December/January 2020

Southwest Art

Southwest Art: The work of the West's most accomplished artists come to your home in the pages of Southwest Art. Dedicated to the coverage and preservation of this unique genre of American art, each issue profiles the artists of the Southwest and looks at

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Telling Great Stories
I’VE BEEN THINKING lately how there’s a real art to telling someone a good story. The idea first came to mind when a friend told me about a Toastmasters meeting he had recently attended. Part of the meeting is devoted to what the organization calls “
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Katie J. Liddiard
AS A CHILD, Katie J. Liddiard explored a variety of interests and hobbies that, in turn, prompted many exciting ideas about what she wanted to be when she grew up. There were a few major contenders, recalls Liddiard, chuckling: “My top three career c
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Jing Zhao
JING ZHAO always dreamed of becoming a great artist one day. As a child growing up in Qingdao, China, she had a natural talent for drawing. She studied with a private art teacher and drew every day in hopes of someday attending a top fine-art academy
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Charles Newman
PLEIN-AIR ARTIST Charles Newman has worn many hats in life: mural restoration specialist, custom framer and furniture maker, art instructor, father. These days the award-winning artist continues to stay busy as a full-time carpenter, fitting in his p
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Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale
EVERY YEAR SINCE 1993, the Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale has kicked off the collecting year for serious fans of western art. What distinguishes it from other shows across the nation, says curator Rose Fredrick, is the fact that “we are a contempor
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Holiday Small Works Show
THIS DECEMBER, Legacy Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ, hosts its 19th annual Holiday Small Works Show. This year’s show features paintings and sculptures—measuring no more than 12 by 16 inches each—by 55 top western artists. The more than 100 works on view
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Storied Lands
THE THREE SEPARATE but related shows currently on view at Foltz Fine Art share an overriding theme and an umbrella title that also belongs to the largest of the trio: Storied Lands, which perfectly captures the long history, geographic diversity, and
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Joshua LaRock
IT IS OFTEN SAID that you can’t go home again, but for figurative painter Joshua LaRock, returning home was part of a journey that led to some exciting changes in his life and work. After years of travel and study in New York and throughout the world
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Close To Home
WHEN WINTER arrives and snow falls softly to the ground, Anna Rose Bain is transported back in time to a moment from her childhood. One day when she was about 9 years old, Bain recalls an afternoon spent sledding down hills with her brothers and sist
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Animal Magnetism
SCULPTOR MICK Doellinger knows his subjects from the inside out. Literally. Like great wildlife and animal artists of the past who dissected the beasts they portrayed to help them capture the most lifelike renderings possible—including 18th-century E
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OPEN & FLOWING
WHEN TERESA SAIA signed up for a calligraphy class at a Northern California community college, she was young and looking for something to add a sense of purpose to her quiet life. Previously she’d pursued sciences with a focus on forestry, but she kn
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ARTISTIC Excellence
OFTEN MOVED by nature’s beauty, Drew Keilback doesn’t need to travel far for inspiration. His winning entry was inspired by a walk one early spring day, just after a snowfall, along the Fraser River near his home in British Columbia. Using various to
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Meet THE Finalists
What inspired this painting? DADDY’S HOME is the newest painting in my Trespasser series. I began this series one day in the early 2000s when I opened the French doors to my studio and birds began flying inside, landing on my easel, couch, and light
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Art of ARIZONA
Art feeds my soul. My passion is art - wildlife - the Sonoran Desert primarily. And abstracts keep me loose. The creatures and colors of the desert are ever changing, filling my eyes and palette with bold color and intensity. I translate these into a

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