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!

Emerging Artist | Ben Bauer

Ben Bauer, Signs of Life, oil, 10 x 25.

Shades of gray

Nancy Dunlop Cawdrey | Smooth as Silk

Nancy Cawdrey, This House of Sky, dye on silk, 38 x 61.

Nancy Cawdrey’s innovative paintings create a unique western art experience

Debra Huse | On Land and Sea

Debra Huse, California Spring Regatta, oil, 48 x 60.

Debra Huse captures the California coast on its own terms

Dan Bodelson | Merging Hands & Mind

Dan Bodelson, In Her Own World, oil, 23 x 29.

Western painter Dan Bodelson has learned to trust his instincts and skill

Len Chmiel | An Eye for Beauty

Len Chmiel, County Kent, oil, 25 x 36.

Len Chmiel paints abstracted landscapes with a deeply personal sense of design

Emerging Artist | Kevin Peterson

Kevin Peterson, Angel, oil on panel, 36 x 30.

Children in the city

Emerging Artist | Carla Anglada

Carla Anglada, Clementines with Grapes, oil, 16 x 12.

The power and the passion

Emerging Artist | Julia Munger Seelos

Julia Munger Seelos, Storm a-Comin', Edna Barn, oil, 11 x 14.

Preserving Americana

Portfolio | Making a Splash

William Haskell, Edge of Town, dry-brush watercolor, 22 x 30.

Meet 9 artists who capture life in layers of watercolor

Artists’ Studios | Kate Palmer

Kate Palmer | Artist Studio

A visit with Kate Palmer at her studio near Santa Fe, NM