Southwest Art May 2012 Digital Download

Southwest Art May 2012

Features

Prominent People
Meet 10 leaders shaping the world of representational art. By Bonnie Gangelhoff

Light on Life
American impressionist David Hettinger illuminates everyday scenes. By Rosemary Carstens

Seeing the Soul
Landscape painter Douglas Fryer perceives beauty in forgotten and overlooked places. By Gussie Fauntleroy

Something Completely Different
Richard Hall's trompe-l'oeil paintings beguile with wit and nostalgia. By Norman Kolpas

My World
A visit with Michael Obermeyer at his studio in Laguna Beach, CA. By Bonnie Gangelhoff

Petal Pushers
Meet 7 artists who bring the bloom to life.

Show Previews

Dan Gerhartz
Morris & Whiteside Galleries, Hilton Head Island, SC

Kevin Weckbach
Gallery 1261, Denver, CO

9th Anniversary Show
Gallery 822, Santa Fe, NM

Pem Dunn
Evergreen Fine Art, Evergreen, CO

Kent Lovelace
Howard/Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA

10th Anniversary Show
Brushstrokes Studio-Gallery, Denver, CO

Ken Elliott
Total Arts Gallery, Taos, NM

Intimate Views
Arts at Denver, Denver, CO

Jeffrey Hull
Jeffrey Hull Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR

Carmel Art Festival
Devendorf Park, Carmel, CA

Western Art Show & Sale
Prescott Courthouse Plaza, Prescott, AZ

Spotlight
Plein Air Artists Colorado
Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, Taos, NM

Columns

From the Editor
New columns in this month's issue.

Artists to Watch
Fongwei Liu, Rebecca Kinkead, Patrick Kramer

I Saw it in SWA!
Paintings and sculpture sold from our pages.

News Makers
Tucker Smith, winner of the Masters of the American West's Bob Kuhn Wildlife Award