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!

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

Eyes on the Prize

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  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

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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

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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....

Artists to Watch | Elise Mahaffie, Bart Walker & Steve Weed

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Elise Mahaffie: New perspectives Elise Mahaffie is fascinated by the large wildlife that appear in her stylized animal portraits. Her newly adopted hometown of Jackson, Wyoming-a place she and her family had visited repeatedly since 2002 before relocating from her native Maryland-has energized her trajectory as a fine artist. “I’ve always...