Featured Artists

Each issue of Southwest Art magazine features in-depth profiles of top artists in the West and beyond. Browse this section to read interesting and compelling stories about artists’ lives and their techniques, artistic styles, and sources of inspiration. Each article is accompanied by plenty of images to show examples of the artists’ works—including sculpture and paintings in oil, pastel, watercolor, and acrylic, and featuring subjects from western landscapes to cityscapes, figures, wildlife and animal art, still lifes, and more.

Timothy David Mayhew | No Stone Unturned

Feb 15th, 13 / 0 Comments
Timothy David Mayhew, Dinner and a Show, oil, 24 x 32.

Timothy David Mayhew digs deep to produce old-master style wildlife works

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D. LaRue Mahlke | Deep Connections

Feb 15th, 13 / 0 Comments
D. LaRue Mahlke, Connectivity, pastel, 36 x 48.

D. LaRue Mahlke paints landscapes suffused with the very spirit of creation

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Greg Wilson | Wonderful Wildlife

Feb 15th, 13 / 0 Comments
Greg Wilson, Takin’ Five, oil, 12 x 24.

Greg Wilson’s art reflects his love 
of nature’s creatures

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Jim Connelly | The Upside of Cowboy Art

Feb 15th, 13 / 0 Comments
Jim Connelly, Usual Suspects, oil, 12 x 24.

Michigan artist Jim Connelly sees visual beauty in ranching life

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Nancy Dunlop Cawdrey | Smooth as Silk

Jan 14th, 13 / 0 Comments
Nancy Cawdrey, This House of Sky, dye on silk, 38 x 61.

Nancy Cawdrey’s innovative paintings create a unique western art experience

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Debra Huse | On Land and Sea

Jan 14th, 13 / 0 Comments
Debra Huse, California Spring Regatta, oil, 48 x 60.

Debra Huse captures the California coast on its own terms

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Dan Bodelson | Merging Hands & Mind

Jan 14th, 13 / 0 Comments
Dan Bodelson, In Her Own World, oil, 23 x 29.

Western painter Dan Bodelson has learned to trust his instincts and skill

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Len Chmiel | An Eye for Beauty

Jan 14th, 13 / 0 Comments
Len Chmiel, County Kent, oil, 25 x 36.

Len Chmiel paints abstracted landscapes with a deeply personal sense of design

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Mitch Baird | Engaging the Senses

Dec 14th, 12 / 0 Comments
Mitch Baird, Ridge Top Gold, oil, 24 x 36.

Mitch Baird’s painterly works evoke sounds and smells as well as sights

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Sueellen Ross | Pet Projects

Dec 14th, 12 / 0 Comments
Sueellen Ross, Carly and Simon, mixed media, 11 x 12.

Mixed-media artist Sueellen Ross draws on deep connections to the animals she knows best

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