Terry Winchell was a child prodigy antique dealer. Growing up along the border of Wyoming and Nebraska, he was fascinated by Western history from a young age. He was only 14 when he bought — and swiftly resold — his first piece of antique furniture....
Collecting art is a personal statement about one’s life, passions, values, and history. Creating relationships with artists gives collectors the chance to bring deeper meaning to the work they’re interested in and also helps them understand life through art. Conversations with artists are frequently lively,...
Art has always played a significant role in Gail Hayes Davis’s life, and she made it one of her goals to share its importance with others. Her professional journey began as an art teacher. “I taught probably most everything you could think of, from glass...
Art sales in late spring brought collectors together, saw a few new auction records for artists, and overall showed that the market for American, Western, and Native American artworks is faring well. [caption id="attachment_23139" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Georgia O'Keeffe, Green Oak Leaves | Oil on Canvas Board...
In the Roaring ’20s — a decade of prosperity as the U.S. bounced back from World War I — anyone who was anyone knew about the Blackstone Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska. Constructed in 1916 and converted into a hotel in 1920, it was a premier...
FIFTH x ROCKDEEP M.1 Trail Shoe by Dewayne Dale Jr. Diné (Navajo) shoe designer Dewayne Dale Jr. — from the Red Running into Water Clan, born for the Water’s Edge Clan — credits this family history for informing his creativity. The colors, textures, and designs he...
Steve Bull can’t recall a definitive moment or event that led him to architecture. There was no childhood epiphany over a set of building blocks; architecture was simply the course his life took, and nothing, from his undergraduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)...
When Texas-based artists and twin brothers Stuart and Scott Gentling were asked why they never tried to extend their art presence and collector base beyond their home state, they always responded, “Because we don’t need to.” And it was true. Wealthy collectors and patrons in...
Some years ago, T Barny presented an exhibition of his abstract stone sculptures at LightHouse in San Francisco, an organization that promotes independence for the blind and visually impaired. As visitors ran their fingertips over the polished, sleekly curved geometric edges, smiles appeared on their...
Tracy and Sushe Felix met in art class in high school in 1974 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Now married for 37 years, they could well be known as “Mr. and Mrs. Western Landscape.” The Felixes have devoted their lives to painting, and they are represented...