Urban renewal often equates demolition with progress, causing the old to disappear in favor of the new. This is why, in the rapidly changing heart and landscape of lower downtown Denver, Colorado, once home to streets of graceful 19th-century Victorian buildings, a lone survivor of...
The young vaquero sits on a ramshackle wooden stool, his back against a fencepost, his eyes shaded by the brim of his sombrero, his head and shoulders slouched as he closely admires his prized new six-shooter. Strewn on the ground are the cartridge casings of...
A growing number of Indigenous artists are creating artworks in glass, sharing their cultural identities through a medium that was historically associated with European art. These works challenge outdated, narrow perceptions of Indigenous artwork while also adding essential perspectives to the contemporary art world. [caption id="attachment_30154"...
The clay Casey Zablocki works with carries half a billion years of geological memory. He reimagines its compressed layers, once part of Montana’s landscape, into sculptures that flirt with a Brutalist style, appearing simultaneously ancient and futuristic. [caption id="attachment_30138" align="aligncenter" width="276"] Zablocki’s process brings the unexpected...
Tucked amid a lush oasis in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this adobe residence was just the hidden gem the homeowners — frequent visitors to the city for 40 years — had been seeking. They knew they didn’t want a newly built modern house or a...
It’s important to note that the Dallas, Texas-based interior designer Ann Schooler is, as she says, “not afraid of snakes.” Neither does she fear the occasional wild boar charging across a West Texas landscape or heat so fierce that it makes the scrubland and distant...
There have been moments in artist Francis Livingston’s life where something suddenly shifted inside him, with consequences lasting throughout his career. One such moment occurred while he was a young illustration student at San Francisco’s Academy of Art College in the late 1970s. During his...
Rocky and Kat Hawkins give directions to Ghost Wolf Ranch not by street names but by landmarks and miles. The road to their home follows the meandering bends of Montana’s Jefferson River before it diverges on its path, and then you must watch the landscape...
ARCHITECT | Massey Associates Architects INTERIOR DESIGN | Morrissey Saypol Interiors CONSTRUCTION | Noordik Construction Inc. When he’s traveling for business, Marquis Sauvage often thinks longingly of his ranch house in southeastern Colorado’s Cuchara Valley. “Some days I think, ‘Oh God, I wish I were there,’” he says, reflecting...
I am always looking for the unseen in nature,” says artist Jared Sanders, whose serene, dreamlike paintings capture facets of the West that feel both familiar and fresh. “That’s true whether I’m at home or traveling in search of it. I feel like I’ve always...