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LOCAL ART, MUSICIANS AND AUTHORS: The Las Chivas Coffeehouse is a place where the community from Eldorado and surrounding areas gather to exchange information, learn about activities and relax. Las Chivas supports local artists, musicians and authors in Eldorado, New Mexico, just outside of Santa Fe. Our community is a plethora of imagination and talent and Las Chivas recognizes the opportunity to showcase community accomplishments through its rotating monthly art and photographic exhibits, book signings and musical appearances. Visit our Eldorado coffeehouse. See the article about us in the Pecos River Gazette
Leslie Pilgrim. www.winterberryinc.com
Leslie Pilgrim lives in the Twin Cities and has worked as an artist and writer for over 15 years. Her works are in private and corporate collections throughout the country. Each of her creations is a stand-alone piece, yet, the works are fluid and organic, which allows for pairing or grouping several pieces into a larger original composition. Leslie's vibrant acrylic-on-panel pieces are drenched in color, punctuated with texture, and inspired by nature: tide pools along the Oregon coast, a star-filled night sky, flowers swaying in a summer breeze. "To me, there is nothing quite as visually joyful as the interplay of colors. And color--like time, space, or sound--has no beginning or end. The compositional possibilities are infinite."
January 2012
January 2 - 28, 2012--Abad Sandoval Watercolors
BIO
Abad Sandoval was born in the little town of La Cueva, in northeast New Mexico, near Mora, where the high elevations and cooler temperatures make the region a magnet for those who savor the taste of its luscious raspberries. His local Hispanic roots go back on his father's side to the 1650s and before that to Spain.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
"When I look at a landscape, I can almost smell and taste it," says Abad Sandoval, who grew up amid New Mexico's most breathtaking vistas, from the canyons of the Rio Grande, flooded by the slanting rays of the afternoon sun, to the Jemez Mountains, rising west of Santa Fe, like the spine of some prehistoric dragon. "It's impossible to open your eyes in the morning and not be instantly inspired by New Mexico's legendary light," he says. "You feel like you're living within a painting, whose shadows and panoramas change minute by minute, hour by hour."
February 2012
January 29 - Feb. 26, 2012, "Paradise Found"--Photography by Dr. Jim Melisi
BIO & ARTIST'S STATEMENT
James W. Melisi, M.D., is a self-taught photographer and practicing neurosurgeon. Born in New Jersey, Dr. Melisi developed an early appreciation for travel and the natural beauty that surrounds us all. He first began carrying a camera on childhood vacations. Later, he received his first SLR camera upon graduation from medical school in 1986 when film photography was still popular and the digital age was as yet unknown.
Together with his wife, Debra and their two children, Dr. Melisi's love of the outdoors has taken them to places off the beaten path. As a result, he developed an inclination toward landscape photography utilizing natural color and light and his photos typically exemplify the road less travelled. After many years in Virginia, he and his wife now live and work in Santa Fe, New Mexico. With the natural beauty of the American southwest in his backyard, Dr. Melisi is especially grateful that he can pursue both his passions of neurosurgery and photography in a very special place.
March 2012
Feb. 26-March 31, 2012, "Captured by the Light", Janet Shaw Amtmann
Opening reception Feb. 26 1-3 p.m.
My work carries with it the whispered teachings of many artists I have known, and the joy and excitement I feel when confronted with the natural world that is New Mexico.
BIOGRAPHY
I began painting when I was 6 years old in Sarasota, Florida. My mother, a landscape and portrait artist became my teacher. We'd have afternoon tea together and she'd tell me about her day painting Florida landscapes. Listening to her and smelling that lovely scent of oil paint made me want to take her brushes and dip them into her oils and paint. And so it began.
When I was 14, I began to study seriously with Syd Solomon, an abstract expressionist; Hilton Leech, a renowned landscape watercolorist and later Marilyn Bendell, a famous portrait painter. A deep friendship developed with these artists during this time, and I was encouraged to show my work. I signed my name as "J. Shaw" and continue to do so today.
Many years later after nurturing a family, teaching, and working in publishing and advertising, I retired and closed my advertising agency in Del Mar, Ca. My idea of retirement was to return to paint in an artistic community surrounded by natural beauty and work other inspiring artists. I found all that in Santa Fe, NM and began to paint with pastel artists, Kathleen Gray Schallock and Anita Louise West. Pastels lend themselves to the earth tones, dusty roads, adobes, and mountains of New Mexico. It's exciting to be painting again. I am living my dream. Recently, I have returned to painting in oils, my original medium. Often I will paint both an oil and pastel while on location.
December 2011
December 4 - December 31, 2011--Robert Kegel – PhotographyOpening Reception December 4, 1-3 P.M.
Robert Kegel's work primarily concentrates of the rich beauty of New Mexico land forms and the wildlife of the Rocky Mountains which are printed on canvas and available in limited edition prints. His philosophy of photography is that each work must communicate a special and unique moment in time. He was born in Santa Fe and has followed a number of career paths ranging from Ski instructor, Flamenco Guitarist, Woodworker, and Sculptor. He grew up spending time in the mountains learning to hunt and fish from his father who was an avid outdoorsman. Robert has combined his love of the outdoors with the photographic skill acquired in business and the artistic eye of the sculptor to become a well known New Mexican photographer. www.robertkegel.com
November 2011
October 30 - December 3, 2011--Julia Cairns "The Warmth of Africa"
Opening Reception Sunday, October 30 1 – 3 p.m.
Music by Celtic Fiddler Robin Bulger
BIO
Julia Cairns was born in Oxford, England in 1959. After many travels in her twenties, she made her home in Botswana, Africa where she lived for 9 years. Mostly painting landscapes in the Okavango Delta, she also designed cards and was commissioned to paint a number of postage stamps for the country. In 1990, Julia was invited to paint a portrait of the president (Quett Masire). In 1992, she married biologist Dr. John Bulger on the banks of the Chobe River.
After her marriage, Julia moved to California where she found success in the field of children’s books. She has illustrated seven thus far; ‘We All Went On Safari’ has been translated into nine languages and has won numerous awards.
Julia and her family now reside in Galisteo, NM where they are enjoying the sunshine! In 2010, Julia published an African fable with Frances Lincoln (UK publisher) and has just completed another children’s book for Lee and Low Books about the Moon, to be published in 2011. She is currently working on her own picture book with Abrams publishers (New York).
Julia’s whimsical, colorful style has found its way on to many products, from fabric to jigsaw puzzles, shower curtains and calendars. A new fabric line will be completed in the Spring of 2011.
STATEMENT OF THE ARTIST
Painting gives me great joy. There is a special kind of energy that comes through the creative process….a special insight. I feel it is for the beholder to perceive his own interpretation of a painting, so I would not attempt to explain my work, only what inspires me, and that is Africa. The images, vibrancy and color of Africa stay with me, finding expression in my paintings and illustrations. It was through painting landscape for many years in the Okavango swamps, Botswana that I developed an affinity with nature. So eventually I began to interpret the natural world in my own way, a mixture of fantasy, joy and color that celebrate my love for Africa.
October 2011
October 2- October 29, 2011- Molly Hyde
"Sit, Sip and Ponder: Still Life Paintings and Their Quiet Stories"
Opening Reception Sunday October 2, 1 – 3 p.m.
BIO
Hyde had been painting Connecticut River Valley landscapes for about ten years when in 2001 Richard Schmid and Nancy Guzik moved into southern Vermont. She became part of a group of 11 called “The Putney Painters” who met several times a month to paint together. Hyde had the honor of painting with these masters for nearly 5 years, a time she considers her classical training.
The move to New Mexico in 2005 opened a world of new colors, wide open spaces and new teachers. Hyde is frequently out painting en plein air with others at various locations in the Southwest while in the studio she concentrates on still life works where she can take her time and concentrate on a more intimate world.
Hyde lives with her long-time best friend and husband of 40+ years in Eldorado.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I have fallen in love with still life painting. Originally taking up still life to strengthen my landscape work, I was surprised to find how satisfying this intimate work can be. Whether a lovely piece of fruit or a beloved object from my mother’s home, a still life is not just about how an object looks, but about its story and the love it implies.
September 2011
August 27 - October 1, 2011- Karen Fitzsimmons Oriental Brush Works: "Ahh....Flowers, Rocks, Water, Life"
Opening Reception Sunday August 28 1 – 3 p.m.
BIO
Karen Fitzsimmons has been a painter since earliest childhood and has painted and sketched in many countries the world over. She first went to Japan in 1972 & soon began her study of Sumi-e. Since settling in Santa Fe in 1990, she has focused on integrating her love & appreciation of Sumi-e and the Oriental landscapes with the unique and elegant forms that surrounds us here in the Southwest. She currently teaches Oriental Brush Painting to private students.
STATEMENT OF THE ARTIST
I paint both traditional & modern Sumi-e. The traditional practice rewards & delights me with sudden revelations & insights into technique & intent. My modern work is informed by the traditional yet pushes forward inviting brush, ink, & paper to reveal new combinations that reflect the individual in these modern times.
August 2011
July 24 - August 27: Western Landscape Photography--Jack Arnold Photography.
www.jackarnoldphoto.com
Opening Reception July 24, 1-3 pm. Meet the Artist.
BIO
Jack's Mom gave him a camera to play with when he was 4, and he has been taking pictures ever since. A resident artist in the Minneapolis Public Schools, Jack taught photography, video production, and he managed a program to integrate the Arts with the general curriculum.
Jack's images of the American West are captured on film with an Arca-Swiss 4 x 5 large format camera, and digitally with a Canon EOS-5D 35mm format camera.
Statement of the Artist
I love to find complementary forms in the natural landscape, especially those forms that emphasize what is unique about a place.
Solitude is a critical part of my creative process. I am attracted to the American West as a subject because it is there that I can immerse myself in solitary contemplation of a magnifent landscape.
The camera helps me. It is a second pair of eyes as well as a brush and canvas that allow me to portray the feeling I had about a certain place and time.
In sharing my images I hope to inspire viewers to pay closer attention to what is happening around them, particularly in the natural world, and to understand that artistic creation is a very useful tool for developing that attention.
July 2011
June 26-July 23 Sally Hayden Von Conta "Inside the Outside" - Plein Air Pastels
STATEMENT OF THE ARTIST
Wherever you go, your heart goes with you. Walk around and smell the air, listen to the trees or rocks. Ask yourself what pulls your heart to sit at this particular spot. Is it the light, the patterns or just that it makes you happy? Then pick up your pastels and begin to paint.
What happens is always a conversation between you and the landscape. In pastel, you have 10 brushes (10 fingers) so it's great to see what they can do. The end result is always a surprise. As an artist, I am the last to know what will happen. At its best, you become so much a part of the landscape that you disappear. I like the adventure.
When I see my finished pieces, I remember the heat on the rocks and the sound of the bees on the wild roses - it's all inside the painting.
June 2011
May 21- June 25, 2011 Barney Magrath Photography
Opening Reception Sunday, May 22, 2011 , 1-3 PM
BIO
Barney Magrath is a native Cornhusker (Nebraska) and received his college education in Wyoming. He lived on the Big Island (Hawaii) for 18 years, working in the Astronomy business before moving to Santa Fe, where he is now teaching astronomy at SFCC. He was bitten by the photography bug almost 40 years ago and now finds himself in possession of quite a large library of unique images, boxes of 35 mm Kodachrome family portraits, Gas-hypered 2 1/4 color transparencies of Halley's comet, low-resolution digital images from the first digital cameras, and medium-resolution images from his current 10 Mp Compact Digital Camera. Before he kicks the bucket he hopes to add high-resolution digital images to this photo library.
STATEMENT OF THE ARTIST
The ever-changing and emerging new chapters of our lives, seen in color, written in black and white, printed, and imaged with ever-evolving photo equipment are as diverse as the people who make up this crazy planet. In Barnie Magrath's life these chapters comprise a book of life that is also a book of photography - a subject of dizzying choices and changes. Maria Robinson sums up nicely her view of change by saying "Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending". That's how Barnie sees art, always new, always changing, always reflecting the life we lead.
May 2011
April 23- May 21, 2011- Darryl Staples World Photographs
Opening Reception Saturday April 23 1 – 3 p.m.
LIVE Music by CATE SHANE
BIO
Born in 1954 in Bellingham, Washington, Darrell Staples spent much of his life living in the Puget Sound region of Western Washington. His appreciation of and interest in the natural environment grew as he explored the peaks, lakes, and streams of the Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges of the Northwest.
As time passed, Darrell's always large curiosity began to turn to other cultures, peoples, and environments around the world. He has been privileged to pursue this interest through extensive travel in the Middle East, Western and Eastern Europe, Northern and Southern Africa, India, Nepal, Tibet, South America, and Southest Asia. Traveling has taught him that even with the haste and turmoil of life there are always moments of great beauty, wonderment, awe, and serenity. We need only to stop and look.
Darrell's photographs are each an attempt to capture these feelings and observations. He hopes that he is able, in some measure, to convey and share a sense of the texture and mood of those moments. The year 2000 brought a relocation to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where Darrell now resides with his wife, Joy. He continues to enjoy travel and to find inspiration in the beauty of the world around us.
April 2011
March 27 - April 24, 2011 Kinsey Spude Fantastical Pixels
Opening Reception Sun., March 27, 2011 1-3 p.m.
Live Music Celtic Fiddler ROBIN BULGER
BIO
Since she was four years old, Kinsey Anne Spude has surprised lovers of art with her clarity of vision, sense of whimsy and ability to evoke emotion with a few well-placed lines and brilliant color. Now, at eighteen, this high school senior brings us her computer generated images from a fantastical world beyond the realm of reality, where dwell urban warriors, imps, mounted lizards and cat-gods.
Mentored by such acclaimed artists as Dean Howell and Sheila Miles, Kinsey claims equal inspiration from her animation instructor, Chris Zappe at Desert Academy. With the support of her school and art department in 2010, Kinsey won the Melissa Engstram Youth Art Award from the City of Santa Fe.
This show at Las Chivas is her first private showing.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I have been surrounded by art my whole life, and in the way of the sponge, soaked it up. I draw a great deal of inspiration from movies and the conceptual art from videogames. I am constantly sketching and every now and then, one of those sketches will be scanned into the computer so that I can take it to its full potential using graphic arts tools as my medium.
March 2011
February 25 - March 26, 2011 Jane E Chandler, Watercolors, Pastels and Oils
STATEMENT of the ARTIST
Drawing and painting have followed Jane Chandler all throughout her life. She became dedicated first to watercolor as her primary medium after seeing Marin’s and O’Keeffe’s watercolors. An exciting interaction between personality and paint, Jane’s hand dances across the paper, capturing the colors and a sense of time and place with a minimum of brushstrokes. She continues that feeling in her pastels and oils. Light is most important to the impressionist painter but the expressive use of color adds so much more excitement to interpreting what she sees; Jane’s art is EXpressive and intuitive as well as Impressive with loose, fluid movement! Her subjects come from figures, florals and landscapes in America and abroad.
BIO
Jane Chandler was always involved with art in some form (music, dance or
drawing/painting) while growing up in a happy environment in Texas in the 40’s and 50’s. After high school, she attended the University of North Texas and received her BA and MA degrees in art education. Jane first taught art in public schools that took her to Labrador to teach on a USAF base, where she met her husband, Jim. Jim’s military career took them to Tucson, AZ, the Philippines and to Los Alamos, NM where they both worked at the national lab; Jane was a graphics specialist, who enjoyed using pens, colored inks and her own airbrush.
Painting in the mountains around Los Alamos nurtured her love of nature. She studied the techniques of the “modernists” like Charles Burchfield, Georgia O’Keeffe and John Marin, learning techniques from local artists C. Reid (watercolor), A. Handell (pastel), and L. McElwain (oils) who inspired her own artistic quest.
February 2011
February 4 - February 24, 2011: Virginia Westray, New Artwork, Acrylic & Mixed Media
www.virginiawestray.com
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I discovered the craft of copper enameling as a child, and years later, discovered its potential as a painting medium. Vitreous enamel is a finely ground glass that is colored with mineral and metallic oxides. It is fused onto copper in a preheated kiln at temperatures of 1500 to 1800 degrees F., and a typical painting requires 5 to 10 separate firings. In my work, I particularly enjoy using the rich effects of transparent colors over the copper base, as well as the additional color and patina of uncoated and over-fired metal.
This year I have been exploring mixed media on paper, using watercolor, collage, and drawing in compositions that express my interest in music, movement, and color. Having been a professional bookbinder for almost 40 years, I find this pleasure in playing with paper is a natural for me. This work progresses alongside my continued exploration of the possibilities of enamel art.
Article www.virginiawestray.com/laschivas2007.html
January 2011
January 7 - February 4, 2011 Julia Cairns
The Warmth of Africa
Opening Reception Sat., Jan. 8, 2011 1-3 p.m.
Live Music Celtic Fiddler ROBIN BULGER
Julia Cairns was born in Oxford, England in 1959. After many travels in her twenties, she made her home in Botswana, Africa where she lived for 9 years. Mostly painting landscapes in the Okavango Delta, she also designed cards and was commissioned to paint a number of postage stamps for the country. In 1990, Julia was invited to paint a portrait of the president (Quett Masire). In 1992, she married biologist Dr. John Bulger on the banks of the Chobe River.
After her marriage, Julia moved to California where she found success in the field of children’s books. She has illustrated seven thus far; ‘We All Went On Safari’ has been translated into nine languages and has won numerous awards.
Julia and her family now reside in Galisteo, NM where they are enjoying the sunshine! In 2010, Julia published an African fable with Frances Lincoln (UK publisher) and has just completed another children’s book for Lee and Low Books about the Moon, to be published in 2011. She is currently working on her own picture book with Abrams publishers (New York).
Julia’s whimsical, colorful style has found its way on to many products, from fabric to jigsaw puzzles, shower curtains and calendars. A new fabric line will be completed in the Spring of 2011.
Statement of the Artist
Painting gives me great joy. There is a special kind of energy that comes through the creative process….a special insight. I feel it is for the beholder to perceive his own interpretation of a painting, so I would not attempt to explain my work, only what inspires me, and that is Africa. The images, vibrancy and color of Africa stay with me, finding expression in my paintings and illustrations. It was through painting landscape for many years in the Okavango swamps, Botswana that I developed an affinity with nature. So eventually I began to interpret the natural world in my own way, a mixture of fantasy, joy and color that celebrate my love for Africa.
December 2010
November 27, 2010 - January 7, 2011 Robert Kegel Wildlife Photographs
Robert Kegel's work primarily concentrates of the rich beauty of New Mexico land forms and the wildlife of the Rocky Mountains which are printed on canvas and available in limited edition prints. His philosophy of photography is that each work must communicate a special and unique moment in time. He was born in Santa Fe and has followed a number of career paths ranging from Ski instructor, Flamenco Guitarist, Woodworker, and Sculptor. He grew up spending time in the mountains learning to hunt and fish from his father who was an avid outdoorsman. Robert has combined his love of the outdoors with the photographic skill acquired in business and the artistic eye of the sculptor to become a well known New Mexican photographer.
November 2010
October 30 - November 26 Santa Fe Quilters
Opening Reception Saturday, October 30, 2010 1 – 3 p.m.
The traditional bed quilt has been transformed into a creative and artistic medium through the use of innovative studio techniques, materials and embellishment. This
exhibit showcases the work of five Santa Fe quilters, each with her own personal style, message and techniques.
Art Quilters of Santa Fe www.nnmqg.org
October 2010
October 2 - 29, 2010 Darryl Staples World Photographs
Opening Reception Saturday, October 2, 2010 1 – 3 p.m.
Darrell Staples spent much of his life living in the Puget Sound region of Western Washington. His appreciation of and interest in the natural environment grew as he explored the peaks, lakes, and streams of the Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges of the Northwest.
Darrell's endless curiosity has turned to other cultures, peoples, and environments around the world. He has been privileged to pursue this interest through extensive travel in the Middle East, Western and Eastern Europe, Northern and Southern Africa, South America, Southeast Asia, India, Nepal, and Tibet.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Traveling has taught him that even with the haste and turmoil of life there are always moments of great beauty, wonderment, awe, and serenity. We need only to stop and look. Darrell’s photographs are each an attempt to capture these feelings and observations. He hopes he is able, in some measure, to convey and share a sense of the mood and texture of those moments.
September 2010
September 4 - October 1, 2010 Ed Webb Photographs
Opening Reception Saturday, September 4, 2010 1 – 3 p.m.
Ed Webb, Photographer
BIO
After a conservative childhood in Colorado, I, as many hopeful youth of my time, lookedd forward to Ron Reagan’s visions of a "shining city on a hill", I joined the Army. As luck would have it, I got stationed in Berlin, Germany, where I bought a photo bag full of equipment and accessories, none of which I knew how to use and wandered into the Arts & Crafts branch Photo-lab for some instruction, and the rest is history.
After I was honorably discharged, I remained in Berlin, married, with a child, and a job working as a photo instructor and photographer in the very photo lab that I had once upon a time wandered into. I was also at the time studying Photography and Art history, both of which I obtained degrees in (Associate Applied Science in Photography, Central Texas College, Bachelor Arts in Art history, University of Maryland and studies in Europe). From late 89 on I was also actively working as an artist, exhibiting, doing performance art, and finally writing/reading my poetry. I was there when the wall fell and the wind’s of change blew the free market eastward. I always feel fortunate to have witnessed a peaceful revolution, how often does that happen? Does it really all come down to a quarter pounder and a banana (probably, yes!)?
I returned to the United States in and as one might do in New Mexico, we bought an adobe house in the forest at the end of a muddy road. I’ve since learned to garden, grow things, deal with squash beetles.
ARTIST STATEMENT
The photographs on display are mostly enlargements from 8” x 10” and 5” x 7” negatives with one or two middle format blow-ups and even an occasional pinhole camera image in the mix. The prints are silver gelatin chloro-bromide prints on an extremely silver rich fiber-base, graded double weight paper (Emax) made in Croatia. The brown color is due to a gold/silver chloride toner. The little red/brown contact prints tucked in here and there are albumen prints rather than gelatin. I want to thank everyone that is giving them a look and hopefully, they are enjoying them!
August 2010
August 1 - September 4, 2010 Sally Hayden Von Conta Listening with your Eyes - Plein Air Pastels
Opening Reception Sunday, August 1, 2010 1 - 3 p.m.
Live Music, Harpist Kate Shane and Flutist Danny Wilding
Photo by John Ressler
Paintings by Sally Hayden Von Conta
July 2010
Bill Bowman
Opening Reception Saturday, July 2, 2010 1 – 3 p.m.
Bill Bowman, Woodsmith
BIO
I have always enjoyed working with my hands and with wood in particular. In the mid eighties I began to collect old wide boards, wine box stencils, and recycled chestnut when it became available. Building and creating decks and coffee tables were a welcome respite from the day-to-day of equity investing. I moved to Santa Fe in July of ’06 and brought with me on a new trailer some fourteen hundred pounds of boards and wine box stencils. It wasn’t until I created a table with each shelf a collage of various boards that I discovered a new approach to using my wood collection.
Some of the wood was cut before the age of the circular saw (circa 1845). Chestnut, nearly extinct, is from recycled barns and fallen down houses found while looking for wood on country byways in New England. Wood from an old loom now forms the base of a coffee table I made for a new friend with some chestnut I rescued from a collapsed barn in Canton, CT. Other wood in my collection has a similar origin.
STATEMENT OF THE ARTIST
By combining the various grains of cherry, walnut, chestnut, curly maple and other assorted woods in a variety of shapes, I found that I could create images of canyons and canyon walls as well as a variety of abstractions that prove emotionally satisfying.
As I enter my 7th decade I have found a new calling. I hope you find the interplay of grains, colors and shapes exciting and, at the same time, peaceful.
June 2010
May 23 - July 2, 2010 Aram Farber Abstracts in Acrylic
Opening Reception Sunday, May 23, 2010 1 – 3 p.m.
Mr. Farber, who is a local building contractor and owns AdobeWorks, began his building career in a plaster company in New Mexico. Mr. Farber writes that his earliest work in plastering in New Mexico called for a lot of sculpting and concern for light and color. Today he finds himself using pallet knives and miniature trowels. The techniques and tools that became second nature to him in the early days are now his new friends. They allow him to apply paint in an almost three-dimensional way, with a looseness and fluidity he could never achieve using a brush alone.
"I'm drawn to the power of color and its ability to reflect and evoke emotion. I don't insist that you see what I see nor do I expect you to stare at a work for hours to uncover its secret inner meaning. What I hope is that the eye and mind see and feel the impact and experience something akin to a pleasing and surprising discovery".
May 2010
April 25, 2010 - May 22, 2010: John Ressler - Abstracts in Photography
Opening Reception April 25, 2010 1 – 3 p.m.
John Ressler has been making photographs since high-school. He studied photography at Mercer County Community College in New Jersey under Bill Bardsdale and also at UNM in 1982. I have been a New Mexico resident since 1979, and have lived in Eldorado since 1988. In addition to photography, John worked for many years as a land-surveyor and is trained as a physical therapist assistant. Currently, he is working as a home-health caregiver.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
My brother Paul gave me my first camera at age 17, and I fell in love with it. Making photographs keeps me more deeply involved and in-touch with the world in a way that would be less interesting without it. I make images of things that interest me. Some major influences are: Paul Strand, Josef Koudelka, Andre Kertez, and David Alan Harvey. I have always made, printed and framed my own work. When I am photographing I prefer to keep it very simple - I carry one camera and two-lenses. While photogaphing I keep a very low profile and make as few images as possible as to not attract attention to myself.
April 2010
March 28 - April 25, 2010 - George Henke
Opening Reception March 28, 1 - 3 p.m.
George Henke is primarily interested in creating images of the natural world with a sense of magical, mystical immediacy, images which have depth and capture an essential beauty. Many of his images feature water, that is rapidly vanishing in its pristine, pure form.
Water graces our existence with misty mornings and dew-laden flowers, snow-capped mountains, blue lakes and running brooks, calm reflections and crashing waves, billowing clouds and wispy feathers of white chasing across an azure sky. George’s work is a celebration of the beauty that water brings to our planet and to our existence.
You can contact him at images_garden@yahoo.com
March 2010
February 28, 2010 - March 27, 2010: The Art Quilters of Santa Fe – The Artist Vision
Opening Reception February 28, 2010 1 – 3 p.m. Live Music with Harpist Kate Shane
The traditional bed quilt has been transformed into a creative and artistic medium through the use of innovative studio techniques, materials and embellishment. This
exhibit showcases the work of five Santa Fe quilters, each with her own personal style, message and techniques.
Art Quilters of Santa Fe www.nnmqg.org
Exhibiting Quilters
Jeri Beitel - www.colorway-designs.com
Julie R. Filatoff - www.jirafstudio.com
Mary Olivera - www.newmexicocreates.com
Ann Anastasio
Gale Oppenheim-Pietrzak
February 2010
January 31, 2010 - February 27, 2010: Darrell Staples - World Landscapes
Opening Reception Sunday, January 31, 2010 1-3 p.m. Live Music. www.dstaplesphotography.com
Darrell Staples spent much of his life living in the Puget Sound region of Western Washington. His appreciation of and interest in the natural environment grew as he explored the peaks, lakes, and streams of the Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges of the Northwest.
Darrell's endless curiosity has turned to other cultures, peoples, and environments around the world. He has been privileged to pursue this interest through extensive travel in the Middle East, Western and Eastern Europe, Northern and Southern Africa, South America, Southeast Asia, India, Nepal, and Tibet.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Traveling has taught him that even with the haste and turmoil of life there are always moments of great beauty, wonderment, awe, and serenity. We need only to stop and look. Darrell’s photographs are each an attempt to capture these feelings and observations. He hopes he is able, in some measure, to convey and share a sense of the mood and texture of those moments.
January 2010
January 3, 2010 - January 30, 2010: Sheila Bicoll
Opening Reception January 10, 2010 with Celtic Harpist Kate Shane.
A native of Michigan and graduate of Wayne State University and the University of Michigan, Sheila and her husband, Norton, raised their children, Adam and Jessica in Texas and have now “retired” to Santa Fe. Sheila was not aware of any artistic ability until two events changed all of that. She was given a “point and shoot” camera and her father, Nathan Faine, an artist, passed away. Sheila feels that her dad, no longer needing his talent here, left it in her care.
Since that time, Ms Bicoll won several photography contests, including an all expense paid trip to Disney World. Sheila has shown her work in many Santa Fe locations and a number of special car shows in Texas, Louisiana, California and New Mexico. Her images are in private
collections in New Mexico, Texas, California, New York and Israel.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
About her art, she says, “I shoot what I like and I shoot in color because that is how I see the world. I often see something special in very ordinary settings and try to capture that image. My work is not “enhanced” or changed in any way from what my eye first enjoyed." She and her friend, the camera, enjoy traveling the world and recording the wonderful images that are there to be captured on film. They can often be seen off wandering back streets or out of the way places looking for that unusual view.
December 2009
November 22, 2009 - January 2, 2010: Robert Kegel – Wildlife Photography and Other Subjects
Opening Reception November 22, 1-3 pm. Meet the Artist. Live folk music by Leo Sanchez.. www.robertkegel.com
Robert Kegel's work primarily concentrates of the rich beauty of New Mexico land forms and the wildlife of the Rocky Mountains which are printed on canvas and available in limited edition prints. His philosophy of photography is that each work must communicate a special and unique moment in time. He was born in Santa Fe and has followed a number of career paths ranging from Ski instructor, Flamenco Guitarist, Woodworker, and Sculptor. He grew up spending time in the mountains learning to hunt and fish from his father who was an avid outdoorsman. Robert has combined his love of the outdoors with the photographic skill acquired in business and the artistic eye of the sculptor to become a well known New Mexican photographer.
November 2009
October 25 - November 21, 2009: Barbara Carter Flight of Fancy: Birds and Imagined Landscapes.
Opening Reception November 1, 2009 1-3pm. Meet the Artist. Live music by Celtic Harpist Kate Shane.
www.barbaracarterfineart.com, www.barbaracarter.etsy.com
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Barbara Carter's signature style has developed out of an exploration of alternative photographic processes and digital image manipulation. Initially, she was attracted to the Polaroid transfer process because it creates a particular mood and texture, an impression rather than a literal expression. Her Polaroid transfer composites combine this process with digital manipulation to create a unique interpretation of Southwestern and European landscape.
The images in Barbara's newest portfolio, "Flight of Fancy: Birds and Imagined Landscapes", are all photomontage: multiple images brought together in one composition (a bird, different landscape elements, added mist, texture, and borders). Each bird is seen as through a vintage viewfinder, with dark borders and layers of texture. Backgrounds are simplified and the bird is center stage.
This portfolio began as an obsession with the ravens that fly through the immense New Mexico sky near Barbara's home in Eldorado. Next to take hold of her were the Sandhill cranes that winter over at Bosque del Apache, a wildlife preserve several hours away. To witness the cranes as they take flight at first light in the stark winter landscape is pure magic.
October 2009
September 27 - October 24, 2009: Mary Ann Jackson, My Favorite Things, Oils and Mixed Media. www.maryannjackson.com
Opening Reception September 27, 2009 1-3pm. Meet the Artist. Live Flamenco by Bruce L'Hommedieu
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Mary Ann Jackson has exhibited her oil paintings extensively in group shows and galleries in Canada & California and have won many awards for her work. Recently, in addition to oil-on-canvas paintings she has been exploring art created from found objects; glass, wood, canvas. New Mexico is the mother lode. Subjects include flowers, animals, figures and whatever captures her imagination as she explores New Mexico. The light in this State surely lives up to its reputation…it’s enchanting. Mary Ann Jackson strives to get this sense of enchanting light across in her work. She continues to create art full time in her studio in Eldorado and enjoying those great sunsets.
All paintings in this show are oil on canvas, Mary Ann Jackson's first medium of choice, except one is mixed media, have added pastel to the painting. She prefers strong images of animals, natural bold shapes of flowers. Co Co, the “Walking Dog at Sunset” has been her inspiration for many paintings, she exhibits a wonderful silhouette among the colors and shadows that surround her.
September 2009
August 30 - September 26: Jack Arnold New Mexico Landscape. www.jackarnoldphoto.com
Opening Reception August 30, 1-3 pm. Meet the Artist. Live music by Flamenco Guitarist Bruce L'Hommedieu.
August 2009
August 2 - 29: Nancy Allen – Cyanograms
The alternative photographic process, known as blueprinting or cyanotype, was invented in 1842 by Sir John Hershel and was one of the first successful methods of photographic reproduction. Nancy Allen fell in love with the beautiful, deep and mysterious, Prussian blue of the print and found the process simple and accessible because she could do it at home.
The artist's intention is to create cyanograms that are a pleasure to live with and to capture the viewer with a powerful graphic quality, a delightful abstraction, an intriguing composition, or an out-of the-ordinary application of materials. Sometimes poetic, sometimes literal, Nancy Allen strives to create beautiful prints.
July 2009
Chuck West. June 28 - August1, 2009: Chuck West – Cowboy Stories.
Opening Reception June 28, 1-3 pm. Meet the Artist. Traditional Cowboy Music. chuckwestphotography.com
Chuck West has had a long career as a professional freelance photographer. This exhibit is a display of his work selected from over fifteen years of photographing working cowboys from New Mexico, California, Colorado, and Texas. In fact, in 1994, Chuck signed on as a ranch hand at the Cross Ranch Cattle Company in Pescadero, CA. The cameras went into the closet, and he immersed himself in the work—10% tending cattle, 90% mending fence, chopping thistle, and other intensive labor. This experience gave Chuck insight that brings authenticity and realism to his portraits of working cowboys and their
families. His rural landscapes reveal the cowboy life that exists beyond the barbed wired fence along our familiar highways.
Professionally, if you had to hang a label on him, you could call him an environmental portrait photographer. But, that by no means tells the whole story. His career has included architectural, corporate, annual report, advertising and editorial assignments for major national and international clients. These projects have taken him all over the USA and around the world. Chuck’s work is held in several private and public collections, and has garnered numerous industry awards, as well as fine art awards.
Being the peripatetic wanderer that he is, Chuck has called many places home— from his birthplace of Charleston, South Carolina to Wiesbaden, Germany; New York City; the San Francisco Bay Area; the Texas Hill Country; and several other stops along the way. Now, he and his wife, Fabian, have settled here in Eldorado with their dogs, Sadie and Cora, and their cat, Elko—plus their horses Bear and Coco which they keep at the Eldorado stable facility. He is also an avid motorcyclist and founder of the Motorado motorcycle club.
June 2009
June 1 - June 31, 2009: Jeremy Hammond Photos, Scenes From Rwanda, Tanzania and Other Parts. www.jeremyhammond.org
Opening Reception June 7, 2009 1-3pm. Meet the Artist. Live music by Bob Demboski, Jazz Guitar and Michael Kott, Electro-Cellist
• Presentation on African Culture: Beauty and Happiness in Small Villages: The Stories Behind the Photos – Jeremy Hammond
• Presentation On African Landscapes And Its Beauty: Kenya And Tanzania - Jim Bellamy - TBA
The mission of the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) is to provide solar power and wireless communications to a quarter of the world’s population living in energy poverty.
SELF believes that energy is a human right. To meet global challenges such as food and water scarcity, climate change and poverty, SELF is working to assign greater priority to the importance of sustainable energy among international development banks, aid agencies, foundations, and philanthropic individuals, who are committed to improving the health, education, and economic prospects of the world’s poorest citizens. www.self.org
ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO THE SOLAR ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND, PROVIDING SOLAR ENERGY TO AFRICAN VILLAGES
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I started genuinely exploring the world at the age of 1 when I miraculously climbed to the top of my parent’s 6ft high refrigerator. It wasn’t until I discovered underwater photography at the age of 11 that I became interested in seeing the world through a camera lens. Since then my passion for exploration and photography has led me to travel in over 26 countries and to shoot professionally in Austria, Rwanda, Spain, & Tanzania.
Shortly after graduating college in 2006 Jeremy left the US on an excursion for 14 months; the first 3 months he worked at the Salzburg Global Seminar at the elegant palace of Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria, the next 9 months he volunteered as a health worker for Columbia University’s NTD/Access Project in rural Rwanda, and the last 3 months he spent as a free lance photographer in Rwanda and Tanzania.
Jeremy also was a Portrait Photography Competition Winner for IKAZE Magazine Nov - Jan 2008 and has several publications, including
“Visual Visit: Tanzania.” IKAZE Magazine Feb-Apr 2008
“Keep in touch with the Dutch.” IKAZE Magazine Nov – Jan 2008
“The Rwanda Cure.” Forbes Oct. 29, 2007, Robert Langreth
“De Irlanda a Oviedo, por amor al asturiano.” La Nueva Espana May 22, 2005.
May 2009
April 25 - May 30, 2009: Alicia Otis Transparent Landscapes: Acrylic/Gouache Paintings
Opening Reception May 17, 2009 1-3pm Folk Guitar by Leo Sanchez
Booksigning with Alicia
Alicia Otis is a Sufi, a grandmother, a poet, and a photographer. She and her dog live outsideSanta Fe, NM. The natural world is where she feels most at home.Visit her website www.NewRiverDancer.org
April 2009
March 29 - April 25, 2009: Victoria Seale Charcoal Horses
Opening Reception March 29, 2009 1-3pm. Live Music: Gypsy Guitar by Bruce Hommedieu
Victoria Seale received her BFA from the University of Texas-Austin in 1984 and her MFA from the University of New Mexico - Albuquerque in 1994. Ms. Seale has shown her mixed media work nationally.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
These mixed media drawings were originally inspired by a dream of a horse standing in a room. In this series, a surreal stillness is evoked with the juxtaposition of horses in interior spaces. The horses are photographed then the photos are photocopied so that they could be enlarged or reduced. Some are composites of different horses. The photocopies are glued to boards then drawn and painted to bring out the detail.
March 2009
March 1 - 28, 2009: Jim Jennings Oil Landscapes
Opening Reception March 1, 2009 1-3pm. Live Music: Celtic Harp by Kate Shane
Jim Jennings was born in El Paso, Texas in 1957. He graduated from The University of North Texas in 1987 with a BFA in Graphic Design. After graduation, he worked at several design firms in Dallas as an Art Director and Graphic Artist before moving to Colorado.
Inspired by the spare beauty of the southwestern desert landscape, Jim moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1997, where he currently lives with his wife
Gaia and cat Alice.
Jim is currently pursuing the study of oil painting and stone sculpture in its many forms.
February 2009
Douglas Stewart: “Near Here” Photography Exhibit
Opening Reception Feb 1, 2009 1-3 Pm Presentation By Photographer. Folk Guitar by Leo Sanchez
Doug Stewart has taught and/or exhibited photography in Austria, France, Germany, Spain, England, and in numerous programs in the US, including the Maine Photographic Workshop, Ohio University, and Northern Illinois University, where in 1968 he founded and then directed the photography department. He has been a free-lance commercial photographer, an industrial photographer at the California Institute of Technology, and on the staff of several automotive publications. His images are in the collections of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the George Eastman House, the French National Museum, Friends of Photography, Galarie Fotohof, the Columbus Museum of Art, and numerous private collections.
When asked the "Why do you photograph?" question a number of years ago, my answer was,
"I photograph those few things I do understand
to help explain them to others;
" I photograph the many things I don't understand
to help explain them to myself."
These many years later, that still seems to be the case.
WORKSHOP "Make Your Own Photo Art" Sunday, Feb. 8th, 3 - 6 p.m. In addition to Douglas Stewart's photographic exhibit, he will be offering a workshop at Las Chivas Coffeehouse in the Agora Shopping Center that will include basic photo-art tips and production methods as well as an aesthetic group discussion and photographic examples.
Min. participants – 8; max. – 22. Please register ASAP, as space is limited: Email Douglas at: stewart@rt66.com to sign up!
Cost: $14, individuals; $12 each, couples, seniors, and students.
Price includes handouts and one 11x17" enlarged print of your work by QuikSend in the Agora.
PLAY READING "Park-Naked", Santa Fe Playhouse Feb. 14-15 (only) This new short stage-reading play depicts the interactions with passers-by of a man with unusual powers on an urban park bench, apparently clad only in the New York Times and a wristwatch. For more information: www.santafeplayhouse.org/season.php4
BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR SALE AND SIGNING DURING THE EXHIBIT
"How To Stay Stressed" is Doug Stewart's creative reverse-psychology book on the how's and why'sof avoiding the many varieties and inherent ills of undue stress. With humorous Mina Yamashita illustrations.
Also available during the exhibition will be European-edition monograph copies of Doug's work from the exciting photographic era of the 60's and 70's.
January 2009
January 4 - January 31, 2009: Sande Anderson, Silk Abstracts
Opening Reception January 4, 2009
The arts has been a passion all of Sande's life. Painting, drawing, and design are things she has been doing since growing up in northern California. Wherever she lived, southern California, Kentucky, New Mexico she has continued to explore creatively in silkwork, printmaking and painting.
Schools and universities she studied at include The Art Institute of San Francisco, University of Guadalajara, La Reparata Art school in Florence, Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, with a BA in Art form San Francisco Statue University and an MA in Art from Sacramento State University. She has taught in a variety of places including community centers, youth-at-risk, in adult education and community colleges classes. Her works have been shown in galleries, museums, groups shows and in schools and universities.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Ancient shapes and changing forms combined with the expressiveness of color often defines Sande's work. Things seen and unseen are explored in space of dream-like forms as they flow on various media. Layers are worked upon often with spontaneous drawing or writing. Light is an essential part of her work with nature, people, animals and artifacts of the mind and glimpses of the possible Eternal being inspirations.
Though her work Sande seems to be on a continual path of exploration of herself , her spirit, each piece leading to the next, often working beyond words.
November 30, 2008 - January 3, 2009: Robert Kegel – Photography
Opening Reception: Sunday, November 30, 2008 from 1pm to 3pm. Folk Guitar by Leo Sanchez
Robert Kegel's work primarily concentrates of the rich beauty of New Mexico land forms and the wildlife of the Rocky Mountains which are printed on canvas and available in limited edition prints. His philosophy of photography is that each work must communicate a special and unique moment in time.
He was born in Santa Fe and has followed a number of career paths ranging from Ski instructor, Flamenco Guitarist, Woodworker, and Sculptor. He grew up spending time in the mountains learning to hunt and fish from his father who was an avid outdoorsman. Robert has combined his love of the outdoors with the photographic skill acquired in business and the artistic eye of the sculptor to become a well known New Mexican photographer. www.robertkegel.com
November 2008: Paul Rice Photography and Aram Farber Acrylic Abstracts
Photography is a means by which I discover the world using a different window, a different perspective of sight and experience. There are so many windows through which we can see. As The great philosopher Yogi Berra put it… "You can observe a lot by watching." My cameras have brought me to many places and I hope there will be many more exposures to come. Through the process of creating the print, I have been able to express my sense of life and refine my understanding of this place.
November 2008: Aram Farber Acrylic Abstracts
Mr. Farber, who is a local building contractor and owns AdobeWorks, began his building career in a plaster company in New Mexico. Mr. Farber writes that his earliest work in plastering in New Mexico called for a lot of sculpting and concern for light and color. Today he finds himself using pallet knives and miniature trowels. The techniques and tools that became second nature to him in the early days are now his new friends. They allow him to apply paint in an almost three-dimensional way, with a looseness and fluidity he could never achieve using a brush alone.
"I'm drawn to the power of color and its ability to reflect and evoke emotion. I don't insist that you see what I see nor do I expect you to stare at a work for hours to uncover its secret inner meaning. What I hope is that the eye and mind see and feel the impact and experience something akin to a pleasing and surprising discovery".
October 2008: Gene Bushe
Gene Bushe was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y. After two years as a military policemen in Berlin, Germany, he settled in San Francisco, CA, where he and his wife raised their son and daughter. Following twenty five years in Federal Law Enforcement, Gene retired to Santa Fe, where he lives with his wife Glenna and their son Jaz. Throughout his adult years, Gene has been an avid photographer. His work has been exhibited both in San Francisco and Santa Fe. For the past five years, he has worked in the digital format in both black and white and color. "The great pleasure of photography for me is to capture a certain essence and for others to connect with that essence.
September 2008: Joan Larocca
Ms. LaRocca is an artist member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, the Silvermine Guild of Art, the Connecticut Watercolor Society and Connecticut Women Artists. She continues to have exhibitions throughout the Northeast and Southwest and her work is in numerous private and corporate collections. Joan LaRocca, also a photographer, studied in Santa Fe, N.M. She was given Honorable Mention for a photograph, which is now part of a permanent collection in the Museum of Natural History in New York.
July/August 2008: Nathan Addison Photographic Works – Equador and Cuba
"It has always been my personal belief, as a documentary photographer, that photography is a tool for positive social change." Nathan Addison is an accomplished documentary photographer. Nathan received his B.F.A from the Marion Center for Photographic Arts at the College of Santa Fe. Concentrating on documentary and photo essay he studied under Life photographer Tony O'Brien. Nathan has recently received the Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Arts Annual Emerging Photographers Award, in which, his project on drug addicts in Kashmir received high honors. His work has appeared in numerous publications and exhibitions across the country.
July 2008: Westray Watercolors
www.virginiawestray.com
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I discovered the craft of copper enameling as a child, and years later, discovered its potential as a painting medium. Vitreous enamel is a finely ground glass that is colored with mineral and metallic oxides. It is fused onto copper in a preheated kiln at temperatures of 1500 to 1800 degrees F., and a typical painting requires 5 to 10 separate firings. In my work, I particularly enjoy using the rich effects of transparent colors over the copper base, as well as the additional color and patina of uncoated and over-fired metal.
This year I have been exploring mixed media on paper, using watercolor, collage, and drawing in compositions that express my interest in music, movement, and color. Having been a professional bookbinder for almost 40 years, I find this pleasure in playing with paper is a natural for me. This work progresses alongside my continued exploration of the possibilities of enamel art.
Article www.virginiawestray.com/laschivas2007.html
June 2008: Aram Farber Acrylic Abstracts
Mr. Farber, who is a local building contractor and owns AdobeWorks, began his building career in a plaster company in New Mexico. Mr. Farber writes that his earliest work in plastering in New Mexico called for a lot of sculpting and concern for light and color. Today he finds himself using pallet knives and miniature trowels. The techniques and tools that became second nature to him in the early days are now his new friends. They allow him to apply paint in an almost three-dimensional way, with a looseness and fluidity he could never achieve using a brush alone.
"I'm drawn to the power of color and its ability to reflect and evoke emotion. I don't insist that you see what I see nor do I expect you to stare at a work for hours to uncover its secret inner meaning. What I hope is that the eye and mind see and feel the impact and experience something akin to a pleasing and surprising discovery".
May 2008: Eldorado Kinder and First Grade Art Program Fundraiser. Raised $500
Kinder and 1st grade art exhibit: Flowers in Bloom
Art and Poetry afternoon
Opening Reception: SUNDAY APRIL 27th Time: 1-3 pm
Open mike poetry - Ms Casias 4/5 students Live Music-Guitar by Brian Delay
Six classes (3-kinder & 3-1st grade) at Eldorado Elelmentary School worked for 6 weeks on beautiful and exuberant child's art based around SPRING! Growth! Flowers! They created sculpture from recycled materials that hung from the rafters and the walls. Colorful and hopeful, the children were proud to show their art to theior parents and other visitors. Art fed the soul,the little soul and big ones, that day!
Las Chivas donated a % of sales from all drink beverages to Art programs for our kinders and 1st grade programs!
April 2008: Jim Jennings Oil Landscapes
Jim Jennings was born in El Paso, Texas in 1957.
He graduated from The University of North Texas in 1987 with a BFA in Graphic Design. After graduation, he worked at several design firms in Dallas as an Art Director and Graphic Artist before moving to Colorado.
Inspired by the spare beauty of the southwestern desert landscape, Jim moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1997, where he currently lives with his wife Gaia and cat Alice.
Jim is currently pursuing the study of oil painting and stone sculpture in its many forms.
March 2008: Rachel Weiland Photos
February 3 - March 1, 2008: Nancy Allen – Cyanograms
The alternative photographic process, known as blueprinting or cyanotype, was invented in 1842 by Sir John Hershel and was one of the first successful methods of photographic reproduction. Nancy Allen fell in love with the beautiful, deep and mysterious, Prussian blue of the print and found the process simple and accessible because she could do it at home.
The artist's intention is to create cyanograms that are a pleasure to live with and to capture the viewer with a powerful graphic quality, a delightful abstraction, an intriguing composition, or an out-of the-ordinary application of materials. Sometimes poetic, sometimes literal, Nancy Allen strives to create beautiful prints.
January 6 – February 2, 2008: Robert Kegel – Photography
Reception: January 13, 2007 from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. with music by Leo Sanchez. Light refreshments will be served.
www.robertkegel.com
December 2007: FOLK ART Exhibit - Disappearing Indigenous Art: The Endangered Artistic Culture of the Miao of Southern China
This exhibit featured authentic, hand-made Miao woven and embroidered pieces that have played important roles in the daily and ceremonial life of the Miao. These include robes, baby hats, pieces of baby carriers and ceremonial dress, such as a shaman’s ceremonial garment, panels from skirts and tunics. The Miao also adorn themselves lavishly in silver necklaces and bracelets, which also were sold.
November 2007: Leslie Pilgrim – Paintings and Mixed Media Collage. www.winterberryinc.com
Leslie Pilgrim lives in the Twin Cities and has worked as an artist and writer for over 15 years. Her works are in private and corporate collections throughout the country. Each of her creations is a stand-alone piece, yet, the works are fluid and organic, which allows for pairing or grouping several pieces into a larger original composition. Leslie's vibrant acrylic-on-panel pieces are drenched in color, punctuated with texture, and inspired by nature: tide pools along the Oregon coast, a star-filled night sky, flowers swaying in a summer breeze.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
"To me, there is nothing quite as visually joyful as the interplay of colors. And color--like time, space, or sound--has no beginning or end. The compositional possibilities are infinite."
November 2007: Alexander Hale – Photography
Photography has been a lifelong profession - his architect's unique view is reflected in his work. A study of ethnographic art and primitive civilizations is combined with his architectural and photographic abilities. Many of his photographs have been taken during world wide travels, recording his impressions of these areas on film.
October 2007: Bill Sherman – Photography
Bill is interested in color, form, and composition as they relate to the sensory process. Buildings, landscapes, flowers, or animals may be seen close up or from afar. The finished print reflects what he senses and imagines rather than the reality of the original image. Santa Fe has a special pirit that guides his work which ranges from realistic to abstract. jovansherman.net
September 22, 2007: Book signing with local Eldorado author, Cathy Spude
Cathy Spude has just published her first novel, "Sin and Grace", a vibrant tale of the 1890s in Gold Rush-crazed Alaska. Her book is currently on sale at the Las Chivas Coffeehouse at the Agora Shopping Center in Eldorado, New Mexico, and through her website at www.montanadawn.com.
The Klondike Gold Rush has received all of the press in Skagway’s history. The truth be told, the best stories have all been hidden away. Until now. See the author's description.
Joretha Hall showed her "Clay Companions" at Las Chivas during August and September 2007
Joretha is constantly incorporating new inspirations and ideas into her work. She creates unique figures sculptured from stoneware (a high fire clay). The figures are stained, glazed and given unusual accents. Each figure or grouping is intended to remind you of someone you know or have heard about. She often gives her pieces a touch of the Southwest with turquoise, chilies and Native American touches. The purpose of her creations is to bring pleasure to your home.
September 2007: Larry Cohen (Lost Tribe Studio) – Acrylic Paintings and Monotypes
Larry Cohen studied art at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, and Art Students League, New York City. Oil and acrylic painting and pottery wheel thrown and hand built. Santa Fe Community College Art Department, painting and pottery.
August 2007: Virginia Westray – Enamel and Mixed Media. www.virginiawestray.com
July 2007: George Henke – Garden and Landscape Photographer
George is primarily interested in creating images of the natural world with a sense of magical, mystical immediacy, images which have depth and capture an essential beauty. You can contact him at images_garden@yahoo.com
June 2007: Rae Paretzkin – Oil Paintings
Rae's oil paintings feature bold, colorful ribbons, which, for her, represent the linear quality of of human relationships but usually are shown as being entangled in other elements in her paintings. Rae is not afraid to use color and finds shapes and forms on the canvas after she has put paint on it. Rae studied at the Winnipeg School of Fine Art.
May 2007: Denise Lynch – Contemporary Photography – Galisteo Studio Tour 2007
April 2007: Mary Fredenburgh
Photography that shows special glimpses of nature by a native New Mexican photographer. Mary’s photography is how she expresses her love of light, color, seasons and moods. She shoots 35 mm to large format, landscapes to machines. Mary’s work is
black and white, color and hand-tinted. Her offerings range from large framed prints to handmade cards. You can contact her at mcfphotog@aol.com
March 2007: David Lefeldt - Acrylic paintings
February 2007: Jack Arnold Photography – Black and white and color photography. jackarnoldphoto.com
January 2007: Tony Bonanno Photography – www.tbphoto.us
December 2006: Catherine Ferguson and Denise Lynch
• Poetry Reading by Catherine and Denise
• Chat books for sale
• Flamenco guitar by El Niño Davîd