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.

Derek Penix | The Right Reasons for Painting

Sep 15th, 12 / 0 Comments
Derek Penix, French Fishing Harbor, oil painting

Derek Penix discovers what drives his remarkable talent in art

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Dan Young | Call of the Landscape

Aug 15th, 12 / 0 Comments
Dan Young, Summer Days, oil, 10 x 12.

Dan Young paints intimate glimpses 
of his Colorado homeland

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Amy Ringholz | Animal Dreams

Aug 15th, 12 / 1 Comment
Amy Ringholz, Living Off of Faith, ink/oil, 72 x 60.

Line, color, and spirit add up to magic in Amy Ringholz’s art

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Thomas W. Schaller | Where Worlds Collide

Jul 15th, 12 / 1 Comment
Thomas W. Schaller, Ponte Fabricius, Rome, watercolor, 18 x 24.

Thomas W. Schaller captures the intersection of the natural and the manmade

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Rebecca Tobey | Flights of Imagination

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Rebecca Tobey, Guiding Star, bronze, 13 x 12 x 3.

Rebecca Tobey combines traditional forms in fresh, new ways

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Gregory Packard | Vibrant Impressions

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Gregory Packard, Perpetual Motion, oil, 48 x 60.

Gregory Packard discovers greater 
poetic expression through two painting styles

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Billy Schenck | Pop Maverick

Jul 9th, 12 / 0 Comments
Bill Schenck, Land of the Searchers, oil, 22 x 40.

Billy Schenck’s approach to cinematic subjects still blazes fresh trails in western art

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David Mann | Close to the Earth

Jun 15th, 12 / 0 Comments
David Mann, Way of the Cheyenne, oil, 40 x 60.

David Mann conveys the dignity and 
humanity of 19th-century American Indians

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John Taft | Called to Painting

Jun 15th, 12 / 0 Comments
John Taft, Autumn Radiance, oil, 30 x 36.

John Taft is compelled to portray the beauty of the Colorado landscape

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Shirley Thomson-Smith | A Life in Art

Jun 11th, 12 / 0 Comments
Shirley Thomson-Smith, Morning Sun, bronze, h18.

Shirley Thomson-Smith expresses strength and courage in her streamlined bronze figures

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