the shores of Puget Sound and the Great Cascade Mountains in Washington lies a precipice where the meandering Snoqualmie River drops a staggering 268 feet. This spectacular waterfall, more than 100 feet higher than Niagara Falls in New York, has been at the...
Deco Vessel Sink by Indikoi A nod to timeless design with a bold twist, this artful porcelain sink is hand-thrown in Bozeman, Montana, at Indikoi. Founded by a team of ceramic artists passionate about merging functionality with beauty, the studio specializes in creating sinks that are...
While it’s hardly an anomaly, it’s a bit unusual for siblings to cofound an architectural firm. However, Daniel Kaven and Trevor William Lewis, founders and principals of the award-winning Portland, Oregon-based William /Kaven Architecture, regard their brotherhood as one of their chief assets. They share...
Effie Anderson Smith [1869–1955] had a theory about the lovely hues of atmospheric haze in the Arizona desert, a landscape she loved and painted for more than 50 years. She believed that microscopic particles of mineralized dust were suspended in the dry desert air, changing...
With Jeff Legg’s still-life Divine Balance, you cannot avert your eyes because the longer one looks, the more mesmerizing the subjects become. They don’t defy reason, but they do defy gravity — the same as the composition dares to challenge what the mind expects to...