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!

Magnificent Obsession | Joyce and Roland Jones

Joyce and Roland Jones Clifton, TX What kind of artwork do you collect? Mostly contemporary western painting. We also have quite a bit of sculpture. How would you describe your approach to collecting? If my heart doesn’t speed up [when I see a certain piece], I just keep walking. Something has...

Magnificent Obsession | Tim Newton

Tim Newton Long Island, NY   What kind of artwork do you collect? Paintings, sculptures, and drawings. Early on I was interested in fine artists who do maritime work. Now I am broader in my collecting and have paintings such as western landscapes by Clyde Aspevig, wildlife works by Jim Morgan,...

Magnificent Obsession | Shannon Robinson

Shannon Robinson Evergreen, CO What kind of artwork do you collect? My collection consists mainly of oil paintings and sculpture. The collection is somewhat eclectic in that I collect both representational and abstracts. Most of my works are by artists in Colorado and this region, including Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, California,...