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!

Al Qöyawayma

Balancing Two Worlds

Nathan Solano | Way Out West

Colorado artist Nathan Solano finds inspiration in all things western

Success Stories | John Coleman

By Bonnie Gangelhoff In July 1998, when John Coleman first appeared in Southwest Art, the then 49-year-old sculptor had been a professional artist for only four years. Trained as an illustrator, the Southern California native supported his growing family as a real estate developer in Arizona, a career he stuck at, he says, “until two [...]

Wilson Hurley | A Monumental Challenge

Wilson Hurley’s large-scale murals at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame are being reproduced on canvas

The Art of Healing

Women artists donate works of art to Scottsdale’s new Mayo Center for Women’s Health

Ed Trumble | Collector Extraordinaire

A new book spotlights Ed Trumble, founder of the Leanin’ Tree greeting-card company and owner of a stellar western art collection on permanent view in Boulder, CO

SWAIA Fellowship Recipients | Rodriguez, Begay, Goseyun, Nez, Tahbo, Lovato

Each year, the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts honors a select group of artists with fellowships based on artistic excellence and a written application in which the artists discuss their work and goals. Honorees receive a cash award and a booth at Indian Market. Generous contributions enabled SWAIA to offer six fellowships this year. D. [...]

On The Scene | September 2001

News Beat

Margaretta Gilboy | Soul Work

Margaretta Gilboy expresses her relationship to the world in watercolor still lifes obsessed with pattern, form, and color

Martha Pettigrew | Water Songs

The Art of Martha Pettigrew