The Standard Bearers

The 10 artists we’ve featured most often over the years are still going strong today

Gary Ernest Smith, Looking West, oil, 40 x 48.

Gary Ernest Smith, Looking West, oil, 40 x 48.

As Southwest Art Magazine marks its 50th anniversary in May 2021, we’re celebrating the past and toasting the future. Here we honor the 10 living painters and sculptors who have been featured most frequently in our pages over the years. They are some of the West’s best, defining excellence for decades.

WILLIAM ACHEFF

LEN CHMIEL

DOUG HYDE

STEVE KESTREL

ED MELL

BILLY SCHNECK

SANDY SCOTT

GARY ERNEST SMITH

KEVIN RED STAR

KENT ULLBERG

This story appeared in the May 2021 issue of Southwest Art magazine.