There were not 10 divine laws for depicting the spirit of the Southwest, but instead nine men and one woman who created a unique set of approaches to painting the places and the peoples of that land in the early 20th century. They were based...
It was very wild, very brushy,” Don Stinson says of the land in Austin, Texas, where he and his wife Barbara built their home and his studio in 2025. “You almost had to crawl into it — on your hands and knees. But we could...
Twenty-five years ago, a biotech executive and his wife sought a weekend escape from their San Francisco-area house. The Napa Valley town of St. Helena sounded like a good idea, even though they weren’t into wine. All they wanted was a simple turn-key house. But...
Celebrated Native American potter Diego Romero wants to set things straight, for the sake of historical and popular records. Asked to provide reasons the multitalented artist chose clay, Romero said it was the other way around. “Clay chose me,” said Romero, whose ceramics have been accorded...
In his second senior year at Texas A&M, Bentley Tibbs went home to the Mississippi Delta to break the news that he’d decided to add a B.A. in architecture to his B.A. in history. His father didn’t say a word. “All he did was point...
Something has shifted in Colorado artist Jay Moore’s landscape paintings. It’s subtle, this intensity of feeling, and it’s hard to put a finger on just what it is, but it’s there. When asked what’s changed, Moore is surprised anyone has noticed. “Well, I’m always trying to...
Laura and Randy Elia loved their new Santa Fe home so much that they moved out of it two weeks after moving in and stayed with friends nearby where they could watch it via remote camera. The reason they left their five-bedroom house just days after...
A personal crisis in 2006 prompted developer Douglas Ayres to embark on a global journey in search of wisdom and understanding. When he returned to his home in Paso Robles, California, it was with renewed vigor and a passion for art inspired by the natural...
The town of Norman lies at the heart of Oklahoma, surrounded by the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, Muscogee (Creek), Cherokee, and Osage Nations. Founded in the 1880s, Norman has a long and storied past but is perhaps best known today for its football team, the University...
Cadillac Woolly Chap Armchair by Steel Strike We dare you to dive into this handsome chair and not dissolve into pure Western bliss. Its seat cushion is filled with foam and down feathers and is upholstered in handsome antiqued and distressed leather for lasting support and...