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22 Collecting Jewelry

A look at how two men make their jewelry collection part of their lives

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24 Oops!

We speak with three Santa Fe professionals who can help when artwork is damaged

26 The Collectors

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wendy mceahern

Eight collectors of art and two collectors unique eyeglasses tell what led them to become collectors

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14 Publisher’s Note 18 City Different

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What’s coming up on Santa Fe’s stages; ARTsmart’s Art of Home tour and annual dinner and auction; the Cancer Foundation for New Mexico’s Sweetheart Ball

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A studio visit with basket weaver Jane Chavez and news on all the art shows coming up around town

51 Living

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A Santa Fe builder and his partner remodel a 19th century adobe treasure for their personal home

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59 Dining

Chef Johnny Vee chases away the winter cold with hot soup at Pho Ava and heartily enjoys the food and libations at Hervé Wine Bar

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collector’s issue ON THE COVER Jim Vogel, The Tiger Cage (detail), oil on canvas panel with antique tin and salvaged wood frame, 22 x 42". Courtesy Blue Rain Gallery

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THERE’S AN ODD TRAIT common to many of us in which we connect with an artist so completely that our appetite for that artist’s work drives us to acquire many of their creations. You might think one piece would satisfy us, but we apparently need more. This drive is what makes a collector.

There’s an old joke, famous among guitarists, asking how many guitars one person needs. The punch line? “Just one more.” For a collector, there is an inherent craving for just one more item. This craving may come from a variety of motivations: the desire to represent the breadth of an artist’s work; a narrow focus on one phase of an artist’s work; a fascination with art within a certain theme or time frame; and a variety of other reasons that may be more easily felt than identified.

Like a couple of our featured collectors, I too collect eyeglasses. I appreciate the variety of styles, their beauty, and the way each style and color makes me feel. If I collected Corvettes, I would do so for the way each of the cars drove and looked, but mostly it would be about the way they made me feel. We appreciate the nuances of each item in our collection, as each one makes us feel something different from the other pieces. We love the feeling even more when we can absorb an entire collection, and the way in which our hearts are touched both by individual pieces and by the group as a whole.

The beauty in all of this is that collectors follow a desire to experience each individual piece of art within their collection. In a world that often leaves our senses and emotions numb, it’s a beautiful thing when we can connect emotionally with something, often an extraordinarily beautiful piece of art such as the collections featured here demonstrate.

The joy of collecting is that it encourages us to focus, to acquire collectibles in a managed and strategic manner. Yes, a specific piece stirs the heart in a certain way, but it also moves the intellect as we appreciate the bigger artistic statement that comes from collection—and that may be the biggest motivator of all for collectors.

BRUCE ADAMS Publisher

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The Sweetheart Auction raises funds for critical support services for cancer patients. Lavish live and silent auctions feature art, travel, dining, and more.

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Cancer Foundation for New Mexico’s Sweetheart Auction Caitlin E. Jenkins

AUCTION The 14th annual Sweetheart Auction, to benefit the Cancer Foundation for New Mexico, has become one of Santa Fe’s biggest charity events with attendance expected to top 800. The fundraiser supports important patient services and programs and provides nearly 50 percent of the revenue needed to provide these critical services. Catering for the dinner, including a decadent dessert buffet, is provided by Peas ‘n’ Pod. Complimentary wine and beer are available.

The live and silent auctions offer dinners with local celebrities, artwork, jewelry, exotic trips to foreign and domestic destinations, and more.—Jervon Perkins

Sweetheart Auction, February 9, 5 pm, $100, Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W Marcy, cffnm.org

AUCTION Combining the pleasures of touring homes and looking at art, the Art of Home Tour provides the unique experience of viewing art from Santa Fe’s galleries placed in homes currently on the market in Santa Fe county. Keller Williams Realty Santa Fe and ARTsmart combine forces to put on this event. Ten percent of the artwork’s proceeds benefit ARTsmart. Properties on the self-guided tour include new construction, remodels, and historically significant structures.

Saturday evening, head to La Fonda on the Plaza for ARTsmart’s annual fundraiser. This year’s theme is Shaping the Future, ARTsmart’s goal in providing visual arts instruction and programming for youth in Northern New Mexico. This year’s honorary artist is ceramicist Heidi Loewen, who worked with students at Santa Fe High School to create ceramic sculptures of shoes. The evening includes live and silent auctions and more special guests.—JP 18

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Art and architecture come together in the Art of Home Tour. It is a great way to support local artists and ARTsmart’s children’s programs.

Art of Home Tour, March 2–3, 12–4 pm, free, donations appreciated, various locations; ARTsmart’s Annual Dinner and Auction, March 2, 5:30–9:30 pm, $200, La Fonda on the Plaza, 100 E San Francisco, artsmartnm.org

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Restaurants offer three-course, prix-fixe meals for $15, $25, $35, or $45. Those looking for traditional New Mexican cuisine will want to try Blue Corn Café, Casa Chimayó, or The Shed. Andiamo! and Osteria d’Assisi will satisfy the desire for Italian. Try Jambo Cafe’s African and Caribbean menu, Pyramid Cafe’s Greek and North African dishes, Milad Persian Bistro’s Persian selections, and Sazón’s New World meals. Vanessie and Red Sage provide American and steak house–style foods. Other Restaurant Week activities include classes, tastings, and demonstrations. A full list of events, restaurants, price ranges, and menus are available on the Santa Fe Restaurant Week website.—JP

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Above: Stephanie Hartshorn, shown at work in her studio, teaches a workshop at Sorrel Sky Gallery February 1–3.

Santa Fe Restaurant Week, February 22–March 3, prices and locations vary, santafe.nmrestaurantweek.com

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Left: Sculptor Star Liana York, in her studio with Prayer Chant, teaches on February 23.

workshops at Sorrel Sky Gallery Sorrel Sky Gallery hosts four Santa Fe workshops for beginning and advanced artists in February and March. Classes begin with Stephanie Hartshorn’s February 1–3 class, The Intersection of Manmade and Natural Worlds. Hartshorn leads beginning and intermediate students through combining landscape with architectural elements.

February 23, Star Liana York presents Bigger or Smaller? Using Technology to Scale Your Sculpture.

York discusses new technology available to sculptors for three-dimensional scanning and printing.

The gallery presents two March workshops— Painting Power Pastels with Natasha Isenhour, March 2–3, and It’s Not Easy Painting Green with Peggy Immel, March 8–10. Isenhour is known for her still lifes, birds, and landscapes. She’ll help attendees express their emotional connection with their subject matter in pastel. Arizona-born Peggy Immel will teach fellow artists of all levels how to capture the green of summer and spring in landscape paintings. Immel will demonstrate in oil, but students are welcome to work in other media.—JP EVENTS

Children enjoying their spring break in the Downtown Plaza.

EVENTS Parents looking for activities for their antsy children during spring break will appreciate March and April in Santa Fe. Kids Free Spring Break was created with both parent and child in mind. Plan your family’s vacation in the City Different. Hotels in Santa Fe such as the Drury Plaza Hotel offer discounted rates on accommodations for adults while the young ones stay free. Private lessons for kids ages 16 and younger are available through the Skate School with purchase of a skateboard. Art of Chocolate/Cacao Santa Fe offers an art-filled, educational experience that tastes good, too—children will learn about the cacao tree, listen to a Mayan folktale, and decorate their own chocolate bar and wrapper. Other deals include a free visit to the popular art collective Meow Wolf. A full list of participating Santa Fe businesses is available at santafe.org, the city’s website.—JP

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Sorrel Sky art workshops, various dates in February and March, $250–$300, Sorrel Sky Gallery, 125 W Palace, sorrelsky.com

performance roundup who, what, where, and when

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The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain plays all sizes of the cheap and cheerful instrument on March 24.

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Havana Cuba All-Stars perform Cuban music and dance, from cha-cha to rumba, March 29.

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No need to hibernate just because it’s winter. Local and touring performing arts organizations give Santa Feans and visitors plenty of reasons to brave the elements.

Dance fans have a couple of February options.

On the 5th, Performance Santa Fe (PSF) brings BODYTRAFFIC to the Lensic Performing Arts Center stage. This young company, based in Los Angeles, has received critical acclaim for their energetic modern style. February 23, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet presents an evening of audience favorites from their repertoire.

The Santa Fe Symphony (SFS) and Santa Fe Pro Musica (SFPM) present a range of symphonic literature. SFPM hands the baton to young conductor Lina Gonzalez-Granados March 9 and 10 for Music Without Borders. The concert includes selections

by Villa-Lobos, Marquez, and Beethoven. Cellist Christina Lamprea is the soloist. The SFS presents concertmaster David Felberg in Bruce Adolphe’s I Will Not Remain Silent, a violin concerto based on the life of Rabbi Joachim Prinz, an outspoken critic of the Nazi regime. The February 17 concert also includes Mahler’s Symphony No. 4. The symphony returns March 17 with Adams, Mozart, and Dvorák.

More intimate concerts include two afternoons of string quartets presented by SFPM. All the way from Barcelona, Cuarteto Casals plays February 24, and the Elias String Quartet, based in England, plays March 31. Both concerts feature old and newer works, and both are in St. Francis Auditorium. PSF brings pianist Emanuel Ax to the Lensic the evening of March 31—there’s time for dinner between the Eliases and the piano recital.

Above: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet returns to the City Different on February 23. Their repertoire of audience favorites includes Charice Barton’s Eudaemonia.

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Left: Cellist Christina Lamprea performs Mexican composer Arturo Marquez’s Espejos en la Arena with Santa Fe Pro Musica on March 9 and 10. Lina GonzalezGranados conducts.

PSF heats up the Lensic on March 29 with the Havana Cuba All-Stars. The Irish ensemble Danú performs under PSF’s auspices on March 7, and jazz fans won’t want to miss Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra March 1.

Lensic Presents The Choir of Man, best described as “a pub-crawl of a concert,” on February 20, and the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain March 24, keeping local Anglophiles happy. Lensic Presents also gives a nod to big band fans with the Glenn Miller Orchestra on February 28, and for laughs check out Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood: Scared Scriptless on March 15.

Performances, dates, times, prices, and venues vary: aspensantafeballet.com, lensic.org, performancesantafe.org, santafesymphony.org, sfpromusica.org. february/march 2019

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John Haupert, left, and Bryan Brooks wear pieces from their jewelry collection with both casual and dressier clothes.

collecting jewelry silver, stone, and stories

by Lisa J. Van Sickle

Above: This bracelet is a particular favorite of Haupert’s. The unusual stones are ribbon turquoise from Nevada’s Carico Lake mine, cut from stone that has veins of bright blue turquoise running through.

Below: A stunning cluster bracelet by Federico, set with Sleeping Beauty turquoise. Sleeping Beauty is highly sought-after and increasingly rare.

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“I still have the first ring I ever bought,” Bryan Brooks says of a turquoise and silver piece. “It still fits.” Little did Brooks know where the souvenir he purchased in Red River as a teenager would lead.

Brooks and his husband, John Haupert, collect a few things: animalthemed Pueblo pottery, carvings by Tesuque woodworker Felipe Archuleta, paintings by favorite artists, and Southwestern jewelry. Bracelets, rings, bolo ties, button covers. Belts? “No belts,” answers Haupert. “I don’t know why.” Meanwhile, Brooks returns from the back of the house with half a dozen beautiful belts, musing that they do indeed own a few.

Over the years, they have forged friendships with silversmiths whose work they collect. Arland Ben (Navajo) is one. Brooks and Haupert wore rings made by Ben for years, as did Brooks’s sister and her partner. (When the men finally were able to legally marry, they added Cartier wedding bands.) They fondly remember watching Orville Tsinnie (Navajo) (1943–2017) try to teach his grandchildren the Navajo language. Haupert describes Alex Sanchez (Navajo/Zuni) as “Brilliant—he’s a new favorite.”

“I have to have a personal connection,” Haupert says of his jewelry. He is partial to a bolo tie, silver set with white druzy chalcedony, made by Monroe Jackson. He purchased the vintage piece at a fundraiser for the Horse Shelter, one of the local nonprofits the men are passionate about supporting. “It’s a touchstone.”

The two usually don’t share jewelry. Their tastes and styles differ, and a piece that fits one man is often too large or too small for the other. Brooks describes finding a piece for his husband. “It’s perfect for him, it matches him,” knowing the item is right for Haupert, not himself. The jeweler Federico suggested pieces for each they wouldn’t have thought of, but now adore.

“Jewelry is such a part of us,” says Brooks. He’s the more voluble of the two, and finds people’s reactions to his look fascinating. “It’s interesting when they see it on a guy.” Sometimes he just gets an inquisitive look, and sometimes the compliments and questions are fast and furious about various pieces he and Haupert are wearing.

While Brooks and Haupert are avid collectors of silver and stone, it’s clear they actually collect something else. Where they found a piece, for what occasion it was purchased, and who made it matters deeply to them. The stories they collect, the friendships they treasure, and the significance their collection has to their relationship—that’s where the value lies.

Choosing from several pieces in their collection (above), Brooks dons a frequently worn bracelet made by Federico (below). Its symmetrical stones are from Arizona’s Sleeping Beauty mine.

This vintage bracelet is almost certainly Zuni. It’s from The Rainbow Man, a shop the men like for jewelry and folk art.

Left: A bracelet and ring made by the late Orville Tsinnie, a silversmith from Shiprock who always made plenty of men’s jewelry.

These pieces are set with Wild Horse, a stone with a matrix similar to turquoise.

It is actually magnesite, not a white turquoise.

Left: The inlaid character of another Federico bracelet makes it an unusual and striking piece.

Left: Haupert and Brooks found these hand-stamped bracelets at Ortega’s on the Plaza, a store that stocks a large selection of men’s jewelry. february/march 2019

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revive art restoration

Above: The same painting shown at right, after a thorough cleaning, looks like it did when it was new. Repairs included some inpainting to fill in areas of missing paint, and new varnish to bring the color back to life and protect the surface.

Above: This 100-year old painting came to Revive Art Restoration covered with a varnish that had discolored from oxidation and from dust and smoke in the environment. It was cleaned with a sequence of detergents and solvents.

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andolsek conservation of fine paintings

Above: As Revive Art Restoration removes the old, discolored varnish from the right side of this Fremont Ellis painting, the colors return to what Ellis originally intended.

Left: John Andolsek at work. He has over 35 years of experience restoring oil paintings. The work is painstaking and requires a knowledge of chemistry as well as art.

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When a casino owner accidentally sticks his elbow through his Picasso, Michelangelo’s marble Pieta is attacked with a hammer, or a man takes a sawed-off shotgun to a Leonardo da Vinci drawing, it makes international news. Most damage to art is far less dramatic—and far less intentional. Still, things happen, and time takes its toll. When your painting is flaking, the varnish has darkened, or the paper is torn, help is at hand.

John Andolsek of Andolsek Conservation of Fine Paintings works on oil paintings done between 1600 and 1960, noting that after 1960 art materials underwent rapid change. He has extensive experience with paintings by the early Taos artists, the Cinco Pintores, and other Southwestern artists as well as the work of European and American masters. A member of the American Institute for Conservation since 1983, he has worked for galleries, museums, and collectors. Andolsek, who is a painter as well as a conservator, specifies that anything done to a painting undergoing restoration is reversible, and he only uses inert materials, incapable of causing any further damage to the painting.

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Matthew Horowitz grew up around fine art in his father’s Santa Fe frame shop. Now the owner of Revive Art Restoration, Horowitz mainly works on paintings, but will also take on the occasional carving or assemblage.

His training at a New York City restoration firm included work on modern and contemporary art—his first project was inpainting (filling in missing areas) on a de Kooning.

Horowitz enjoys making his expertise accessible not just to owners of valuable pieces but also to the public at large, finding conservation and restoration solutions for pieces with sentimental, if not financial or historic, value.

Patricia Morris specializes in conservation and restoration of works on paper, no larger than 30 x 40".

Although she considers herself semi-retired, she still accepts some work. Documents, watercolors, etchings and engravings, and pastel paintings all come to her, suffering from tears, water damage, discoloration from ultraviolet light, and other mishaps. Fragile to start with, paper is subject to being folded, rolled, and adhered to backings with more zeal than skill. Morris figures she has removed every kind of tape ever made, along with the residue and stains left behind, from documents and artwork.

Santa Fe’s museums, galleries, and art collectors have some of the world’s treasures in their possession.

Fortunately, our city is home to several restoration experts who have the training and skills to care for this artistic heritage and keep it looking its best.

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Above: This oil painting, finished in 1899 by Julian Scott, an American artist best known for his paintings of Civil War scenes, was restored by Andolsek Conservation of Fine Paintings. The landscape came to Andolsek in the condition shown in the photo below: discolored, the canvas badly torn in several places, and with paint flaking in many areas. At bottom, the same painting, after restoration, shown under ultraviolet light. Under ultraviolet, also known as black light, repairs to the canvas and areas of inpainting are easily visible.

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personal connection

Robert Delgado and Helen Shumway Edward Gonzales Acosta Strong Fine Art

Edward Gonzales paints from experience

Left: Helen Shumway and Robert Delgado were immediately drawn to Edward Gonzales’s painting Refugees in Their Homeland. A departure from his usual sundrenched scenes of family life in New Mexico, Refugees is timeless and poignant. The oil painting measures 38 x 44".

“My wife and I were at first struck by the color,” says Robert Delgado of the Edward Gonzales paintings he collects with his wife, Helen Shumway. “One day we happened to come across his paintings, and my wife and I realized that he was the same artist whose work we had been admiring on posters.

“We bought Refugees, which is totally different from his other work, and that is why we found it so fascinating,” Delgado continues. “Now that we have a couple of pieces and put them together in a room, it all works. We love the way he captures his youth, family members, and Hispanic culture. It’s so personal.

“We bumped into Edward at the gallery [Acosta Strong Fine Art] after coming back from London and I was amazed at his depth. He had a painting he had done over four years ago and his wife didn’t want to sell it. Once we both looked at it, we just had to ask. We got it that same night!”—Efraín Villa 26

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Below: Two paintings by Edward Gonzales. On the right is Los Abuelos, a classic portrayal of a New Mexican Hispano family, with the grandfather holding the baby. On the left, a still life

by Gonzales. He uses the same saturated colors in the still life as in his figurative work.

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painted narratives

Left: Six feet wide, Train Wreck is framed with salvaged metal from the railroad. Vogel lives in Dixon, New Mexico, site of the historic derailment.

what’s the story?

Retired chemistry professors Steven and Susan Zumdahl appreciate more than most the meticulous research behind Jim Vogel’s visual storycraft, as well as the alchemy contained in a fine piece of artwork. Vogel’s marriage of eye-catching, exaggerated portraiture with engaging historical narratives won them over. “[Vogel’s] work is always trying to tell a story,” says Steven. “He thoroughly researches these things before he does the painting.”

The Zumdahls own four of Vogel’s pieces. One depicts a historic Dixon, New Mexico, train wreck at massive scale, the canvas encircled by rail car remnants. Another recalls a deadly fire during a Colorado miners’ strike and was painted on a Red Cross stretcher from the 1920s.

The Zumdahls are connoisseurs not only of Vogel’s work but of Blue Rain Gallery’s stock in general; they’ve been customers since the gallery’s Taos days. “We have bought I have no idea how many pieces [from Blue Rain] . . . twenty-some,” says Steven. “It’s a great gallery and they’re great people.”—Dylan Syverson 28

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Above: In The Tiger Cage, who is the spectator and who is on exhibit?

Steven and Susan Zumdahl Jim Vogel Blue Rain Gallery

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Toward the Horizon by Charlie Burk, oil on panel, 48 x 36 inches

Above: Moonbeams Dancing on the Camposanto is typical of Jim Vogel’s work. The oddly shaped and oversized canvas measures 48 x 19".

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George and Kim Parkey John Nieto Ventana Fine Art

Right: Flowing Through the Wood is by Angus, another artist whose work the Parkeys collect.

a long history collecting John Nieto

Above: The Parkeys own paintings by a few artists who show at Ventana Fine Art. This still life, Iris With Pineapple and Mango, is by Angus.

“My mother got me started on collecting art,” says George Parkey, who with his wife, Kim, collects paintings by John Nieto (1936–2018). “I bought my first Nieto in 1995 and now I own around 20. I have to rotate some of the art because I have more art than I do walls, even though we bought a larger home than we needed so I would have more art display space.”

“I like beautiful things, but I also like the appreciation that beautiful things can have in terms of an investment,” says George. “For me it’s about finding something that makes financial and artistic sense, which is why I like Nieto’s work.

I met him many years ago, I think in the late ’80s, and it was really interesting to talk to him. I was awestruck and he was a lovely man. You have to like the artist and the person before you can collect his work.”—EV 30

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Above: John Nieto’s 2014 Self Portrait is typical of his work: bold color and strong line form a Fauvist interpretation of Native American and Southwestern imagery.

Right: The Parkeys acquired Nieto’s Elk in a State of Nature in 2011.

Matthew Matthew Higginbotham Higginbotham

Veiled Sunset II Veiled Sunset II

Oil on Canvas Oil on Canvas

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Below: American Icon Takes a Walk is one of more than 20 John Nieto paintings owned by Kim and George Parkey. With more artwork than wall space, they rotate their collection.

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mystery and infinity

Lois Farrington Tom Kirby Winterowd Fine Art

the power of minimalism

Above: The blue painting at right, Serenity 8, was the first painting of Tom Kirby’s Farrington bought.

Kirby used ground lapis lazuli in the painting. At left, above the bed, is Illumination 6. Gold dust adds to its color.

Left: Middle Kingdom 8, with ground pearl, and Middle Kingdom 5, highlighted with ground topaz, both by Kirby, hang above the sofa. Jamie Kirkland’s Heaven’s Gate fits above the mantel.

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Below: An Inuit carved bear stands in front of Splendid Sanctuary by Charlie Burk.

Although Farrington usually prefers abstract art, Burk’s work grew on her as she saw the paintings at the gallery.

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Lois Farrington was not in Santa Fe to buy art. Just visiting, she stopped in Winterowd Fine Art while walking on Canyon Road. A painting

by Tom Kirby stopped her cold. “I was about to cry,” is how she remembers the encounter. She bought the painting and had it shipped to her Washington home on Whidbey Island.

Farrington moved to Santa Fe about a year ago, walking distance from Winterowd. While not necessarily looking to fill her house with art, she added three more of Kirby’s paintings to her collection. She finds the minimalist pieces contain mystery, infinity, and spaciousness. “It just boils down to the simplest thing—reality itself.” While Farrington, a microbiologist, prefers abstract work, “no fluff, no story,” she has added paintings by Jamie Kirkland and Charlie Burk to her home. Both artists paint the landscape with an abstract sensibility.

Farrington appreciates the atmosphere at Winterowd Fine Art, finding the staff welcoming, kind, and willing to engage with anyone who comes through the door. “Sometimes I go in there just to be around Kirby’s paintings,” she admits, knowing that she can’t take them all home.—Lisa J. Van Sickle santafean.com

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Karen and Paul Galindo Botwin Group|Oculus Optical

eye contact glasses that speak volumes

Left: Noting that people look first at your face, Galindo says, “Glasses set the tone of your outfit and enhance how you want to present yourself.” Her collection ranges from red cat eye glasses to retro ovals.

Above: Sunglasses give Galindo another reason to search for unique frames. The black and white octagons are from Face à Face, headquarterted in Paris.

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Left: Karen Galindo in a favorite pair of glasses

by Chrome Hearts. She laughs about their “hot librarian” look.

For many people, eyewear is a necessity, not art. For Karen Galindo and her husband, Paul, they’re “jewelry for your face.”

“There aren’t many things in this world that you can customize the way you can glasses,” Galindo says. Together, she and her husband have over 20 pairs. Their glasses are separate in both prescription and taste. Galindo prefers a feminine aesthetic, Paul a more masculine style. She started collecting eyeglasses 10 years ago.

“I had nice glasses but never anything on point.” People immediately took notice of her emerging style. “You get known for [them] as well. Everyone notices.”

When meeting someone new, the first place they look, Galindo notes, is “around your face.” They make eye contact. “Many communications are nonverbal.”

Some of Galindo’s favorite designs come from Chrome Hearts, Shamballa Eyewear, Face à Face, Morgenthal Frederics, and Francis Klein. It’s hard for Galindo to pick a favorite pair. Currently, she loves the design of a pair of rose gold and tortoise style frames from Chrome Hearts. “They’re so intricate,” she says. For the past three years, Galindo has bought her eyewear from Botwin Group|Oculus Optical here in Santa Fe. “They have a diverse collection. Inventory changes a lot.”—Jervon Perkins

Above: Galindo wears this pair by Francis Klein when she’s wanting a more feminine look. The French company makes each by hand, so no two frames are alike.

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creating a legacy a collection for New Mexico

Sallie Ritter and Dr. Kent Jacobs collect art not just for themselves, but for everyone else as well. They plan to leave their Las Cruces estate and collection of Native American pottery and textiles, as well as their collection of contemporary art, to the Museum of New Mexico Foundation. The property will become part of the New Mexico Museum of Art. “We really believe in this area,” Jacobs explains, noting that he and Ritter want local schoolchildren to have access to museum exhibits nearby, something they did not have growing up in Las Cruces.

In September of 2013, Jacobs and Ritter, a painter herself, stopped in Pippin Contemporary.

Drawn to the work of sculptor Greg Reiche, they purchased Oohm, a tabletop piece made of stone, glass, and steel. Two months later they were back for Mariposa, another tabletop piece. In 2014, Jacobs and Ritter worked with Pippin Contemporary to commission a larger sculpture from Reiche to go outdoors. The result was The Unspeaking Center, limestone surrounding a central square of glass. In 2018, Jacobs commissioned another piece in honor of Ritter’s birthday, Gaia Chalice.

Jacobs and Ritter think highly enough of Reiche that they nominated him for the 2017 Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. Jacobs and Ritter themselves won the award in 2014 as Major Contributors to the Arts.—LVS 34

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Above: Although Greg Reiche’s sculpture Oohm looks monumental in this photo, it is actually tabletop-sized. Oohm was the first piece of Reiche’s sculpture purchased

by Dr. Kent Jacobs and Sallie Ritter for their Las Cruces home.

Sallie Ritter and Dr. Kent Jacobs Greg Reiche Pippin Contemporary

Below: Mariposa, made from sandstone, glass, and copper, was the second Reiche piece Ritter and Jacobs acquired.

Below: Jacobs and Ritter commissioned The Unspeaking Center for the outdoor area of their Las Cruces estate. The large home and their art collection will be left to the Museum of New Mexico Foundation to establish an art museum in Las Cruces.

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David Morice Patricia Aaron Globe Fine Art

graceful graffiti street art meets fine art

Above: Morice’s sister and brother-in-law, who first told Morice about Patricia Aaron’s work, now own Good Morning Sunshine.

David Morice stopped by Globe Fine Art to have a look at work by Patricia Aaron, an artist his brotherin-law was interested in.

Aaron happened to be at the gallery that day. Morice later bought Sweet Bootleg Magic (left), a 38 x 38" encaustic painting.

“Knowing how and why the artist makes the work is important,” says David Morice, who collects Patricia Aaron’s encaustic paintings. “My brotherin-law saw Pat’s work online, and since I was planning to be in Santa Fe, I said I would check it out in person. Pat happened to be at the gallery [Globe Fine Art] when I visited. She was such a lovely person.”

“She told me she was inspired by graffiti she came across on her travels and some of her work was derived from taggers’ work,” says Morice. “Although I initially thought of graffiti as vandalism, she was able to bridge that street art form with the folk art I like. I now have an appreciation for graffiti’s beauty, although I still think that if Picasso painted on the side of your house without approval, it would be vandalism.”

Morice cites personal relationships with gallerists as one of the most important factors in his art collection choices.—EV 36

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Right: New Moon ChaCha shows Patricia Aaron’s fascination with street art.

Patricia Aaron’s painting New Moon ChaCha hangs with other artwork in Morice’s Texas home.

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Karen Mosbacher Ojo Optique

seeing in color eye-popping glasses

Above: Mosbacher’s collection of eyeglasses includes every style, shape, and color.

Right: The texture on these frames sets them apart.

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Left: Karen Mosbacher in her studio. As her painting in the background makes clear, she loves vivid color.

Paint-smudged clothes are an occupational hazard, so she expresses her fashion sense through a collection of eyewear.

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It was on a Santa Fe vacation in 2015 that Karen Mosbacher first spotted the storefront of Ojo Optique. “I actually went in and said, ‘I want a red pair of glasses,’” Mosbacher says. “And [co-owner] Chris [Cain] said, ‘No you don’t.’” Instead, Cain expertly matched her with a pair of violetand-orange frames.

Sporting her new pair of cat eye frames, Mosbacher was bitten by the New Mexico bug, and she and her husband bought a home in town within just a couple of days. She got a second pair of Ojo frames “maybe a month” later as a newly minted Santa Fe resident, and “it started from there”—“it” being a collection of 15 pairs of eyeglasses she has acquired over the last three years.

As Mosbacher—who is herself an artist and works out of a Midtownarea studio—habitually gets paint on her clothes, she prefers to concentrate her fashionable expression in her eyewear. “The glasses are my vice,” she laughs.—DS santafean.com

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Above: Ojo Optique, just north of the Plaza on Lincoln Avenue, is where Mosbacher finds her eyewear. Her collection includes a few pairs of sunglasses, a necessity in New Mexico.

Jeff and Carolyn King

unforgettable

Kevin Red Star (Crow) Sorrel Sky Gallery

dreaming about a painting

Above: Tipi: Night Lodge at the Beartooths, the first Kevin Red Star painting purchased by the Kings, hangs above the door. On the left is Crow Indian Woman at a Montana Fair. The Kings bought it straight off Red Star’s wall while visiting him in Montana. At right hangs Parade of Crow Indian War Party with Feather Coup Sticks at Alligator Creek, a piece the Kings commissioned.

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Left: Sparrow Hawk, a portrait by Kevin Red Star, hangs next to the fireplace. The Kings found this painting in a gallery in Montana.

“I never set out to be an art collector,” Jeff King says. An attorney, King spent most of his life in Tulsa. A family trip to Taos and Santa Fe in the mid-1980s left King and his wife, Carolyn, feeling that they had arrived home, and they returned often.

Visiting Santa Fe in the late 1980s, the Kings wandered into a downtown gallery where Jeff saw a painting he couldn’t forget. He returned to Tulsa without it, but kept dreaming about the image. Next trip back, the painting was still at the gallery and he put it on layaway. That was Tipi: Night Lodge at the Beartooths, the Kings’ first Kevin Red Star. They bought a second in Montana, where Red Star lives, and commissioned a third. They bought another off the wall at Red Star’s home.

The Kings put collecting art on hold for a time, but after a move to Santa Fe a couple of years ago they acquired two more pieces. “A friendly, downto-earth person,” is Jeff ’s description of Red Star after renewing their acquaintance with him at Sorrel Sky Gallery. Although they own a few pieces by other painters, “He’s the main artist we collect.”—LVS

Above: After their move to Santa Fe, the Kings were delighted to meet up with Red Star at Sorrel Sky Gallery.

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Ann and Alan Bogdanow

bringing the outdoors in

Matthew Higginbotham Mark White Fine Art

love for the landscape

Left: The Bogdanows commissioned Acequia Series X, a 48 x 48" oil painting, for their Santa Fe vacation home. The home is decorated in reds and corals, and they wanted a painting that would fit with the décor.

Ann and Alan Bogdanow discovered Matthew Higginbotham through visits to their friend Phyllis Kapp’s Waxlander Gallery. The 42-year Dallas residents commissioned their first of the artist’s imposing, light-washed landscapes in 2005 to fit the red and coral color scheme in their then-newly purchased second home in Santa Fe. When Higginbotham arrived to install the piece, Ann laughingly recalls, the couple bought two more paintings on the spot, from the back of his truck.

The outdoors-loving Bogdanows appreciate how Higginbotham’s expansive canvases bestow their walls with an escape to New Mexico’s vistas and lightscapes. As lawyer Alan attests, “[Higginbotham’s paintings] are very soothing” after a hard day’s work.

Waxlander closed in 2017, but Ann says she and Alan make a habit of “stopping by” Higginbotham’s new home at Mark White Fine Art, where they recently bought their ninth piece by the artist.—DS 40

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Below: Ann and Alan Bogdanow are fans of Matthew Higginbotham’s paintings, and of the artist himself. “He’s just such a good guy,” says Ann. Chama Canyon, a 24 x 24" oil painting, is typical of Higginbotham’s work.

Left: When the Bogdanows can’t be in Santa Fe, or are in Santa Fe but can’t be outdoors, Higginbotham’s paintings— like Eldorado Storm—bring the Santa Fe landscape indoors.

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Journey in Abstraction Winterowd Fine Art 701 Canyon fineartsantafe.com March 22–31 Reception March 22, 5–7 pm

After many years of painting watercolors, Charlie Burk switched to oil in 1999. Burk’s current paintings are much larger than is practical in watercolor, measuring as much as four or five feet in either direction. He continues to paint the landscape, although his current work shows a fascination with abstraction.

Rather than paint huge, sweeping vistas, Burk’s gaze goes toward the earth and zeros in on the long and lush grasses that grow wild. He explores light and shadow, color, pattern, and form in the blades of grass, the angles they create, the spikelets that punctuate the blades, and the sunlight illuminating the shapes of the landscape behind the grass.—Lisa J. Van Sickle

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studio studio

horse tales weaving stories in horsehair

by Efraín Villa photographs by Gabriella Marks

Above: Jane Chavez in her studio. Above right: El Coralino, the largest basket she has made so far, measures 5 x 9 1/2". Tiny coral embellishments gave the piece its title. It took Chavez over three months to complete— ”Forever,” she says.

Below: Each basket has a story to tell. The piece on the right was commissioned by an old friend of Chavez’s to commemorate her mare, Jazz. The horse’s name is inscribed on the silver medallion at the basket’s bottom.

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Luxuriant tails whimsically emerging from Jane Chavez’s vibrant, horsehair baskets lend a touch of fragility to her bold creations. The Fulbright scholar and former ecology teacher takes two weeks to a month to weave and embellish each basket with organic materials and hand-stamped silver.

Her trademark designs begin with lengths of horsehair she obtains from a Washington company that sources it from Mongolia. For commissioned pieces, Chavez collects horsehair, photographs, and personal stories from the horse owner. “The horse’s story informs the basket,” says Chavez. “Sometimes if someone had a special horse for 20 years and it dies, they want something to remind them of the horse.”

Her commissioned pieces can commemorate live horses as well, without harming the horse.

For the center foundation of the basket, Chavez cuts a medallion from a sheet of sterling silver and adorns it using a large collection of jewelry stamps, including some she fashions herself out of nails. “The sterling silver puts everything into perspective,” says Chavez.

“There is always something fascinating to look at in the inside of the basket; you can see everything about the work from that angle.”

Above: Chavez starts each basket by making a silver medallion, then winding the horsehair around it. She always weaves clockwise.

Left: Chavez’s stock of Mongolian horsehair, in multiple colors.

She begins coiling the horsehair and multicolored sinews in a clockwise pattern around the silver.

“Traditionally, Native Americans coil their baskets counterclockwise,” Chavez says. “This is the way I have been doing it since 1992. My Native American weaver friends respect my technique, and I have a lot of admiration for theirs.”

She finishes each basket by embellishing it with coral, beads, feathers, bone, and fetishes attached with fishing line. Every piece is given a Spanish name according to its “personality,” a bow to the artist’s Argentine upbringing.

Jane Chavez, Sage Creek Gallery, 421 Canyon, sagecreekgallery.com

Below: Celaje (The Color of Clouds), 2 1/2 x 4 1/2". The white sinew and red seed beads represent the color of clouds at different times of day. Chavez notes that going outdoors each and every morning and evening to feed her horse deepens her appreciation of the New Mexico sky.

Cebra de Santa Fe takes its name from the alternating black-and-white, zebra-like pattern. Chavez developed a technique to work with two bundles of horsehair at once.

The affection between Chavez and her mustang, Remington, is clear.

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Touching Stone—a Journey of the Mind Edition ONE Gallery P RE V IE W S 728 Canyon editiononegallery.com February 1–28 Reception February 8, 4–7 pm A Japanese aesthetic will be on display in February when Edition ONE Gallery welcomes photographer Tim Wong and calligrapher Akiko Hirano. Wong’s black-and-white photos show a figure, shrouded in black, moving through the landscapes of Japan, the American Southwest, and other areas. Hirano’s calligraphy, black ink applied to paper with a brush in the traditional Japanese manner, complements the photos. Wong and Hirano have worked together for more than 20 years.

The two artists and Edition ONE are taking part in the Santa Fe Artist in Residence program. Hirano and Wong will be at the gallery every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in February from 4–7 pm. The public is invited to the gallery to meet the artists and discuss their work.—LVS Above left: Tim Wong, Transcendence No. 1, selenium-toned silver gelatin print, 14 x 9" Above right: Akiko Hirano, I have always known that at last I would take this road but yesterday I did not know that it would be today, ink on Japanese paper, 14 x 9"

Above: Victoria Taylor-Gore, Hills of Snow and Fire, pastel on paper, 8 x 18"

Heartfelt Expressions Alexandra Stevens Fine Art 820 Canyon alexandrastevens.com February 15–28 Reception February 15, 5:30–7 pm February is the month of Cupid, heart-shaped chocolates, and love songs. It creates the perfect environment for artistic inspiration to run free. Heartfelt Expressions, an exhibit of paintings and sculpture hosted by Alexandra Stevens Gallery of Fine Art, pays homage to the theme of love in this annual exhibition. The gallery’s established artists—Katrina Howarth, Peggy McGivern, G.E. Griffith, Phil Epp, Walker Moore, E. Melinda Morrison, Jody Rigsby, Jeannine Young, Victoria Taylor-Gore, and Ruth Valerio—will have new work on display. Opening night kicks off with the gallery’s artists, hosts, and collectors all in attendance. The art shown expresses a variety of types of love: love for New Mexico’s desert landscape, love for one’s home, and love between two people.—Jervon Perkins

Women on the Wall Manitou Galleries 225 Canyon manitougalleries.com March 8–April 7 Reception March 8, 5–7:30 pm Manitou Galleries presents a month-long exhibit of art by four women. PJ Garoutte, Martha Goetz, and Martha Pettigrew share gallery space with the work of Gene Kloss (1903–1996), née Alice Geneva Glasier. A native of California, Kloss fell in love with the Taos area on a honeymoon visit in 1925, eventually relocating to Taos. She enjoyed a long and illustrious career as a printmaker, and she is remembered for her etchings, aquatints, and other prints of the peoples of Taos Pueblo and Northern New Mexico.

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Heyoka Merrifield: The Kachina Collection Tresa Vorenberg Goldsmiths 656 Canyon tvgoldsmiths.com February 1–2 Receptions February 1 and 2, 12–5 pm Heyoka Merrifield is a writer, sculptor, and teacher when he’s not making jewelry in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley. He brings a collection of jewelry to Canyon Road inspired by a Corn Kachina dance he attended years ago in a Hopi village. Merrifield has spent decades exploring his own Native American heritage and the ceremonies of other Native and ancient cultures around the world.

Merrifield’s jewelry incorporates symbols from ancient Egypt, India, and Celtic cultures as well as Native American imagery. “From [these] inspirational sources I create jewelry and sculptures that depict the Kachina powers I have experienced in similar ceremonies all over our magical planet Earth.” His jewelry has appears in several films and has been owned by Glen Campbell, George Harrison, Stevie Nicks, and other performers.—LVS

Bel Canto: Contemporary Artists Explore Opera SITE Santa Fe 1606 Paseo de Peralta sitesantafe.org March 15–September 1 Eight contemporary artists from North and South America, Europe, and Africa examine the traditions of opera through the lens of current concepts of race, gender, and class. Candida Höfer and Mattias Schaller, both German photographers, explore architecture. Höfer looks at some of the world’s most famous opera houses, while Mattias Schaller shows the singers’ view from 150 Italian stages. Bill Viola, United States, presents Becoming Light, a 2005 video inspired by Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, a 19th century retelling of a medieval tale of forbidden love. Portuguese artist Vasco Araújo’s installation of a fictional diva’s dressing room will take on gender roles in opera. Watch for lectures, concerts, and other events during the show’s run.—LVS Above: Vasco Araújo, Diva, a portrait, 2000, dressing table, clothing rack, props, fresh flowers, 16 black-andwhite photos, Antonio Cachola Collection, Portugal

Left: Heyoka Merrifield, Spirit Kachina Eagle, 24-kt yellow gold, sterling silver, turquoise, 2 x 1 1/4", 18" chain

Cirque de la Vie: A Vibration Eye on the Mountain Art Gallery 614 Agua Fria eyeonthemountaingallery.com March 2–30 Reception March 3, 5–9 pm Shelly Johnson, an artist from Madrid, New Mexico, presents paintings from her Cirque de la Vie series, a five-year exploration of people and performance. Her pop art style incorporates vivid color fields, hard edges, and fragments of words. They have the look of mid-century serigraphs, although each painting is an original.

Johnson says, “I paint because it drives me. I want to touch people. I want them to walk into my canvas and feel the life.” The opening reception includes live music, fire dancing, and refreshments.—LVS

Above: Shelly Johnson, Cirque #4, enamel on wood, 24 x 28"

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27th National Pastel Painting Exhibition Sorrel Sky Gallery 125 W Palace sorrelsky.com March 1–31 Reception March 1, 5–7:30 pm Formed in 1989, the Pastel Society of New Mexico (PSNM) began holding juried exhibitions just two years later. PSNM members come from more than half the states in the nation, and the show is considered one of the country’s most prestigious. Around 150 artists submit up to three pastel paintings they have completed in the last two years for consideration. Jurors Brian Cobble, Alan Flattmann, and Sally Strand, nationally esteemed pastel artists, select about 140 pieces for inclusion in the show, and Michael Chesley Johnson will handle the final judging. There are no limits on subject matter—portrait, landscape, and still life all will be well represented.—LVS Above: Natasha Isenhour, Dimming of the Day, pastel on panel, 16 x 20"

Hearts on Fire Brad Smith Gallery 812 Canyon bradsmithgallery.com February 15–20 Love and passion go hand-in-hand with Brad Smith’s paintings, which are on display in his eponymous gallery. Working “from his heart,” Smith presents Hearts on Fire, a show that features romantically themed paintings. Smith is quite the romantic himself—inspiration for his works come from unseen forces.

“It cannot be explained and takes me to places I have never seen before and will never understand,” he says of the drives that compel him to paint. Smith’s artworks on display feature his signature contemporary romanticism and abstract expressionist style, balanced with musical undertones.—JP

Above: Brad Smith, I Love You Baby, oil on canvas, 20 x 16"

Indigenous Visionaries Blue Rain Gallery 544 S Guadalupe blueraingallery.com February 22–March 16 Reception February 22, 5–7 pm Blue Rain Gallery presents a two-man show for Chris Pappan (Kaw/ Osage/Cheyenne River Lakota Sioux) and Starr Hardridge (Muscogee Creek Nation). Both men combine Native American imagery with a contemporary approach. Pappan shows ledger art. He uses a combination of traditional flat-style painting and highly detailed portraits to explore past and present complexities of Native American heritage.

Hardridge uses abstracted forms, color, and pattern in his paintings, much of it taken from Muscogee design and imagery. He applies paint in tiny dots, which gives his finished pieces a striking resemblance to beadwork.

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Above: Starr Hardridge, Return to the Severed Garden, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 24”

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P RE V IE W S Buffalo and Buckskin 7 Arts Gallery 125 Lincoln bekyefargason.com March 2–30 Reception March 8, 5–7 pm Bekye Fargason is best known around Santa Fe and nationally for her decorative painting, the application of intricate color and texture, including metal leaf, to the interior walls of fine homes. She uses many of the same techniques in her fine art, which she is showing at 7 Arts Gallery.

Fargason lived and worked in New York and New Orleans before giving in to a lifelong longing to live in the West, surrounded by the people and the landscape she finds inspiring. Her paintings of Native American artifacts and ceremonial dress are highly textured, almost sculptural, and they change as the ambient light in a room shifts.—LVS

Above: Bekye Fargason, Ceremonial Dress, oil, metallic leaf, plaster, and wax on canvas, 48 x 48" Right: Mary Jo Hatch, Begonia Buddies, oil on canvas, 24 x 30"

Left: Max Weber, The Apollo in Matisse’s Studio, oil on canvas, 23 x 18"

Max Weber: Becoming Modern Gerald Peters Gallery 1005 Paseo de Peralta gpgallery.com March 15–May 17 Reception March 15, 5–7 pm Max Weber (1881–1961) is credited with dragging the reluctant art world in the United States from the embrace of 19th century impressionism to an acceptance of 20th century modern art. Weber was born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Bialystok, a part of the Russian Empire that is now Poland, emigrating to the United States 10 years later.

He went to Paris as a student in 1905, planning a traditional course of study. The work of Matisse, Picasso, and Cézanne introduced him to the avant-garde, however, and Weber returned to the United States a committed modernist. His early exhibitions in the U.S. garnered a public and critical response that was downright vicious, but by 1930 he was given a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, the first awarded to an American artist. The show at Gerald Peters Gallery includes drawings, paintings, prints, and sculpture from the years 1905–1930.—LVS

Artwork Within 7 Arts Gallery 125 Lincoln Ave 7arts.gallery February 1–28 Reception February 1, 5–7 pm Hosted by 7 Arts Gallery, artist Mary Jo Hatch’s solo show, Artwork Within, focuses on her greatest passion– the spiritual and emotional lives of plants. Houseplants are the subject matter for the oil paintings in the show, placed in both intimate garden and interior settings.

Hatch packed her bags and moved to Santa Fe late last year, bringing with her a written and artistic knowledge of plants. Inspiration for her artistic path came after a younger Hatch was moved by the death of her houseplants 30 years ago, when several of them sacrificed their lives while she was preoccupied with finishing her first book. Artwork Within is Hatch’s first exhibition in Santa Fe.—JP february/march 2019

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Since Taos: Contraction of Mass, Concision of Thought form & concept 435 S Guadalupe formandconcept.center February 22–April 20 Artist talk February 22, 4–5 pm Reception February 22, 5–7 pm Fiber artist Lisa Klakulak left Taos in 2001 for North Carolina. The ensuing years have found her studying, teaching, and traveling from Patagonia to Hawaii to her current home in Nova Scotia, where she is pursuing an MFA in sculpture. Klakulak returns to New Mexico to present a show of 13 sculptures.

Klakulak considers the body of work autobiographical, a record of the many phases of her life since Taos, “leaps of faith” she has taken pursuing her career, and her feelings about the world and her place in it. Her medium is wool felt. Aware that fiber arts are considered women’s work, Klakulak finds the inherent strength of felt, hidden by a soft exterior, an apt metaphor. Klakulak teaches a felting workshop through form & concept February 23–24. Contact the gallery for registration.—LVS

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Above: Lisa Klakulak, Entrapment, wool fiber, silk fabric, waxed linen, cotton fill, repurposed peach stone, seed pods, fan cage, old keys, 13 x 10 x 6"

Color Snaps Globe Fine Art 727 Canyon globefineart.com March 22–April 22 Reception March 22, 4–6 PM Ginnie Cappaert’s paintings are the end result of 30–40 layers of oil paint and other media, added, scraped away, dissolved into one another, and rebuilt. The finished paintings are landscapes, although they portray mood and atmosphere more than specific landforms. She uses texture and color to render a serene and unspoiled view of nature.

The group of paintings in Color Snaps are small—as little as 6 x 6"— while previous work was measured in feet rather than inches. She intends the small pieces to show the beauty and importance of fragments, not just the big view. Cappaert divides her time between Door County, Wisconsin, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.—LVS

Below: Roger Wilbur, buckle, Kingman turquoise and silver, 1 1/4 x 2 1/2" Above: Ginnie Cappaert, Meandering, oil and cold wax on panel, 6 x 6"

Bubbles and Bling Manitou Galleries 123 West Palace Ave manitougalleries.com February 1—28 Reception February 1, 5–7:30 pm The annual February trunk show for Palace Jewelers at Manitou Galleries, Bubbles and Bling, is both a gallery opening and a party. Come for the Native, contemporary, and vintage jewelry and stay for the hors d’oeuvres, live music, and—of course—champagne. If you’re looking for a Valentine’s Day gift, Bubbles and Bling offers a selection of gold, silver, and turquoise creations. Featured jewelers at the show include Bernadette Lopez, Jennifer Curtis (Navajo), Steve Taylor, Kenneth Johnson (Muscogee/Seminole), Wes Willie (Navajo), Nicholas Cunningham, Roger Wilbur, and GL Miller. —JP

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Vigas over a century old slope downward in the kitchen, part of the original three rooms of Keith Gorges and Ricardo Sanchez’s Eastside home. Gorges handcarved the only viga that had to be replaced into the rectangular base of the island’s chandelier. Flamed and polished granite countertops, new appliances, and sleek, modern fixtures by Santa Fe By Design perfectly complement the glossy, cobalt blue cabinetry.

DESPITE THE FACT THAT his company, Tierra Concepts, builds mostly new houses, co-owner Keith Gorges loves a good remodel—particularly when the property in question is a piece of Santa Fe history. The Eastside adobe that spoke to Gorges and his partner, Ricardo Sanchez, was built in the late 1880s as a small dry goods store, but over time morphed into a patched-together, multifamily residence. When its ceilings, walls, and floors were opened up, the old house revealed itself as a marvel of craftsmanship and traditional New Mexico materials.

Mindful of the home’s contribution to Santa Fe history, but also wanting to express their fondness for contemporary design, its new caretakers have respectfully— indeed, lovingly—balanced old and new in their home. Read all about it on page 52. february/march 2019

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behind these walls a renovated historic Eastside home confidently reveals its secrets

by Amy Gro s s Above: The interiors reflect the owners’ preference for modernist furnishings, meaningful art (much of it

by Gorges’s brother Kevin Gorges), handmade pieces such as the dining room table, and a few cherished family antiques. A huge, spherical pendant light from Moooi looms above the handmade dining table; it glows, moon-like, at night.

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WHEN YOU’RE A HOMEBUILDER remodeling your own home, the years of experience you’ve acquired building other people’s residences certainly comes in handy. You’re less apt to make rash decisions, for example, and you probably have a more realistic budget in mind than many of the clients you build for. But as Keith Gorges, one of the partners at Tierra Concepts Inc., knows all too well, bringing that much knowledge and expertise to a personal project also has a downside.

“I’m my own worst client,” he admits ruefully.

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done from an intellectual standpoint. It seems really simple when you look at it, but the decisionmaking was very challenging!”

Gorges and his partner of 15 years, Ricardo Sanchez, have done one new build and, most recently, two remodels together—a cool renovation of a Casa Solana Stamm, and their current home, a classic, Eastside Santa Fe adobe.

The oldest three rooms of the house were built in 1889 as a dry goods store, owned and operated by the Vigil family. “My understanding from Louella Vigil is that when Palace Avenue went in, the family moved the store and created the Palace

“I saw these vigas, and they were beautiful—almost perfect. And they’d been hidden for, God only knows, maybe 100 years.”

Above, right: Like many old Santa Fe houses, this one has its little quirks and charming eccentricities.

The master bedroom is “just a little crooked,” says Sanchez. “It was hard to figure out where the middle was in order to place furniture.”

Right: Nowhere in the home is the owners’ deep reverence for adobe more evident than in the powder bath, where one wall of bricks was left exposed. Modern finishes and fixtures reflect Gorges and Sanchez’s desire for a harmonious blend of old and new.

Grocery,” says Gorges. The dry goods store was converted at some point into a residence, and in the style of many an Eastside Santa Fe home, was added onto over the years in a jumble of interconnected rooms that expanded the square footage for multiple families.

When Sanchez saw it was for sale, he and Gorges were at once taken aback by the decrepit state of the building, and yet thrilled by its possibilities.

“Ricardo’s family goes back forever in New Mexico, and he always gravitated to these older structures—and so did I,” says Gorges. “But we also had a lot of interest in more modern architecture and design. Our dream when we were looking was to find something that had some architectural roots and some history to it, but that we could adapt in a more contemporary way, or at least parts of it.”

“Without compromising the integrity of the historic structure!” Sanchez adds. “We’ve tried to preserve as much of the building as we could, and reuse materials as much as we could as well.”

Gorges jumped at the chance to collaborate with architect A. Christopher Purvis, whose expertise as a former president of the Historic Districts Review Board was invaluable throughout the project. The south-facing walls of the original three rooms— today the kitchen, dining room, and living room— were deemed a contributing façade, the most restrictive of the tiers of historic value. Windows there were rebuilt and repaired rather than replaced.

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Snugged into a steep hillside by a concrete retaining wall, the house is utterly private, despite its close proximity to neighbors.

More spa than bathroom, the dreamy master bath (above) is suffused in natural light through abundant glass. While the original part of the house maintains its Southwest-style feel and features, the master bath, at the farthest end, was designed to be the most contemporary area; concrete floors, a frameless shower, and an angular freestanding tub deliver that fresh aesthetic.

The master bedroom and bath—the latter part of an addition to the original house—open gracefully to an east-facing portal, from which Buddy, one of three family dachshunds, surveys his beautifully landscaped domain.

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that suggest it might have been a Prohibition-era bottle dump. Gorges was astonished to discover, behind a panel drop ceiling (such as you might find in a commercial building), there was a second panel drop ceiling. And behind that, a treasure. “I saw these vigas, and they were beautiful—almost perfect,” Gorges marvels. “And they’d been hidden for, God only knows, maybe 100 years.” Even more amazing, though bowed from a century of dirt piled atop the roof, the vigas snapped back once the dirt was removed.

Only one of the vigas was damaged, so Gorges and a colleague turned it into a light fixture in the kitchen, hand-chiseling it into a rectangular shape using an adze. “We didn’t use a power tool to make it square; we did it all by hand,” he says.

“It was part of honoring the wood, and the history of the wood.”

Even as they revered the house’s roots, history, and old materials, Gorges and Sanchez thoughtfully imparted their modernist sensibilities into the project by utilizing traditional materials in a more contemporary way—an aesthetic Tierra Concepts calls contextual modern. “We wanted a house that literally went through the ages, from when the original rooms were built to more contemporary architecture,” Gorges explains. To

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16 Sendero Del Oso Located in Rio en Medio, this charming property features lush landscaping, orchards, an acequia, and organic vegetable gardens. Built by Andrew Geer in 1990, the two-story main home features adobe construction, a pitched roof, vigas, Saltillo tile and wood flooring, and a deep portal. It offers two bedrooms, one and a half baths, a cozy kitchen, and a combined living and dining space. Recently remodeled, the main home features an upgraded in-floor radiant heating system, new Andersen windows, a solar water heating system, stainless steel appliances, new cabinetry, and granite countertops. Visitors will feel right at home in a separate guest space/studio complete with a bedroom, one and a half baths, a library, and small kitchen equipped with all the necessary amenities. The house and guest house together measure 3,260 square feet.

List price: $885,000

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that end, the most distant part in the house is the newest, an addition to the previous buildings that became the spectacular, contemporary master bathroom.

Warm, comfortable, and eminently livable, this tastefully remodeled home and property is a sanctuary and retreat for its two busy owners, who both work full-time and have hobbies that frequently take them away from their home (Gorges is a mountain climber and Sanchez plays competitive volleyball). It’s perhaps a testament to the strength of their relationship that they have not only completed three complicated projects together and remained a couple, but that they’ve actually devised a strategy for working through each project’s inevitable challenges and learning to love and embrace the process, come what may. Along the way, they’ve developed a style of architecture and design wholly their own.

Neither harbors any illusions that this home will be their last, but they’re honored to be its stewards and caretakers until the next enticing design and build opportunity comes along.

“I think anybody who’s close to a designer or builder sort of allows for the freedom of creativity and change, and at this point I think the process is fun, too,” says Sanchez.

“And I’ve learned that a house we’ve loved isn’t just our space; it can be somebody else’s space.”

Contact: Linda Murphy, 505-982-4466, Santa Fe Properties, lindamurphy.com

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Below: The façade looks essentially the same as it did 130 years ago, with the original windows and door openings.

Gorgeous architecture and elegant style combine in this lovely Northwest Santa Fe home.

Sited on over three acres, the 3,929-square-foot Territorial-style abode features open and airy interiors including three bedrooms, two full baths, and one half bath. In the heart of the home is a spacious living room with French doors that capture stunning views of mountains and New Mexico sunsets. Home chefs will love the large kitchen, which boasts high-end appliances, plenty of counter space, and a dining area with a fireplace to keep the entire room warm and cozy. The master suite is the perfect place to retire after a long day, offering a fireplace, great views, and a bathroom complete with a jetted soaking tub.

Outdoors, there’s plenty of space to entertain with large, open patios that seamlessly flow from the outside in. Located near Tano Road, the home is privately tucked away yet just minutes from all the best Santa Fe has to offer.

List price: $1.475 million Contact: Abigail Davidson, 505-954-5520, Sotheby’s International Realty, sothebyshomes.com february/march 2019

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The Palace of the Governors is the oldest government building in the United States. Rumor has long hinted that the Palace is connected to other Downtown buildings by an elaborate system of tunnels.

Santa Fe’s historic tunnels truth or legend? story and photographs by Efraín Villa

Above: Pictographs found in caves, like this one in Utah, are signs that ancient peoples explored the worlds beneath the Earth’s surface.

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ON DANK CAVE WALLS, outstretched palms stenciled by prehistoric artists tell us that long before we dwelled in towering skyscrapers above the land, we sought sanctuary beneath it. The subterranean world has always beckoned humanity, where in the darkest recesses of the planet we huddled, worshipped, dreamed, and schemed.

Today, touchscreens illuminate almost every moment of our lives in both the figurative and literal sense. Access to instant fact-checking dissuades storytellers from getting too colorful, often putting the brakes on a good tale before phones are summoned to sort truth from fiction. Yet, for all our technological advancements, we are far from banishing our obsession with the unknown that lies deep beneath our feet.

In this oldest state capital, where “We’re open, come on in” signs are ubiquitous, sometimes it is the doors that are shuttered that truly captivate us. Local folklore tells of a network of historic tunnels used by Santa Fe’s gentry to discreetly enter and exit a saloon in Burro Alley run by Doña Tules, “The Mexican Queen of Sin,”

Left: The building on the corner of Lincoln and Marcy that is home to Windsor Betts Art Brokerage House has a mysterious opening in the basement, which is blocked by wooden slats and iron bars. Alex Betts, the business owner, speculates that the basement is connected to the nearby Palace of the Governors.

Above: The subterranean world has had a firm grasp on the human imagination for millennia. The world’s oldest cave paintings are estimated to be at least 30,000 years old—and perhaps far, far older. Human fascination with what is underground has not faded.

as she was referred to by American newspapers in the 19th century.

There are also stories that the tunnels were excavated by Governor Antonio de Otermín and Spanish colonists as a way to escape during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.

“I’ve seen the tunnels,” says Karim Jundi, a Santa Fean who lived in La Posada as a child when his family ran the hotel. “In the basement of the hotel there was a perfectly round tunnel opening lined with red bricks, but access was blocked by ornate bars.”

“The bars blocking the tunnel entrance in my basement are standard bars,” says Alex Betts, owner of the Windsor Betts Art Brokerage House one block north of the Plaza. In her underground utility closet, accessed through a tiny elevator, an opening is sealed with wooden slats and metal rods. “This building was built by a doctor, and I think it’s connected to the Palace of the Governors. Maybe the doctor used it to secretly treat patients.”

“I heard the city government doesn’t want anyone to find out it exists,” says Miguel Martinez, a lifelong New Mexican resident recalling a Santa Fe story he was told years ago. “I think the tunnel system was built before the Spanish arrived.”

Inquiries about what lies beneath Santa Fe eventually lead to archeologist Cordelia “Dedie” Snow. An expert on excavations around the Plaza, her scientific explanations are often pitted against popular legends. “I have the terrible habit of bursting people’s bubbles,” Snow says between sighs. Despite demonstrating that General de Vargas is not buried beneath Palace Avenue, pointing out that red bricks were not widely available in Santa Fe until the 1870s, arguing barred openings typically lead to utility shafts, and proving that Santa Fe’s water table makes historic tunnels an engineering impossibility, Snow cherishes the power of story. “People find it necessary to invent tradition to explain something in ways that makes them feel comfortable,” she says. “In our 1991 excavation, most of our volunteers were absolutely convinced there were tunnels. One man became so irate when we couldn’t find them, he stormed off and we never heard from him again.”

In an age when a simple swipe of our thumbs or a few strokes on a keyboard can kill beautiful legacies built on imagination, it is no wonder we so tightly cling to the allure of fanciful myth. Sometimes remaining in the dark and wondering about what we can’t see is simply more interesting than the alternative. february/march 2019

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Alexandra Stevens Fine Art Gallery Peggy McGivern, School Picture, mixed media on canvas, 18 x 24” “Heartfelt Expressions” an all gallery exhibition showcasing the gallery’s established artists Peggy McGivern, Katrina Howarth, G.E.Griffith, Jeannine Young, Victoria Taylor-Gore, Jody Rigsby, Ruth Valerio, Walker Moore, E. Melinda Morrison, Phil Epp. Opening Night: Friday, February 15 5:30 to 7:00 pm.

The show runs through February 28th.

820 Canyon Rd across from the public parking lot 505-988-1311 alexandrastevens.com

Joe Wade Fine Art Melissa Weinman, Autumn Morning Fly Fishing, oil, 12 x 9” Joe Wade Fine Art, Santa Fe’s premier art gallery since 1971, offers an extensive collection of emerging, established, and acclaimed artists’ work. The gallery, located one block south of the historic Santa Fe Plaza, in El Centro, showcases a varied selection of original paintings and bronze sculptures year-round. Open Monday–Saturday 10 am–5 pm and Sunday 10 am–4 pm.

102 E Water St, 505-988-2727 joewadefineart.com

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Ojo Optique Elevating Santa Fe’s optical experience with refreshing and artistic independent eyewear. The world’s most exquisite and innovative designers are represented to create the most striking collection of frames available. Specializing in sun- and prescription-ready frames, precise adjustments, superior custom and Rx lenses, and unparalleled service.

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Presents Heyoka Merrifield’s “Kachina Collection” Artist Reception: February 1 & 2 from 12-5 pm Show continues through March 31 656 Canyon Road 505-988-7215 TVGoldsmiths.com

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Douglas Merriam

Pho Ava Vietnamese restaurant serves a delicious combination beef noodle pho, topped with fresh jalapeño, bean sprouts, and cilantro.

They serve a vegetarian pho as well.

Nothing chases the cold away better than a steaming hot bowl of soup. At Pho Ava Vietnamese restaurant, it’s the combination beef noodle pho. Redolent of star anise, a dash of cinnamon, then gussied up with fresh jalapeño, Thai basil, cilantro, and scallions, this tasty broth will prepare you for the slopes or thaw your soul après ski this winter. One might add rare shaved beef, brisket, meatballs, seafood, or chicken to the noodles, and bean sprouts give the requisite crunch. Add a squirt of Sriracha or a dollop of fried chili paste if you want to increase the heat level; you will find yourself licking the bowl once you finish. Start with an order of the fiery chicken wings or grilled pork spring rolls, then settle in and prepare to warm the cockles of your heart. Vegetarians can ask for a veggie version. This soup travels well should you decide to enjoy it hearthside in front of your roaring fire. The pho at Pho Ava is certainly the real deal, but if it weren’t would it be faux pho?—John Vollertsen Pho Ava Vietnamese, 2430 Cerrillos, 505-557-6572 february/march 2019

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Hervé Wine Bar, on San Francisco Street west of the Plaza, is St. Clair Winery and Bistro's fifth and newest establishment.

Hervé Wine Bar sip and savor I recently had the occasion and the challenge to entertain both a vegetarian and a vegan for a lunch downtown on a busy holiday weekend. The prospect seemed daunting, but as I explored the online menu at the new Hervé Wine Bar, I was delighted to see that the options were plentiful for both dietary regimens. The question remained—would the meat-free dishes and in some cases animal product–bereft options be delicious? They were. All three of us left happy, content, and without me planning to sneak a strip of bacon when I went home mid-afternoon.

The dramatic setting of the new eatery and wine bar is a testament to why the space has housed so many establishments. It’s got everything going for it: a downtown location, a spacious dining area, vaulted ceiling with skylights, and cozy nooks and crannies not found in other local joints. I’m hoping that Hervé enjoys a long and healthy tenancy. It’s named for Hervé Lescombes, the patriarch of the St. Clair wine family, whose vineyards are west of Deming, New Mexico. They have been bottling wine since 1984. The Santa Fe location joins four other companyowned bistros statewide that showcase the wines of this sixth generation of vintners.

Initially I thought the food menu was devised as a simple adjunct to the idea of sampling the various wines offered, but I think management soon realized they had a captive audience, given the prime location. The menu continues to grow and develop. Everything we sampled was delicious and burst with flavor—not simply there to soak up the wine, but to happily pair with it and augment the palate play.

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Having a hard time choosing from the menu? Try the Hervé board. Cured meats, cheeses, country paté, mostarda, jam, dried fruits, cornichons, almonds, chutney, and chocolate give you plenty of flavor.

Left: Hervé Wine Bar's menu boasts eight unique and hearty bruschetta combinations. Choices include roasted grapes with goat cheese and locally cured salmon with green chile cream cheese.

Although it is lunchtime and all of us are returning to work, we can’t pass up the opportunity to have a few sips of the wines on offer. Don’t worry, there are smaller-sized flight options for daytime sampling. We try the Lescombes limited release and vintage options as I was unfamiliar with them but very familiar with the regular St. Clair varieties. Two whites and two reds arrive as we peruse the menu.

Bruschetta features prominently on the small plates section and each and every one sounds scrumptious. We choose hummus with roasted red pepper, sundried tomato, and feta; tomato, basil, and mozzarella; roasted grapes with goat cheese and lavender honey; and apple with Brie and pistachio—yum! The manager, Marilyn, hearing of my penchant for porcine pleasures, happily takes pity on me and sends over an order of bacon-wrapped dates, just what the doctor ordered. My lunch dates turn away as I devour the Parmesan stuffed nubs.

The bruschetta are hefty and a bargain given their size—good news for downtown workers looking for a wallet-friendly meal. A nifty idea for a main course is the half panini/bowl of soup option (today a zippy tomato basil bisque) with my chosen grilled cheese, plump with green chile pimento cheese and buttery toasted country bread—delish. A roasted butternut squash salad easily becomes vegan sans the bacon, satisfying with greens, sunflower seeds, dried apricots, and luscious dressing. Watch for more specials to continue to fill out the menu this winter.

Our wine sampling gives us a delightful peek into the Lescombes category. Though not a chardonnay fan, I am impressed with the crispness and flinty notes of the chardonnay while also enjoying the sauvignon blanc–like chenin blanc with the appetizers. Our cabernet sauvignon is perhaps too heavy for lunchtime imbibing, but the pinot noir pairs nicely with my rich grilled cheese.

Don’t miss the dessert sampler, another bargain at $7. I love finishing a last sip of red with chocolate, so both the fudgy brownie and chocolate tarts do the trick. For a lighter sweet, opt for the bracing espresso poured over gelato for a boost to get you back to work.

Congratulations to the St. Clair group on transforming this beautiful space into a classy addition to our restaurant scene. Don’t forget to stop in the wine shop on the way out the door to purchase a bottle of your new favorite. Cheers!—JV

Above: Bacon-wrapped dates with melted aged Parmesan cheese and a balsamic reduction will please the meat lovers at the table.

Don't forget Hervé Wine Bar's desserts.

Chocolate lovers will want to try the fudge brownies or the chocolate tart.

Raspberry and blackberry tarts are good, tangy options for those looking for something fruity.

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northern new mexico’s finest dining experiences Cowgirl BBQ 319 S Guadalupe, 505-982-2565 cowgirlsantafe.com For 25 years, the Cowgirl has been serving up Authentic Comfort Food and Fabulous Pit BBQ to fun loving locals and visitors. Saddle up to some killer burgers, great steaks, carefully sourced seafood, creative salads, New Mexican specialties and exceptional seasonal specials.

Nightly our restaurant transforms into a rockin’ Western Honky Tonk with Live Music, creating the best small club scene this side of Austin.

Don’t miss our soulful week end brunch.

Featuring 24 Award Winning Craft Brews on tap and a vast selection of Tequilas, Mezcals and Craft Distilled Spirits. Enjoy the Best Margaritas in Santa Fe on the Best Patio in SF! Open daily at 11 am and serving food and drink til late. Happy Hour Monday to Friday 3–6 pm and 10–CL. All tap beer and appetizers on special! Award Winning Caterer!

The Compound Restaurant 653 Canyon, 505-982-4353 compoundrestaurant.com Selected as one of the nation’s finest restaurants and highly regarded for its award-winning seasonal American cuisine, The Compound Restaurant has been a Santa Fe institution since the 1960s. Chef Mark Kiffin, James Beard

Award–winning “Best Chef of the Southwest 2005,” has revived this elegant Santa Fe landmark restaurant with a sophisticated menu, an award-winning wine list, and incomparable private dining and special events. Beautiful outdoor patios and private dining available for up to 250 guests. Lunch is served noon–2 pm Monday through Saturday; dinner is served nightly from 6 pm; bar opens 5 pm. Reservations are recommended.

El Mesón 213 Washington, 505-983-6756 elmeson-santafe.com A native of Madrid, Spain, chef/owner David Huertas has been delighting customers since 1997 with classic recipes and specialties of his homeland. The paella is classic and legendary—served straight from the flame to your table in black iron pans; the saffroninfused rice is perfectly cooked and heaped with chicken, chorizo, seafood, and more. The house-made sangria is from a generations-old recipe with a splash of brandy. The ¡Chispa! tapas bar offers a fine array of tapas. Full bar includes a distinguished Spanish wine list and special sherries and liqueurs imported from a country full of passion and tradition. Musical entertainment and dancing. Dinner is served Tuesday–Saturday 5–11 pm.

Amaya Restaurant

1501 Paseo de Peralta, 505-955-7805 hotelsantafe.com/amaya Amaya at Hotel Santa Fe. Mixing classic technique, contemporary flair, and fresh seasonal ingredients, Chef Walter Dominguez creates innovative dishes sure to please any palate. Amaya highlights local Pueblo and Northern New Mexican influences, as well as regional foods from around the U.S. Enjoy our newly renovated open air dining room, with lovely garden views.

Anasazi Restaurant, Bar & Lounge 113 Washington, 505-988-3236 rosewoodhotels.com Inspired by Santa Fe’s rich culture and culinary history, fusing old world techniques with modern innovative recipes and thoughtful menu creation. Executive Chef, Peter O’Brien’s menus embrace the Inn’s Southwestern and Native heritage. Consistently changing and adapting to reflect the freshest, most seasonal ingredients. The Anasazi Restaurant celebrates the creative spirit of Santa Fe, offering guests a comfortable dining experience with sophisticated but approachable dishes. Santa Fe’s only Tequila Table featuring specialty tequilas, Social Hour Sunday through Thursday and live entertainment Saturday evenings.

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It’s always exciting to look ahead at what delicious things I’ll encounter in our foodloving city in the new year. February 2, the 25th annual Souper Bowl returns to benefit the Food Depot. Held at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center from 12–2:30 pm, 25 local chefs compete in five categories to be crowned as creator of the best soup. Attendees get to judge, all the while helping feed those in need. With a VIP tasting ticket you can arrive one hour earlier, get the first tastes of the entries, and avoid the crowds. What better way to help with hunger than by putting your money where your stomach is? For details, go to thefooddepot.org/souper-bowl; I’ll see you there!

Though I’m not a skier, I look forward to a trip to Taos to sample the culinary goodies at the restaurant at The Blake, simply called 192. Chef Patrick Garrity, who manned the stoves at Casa Sena for many years, has designed a nifty small plates menu. Since you’ll be in a bulky sweater (no need to diet now), start off with charred Brussels sprouts with tamari, mint, and cilantro, followed by “three sisters” chiles rellenos with black beans, roasted corn, and squash. Try the 12-ounce ribeye with an ancho chile glaze, sliced for sharing. There’re also pizzas, and how fun to see Garrity’s signature chocolate Chimayó red chile soup on the dessert menu.

I’ll book a room, and I’m happy to hear that the one- and two-room suites at The Blake boast fireplaces, requisite for après-ski cuddling. Go to skitaos.com/lodging/blake.

The historic Legal Tender Saloon Bistro and Music Hall in Lamy is set to reopen in late March or early April. Named to the National Register of Historic Places, the classic saloon is being redone by Murphy O’Brien, who owns Cafe Fina. The project has support from Allan Affeldt, famous for restoring La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Arizona, and for his ongoing redevelopment of the Castañeda Hotel in Las Vegas.

O’Brien’s nephew Rory O’Brien is coming in to handle the cooking. I predict this will be the destination for dining and celebrating New Mexico’s rich history. For information, go to thelegaltendersaloon.com.

2019 is already shaping up to be a scrumptious year!—JV

La Casa Sena 125 E Palace, 505-988-9232 lacasasena.com La Casa Sena is located in downtown Santa Fe in the historic Sena Plaza. We feature New American West cuisine, an award-winning wine list, and a spectacular patio. We are committed to using fresh, local, and seasonal ingredients whenever possible. La Casa Sena has been one of Santa Fe’s most popular restaurants for more than 30 years. Our bar, La Cantina, is open for lunch and dinner.Let La Cantina’s singing waitstaff entertain you nightly with the best of Broadway, jazz, and much more. Open daily 11 am until close. Our popular wine shop adjacent to the restaurant features a large selection of fine wines and is open Monday–Saturday 11 am–6 pm, Sunday noon–5 pm.

Rancho de Chimayó 300 Juan Medina Rd. in Chimayó on the scenic “High Road to Taos” 505-984-2100, ranchodechimayo.com Winner of the 2016 James Beard Foundation America’s Classics Award! Rancho de Chimayó - Celebrating more than 50 Years! A New Mexico treasure and “A Timeless Tradition,” Rancho de Chimayó is woven into the tapestry of the historic Chimayó Valley. Since 1965, serving world-class, authentic New Mexican cuisine from recipes passed down for generations, Rancho de Chimayó is like coming home.

Try our Carne Adovada - a Rancho specialty. Open daily from 11:30 am to 9 pm (May-Oct), Tues-Sun 11:30 am to 8:30 pm (Nov-Apr), closed Mon. Breakfast served weekends. Shop our online store.

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Cafe Sonder

326 South Guadalupe, 505-982-9170 cafesonder.com Located in the Railyard, we pride ourselves in submitting to you a menu wherein food is prepared simply, letting local ingredients speak for themselves. Steps from the year round Farmers Market, we strive to establish relationships with local ranchers, farmers, and foragers. We are committed to crafting a menu of locally driven modern comfort food.

Plaza Café

54 Lincoln Ave, 505-982-1664 santafeplazacafe.com The famous Plaza Café, on the historic Santa Fe Plaza, has been serving locals and visitors alike for over 110 years! We are Santa Fe’s oldest restaurant and serve authentic New Mexican cuisines and flavors that span the globe for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

We are the home of fine food and the friendliest folks in town! Open daily from 7 am to 9 pm, we hope you come visit us for a bite to eat!

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35˚ North Coffee 60 E San Francisco St, 505-983-6138 35northcoffee.com 35˚ North Coffee is made up of a small crew of passionate people who love good coffee and the hard work that goes into every cup. The people and landscape of Santa Fe inspires us to produce coffee that’s both adventurous and creative. We take a hand-crafted approach to sourcing, roasting and brewing our coffee because we care about what we’re drinking and we love sharing it with you. We also serve fresh pastries, beignets and a handful of breakfast classics. Located in the Arcade building on the Plaza, we’re open daily from 7 am to 5 pm.

Schedule your tour today!

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Santacafé 231 Washington, 505-984-1788 santacafé.com Centrally located in Santa Fe’s distinguished Downtown district, this charming Southwestern bistro, situated in the historic Padre Gallegos House, offers our guests the classic Santa Fe backdrop. Step into the pristine experience Santacafé has been consistently providing for more than 35 years. New American cuisine is tweaked in a Southwestern context, and the food is simply and elegantly presented. Frequented by the famous and infamous, the Santacafé patio offers some of the best people watching in town! During high season, our courtyard, protected by a sun canopy, becomes one of the most coveted locales in Santa Fe. Open daily for lunch and dinner. For specials, photos, video walk-through, and menus, please visit our Facebook page: Santacafé Restaurant Bar. Open all holidays. We are now on Open Table!

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For the most complete, up-to-date calendar of events in Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico, visit santafean.com

February February 9 Sweetheart Auction Fourteenth annual fundraiser for Cancer Foundation for New Mexico. Dinner and dessert buffet catered by Peas ‘n’ Pod; complimentary beer and wine bar; silent and live auctions. $100, 5 pm, Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W Marcy, cffnm.org.

February 13–17 Santa Fe Film Festival Celebrating its 17th consecutive year, the event provides an extensive program of films, panels, workshops, and parties. Times, locations, and prices vary, santafefilmfestival.com.

February 17 Adolphe, Williams & Mahler Concertmaster David Felberg performs Bruce Adolphe’s I Will Not Remain Silent, a violin concerto based on the life of Rabbi Joachim Prinz. The concert includes the theme from Schindler’s List and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4. $22–$80, 4 pm, Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco, santafesymphony.org.

February 20 The Choir of Man Interactive cast of nine blokes bring their tap-dancing, singing, blend of classic rock, opera, folk, and pub tunes overseas with their first U.S. tour. $39–$75, 7:30 pm, Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco, ticketssantafe.org.

February 23 Bigger or Smaller? Using Technology to Scale Your Sculpture Led by Star Liana York, learn about the process of three-dimensional scanning and printing. Attendees can bring a small, finished sculpture—bronze or clay—for scanning. $250, 9 am–4 pm, Sorrel Sky Gallery, 125 W Palace, sorrelsky.com.

February 23 Aspen Santa Fe Ballet The assorted program features choreographer Jorma Elo’s electric 1st Flash, Fernando Melo’s Dream Play, and Alexander Ekman’s jazz-inspired Tuplet, a multimedia exploration of rhythm. $36–$94, 7:30 pm, Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco, aspensantafeballet.com.

February 22–March 3 Santa Fe Restaurant Week Fine-dining and casual restaurants offer prix-fixe menus. Cuisine selections include New Mexican, African, Persian, American, and more. Prices, times, and locations vary, nmrestaurantweek.com.

March March 1–April 15 Kids Free Spring Break Special pricing on lodging and attractions in the Santa Fe area for families traveling with children. Times, locations, and prices vary.

See santafe.org for details.

March 2 ARTsmart Annual Dinner and Auction This year’s theme is “Shaping the Future.”

Dinner prepared by La Fonda’s chefs. 2019’s honorary artist Heidi Loewen and special guest Katarina Pittis will speak. $200, 5:30 pm, La Fonda on the Plaza, 100 E San Francisco, artsmartnm.org.

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March 2–3 Painting Powerful Pastels Led by Natasha Isenhour, learn to use pastel to its full potential. Plenty of time to paint interspersed with demonstrations and open conversations about materials, application, and composition. $250, 9 am–4 pm, Sorrel Sky Gallery, 125 W Palace, sorrelsky.com.

March 2–3 Art of Home Tour Presented by ARTsmart and Keller Williams of Santa Fe, tour Santa Fe–area homes in vari-

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ous price ranges. Each home contains a selection of artwork from local galleries. Ten percent of the proceeds benefit ARTsmart. Free, donations accepted, 12–4 pm, various locations, artsmartnm.org.

March 7 Drew Petersen in Recital Petersen, winner of the 2017 American Pianists Awards, performs works by Schubert and Chopin. $20–$55, 7 pm, St. Francis Auditorium, 107 W Palace, ticketssantafe.org.

March 8–10 It’s Not Easy Painting Green Led by Peggy Immel, learn to capture the different shades of green seen in spring and summer. Discussion topics include color theory, atmospheric perspective, pigment characteristics, and more. $300, 9 am–4 pm, Sorrel Sky Gallery, 125 W Palace, sorrelsky.com.

March 9–10 The Santa Fe Home Show An exposition featuring Northern New Mexico designers and builders. Get answers to questions about remodeling, building, or adding green technology to your home. $5, 10 am– 5 pm Saturday, 10 am–4 pm Sunday, Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W Marcy, sfahba.com.

March 11–12 Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival Documentaries and short films about mountain culture, sports, and the environment. $18–$32, 7 pm, Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco, ticketssantafe.org.

March 20 The Illusionists Fresh from Broadway, the popular magic show comes to Santa Fe. Appropriate for audiences of all ages. $45–$75, 7 pm, Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W San Francisco, ticketssantafe.org.

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