October 2019

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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Record-Setting Sale
THE ANNUAL COEUR d’Alene Art Auction is always a good barometer for the western art market. Now in its 34th year, it’s the largest auction of western art in the country, and it’s known for regularly handling top estates and blue-chip artworks. This y
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Andrew Bolam
ANDREW BOLAM’S massive, eye-catching paintings of Native Americans and western wildlife are a far cry from the smaller, more detailed landscape paintings he created early in his fine-art career. Some of those earlier works, all done in oil, measured
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Ani Espriella
ANI ESPRIELLA was 5 years old when she moved with her family from her native Colombia to Miami, FL. The move proved to be a fortuitous one for young Ani, whose next-door neighbor happened to be future singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan. Back then, Este
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Karen Blackwood
ONCE A YEAR or so, Karen Blackwood likes to paint a sunrise scene. But generally no more than that. “If I did it more, I’d be afraid it would seem like a stylistic gimmick,” says the Newburyport, MA, artist, who predominantly paints seascapes cropped
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Woolaroc Retrospective
ON A hillside surrounded by a 3,700-acre wildlife sanctuary, the Woolaroc Museum preserves the history of the American West through an outstanding collection of art and artifacts first begun by oilman Frank Phillips, who founded Phillips Petroleum in
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Women Artists in Texas
THIS MONTH, Foltz Fine Art in Houston, TX, presents Voices Linger: Women Artists in Texas, a survey exhibition featuring artwork by women artists in the Lone Star State, from early impressionism through mid-century modernism. The concept for the exhi
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Laguna Beach Plein Air
WHEN 30 OF THE nation’s top pleinair painters gather this month for the 21st annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational, they’ll be doing more than just capturing images of one of Southern California’s most idyllic coastal villages. They’ll
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Tim Solliday
TIM SOLLIDAY’S illustrative western landscape and figurative works, painted in a style evocative of the early Taos artists, have been capturing the eyes and hearts of art enthusiasts for decades. But while the artist continues to keep busy well into
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Evans & Harris
SENSUAL SURFACE and Volume, the title of the two-person show featured this month at Ventana Fine Art on Canyon Road in Santa Fe, serves as more than just a poetic evocation of the works on display. In fact, those words accurately, physically describe
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American Women Artists
THE AMERICAN Women Artists organization was founded nearly 30 years ago with a mission to inspire, celebrate, and encourage women in the visual fine arts. Today, the organization continues to fulfill this mission through annual shows and juried compe
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En Plein Air Texas
VISITORS TO San Angelo, TX, this month are treated to West Texas hospitality and a slew of paint-outs at the annual En Plein Air Texas festival, where nearly three dozen top landscape artists from around the country celebrate and share the pleasures
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Robbie Fitzpatrick
IT HAS ALWAYS been about the light, first and foremost, for artist Robbie Fitzpatrick: the way it dramatically intermingles with shadow; the way it illuminates, almost magically, the arresting features of her subjects; and the way it lends depth, sto
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Harold Joe Waldrum
A RARE RETROSPECTIVE featuring the works of artist Harold Joe Waldrum (1934-2003) opens this month at Rio Bravo Fine Art in Truth or Consequences, NM. This broad collection—all from the recently settled H. Joe Waldrum Trust—includes dozens of Waldrum
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Best of America
THE NATIONAL OIL & Acrylic Painters’ Society heads to the scenic mountain town of Park City, UT, this fall for its 29th annual Best of America national juried exhibition and sale. As the title of this esteemed, long-running show suggests, the exhibit
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Bodies in Motion
HER BLONDE HAIR aglow in the warm sun, a young girl strolls thoughtfully through a field full of flowers. The already-picked blossoms in her basket, along with those all around her, vibrantly complement the bright floral pattern on her red-and-orange
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A Peaceful World
WHEN JOHN POTOTSCHNIK and his wife were raising their two sons on a few acres near Wylie, TX, in the 1980s, the boys could play freely in the nearby woods and along a creek. Cars were a rare sight along the two-lane road. The Pototschniks’ home had t
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Sedona Plein Air Festival
FOR ANYONE who loves art, beautiful scenery, and a sunny atmosphere, it’s hard to beat a plein-air festival set in Se-dona, AZ, particularly when it features 25 nationally recognized landscape artists who bring the city to life in paint over the cour
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COLLECTING California
One hundred years ago, in 1919, an extraordinary art collection was born. At Gardena High School in Gardena, CA, just south of Los Angeles, the senior class gifted the school with an original landscape painting by Ralph Davison Miller, and they start
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THE DO’S & DON’TS OF Collecting
Collecting original fine art can be FUN and rewarding; it can ENRICH your home, your spirit, and your life. But it can also, at times, be daunting, PUZZLING, and frustrating. To HELP you reap all of the benefits without suffering any of the pitfalls,
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Lee McVey
THE MOUNTAINS, canyons, and arroyos of the Southwest have enchanted Lee McVey ever since she moved from her native New York to Albuquerque, NM, 15 years ago. A robust plein-air movement was reverberating throughout her picturesque new homeland at the
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Women In Art
What inspires you to paint? I love painting the effects of light. It’s fascinating to watch the colors and shades radically change in a landscape. How would you describe your style? I consider myself a pastelist more than anything else. If I had to
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Bruno Capolongo
WITHIN MONTHS of beginning private lessons in painting at the age of 12, Bruno Capolongo was awarded his first institutional commission. Later, as a student at the Ontario College of Art, the artist attracted further recognition for his work in the f
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Ones to COLLECT
COLLECTIBLE ART WORK IN THE 21ST CENTURY OFFERS ART LOVERS AN EXHILARATING ARRAY OF OPTIONS FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE. MANY ARTISTS are creating works with refreshing stylistic takes on genres both old and new. Others are taking a more traditional approac

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