David Meikle looks deep into the West
After appearing on our American Art Collective podcast (Ep. 377), Utah painter David Meikle has been back in his studio creating art for a variety of venues. He’s already made gorgeous new landscapes for Meyer Gallery in Santa Fe and for David Ericson Fine Art in Salt Lake City. And he has also completed End of the Day, seen here, that will be on display at the Springville Museum of Art in Springville, Utah, as part of the 102nd Annual Spring Salon, which opened in April. His specialty is paintings of Utah, but Meikle paints magnificent landscapes from all around the Southwest.
Follow his work at www.davidmeikleart.com
Time flies for Michelle Kondos’ newest pieceAt the 2026 Cowgirl Up! show at the Sigler Western Museum, Michelle Kondos brought a beautiful still life painting titled Time Flies. The work featured a skull nailed to the wall of a barn, with flowers and a bird in the composition. The colorful painting was one of the standouts at the show, but it failed to find a buyer. The piece is still available at the show through May 31, and then it will return to the artist’s studio. Interested buyers should act fast to get this piece that fell through the cracks.
See more work from Kondos at www.michellekondos.com
Painter Brad Imotichey debuts new work
Oklahoma painter Brad Imotichey has been unveiling new work at a steady pace. The Chickasaw artist “grew up around real life cowboys and Indians, stop dances and rodeos,” so he comes to Western art with a unique perspective. Besides Oklahoma, he also grew up in Nashville, home to “guitar twang and urban cowboys,” he writes on his website. “Both places are my home. My interest in art started as a child by drawing images I saw in comic books, magazines and album art.” One of his newer pieces is Pinto & the Pink Slabs, which shows his inventive style and his playful use of color. Imotichey shows his work at Exhibit C Gallery in Oklahoma City.
See his work at bcimo.carrd.co or on Instagram (@bradleycimo)
Sara Kroll hits it out of the park
It’s rare when we get to see a new fine artist born into the world, but that’s what happened when California painter Sara Kroll recently completed Takin’ a Breather and then posted it on her Instagram page. The exceptional work is not only her first foray into fine art, it’s also her very first oil painting. Kroll, who grew up around horses in the Bay Area near San Francisco, has been working in graphic design and illustration for many years but is shifting into fine art. “The painting side of me is trying to find its way out,” she says. “Oil painting seemed so intimidating to me, but I just needed a piece like this to catapult me out of the illustration world.” She doesn’t have much work yet, but the strength of her first piece indicates there is more to come.
See more at www.sarakrollart.com or on Instagram (@sarakrollart) —
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