Articles & Interviews

Here you’ll find art articles and art interviews on some of your favorite painters and sculptors of the West as well as upcoming artists. The editors of Southwest Art bring you in-depth art interviews and profiles, as well as behind-the-scenes tours of beautiful art studios and stories about current art events. Search for artists we’ve covered in the past, or discover new and emerging artists by checking back often to see the art articles we’ve added most recently!

Coors Western Art Show | Lindsey Bittner Graham

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By Bonnie Gangelhoff When she was growing up in Kentucky, Lindsey Bittner Graham developed a love and respect for horses. Graham rode, worked at stables, and learned to appreciate the special bond between people and their steeds. But her affection for the West, the cowboy spirit, and vast open spaces really...

Coors Western Art Show | Edward Aldrich

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By Bonnie Gangelhoff Viewers of Edward Aldrich paintings would never guess that the artist grew up in the heart of New York City. Perhaps that is because Aldrich, who now lives in Colorado, has a well-known talent for capturing the wildlife of the West. “The wide open spaces and the animals...

Coors Western Art Show | Ulrich Gleiter

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By Bonnie Gangelhoff Ulrich Gleiter divides his time between St. Petersburg, Russia, and Dresden and Berlin, Germany. But, for the past several years, he also has made regular journeys to plein-air shows in the western United States, including California, Wyoming, and Colorado. Recently Gleiter received top awards at the Frank Bette...

Winter Landscape Special Advertising Section

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Meet five artists who paint the winter landscape in this Special Advertising Section, published in the December 2011 issue. Please click on each artist’s name below to go to their page. Dave Santillanes Nancy Conrad David Bottini Heather H. Coen Mark Monsarrat