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!

Artists’ Studios | Cynthia Eckhardt

Cynthia Eckhardt's art studio

A visit with Cynthia Eckhardt at her studio in Arroyo Seco, NM

Portfolio | A Passion for Plein Air

Elaine Mathews, Springtime in the Desert, oil, 16 x 20.

Meet 12 artists who honor the landscape by capturing it in person

Emerging Artist | Will Pealatere

Will Pealatere, The Influence, oil, 28 x 42.

Conveying human emotion

Emerging Artist | Ann Larsen

Ann Larsen, Ely Relics, oil, 11 x 14.

Eye on the West

Kathleen Dunphy | The World in Real Time

Kathleen Dunphy, Autumn’s End, oil, 12 x 16.

Kathleen Dunphy paints the ever-changing landscape

Jerry Markham | Original Vision

Jerry Markham, The Heart of Montana, oil, 28 x 32.

Jerry Markham explores the natural world with inimitable style

Kate Sammons | An Artist’s Odyssey

Kate Sammons, Winter Chrysanthemums, oil, 8 x 10.

Kate Sammons incorporates a lifetime of aesthetic journeys into her still-life and figurative work

Emerging Artist | Dennis Rhoades

Dennis Rhoades, Aspen Road 2, pastel, 16 x 20.

Composing amid nature

Elizabeth Pollie | Heaven on Earth

Elizabeth Pollie, The Sureness of Things, oil, 16 x 20.

Painter Elizabeth Pollie finds visual inspiration everywhere

Portfolio | Winner’s Circle

Nancie King Mertz, Randolph Revealed, pastel, 18 x 20.

A sampling of artists who were recognized in this year’s Pastel 100 competition