What makes a great work of art? The answer to this simple, yet complex question is one that I find endlessly fascinating. The definitive answer is shrouded in a bit of mystery. It’s a question that philosophers, curators and artists themselves have contemplated for as long...
The song, “America the Beautiful,” was written by Katharine Lee Bates in 1895. She initially wrote the patriotic hymn as a poem after seeing the town of Manitou Springs, Colorado, and looking up at 14,114-foot Pikes Peak. [caption id="attachment_16092" align="alignleft" width="300"] Map: © Daphne Gillam[/caption] Since then,...
Kathy Burk, of Modern Relics, creates architectural elements from glass and steel. Using her interior design background, she developed a series of three signature lighting pieces that include kiln-formed glass inspired by Montana’s geology and natural environment. [caption id="attachment_16085" align="alignleft" width="214"] These kiln-formed glass Rapid Thoughts...
For Dan Friday, glass is where his two worlds come together, allowing him to combine his Northwest Coast Salish Lummi roots with his European background. [caption id="attachment_16079" align="alignleft" width="199"] "Watcher (Raven) Totem" | Hand-Sculpted Glass | 16 x 6 inches | 2018 Photo: Alec Miller[/caption] The people...
Like the calm in the eye of a hurricane, Stephen Hayes’ body of work, In the Hour Before, portrays a place before tragedy embeds itself. Using images from Google Earth, Hayes, a longtime plein air oil painter, turns his attention on cities where upheaval has...
By the time oil painter Brittany Weistling was in high school, she had already shown at the Masters of the American West exhibition at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles, California. Her parents, both fine art painters, encouraged her and tutored her along the way. [caption...
Ryder Gauteraux’s vision exceeds a single artistic pursuit. And similarly, instead of one studio, he works out of three places, none of which are conventional. Two studios are buildings in Wallace, Idaho, from the early 20th century — he rents one, purchased the other and...
Sales of Western and wildlife art continued apace in the early months of 2018, with several auctions and gallerists reporting a strengthening market after the on-again, off-again lull that tends to set in during mid-winter. A painting by James Bama ruled at Altermann Galleries’ Scottsdale Sale...
Glass Goblets by Michael Schunke Michael Schunke creates one-of-a-kind, hand-blown goblets known to collectors around the world. Shunke’s popularity grew because of these goblets, which are his touchstone pieces. He creates each one in his Vetro Vero studio in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in a process that...
Some artists move from studio to spreadsheet as naturally as an intake of breath. They put their apron on a hook, settle at a desk and toss out a few follow-up calls, or tackle a list of scheduled tasks such as updating their website or...