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Maria Aragon,
Novelist & Artist
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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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Represented by Jane Hamilton Fine Art Gallery in Tucson, AZ.
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crown dancer

"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."

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messenger

​​​“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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corn dance

potter's world

avanyu

prairie flowers

the basketmaker

Margaret Bernstein,
Painter
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"Malu and the Pineapple Seed" available on line at various stores, including Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

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.

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Solar Winds, encaustic

From The Sea

Blue Roses, oil

Dust Storms May Exist

John Garrett, Artist
Weaving & Textile Constructions
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Lin Bentley Keeling
 Coiled, Sculptural Vessels
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​Publisher of Southwest Weaving News

I create coiled basketry vessels
​and loom-woven tapestries.
Vibrant Flowing Colors are a
hallmark of my work.

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A color
A movement
A phrase of music
Grace and Beauty
Calm and Stillness
Joy and Peace
May you find these
through my work.

Jaswant Khalsa
Abstract Figurative Painter
Acrylic Painting and Drawing
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Celebrating the One Light that Shines Through All

My work explores the interplay between inner and outer worlds;  the seen and the unseen. I delight in the serendipity of watercolor, acrylics, and inks that transform into colorful dynamic imagery.  The creative process is a sacred gateway. Across this threshold flows the grace of everyday moments; joyful women and playful children; lively music and exuberant dance; warm embraces and quiet contemplation.  Images emerge as a gift and mystical surprise. The ordinary is illuminated.  

Madonna in the Rainforest 2

Ambrosial Hour

Full Moon

Self-portrait

Shining in His Crown

Bath at Sunset

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.

CLICK HERE TO READ LYN'S DESTIC MAGAZINE INTERVIEW

Wood For The Day

The Village

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.

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Moonlight on Mesa Verde

Some Like it Hot-2

Quiet Cove

The Lost

Village at Sunset

"Sometimes when a painting is finished
I wonder how I did it, or ​where it came from."

John Dick-Peddie
Artist
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I’m a self-taught artist from Las Cruces working primarily with oils. Much of my work focuses on the natural beauty, landscape, and culture of southern New Mexico. In 2017 I started using neon oils to superimpose secondary images onto the canvas that can only be viewed under blacklight conditions. This unique ‘vertical drilling’ technique has become a hallmark of my recent work and, as far as I know, I’m the only person currently employing this new style of oil painting.

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***  

The Art of
Jo-an Smith
in oil, water, 
gold, and silver

David D. Sorensen,
​Watercolor, Photography
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Watercolor: "Onion Fields, Mesilla"

​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. In 2019 I was invited to be one of the 20 members of The Border Artists, a prestigious group representing Southern New Mexico and West Texas.
​​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 and spent several months painting there in 2023.  I have included a sample of my Southwest USA portfolio of paintings and photography below.
I hope you enjoy an international journey through my art, and if so inspired, add my work to your own collection.

Watercolor: "Entrance to the Collection"

Watercolor: "Bend in the River"

Photo: "Empty Stage"

Photo: "Old Pickup Mirror"

Photo: "Window Un-Dressing"

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