Thought-provoking images of Western lands, figures, and habitations dominated sales as summer wound to a slow end. Auctions saw brisk bidding by collectors arrested by renderings of the places and the peoples that anchor a region with representations tied to both contemporary and historic artists. A...
WHEN THE HOTEL BOULDERADO OPENED on New Year’s Day of 1909, it hadn’t been long since there were gunfights in the streets outside. Boulder, Colorado, has changed since then, from an early-20th-century boomtown to a hip, 21st-century city that’s “nestled between the mountains and reality,” according...
Just when you think you have Skylab figured out — geometric modular designs and breathtaking cantilevered extensions that appear as if they are about to take flight — founder Jeff Kovel and his team of 37 in Portland, Oregon, come up with a many-windowed, yurt-inspired...
Only the most gifted artists are able to fold art history and personal history into a cohesive and imaginative new direction. Painter John Nieto, who passed away in July 2018, was such a master. Nieto is recognized as the first American artist to bring French...
For artist Pascal Pierme, art is both a calling and an inquiry. Both a way of life, and a way of posing questions through which to explore internal and external worlds. Pierme’s sculptures evoke qualities of architecture and nature, combining balance, energy, and movement. “I have...
How do you successfully execute a floor-to-ceiling redesign when the owners live on the other side of the world? For Colleen McFadden Walls, a designer in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, figuring out creative ways to stay in touch while managing opposing time zones is all in...
For 46 years, Chris Webster’s office has been located above Lincoln Avenue, on the grassy Santa Fe Plaza. Up a flight of stairs, the office opens into a space designed to resemble an 18th-century hacienda. Navajo weavings, Spanish Colonial furniture, and a chapirito, (a fermentation jar from Peru) are placed...
This issue of Western Art & Architecture calls to mind an essay by poet Mary Oliver. While contemplating the creative life in “Of Power and Time,” Oliver writes that art differs from other careers, because one cannot regulate the “machinery of creativity.” Painting is not...
For most of us, the town of Pasadena, California, is synonymous with the Rose Bowl and its legendary Tournament of Roses Parade, the exquisitely colorful annual extravaganza held every New Year’s Day. The intricately designed floats are decorated with thousands of vibrant flowers and organic...
Two Hills Studio, an architectural fixture design company, has been in business for 31 years. This year, Scott Gross found his calling when he bought the company from founder Britt Medford. “Britt was an architect and recognized a need for fixtures that he couldn’t find anywhere,...