M A R K L E V I N S T U D I O sculptor and art furniture maker VISIT ARTIST'S WEBSITE Follow Mark's Facebook Page Instagram ARTIST'S STATEMENT: My sculpture and furniture are rooted in the fruit trees, vegetable gardens, and flower gardens of my youth. Pruning, raking, and picking fruit, plus helping my mother plant her vegetable and flower gardens, were part of the seemingly endless chores of my youth. It wasn’t that nature inspired me, but rather that nature was an integral part of my life. It was only natural that my work evolved from those small wonders in the orchard and gardens... ...When I left for art school, I swore I’d never eat another piece of fruit, let alone walk through the grocery store produce section. But as I created work at art school, I gained a new respect for all the chores my parents gave me over the years and eventually got over the fact that my three sisters never had to so much as pick up a rake or pick one lousy apple. I had no deep desire to be an artist; I just liked making things, but my work drove me down a one-way, circuitous, bumpy path to the art world. When I saw Wendell Castle’s Douglas Baker dining table, which flowed downward from the ceiling wall, it was a “come to Jesus moment” for this Jewish kid from Chicago. I ended up studying under Bobby Falwell, a graduate student of Wendell’s, and began my conversion to artist. Mark Levin New Mexico artists are amazing! Discover New Mexico’s Art Treasures & support the people who create them.
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I grew up in West Africa and India and wanted to be an archaeologist. Instead I've been a screenwriter, a film editor, a singer, and a drama teacher. These days when I'm not taking pictures (in NM or in India) I write novels and travel memoir, and translate old French popular fiction. My new photo book, “HOODOO BADLANDS: New Mexico’s Chaco Wash Landscape—the Bisti and Beyond," is available on my website. New Mexico artists are amazing! Discover New Mexico’s Art Treasures & support the people who create them. Nancy Silvia Pastel Artist VISIT ARTIST'S WEBSITE Visit & Follow Silvia's Facebook Curent Gallery Affiliation Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, 119 Kit Carson Rd, Taos, NM 87571 Nancy’s work has been exhibited for over 30 years in galleries and museums and included in public and private collections in both the USA and Japan. She has been active with the Pastel Society of New Mexico and Plein Air Painters of New Mexico for many years, having served as President of PAPNM in 2012. The subject of landscape is complex and engages my interest throughout a range of aesthetic and spiritual concerns. In choosing to represent the natural world I seek to evoke a “sense of place” and the evanescent sensations of light and weather. There is active choice involved in observing, selecting, transforming, and often inventing elements of the view that I present. In depicting natural landscape scenes in partnership with abstract pictorial composition, I hope to convey an intense and poetic impression...Nancy Silvia Professional memberships include American Society of Marine Artists, and Signature status in Pastel Society of America, Plein Air Painters of New Mexico, and Distinguished Pastelist in Pastel Society of New Mexico. Nancy has been awarded residency grants at The Ragdale Foundation in Illinois, The Ucross foundation in Wyoming, and has been an Artist in Residence at Acadia National Park in Maine, Aztec Ruins National Monument in New Mexico, Cape Cod National Seashore, and Alaska State Parks in Juneau, AK. New Mexico artists are amazing! Discover New Mexico’s Art Treasures & support the people who create them. Karen Melody Shatar A Touch of Glass VISIT ARTIST'S WEBSITE Follow Karen's Facebook Page View Karen's Placitas Studio Tour Fused glass explorations using many modalities and multiple firings such as the incorporation of paints, mica, dichroic glass and paper design combinations create artistic and functional ware and jewelry, merging the practical and the whimsical. Studying with a master teacher is a process of blossoming into the unknown and bringing the magic and mystery of clay into a form that resonates with my soul. I am fully committed to finding the joy of expression in clay as I learn new techniques and delve into the mystery of making. I use low fire and high fire glazes, an electric kiln and am in the process of building a propane kiln and exploring its uses. As a writer and traveler, I have learned to enjoy the nuances of place, people, relationship and interaction with self and other. As a potter, I am learning to enjoy the same energies that exist within myself and bring them into expression. This is a magical journey into unknown territory that I find thrilling as it guides me into an almost meditative energy that speaks of aspects of my being that I have never before encountered. New Mexico artists are amazing! Discover New Mexico’s Art Treasures & support the people who create them. Cynthia Rowland graduated from Texas Tech University with a Graphic and Fine Art degree. She spent a dozen years in New York, where she founded a graphic design business. In 1993, she returned to New Mexico to pursue sculpture in cast bronze. Her commitment developed into both public and private commissioned works. By 2005, she had completed over 40 projects, including several large-scale sculptures, such as the award-winning Senator Dennis Chavez Memorial at Civic Plaza in Albuquerque, NM. Turning to painting, she developed a unique style and metaphor through close observation of her motifs - flowers, still-life, portraits, and figures. She has participated in several competitions, exhibitions, and galleries in Santa Fe and has exhibited in several museums in the US. Her work is in the collection of the Albuquerque Museum of Art. She has been instrumental in bringing the historic New Mexico Art League back to prominence. She has also served as the State Ambassador for the Portrait Society of America for five years. "I enjoy the dual aspect of painting: combining a graphic sense of the two-dimensional plane with a three-dimensional illusion. Coming from a graphic design and sculpture background, I enjoy sculpting with paint, leaving the marks and the descriptions of the brushstrokes I am making. I am striving to understand better and communicate to the viewer what I observe: the space and shape of the canvas's surface and the space and form around the object in my painting." New Mexico artists are amazing! Discover New Mexico’s Art Treasures & support the people who create them. P.K. Williams, Mixed Media/Collage, Painting VISIT ARTIST'S WEBSITE View P.K.'s Placitas Studio Tour Follow P.K. on: Facebook Instagram Preview Collaboration Catalog: "One + One = One" P.K. Williams, Artist Statement: "The idea behind my work is to create brand new art from leftovers and ideas. The final piece looks nothing like the fragments from which they emerged. This, for me, is very exciting because it is a challenge to marry several oddments to create a pleasing composition which has been unified into a completely new form. This challenge keeps my desire to create fresh and energized. I use “bits and pieces” of stained papers, painted papers and prints to create mixed media collages. I incorporate an assortment of media and methods into my work. Some of my favorite mediums include acrylics, graphite, pastels, ink, watercolor, and epoxy resin. Printmaking, no matter which type, is a method I enjoy integrating into my work. Paper excavation is yet another method I appreciate, and it goes without saying that painting, no matter what the medium, is best loved. Including a variety of mediums and methods adds another dimension to my work, additionally allowing me to add my own personal touches. The result is unique and just a bit mysterious. While I deeply appreciate the technical skill it takes to recreate a representational scene from nature, it is not my personal intention. I am very much inspired by nature and often include an interpretation of various flora and fauna within my art; yet I do not feel the need to reproduce what I see. For me, it is much more satisfying to create something brand new. In doing so I hope to attract the interest of my audience. Once attracted, a variety of details captures their attention and draws them into my work. My hope is that my interpretation allows for people to create their own connections to my work. If I accomplish that, I am successful in my endeavors." New Mexico artists are amazing! Discover New Mexico’s Art Treasures & support the people who create them. Featuring: Placitas Artist, L. Heath [Linda] Fine Art, Fusionism and Southwest Landscape Paintings.11/15/2024 L. Heath [Linda] Fine Art, Fusionism and Southwest Landscape Paintings VISIT ARTIST'S WEBSITE Follow Linda's Facebook Page My greatest joy is to reflect the beauty around me... Growing up in New Mexico, Heath has always been fascinated by the blending of ancient cultures here. In addition, the future has always beckoned brightly to her through images from NASA’s deep space telescopes. Now, with the next chapter of private space exploration developing rapidly, Heath has been inspired to create a new type of art called “Fusionism” or “Fusionist Art”. Fusionism is a new art movement that blurs the lines among different cultures, fuses old and new painting media, and mixes human versus robotic-generated work. It is a perfect blend of her technical skills with ancient techniques and ideas. I am inspired by ancient native cultures, digital images from NASA's Hubble space telescope, and the opening of Spaceport America in New Mexico. New Mexico artists are amazing! Discover New Mexico’s Art Treasures & support the people who create them. Mary Beagle Painter & Sculptor 480 El Prado Ave, Las Cruces, NM VISIT ARTIST'S WEBSITE Represented by: Jane Hamilton Fine Art Gallery in Tucson, AZ. "I have always primarily worked with oil on canvas; my paintings reflecting my love of Native cultures and celebrations. After years of snowbirding, my husband and I relocated to New Mexico from Connecticut. Now my colors are becoming more vibrant with an emphasis on lighting. I like incorporating geometric or Native designs in my compositions to compliment the faces and figures I paint."
New Mexico artists are amazing! Discover New Mexico’s Art Treasures & support the people who create them. I paint exotic landscapes - my versions of heaven - shimmering with gold leaf and other reflective materials, to create places that are beautiful and meditative not found on earth. If you're up for a creative experience, please contact me to arrange a custom commission painting for your home or office. I also provide painting classes, books and instructional videos that include my unique systems and methods for teaching contemporary painting techniques. New Mexico artists are amazing! Discover New Mexico’s Art Treasures & support the people who create them. Cathleen Palumbo Contemporary Painter VISIT ARTIST'S WEBSITE If it is possible to be balanced between dreaming and waking it is in the act of painting. Life, in all its complexities and distractions, begins to make sense in the creation of a painting that holds as much mystery for the painter as the observer. The dreamer understands the mystery and knows that language can never express it so completely. New Mexico artists are amazing! Discover New Mexico’s Art Treasures & support the people who create them. Joel Armstrong Fine Art Colored Pencil Drawings VISIT ARTST'S WEBSITE Follow Joel's Facebook Page Instagram @jarmstrongfineart6128 Represented by Light Art Space Gallery 209 W. Broadway, Silver City, NM 88061 COLORED PENCIL Magazine May 2022 Joel Armstrong Article Fine art has always been a part of my life. In 2021 I focused on colored pencil drawings of flowers, clouds, and figurative work. My art background includes drawing with colored pencils, mixed media, wire drawing, installation art, graphic design, and assemblage. I taught illustration, drawing, illustration, and graphic design at John Brown University for 14 years. New Mexico artists are amazing! Discover New Mexico’s Art Treasures & support the people who create them. Edward Gonzales Figurative Painter PAINTINGS CELEBRATING THE HISPANIC SOUTHWEST VISIT ARTIST'S WEBSITE Follow Edward on facebook Artist's Statement: I am a figurative painter with family roots in New Mexico and Mexico. Much of my art depicts the Hispanic people and landscapes of the Southwest. My interest is in creating artwork that expresses the human spirit and celebrates the beauty of Nature. I have followed this path of exploration as a professional fine artist for forty years. My paintings form a body of art that is connected and unified by cultural subject matter and color. They are in many private collections and in public collections including the Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos; Harwood Museum of Art, Taos; New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe; Albuquerque Museum; the National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum and the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. In 2004 a new public elementary school was named for me honoring my contributions to fine art and Southwest culture. New Mexico artists are amazing! Discover New Mexico’s Art Treasures & support the people who create them. After experimenting with oil and acrylic, I found my true affinity is with transparent watercolor. I love its spontaneity, its freedom of flow, the surprises, and the challenge to master or at least control the independence of its gentle yet willful nature. I do still lifes now and then, but I am particularly attracted to landscapes. Color and light are the elements that most strike my sensuous core. Watercolor seems to best capture for me the vibrancy and translucence of sky, earth, water and all that grows and travels therein. I may know where I want to go, but how to get there is always an adventure. New Mexico artists are amazing! Discover New Mexico’s Art Treasures & support the people who create them. Jewelry by James Contemporary Minimalist Jewelry Bold. Modern. Sophisticated. VISIT ARTIST'S WEBSITE Follow on Facebook Raw Stones | Hand Sculpted | One Of A Kind Looking for a one-of-a-kind piece of jewelry? Jewelry by James specializes in creating custom designs that are tailored to your unique style and preferences. Whether you're looking for an engagement ring or a personalized necklace, we can bring your vision to life. From beautiful one-of-a-kind pendants to handcrafted earrings, Jewelry by James was born out of a love for collecting stones on hikes all throughout the Southwest United States. Stones are expertly cut and polished, then incorporated into designs created by Mike & Doreen with great care and attention to detail. With a full line of items to choose from — and more wonderful pieces being added to our collection regularly — there’s something for everyone at Jewelry by James. Shop our entire selection of handcrafted jewelry today. New Mexico artists are amazing! Discover New Mexico’s Art Treasures & support the people who create them. Featuring: Farmington Artist, Doug Miller In Taos Abstract Artist Collective Third Annual Fall Show.10/16/2024 Farmington Artist, Doug Miller's painting "Parallel Park" is included in this prestigous Abstract Art Exhibition. The exhibition features works from artists spanning New Mexico from Taos to Albuquerque. Taos Abstract Artist Collective Third Annual Fall Show Currently through Saturday, Oct. 19, 2-024 WHERE: Stables Gallery, Taos Center for the Arts, 133 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos New Mexico artists are amazing!
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