To create layered, functional interiors that reflect her clients’ personalities and passions, interior designer Susan Stella draws on a visual education that started at an early age. Her father was a talented sculptor. Her education also included formal fine art training, extensive international travel, and...
Nathan Bennett is an alchemist. A visit to his studio reveals creative signs you’d expect to see in a medieval workshop. Every surface is strewn with half-filled vials containing a bewildering array of chemicals and unknown elements. The remnants of past mixtures stain the floors...
Imagine shopping for art at the world’s top galleries, studios, and auctions, funded by a philanthropic benefactor. Laura Finlay Smith is the curator of the Tia Collection, a global art holding with a diverse range of paintings, drawings, prints, photography, sculpture, ephemera, and mixed media....
Bonhams California and Western Paintings and Sculpture April 16, 2019 Colorist Selden Connor Gile led Bonhams California and Western artwork auction in April in Los Angeles. Gile’s Quiet Cove (Belvedere) sold for $312,575 with fees, even as one of Frederic Remington’s most prized tabletop bronzes, The Bronco Buster,...
In 1989, fine art woodworkers Marilyn Endres and Eucled Moore started Kazi Studio together in Driftwood, Texas. The intricate woodturning methods and meticulous beadwork on their vessels and platters evoke a contemporary perspective on classic forms. [caption id="attachment_18112" align="aligncenter" width="474"] Contemporary Interpretation of an Olla Basket...
After sculpting for more than 40 years, Kevin Robb suffered a stroke in 2004, but that didn’t impinge on his artistic voice. Although his vocabulary and some mobility were limited, his stainless steel sculptures continue to portray a lightness rarely seen in metalwork. “He loves working...
Jonathan Keeton’s series of watercolors, Nocturnes, envelops the solitude that comes with empty streets and dimly lit shops. They bring out the echoes of footsteps on concrete and the silence of parked cars. “Yes, they’re moody. That’s what I like about night scenes,” Keeton says. “They’re...
Patrick Dean Hubbell explores his Diné (Navajo) identity through materials and processes that speak to nature and traditional design by way of abstract patterns. In a recent series titled Earth, Hubbell traversed the boundaries of the Navajo reservation, within Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of...
Horsehair Baskets by Jane Chavez We love when someone’s passion shines through in their artwork, as it does with these coiled horsehair baskets made by Jane Chavez. The artist's interest in baskets began as a child growing up in Argentina. She was thrilled whenever the basket...
In this issue of WA&A, a statement that stood out to me came from artist Lee Andre: “We live in a fast-paced, attention demanding, disposable world. My intent is to produce work that counters these aspects of modern life,” (“Auction Block”). For me, this statement served...