SWD Guest Q&A

You’d be hard-pressed to find a Durangoan who doesn’t have a bear story.  You’ve either come into contact with them on a hike, pulled into your driveway after work to…

When we photographed her, it was nine months to the day she found sanctuary in a small Southwestern church to avoid deportation.  The community she has been a part of…

“Once you fall in love with the outdoors and our beautiful wild lands, you yearn to protect it.”  This is her answer as to how she came to devote her life to conservation and environmental initiatives. Her…

When she was in college making six bucks an hour, she rescued her first pup and took out $2000 on a credit card to care for it’s medical costs.  Last…

People who know her have a saying — “Do you speak “Patti?” — meaning that if you understand her outlook on life, her authentic love of people, all living things,…

These soulmates have made the Southwest their home for eight years at their luxury ranch southeast of Santa Fe next to the gorgeous Santa Fe National Forest.  There they embrace…

Once she was crowned as Miss New Mexico 2017, she embarked on a “Year of Service” to the Miss New Mexico Scholarship Organization and the entire State of New Mexico. …

She’s lived in the Mesa Verde area for twenty-five years now, and calls it the intersection of art and adventure.  Deeply rooted in this thriving artist’s hub as President of…

We met Stew at a gallery opening in Durango and immediately hit it off. A man of words, love of adventure and creativity, it was a delightful evening of conversation…

Co-owner of Durango’s dynamic artist-owned Studio & gallery, our latest guest for the Southwest Discovered Q&A has recently opened her Home & Range gallery and retail shop in Cortez, Colorado and has…