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!

Tucson 7

Tucson is home to some of the West’s best-known painters, whose work will be shown together in a museum setting for the first time.

Contemporary Realism

With a wink and a nod to yesterday’s masters, contemporary realists offer fresh perspectives on the traditional still-life, figurative, and landscape genres, altering our perceptions of the commonplace.

Emerging Artists | Marty, Griffith, Randle

Focus on artists David Marty, Laura Griffith, and James Randle

Susan George | A Day at the Beach

Ocean Sky VII #10 by Susan George By Devon Jackson SUSAN GEORGE’S PAINTINGS SHINE with a kind of sunlit nostalgia. Her renderings of oceans, beaches, and skies, saturated with color and radiant light, evoke pleasant memories and a sense of tranquility. George incorporates still lifes into her landscapes, too, with beach umbrellas, chaise lounges, and [...]

Peter Woytuk | Animation and Repose

Whether playful ravens or resting cows, sculptor Peter Woytuk finds freedom of expression in animal forms

Bart Walter | Understanding Wildlife

Maryland sculptor Bart Walter captures the spirit and personality of wild animals

David Ligare | The Promised Land

David Ligare combines ancient myths with contemporary California landscapes

Up Close & Personal

Top animal artists rely on wild game farms to help them closely observe their subjects

Stock Schlueter | True North

Stock Schlueter paints the landscape with a subtle plain-spokenness

Jennifer McChristian | In Plain Sight

Los Angeles artist Jennifer McChristian finds beauty in the ordinary byways of daily life