Several of my lean years here at Slade, in the Red River Gorge area, were spent alone at special times like Christmas and New Year’s. A couple of times I broke up with my girlfriend to avoid buying non-affordable gifts.…
Long-time Zephyr readers will certainly recognize the name De Puy. We have featured John De Puy’s artwork a number of times in this publication, as well as stories about his incredible life and his close friendship with Edward Abbey. But…
Click Here to Visit John’s Website In 2001, the Zephyr interviewed John Depuy. Here’s an excerpt… Jim Stiles: Where did you grow up? John DePuy: My grandfather’s buried in New Mexico. But unfortunately he lost everything in the Depression,…
A New Regular Feature, Updates from the Great Southwestern Artist: “His work is unique and strongly individualistic, though, at once indigenous to this land. For he has probed, with his cutting mind, beneath the deserts…
Young Ballerina Young Ballerina… As Hitler’s troops advanced, the Russian Ballet troupe was evacuated from Moscow. Half of the dancers went to St. Petersburg and half to Perm. After waiting out the war, the company returned to Moscow. but families…