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 Las Cruces, Alamogordo, Deming Areas
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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 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."
​“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.
John Garrett, Artist
Weaving & Textile Constructions
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Lin Bentley Keeling
 Coiled, Sculptural Vessels
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I create coiled basketry vessels
​and loom-woven tapestries ... " 
Vibrant Flowing Colors are a
hallmark of my work.
Jaswant Khalsa
Abstract Figurative Painter
Acrylic Painting and Drawing
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Celebrating the One Light that Shines Through All
My images explore the interplay between inner and outer worlds, the seen and the unseen.
I delight in figure drawing and in the serendipity of painting with acrylics using watercolor
techniques.   Both are integrated into dynamic colorful abstracts in which subject and
background alternately merge and emerge.  The creative process is a sacred gateway.
Across this threshold flows joyful women and playful children; lively music and
exuberant dance; warm embraces and quiet contemplation.
Tomi LaPierre,
Sculpture
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Sculpture is Tomi's primary art expression. Tomi's background is technical in nature and over the years has turned to the human form. Most of her work is of people with great body language and expression, or an abstract of the same. She is qualified in Forensic Facial Reconstruction and uses the human face and form as the most extensive pallet imaginable. 
Affiliations: National League of American Pen Women: NLAPW ● Society of Layerists in Multi-Media: SLMM ● 
El Paso Art Association ● NM Women Artists ● Artforms of New Mexico ● www.imotl.com ● Connect2Artists 
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."
Lisa Riley, N2Bots & Things
Found Object Assemblage Art, Handmade & Vintage Items
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Fun & unique found object recycled junk art robots. Bots are made from tins, kitchen utensils,
nuts, bolts, jewelry pieces and really anything I can find. Expect some rust, scratches or dings.
Some old parts, some new. Adopt one today!
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"Agnes & Alto"
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"Hugo the Hopeful"
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"Clara & Clover"
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"Senor Peppe"
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"Tune up Tillie Waiting for an oil change"
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"Home Run Herman"
My love for tinkering: I've always had a love for tinkering and taking things apart to see how they work and putting them back together. I could look at something and see a face out of anything. Started making Bots in 2013. Recently friends and family have encouraged me to start selling the found art assemblage robot characters I make. It's just a fun hobby I enjoy. I also like to paint, wood burn, make characters with clay, make yard totems, wind chimes and more!  Lisa Riley
​Rene Sepulveda
Sculptured Abstract Works
Resident Artist, 2nd Life Gallery,
Roadrunner Emporium, Alamogordo, New Mexico
​Rene Sepulveda former NCAA Award winning Track and Field Coach, California/New Mexico regionally renown Rehabilitative Coach turned artist who creates sculptured abstract works. One art critic recently said of his works that they are “incisive meditations of colorishis designs, shapes and composition complimenting natures wonders using lava rocks, tree roots, tree trunks, bark, cholla desert cactus as components of his canvas.” 
Artist Rene Sepulveda’s carefully constructed sculptures and art installations are abstract interpretative works that rely heavily on the influence of nature for texture and symmetry, for rural to urban spaces. 
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Interpretative Sun Flower Abstract Sculptures by René Sepulveda
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“Venus Fly Trap” Natural Woods & Lava Rock Sculpture with Devils Claw by René Sepulveda
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"Ventricle" A Large 9 Foot Long Root Art Natural Abstract Sculpture by Rene Sepulveda
"I believe that the artistry of Cholla Art, Tree Trunk Art, Root Art or Lava Rock and Metal works are unique and not well understood, in that most homeowners or business owners don’t have the knowledge of the beauty these pieces can bring to their environment. Most people have not been exposed to these kinds of sculptured works, very few artists create art with these mediums as a canvas. Most people don’t know the sense of Zen or harmony that is created by including these pieces into the home, office, or business environment."
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"Stark NM" An Abstract Root Art & Lava Interpretative Sculpture by Rene Sepulveda
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Golden Eagles Nest Abstract Interpretative Sculpture by René Sepulveda
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Bird of Paradise Abstract Fallen Root Art Sculpture
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, Oil & Mixed Media
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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!
This fall between the whole lock down thing and just a need for UNLOCKING MY BRAIN. I felt like I could paint what I was looking at and had even reached a point where my brain could “edit” what I saw—to improve the composition of the painting. But I knew there had to be much more I could learn to visualize more and better paintings. I found Milan Art Institute through a podcast with Matt Tommey. (both on fb.) The instructors at Milan do very vibrant paintings with rather disjointed / juxtaposed subjects. All new techniques in Oil and Mixed Media.
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