THEATERS WERE GLORIOUS PALACES in the Roaring Twenties and the Depression Era of the 1930s, when motion pictures were one of America’s greatest industries; palaces where men wore suits and ties and women dressed in their Sunday best. They were architectural gems with ornate decoration,...
Walking up to architects Lisa and James Evanson’s home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a visitor’s first thought might be: This place is huge. “Actually,” James says, “it’s not that big.” [caption id="attachment_16154" align="aligncenter" width="1500"] A floor-to-ceiling wall of oversized Spanish porcelain is the perfect background for...
FOR YEARS, CATHEY AND DON HUMPHREYS WERE CONTENT being recipients of invitations to visit friends in Crested Butte, Colorado. The Dallas, Texas, couple had just returned to the U.S. after living abroad for several years when Don was asked to join a group of fraternity...
T.C. BOYLE'S NOVELS AND COLLECTIONS OF SHORT STORIES have dealt with a wide range of human emotions and predicaments. In 2009, the writer published The Women, a novel about Frank Lloyd Wright’s relationships with his three wives and his mistress, Mamah Cheney. Boyle was inspired...
SHELLEY REED'S IN DUBIOUS BATTLE might well be the sort of artwork Herbert Read had in mind in 1963 when he wrote, “In the history of art, the genius is finally all that matters. ...
THERE ARE NO BOUNDARIES IN THE WORLD OF COLOR. Travelers who wander there find it filled with infinite possibility, a universe limited only by their willingness to experiment, explore and reach into the unknown. Painter Emily Mason has followed her intuition into these lands for...
MONKEYS, MATCHES, AND MOCCASINS; books, bowls and bones; spurs, sharks and warriors. Glimmers of bright fall color on glassware, a feather’s delicate texture, the worn glow on a well-ridden saddle or a celebrity’s iconic guitar. These things and more are portrayed in contemporary still life...
A PICTURE, AS THEY SAY, IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, but Colorado artist Jill Soukup has a way with words as well as with paint. Whether you’re looking at her work or listening to her talk, you quickly understand that she spends as much time...
WHEN PETER SMILLIE STUMBLED UPON a Spanish Colonial Revival home designed by Bert Harmer (of Alexander Bertrand Harmer) it wasn’t the structure itself that struck him. Instead, it was his clear vision for what the home could be — how to bring it back to...
ARCHITECT RICHARD KEATING IS BEST KNOWN for his skyscrapers, but he enjoys residential projects, too. “The opportunity just doesn’t present itself as often,” he says. So, when he was asked to envision a home in Alta, Wyoming, he welcomed the assignment. [caption id="attachment_15730" align="alignleft" width="300"] A...