Still-life paintings by Sarah Siltala stir the soul like small miracles. Consider American Goldfinch, for example. The bird looks vibrantly three-dimensional and is thrumming with energy as if it flew in through the window just a moment ago. The bird’s eye shines, creating an eerie...
Early next year, some of Nicole Finger’s paintings will soar to their greatest heights yet. That’s when three works, including Butterfly Express, depicting her 23-year-old daughter, Sam, on a bed of peonies, and Freedom, depicting her 19-year-old son, Max, against the backdrop of Palmyra Peak...
Tony Hochstetler celebrates the natural world’s small-scale wonders in bronze sculptures that combine faithful realism with elegant Art Nouveau, and many of his works also fulfill practical purposes. His Fruit Bat Sconce, for example, serves as a dramatic home lighting feature, with one wing of...
After Jacqueline Lee Bouvier married Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy on September 12, 1953, they did not honeymoon in the Caribbean or Europe. And when the 38-year-old First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, his wife, Clementine, and their children escaped the English winter of 1912...
On the days that artist Hugh Jenkins blows glass, visitors pass the wild chickens on the property and enter his studio to see him in action. Dipping the hot metal pipe into the powder that becomes molten glass, he chats about his 50-year career as...
Nesting Bowl Set by Alexandra Geller We’ve found the perfect gift for the culinary artist: this creative set of nesting bowls, handmade by ceramicist Alexandra Geller. Working from her studio in Easthampton, Massachusetts, Geller draws inspiration from the ceramic vessels of ancient cultures. The bowls are...
The theme of confluence resonates throughout any conversation with Kathy Hancox and Michael Kothke, founders of the Tucson, Arizona-based HK Associates. Everything — from their education, to past work experiences, to the people they’ve encountered along the way — has come together in their vision. [caption...
WA&A publisher and art critic Tim Newton breaks down an iconic Western work Gunnar Widforss’s portrayals of the Grand Canyon are second to none. He was meticulous in his technique and brilliant with his compositions. This view of the Grand Canyon from Hopi Point is one...
An unfortunate event in 1936 turned out to be a boon for a Phoenix, Arizona, artist who wasn’t even born yet when it happened. A grocer renting a neighborhood corner store had plumbing issues, and instead of offering assistance, the landlord told him to “fix...
When Ron Shanor creates his Western-style furniture, which has won admiration for three decades, he welcomes an assist from an unexpected collaborator: Mother Nature. The gracefully curved feet of his armchair legs benefit from trees that have grown on slopes or were bent naturally by...