WESTERN ART SHOWCASE “The American West” means many different things to many different people, and that fact should make us all glad. At Fine Art Connoisseur we have long been keenly aware of how art of the West differs from — and overlaps with — art made in or about the rest of this remarkable country. That’s one reason every issue of this magazine contains a separate section called “Art in the West” — to underscore that very point. Its existence does not mean we have passed on a comparable section titled, say, “Art in the Northeast.” Rather, it’s recognition of the fact that Western vitality in the fields of historic and contemporary realism is so noticeably strong that it shouldn’t be overlooked or made to wait on the sidelines. It makes perfect sense, then, that this Western Art Showcase appears in our pages annually as yet another reminder of all the good things going on there, artistically and otherwise. Enjoy, thanks and congratulations to everyone involved, and please keep up the great work!
ELIZABETH LEWIS SCOTT
Somerville, Alabama Shows Promise, 24 x 18 in., oil on canvas liz@elizabethlewisscott.com 256.227.0339 www.elizabethlewisscott.com Represented by Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, AL; Mountain Spirit Gallery, Prescott, AZ
Peter Trippi, Editor-in-Chief
Fine Art Connoisseur
JENNIFER HARTZLER
Belleville, Pennsylvania Recess, 12 x 18 in., oil on zebra wood jenniferhartzlerart@gmail.com | 717.953.7433 | www.jenniferhartzler.com Gallery inquiries welcome
LJ MCLOUGHLIN
Pearce, Arizona The White Burro, 16 x 20 in., acrylic on board ljmcloughlinart@gmail.com | 520.507.0213 | www.ljmcloughlin.com Gallery inquiries welcome