Feature Articles

If you’ve been searching for art articles on the best talent in the West, look no further. Here you’ll find articles about art and artists as well as collections of themed works. You’ll find our art magazine articles reprinted here in full and with bonus artwork images we couldn’t fit in our printed pages. Check back often to find the most current art articles highlighting upcoming art events you don’t want to miss and explore new artists and techniques as each month we gather a collection of works from different artists all on a single theme.

Teresa Elliott, Longhorn Calf in May, oil on linen, 40 x 30

Eyes on the Prize

  The varied world of Western art takes center stage at the annual Prix de West in Oklahoma City. By Norman Kolpas Among the most widely recognized events held to showcase contemporary Western art, the Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition & Sale—the largest annual fundraiser for the National Cowboy &...

Leaving Her Mark

Tara Will brings modernist ideals to traditional landscape painting. by Elizabeth L. Delaney Maryland painter Tara Will makes art that stokes the senses while conjuring up a curiosity about the arrangements of lines and color populating the surface. Rather than attempting to pro­duce a polished or romanticized view of the American...

Land, Sea & Sky

Meet six artists inspired by the boundless natural world.   CLIFF AUSTIN Where do you live and work? Having lived in Colorado for most of my life, I have enjoyed hiking and camping in some of the most beautiful locations. I live in Aurora and have my studio there as well....