Western art is finding its way back into the spotlight in a very real way. You can feel it everywhere. In galleries. In homes. In design trends. In Google searches for Western art, fine art horses, Southwestern paintings, and desert landscapes. People are drawn to it again, almost instinctively. I don't believe it is a trend, I think it is something deeper. Western imagery is rising because it answers a need people have been carrying for a long time. A need for honesty, simpl

I never met the man who inspired my art career. My Great Grandfather was a woodworker and carpenter by trade but all I could see with my child eyes was the artist. Above the fireplace of the cottage hung one of the most exquiste pieces of art I had ever seen. He had carved an entire scene of a ship at sea. Every wave hand painted, and tiny intriqute wires used to create ropes and hang the sails. It was carved into a piece of wood, as was the entire frame and then covered with