What is the true West, and why does our search for an answer matter today? Will James straddled a fine line between real and imaginary, fact and fiction, the mythological and genuine article. He traversed, as an artistic underdog, the boundary between invention and reinvention, often...
It was a revelation when Krystii Melaine realized she could step outside the box of Western American art, her realm for three decades. Or, more accurately, “My brain exploded,” Melaine says, laughing. Not that her paintings of wildlife, cowboys, and Native American subjects — internationally...
Chipeta Trading Company founder Don Siegel likes to discuss his “three rules of collecting” in the context of the historic Navajo and Pueblo jewelry he sells (or, to use his preferred term, “Indigenous wearable art”). “The first one is to find somebody who’s already made...
Jim Vangilder always drives slowly to the front door of his house. Even though he could easily course the mile-long route from the state highway turnoff to his entrance in minutes, he purposely takes his time because he wants to see, yet again, the Texas...
Howard Post’s sense of Tucson is steeped in his bones. As the often-cloudless, solid sky clears a space for contemplation, shadows slide across the desert. His oil paintings reflect a profound understanding of the land. The horses he paints are the horses of his life....
In a world that can often be overwhelming, Colorado artist Jane Hunt finds solace and inspiration in the quiet beauty of the landscape. Her paintings, however, do not portray the grandiose scenes that easily inspire awe, such as detailed depictions of the rust-red expanse of...
Scott Christensen and Quang Ho both have close, personal relationships with the West, which is what the two artists have in common — this and the simple fact that they have spent their entire lives pushing pigment across once-white canvases. The parallels between the two artists,...
ARCHITECTURE | Signum Architecture CONSTRUCTION | Knittel Construction LANDSCAPE DESIGN | Roche + Roche Landscape Architecture INTERIOR DESIGN | Shawback Design Driving down the country road that leads to this elegant farmhouse nestled on one of the few remaining sites on the floor of the Napa Valley feels a...
Landscape painter Brad Teare draws his visual inspiration from the intimate valleys and snowy mountain peaks around his home in Northern Utah’s glorious Cache Valley. However, perhaps the real subject of Teare’s impressionist work is the paint itself — the paint and the artist’s ability to...
ARCHITECTURE | Neumann Mendro Andrulaitis Architects CONSTRUCTION | J. Weston Custom Construction Kevon Zehner’s hunt for a buildable lot in Santa Barbara, California, took him to all sorts of rugged hillsides and canyons. Yet none had the combination of views and access he and his husband, Ron...