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​Las Cruces, Alamogordo, Deming Areas;
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 Las Cruces, Alamogordo, Deming Areas
​ARTISTS  LISTED ALPHABETICALLY
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Maria Aragon,
Novelist & Artist
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    Maria Aragon       Maria Aragon - Practical Obsessions: Painting and Writing​
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I am a novelist - working in fantasy - and an artist - working with mythological and symbolic themes both eastern and western. I love color as you can see and use mostly wonderful creamy Williamsburg oil paints in my work.
You can find my novels at lulu.com.
Michelle Arterburn,
Fine Art Studio, Multi-Media Artist
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My work reflects who I am.
I care about attention to detail and the nostalgic.
I adore texture and pattern, weathered metal/brick, antique buttons and wax seals.    
I am especially drawn to the subjects of architecture, vintage automobiles and fish.
Most importantly, I am interested in integrating these elements, subjects and surface
into my work using various media and techniques. 
Mary Beagle, 
Painter & Sculptor
480 El Prado Ave, Las Cruces, NM
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​“I enjoy bringing life to a blank canvas with colors and shapes, and finding a figure in a chunk of stone.”
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Margaret Bernstein,
Painter
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  Margaret works in watercolor, oil and mixed media from Las Cruces, New Mexico. She is a founding member of the Ten o'Clock Club and New Mexico Watercolor Society Southern Chapter.  A long time member of the  Las Cruces Arts Association, she participates in the the newly formed advisory committee to the city's Art Board.   In addition to participating in group exhibits throughout Las Cruces, Margaret has collaborated  in two exhibits in the city's  Branigan Cultural Center,  and coordinated art for the Southwest Environmental Center and thetheatregallery in the Black Box Theatre. She has had more than a dozen one-person shows in city spaces and galleries, including being resident artist at Senior Amigos, sponsored by Mountain View Hospital.  Her work is  influenced by Abstract Realism and is best known for its imagination, originality, and  color  combinations.
Gary Biel Art,
Painter
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John Garrett, Artist
Weaving & Textile Constructions
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Tomi LaPierre,
Sculpture
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Lyn Orona, Oil Painter 
Impressionistic Southwest Scenes
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DESTIG MAGAZINE LISTS LYN ORONA, NUMBER 10 ON THEIR LIST OF 25 RECOMMENDED ARTISTS FOR 2019.
I started in the arts as early as 1969 as a portrait artist and clay sculpture. I have owned businesses thru the years and have been in many juried fine art and International shows throughout New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, Arizona and California. I am mostly self taught, but also have taken courses with the Columbus art and Design of Ohio and Foothill College in California. While living in another state, I painted the legendry figures of the Old West, capturing the essence of the outlaws, like Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, who lived so large in our history. After moving to New Mexico, the history and stories of everyday life, colorful cultures of Native American and Mexican people took hold of my brush. My style of art had finally found the right home.
"Sometimes when a painting is finished I wonder how I did it, or
​where it came from."
Jo-an Smith,
Painter – Custom Jewelry
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*** Jo-an's Custom Jewelry and Paintings are currently being shown at:
Phillips Gallery and Jo-an Smith's Studio, 221 Main Street, Las Cruces, NM***  
David D. Sorensen,
​Watercolor, Photography
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​An Australian art critic and others convinced me to pursue art as a professional career, which I began in 2009. Soon after, I was inducted as a Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society and have now been in numerous exhibitions at international, national, state and local levels.
​​Many of my paintings reflect a key facet of my art, a love affair with the Australian wilderness that dates back to the 1970’s, when I spent a year exploring the entire continent in an old Volkswagen van.
I hope you enjoy an international journey through my art, and if so inspired, add my work to your own collection.
Debra Vance's Art - Studio 7700
Watercolor Paintings
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I choose Watercolor as my medium because it represents Freedom. Its's light transparent nature moves and explodes on the paper. The paint itself possesses a personality and behaviors. Landscapes are my preference - Plein Air is the ultimate in freeing painting experiences. When you arrive at a setting and are settling in, one absorbs the Energy it has to offer; be it from Vibrant Color, Flowing Waters, Clouds or simply Natures Beauty on full display. The challenge is two part. First, choosing the colors that resonate with the emotions one sees or feels. The second is then, putting it on to paper. One is "free" to escape into the painting - Letting the Chase Begin!
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