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.

21 Under 31 | Joseph Iantorno

ART EDUCATION: I studied with David Leffel in workshops in New Mexico and California. I also have a degree in business. STYLE: Chiaroscuro. I like there to be mood in the painting. MOST INTERESTING THING ABOUT THE WAY YOU WORK: People think I use glazes because my paintings are dark. But I don’t. I try [...]

David Riedel | A Quiet Dynamic

David Riedel’s still-life paintings reveal a subtle sense of movement, mystery, and depth

Steven Graber | Mysteries and Possibilities

Steven Graber’s charcoal images evoke a feeling of timelessness   

Gordon Brown | True to Nature

In Moody, Atmospheric Paintings, Colorado Painter Gordon Brown conveys the drama of nature

Ross Matteson | Soaring Inspiration

Ross Matteson’s love of nature comes through in his sculpture of birds and other wildlife

Clark Huling | Old World Ambiance

Clark Hulings’ first major show in 23 years reflects his affinity for European scenes

Kevin Red Star | Artist and Historian

Kevin Red Star passes on pride in his Crow heritage to future generations

Kendra Fleischman | Sculptor Emergent

Colorado artist Kendra Fleischman’s bronzes express the human spirit with a strong sense of purity and elegance

Animal Attraction

Diane Mason creates bronze sculptures of the animals that live on her property and the wildlife that wanders by

William Shepherd | Crossing Borders

Southwestern kitsch and Mexican arts and crafts star in William Shepherd’s exuberant still lifes