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!

Artists’ Studios | Thomas Schaller

Thomas Schaller at his art studio in Venice, CA

My World
A visit with Thomas Schaller at his studio in Venice, CA

Emerging Artist | Jerolyn Dirks

Jerolyn Dirks, Barn Shadows, oil, 30 x 40.

Finding mystery in the familiar

Portfolio | Where Are They now?

Jhenna Quinn Lewis | Autumn Passing

Catching up with 12 painters who were named Artists to Watch years ago

Prominent People | 2013

Walt Gonske, Viejo San Acacio, oil, 24 x 36.

Meet 10 leaders who are shaping 
the representational art world

Emerging Artist | Darcie Copeland

Darcie Copeland, Olive Oil, oil, 14 x 16.

Creating visual puzzles

Emerging Artist | Jacob Dhein

Jacob Dhein, Sasha, oil, 23 x 30.

Depicting artists and artisans

Mike Malm | Timeless Emotions

Mike Malm, Soft Spring Breeze, oil, 26 x 30.

Painter Mike Malm evokes the beauty and simplicity of an earlier time

Nancy Bush | Fleeting Moments

Nancy Bush, Alligator Haven, Aransas Wildlife Refuge, oil, 18 x 24.

Landscape artist Nancy Bush captures nature’s quiet, swiftly shifting moods

Portfolio | The Setup

Claudia Seymour | Artichauts a la Bernaise, pastel, 12 x 20.

Meet 7 artists who arrange their own visions of loveliness

Michelle Dunaway | A Sense of Aliveness

Michelle Dunaway | A New Beginning, oil, 16 x 26.

Michelle Dunaway’s portraits capture palpable, honest human emotions