As pleasant and refined, cluttered and inspiring as one’s art studio may be, the truth is that art, in many mediums, can be messy. Most artists will put on their work clothes, maybe overalls or a smock, before getting down to business, cleaning scraps of...
Albert Bierstadt’s last great painting was a grand-manner allegorical canvas recounting the impending demise of the two prime symbols of the American West, the buffalo and the Plains American Indian tribes. It is titled The Last of the Buffalo (1889). So important was the subject...
Some passions are born young; others are grown into. When he was in the eighth grade, David Arkin’s parents gave him a book on passive solar energy by Ed Mazria, the famed architect who, in 2006, founded the think tank Architecture 2030, which studies and advocates...
In 1889, hanging the bell in the cupola on top of the hand-chiseled limestone school marked the completion of what the Park City town leaders thought might be the finest school in the State of Utah. Located one block up a steep hillside from Main...
The environmental or earth art movement in the U.S. took shape in the late 1960s when painters, sculptors and mixed-media artists demanded to breach the confines of galleries and museums. These freethinkers adopted the natural landscape as their palette, trading paint brushes and drawing pads...
The charming tale that emerged from the C.M. Russell Museum’s celebration of its 50th annual auction was tied to a bull rider who was so inspired by artworks offered at the event that he chose to sell his truck to bolster his buying power. The...
Stacked Gold Rings by Barbara Heinrich Studio June is a wonderful month for brides, brides-to-be and for those who are remembering their wedding day. Might we suggest a celebration for all? One or all three of these 18-karat yellow gold rings from Barbara Heinrich Studio could...
J. Vehar-Evanoff’s paintings bring about the tension between anarchy and a desire for rules. That inner battle contained within each piece creates a tautness that teeters on the edge, as movement of paint meets the restriction of its surface. [caption id="attachment_16414" align="alignleft" width="300"] "Untitled IV" |...
Matthew Frederick’s landscapes combine the playfulness of a paint-by-number scene and a contemporary perspective on color and composition. For the last 20 years, Frederick has been examining the landscape, trying to help people see the natural world in a new way. [caption id="attachment_16406" align="alignleft" width="148"] "Colorado...
The intriguing beauty of Carolyn Anderson’s paintings involves not only what we see but how we see. Aware of the small edges, the dips of light and the subtle, nuanced moment, she paints the figure, wildlife, racehorses and landscape with a studied eye toward the...