Taos Gallery Guide 2013

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CHARLES COLLINS “ A Ta o s M a s t e r ” . . . M i l l i c e n t R o g e r s M u s e u m

“Master Mind Bronze, lincoln’s Union” left: Union and Confederate soldiers and lady hope make the face of lincoln

by Charles Collins

“Christ Trinity” left:The figures of Mother Mary, simon Peter and John make the face of Christ

by Charles Collins

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MosT AwARded ARTisT in The hisToRy of TAos fAll ARTs fesTivAl. Jewelry by lana, Photography by Arlo Guthrie and Timothy Bunn, Prints by Amado Peña Taos Plaza • Taos, NM 87571 (575) 758.2309 • www.charlescollinsgallery.com 3 • www.galleryguideoftaos.com

Earth and Spirit Gallery

132 Bent Street, Taos • 575-770-3390 • www.earthandspirit.net Taos Paintings • Jewelry • Hand-Painted Drums • World and Local Crafts • Guitars

taos art supply

d e e n u o y f f u st

208 Ranchitos Rd. Suite C, Taos 575 770 4824 (Next to Taos Fiber Arts)

Open Monday - Saturday

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ThomWheeler.com

Red Cypress 36" x 48"

Studio Gallery

939 Kit Carson

Taos

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575-758-8870

CONTENTS

2013/2014 Vol. 3

Owner Robin Martin Publisher Chris Baker

IN THIS ISSUE

Sculpt, Solder, Smear: Three Artists Blaze New Territory

Advertising Manager Chris Wood

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Editor/Art Director Michelle M. Gutierrez Graphic Design Julie Osmanski Jeff Spicer Photography Tina Larkin Pamela Morgan Kevin Rebholtz Rick Romancito Geraint Smith Contributing Writers Ariana Kramer Tara Somerville

©Kevin Rebholtz

Sterling Silver Anti-Clastic Adjustable Finger Cuffs by Maria Samora

In the Studio: The Glass Art of Ira Lujan

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The Light is Always There: Geraint Smith’s Photo Tours

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Taos Plaza Map

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North Side Map

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South Side Map

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Artist Index

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Copy Editor Virginia Clark

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Cover Art By Gregory Lomayesva Untitled, 40 x 40 Mixed Media on Canvas www.bryansgallery.com

is a publication of The Taos News • 575.758.2241 • www.taosnews.com 8 • www.galleryguideoftaos.com

World Class Inlay Jewelry

by G.L. Miller

www.ActOneGallery.com Front

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I appreciate the exceptional service from Jeanne at The UPS Store.™” –Father Bill “I use The UPS Store™ exclusively. Jeanne is great to work with, I would not use anyone else.”

–Sigrid Long of Natural Accents Gallery

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• Packing Services • Office Supply • Copying & Binding • Laminating

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Historic mural by the famous caricature artist Arthur Allen Jones on permanent display at The UPS Store.™ Features notable Taos characters from more than a quarter century ago.

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Jeff Spicer

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Night Sentries Waking 16”x16” digital print

www.spicerdigital.com • 505.579.0013

Studio open by appointment Hwy 75, #216 Dixon, New Mexico

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“Red Tail Messenger”, 20 x 16, Acrylic by Lance Green

“Rabbit Shapeshifter” 20 x 16, Acrylic by Lance Green

“Cloudscape”, 40 x 30, Oil by Steve Spellman

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Sage Fine Art 10 great artists 1 great gallery Barbara Bartels Troy Brown Joseph Ciaglia Salvatore Giglio Alan Heuer Marian Jackson Elizabeth Jose Lynn McLain Carol Mell R J Pfammatter 115C E Taos Plaza • 575 758 9396 • www.SageFineArt.com

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H. Ann Wyndham’s

Koala Colours Studio

Adobe 10 x 10

Walkabout 24 x 36

Ladders 24 x 12

Works by Ann Wyndham & Diane de Fremery.

Watercolours, Acrylics, Caseins, Drawings, Pastels, Encaustics, Fibre Art, Original Cards, Photographic Works.

Call for Appointment • 575-737-9722 • 15 Camino de Campanas, Ranchos de Taos Sunday is “cuppa” day. Do come and drink tea with us. 1-5 pm.

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ANGIE COLEMAN StudIO/GALLEry

Meadow Below truchas Peaks wood block print Edition of 11 13”x 15”

Limited Edition Woodblock Prints 575.779.4658 angiecolemanfinearts.com 207 Paseo del Pueblo Sur Two Blocks South of the Plaza Next to McDonald’s 20 • www.galleryguideoftaos.com

Pat Woodall Fine Art and Southwest Framers

“Dancing Shadows Oil 30" x 30"

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Br y a n s G a l l e r y Br y a n s G a l l e r y The best contemporary & old pawn Indian/Southwestern art & jewelry since 1982

The best contemporary & old pawn Indian/Southwestern art & jewelry since 1982

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Sculpt Solder Smear Three Artists Blaze New Territory

By Ariana Kramer

Three artists. This was the challenge facing editorial staff as they sat down together in early March for a brainstorming session. Pick three local artists, independent of galleries and any criteria besides sheer worthiness, who are rising stars. Handfuls of names were tossed about and it was determined that these three emerging artists bring vision into fruition through that peculiar dance of heart, hand and grace inherent in the art making of the masters.

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Dinah Worman « Painter

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devoted and acclaimed landscape painter and pastel artist for 30 years, Dinah Worman has a consistent following for her composition and color rich landscapes. And a few years ago her work shifted – after a sight that riveted her from an Oklahoma highway. “I had to flip a u-ey, come back and it was just stunning, they were arranged perfectly,” she says, flashing a weathered photo of a few dozen cows assembled in front of an Oklahoma barn.

the six pieces (to the Coors Western Art exhibit jury) I told my friend to take them in because I was afraid they’d ridicule me. They said I was silly and to come in – but I escaped before they uncrated it,” says Dinah. “But this is me. I had to do what I do. I couldn’t stay in the box.”

Her painting “History of a Field” won Coors best in show at that exhibit in January 2013 and since then there’s been non-stop demand for her new work.

Her studio was nearly devoid of work when I visited because it’s all being shown.

Worman’s continuing to push limits with her work.

She’s been taking aerial shots from a friend’s private plane and swooning over the results. One of her photos of the St. Francis church that reveals a crossshaped roof has already inspired a painting. “I’ve been wanting to go up for years but I couldn’t get up the nerve. I was terrified but once we got going it was fine,” she says. They’ve been over Los Ojos, “I thought I might get into trouble because they were the Gorge and around Truchas. Inspiration brews and so different from my past style. When I went to deliver who knows what innovations lie ahead.

“Cow Against Red” is one of about 30 paintings inspired by this photo. A bright red barn envelopes the foreground and a cow stares at you like you might have food and his friend meanders off the canvas, offering a glimpse of only his rear. Oil paint is thickly laid with a palette knife, hinting at other layers of reality residing beneath the blanket of color.

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©Kevin Rebholtz

©Kevin Rebholtz

18K Gold & Brazilian Agate Drusy Rings

18K Gold & Oxidized Silver Moorish Seashell Cuff Set With Black Diamonds

maria samora « jeweler

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aria Samora’s jewelry resonates with the pulse of nature. A ring features a tiny diamond basking at the center of two leaf-like layers, of matte gold and silver slightly off center.

Flat darkened silver squares climb in and around each other as they dangle from ears, linked together through circles cut into the center of each. Her work exudes femininity, strength and gentleness in harmony. As I drew closer to the delicate gold necklace/earring set with diamonds peeking from the center of each, I felt my heart warm the way it does when a small child smiles at me as they pass by, that kind of purity and simplicity that draws you closer and makes your day.

One of her clutch purses, which won first place at the Heard Museum Indian Market a couple of years ago, was crafted using a Korean technique called Keum-boo, where 24k gold is fused onto sterling silver. 700 of these small squares were hand burnished, textured and then woven together to create a meshlike pattern. The inside is lined with buckskin and Chinese silk.

“A lot of times jewelers will find something they’re good at and that’s their signature and what they do for their artwork. But I get really tired of doing something over and over and so I’m constantly learning new

Maria plans to take a comprehensive stone setting class and a Rhino 3D jewelry class in the near future.

“I feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface as to what I can potentially learn,” she says. “It’s endless really.”

things, exploring and pushing the limits.”

Samora is into her second year of having her own studio, after over 10 years apprenticing with world renowned jeweler G. Phil Poirier. “He was incredibly Samora created a buzz in 2009 when her work was generous with his knowledge, he took me under chosen, among 1500 juried American Indian artists, to his wing and supported me every which way,” says be on the Santa Fe Indian Market poster, and she has Samora, who now shares her in-town state of the art continued steadfastly since then to surprise, elevate studio with Phil and her husband, Kevin Rebholtz, and intrigue jewelry lovers from all over. who is also a jewelry maker and her assistant.

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petro hul « sculptor “For me, each piece is a discovery, each stone is unique...”

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etro Hul’s stone sculptures brought me to a place beyond words and I enjoyed this connection with beauty that seemed to bypass my brain for several minutes.

“You can touch them,” said Jerry Warman of Hulse-Warman gallery, arousing me from my meditation. My fingers approached “Crossroads” with care, like it was a sentient black marble being (who knows?) and travelled valleys and creases that wound around the sci-fi-mountain-like chunk.

I floated over to “Inverted Alternative,” cupped my hand over the smooth nose-like protrusion

I’d been eyeing, then glided onto streaked and sandpapery textures that met with more smooth and then jagged edges. I looked at my hand to see if it picked up any of the glittery flecks. Of course it didn’t.

Textures have become increasingly prevalent in Hul’s work in recent years. “To me it’s the living mark of the process- like when I look at rough landscapes and see marks left by different geologic processes. If I used a saw I leave marks of the saw, if I used a chisel, marks of the chisel,” he says.

Outside of Hulse Warmanare two prominent dauber pieces. The mud dauber series, and aspects that make their way into a number of pieces, arose from a walk in nature he took when he lived back east, to decide the subject for his next sculpture. He went to the river and after sitting there he heard a buzzing, turned his head around and saw wasps building a nest on the underside of a stone. “I sat there for two hours watching. It was amazing how they’d fly in with a piece of mud, put it on, pack it in. It looked like several of them were working on it,” he says. “I saw very little change in that time and I thought ‘I can’t imagine the amount of time they’re putting into this.’”

His works vary in size from a few inches to the 5 foot tall piece he’s currently carving from travertine.

“For me, each piece is a discovery, each stone is unique almost like dealing with different people,” he says. “A lot of times I have no idea where I’m going. It’s almost like how you can say I’m going out to the coffee shop – or you can go out and say ‘I have no idea where I’m going and no idea where I’ll end up.’”

“Temple”, 17”h x 14”w x 11”d, Vermont marble

And where the artist ends up, the journey begins for the viewer. Whatever gallery or artist you happen upon, enjoy the journey!

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Kit Carson

Barker Gallery

Snowbound Trail by Claudette Barker

Colors of Summer by Jim Barker

Plaza Des Georges

201 Des Georges Lane • Taos, NM 87571 970.402.7433 • www.jimbarkerart.com

N “Eya” by Nicolai Fechin

ExPEriENcE thE Art thAt cAPturEd thE SouthwESt

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www.taosartmuseum.org

Specializing in Navajo Weavings, Pueblo Pottery and Mata Ortiz Pottery

San Ildefonso Pottery by Martha Appleleaf and Eric Fender, Santa Clara Pottery by Sharon Naranjo, Taos Drums by Lee Lujan; Navajo Weaving by Charlene Laughing

Hand crafted gold bracelets by Gabriel Abrums with natural American turquoise and Australian opal

Located 3.7 miles south of the Taos Plaza #1 St. Francis Church Plaza, Ranchos De Taos, NM 87557 (575) 758.0504 www.chimayotrading.com 33 • www.galleryguideoftaos.com

Lenny Foster Living Light gaLLery celebrating 14 years in the historic district

photography

“The Return to Love”

exquisite fine art

www.lennyfoster.com • 107 Kit Carson Rd • 575 737 9150

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Great Collections are Made at the Millicent Rogers Museum.

Turquoise Gala: The Collection Continues July 27 An auction of original art by the Southwest’s most renowned artists

Jewelry: Wear It Home September 6-8

A show and sale featuring the finest artisan-made contemporary Southwestern jewelry

anTiques: Own a piece of the past October 11-13

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A show and sale showcasing great art & antiques from all eras

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lynn mclain

“Desert Mystique”

watercolor

22”x30”

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IN THE STUDIO

Breathing Light: The Glass Art of

By Ariana Kramer Photos by Tina Larkin and Rick Romancito

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ra Lujan speaks of his glass art as a form of prayer. From start to finish, Lujan’s vision of what he is creating must be masterfully held in his mind and hands. Otherwise, it breaks.

Raised in Albuquerque, Lujan spent time as a child at his grandfather’s ranch in Taos Pueblo, influencing both his approach to art and his subject matter.

“I’ll think of a story first, and have a picture in my mind,” said Lujan, referencing the Pueblo’s oral storytelling tradition, recreating in glass, objects that are part of tribal life. These include water jugs, basket forms and ceremonial objects such as rattles, headdresses and masks. Lujan sculpts human figures with specific features or engaged in activities such as carrying water, that identify them with tribal life.

“It’s a spiritual kind of thing — breathing light into an art form which also holds the nature of light,” Lujan remarks.

In 1999 in Oregon, Lujan wandered into the glass factory of the Eugene Glass School and became mesmerized by working with glass.

Ira Lujan

“I was fascinated with how it was moving and what it could do ... I was instantly drawn to it, the way the glassworkers were pulling it and cutting it with different tools.”

Lujan began studying the art of glass blowing.

“It became second nature to me right away,” he shared.

When he returned to Taos, Lujan studied and apprenticed with Tony Jojola. From Isleta Pueblo, Jojola is considered one of the premier American Indian artists working in the glass blowing medium.

Lujan continued his education at the Pilchuck Glass School, Eugene Glass School, and Pittsburgh Glass Center, studying with glass artists Preston Singletary, Marcus Amerman, Ross Richmond, Karen Wilenbrink-Johnsen and Kelly O’Dell.

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“It’s a spiritual kind of thing - breathing light into an art form which also holds the nature of light.”

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ecently, he has been creating knives in glass that mimic flint-knapped blades, and experimenting texturing pieces with glass dots that resemble beads. He forms them by touching a thread of hot glass onto a sculpted piece, such as one of his glass knives, where he first created a “beaded” handle. Each “bead” must be perfectly placed the first time.

“It’s a one shot thing,” says Lujan. “If you misplace a bead, you can’t take the bead off.

You have to have the pattern already and just go for it.”

Few American Indians are glassblowers. But glass beads have a long tradition in American Indian art. The original beads of America were made from shell and porcupine quills.

Brought to the continent by early European settlers, glass beads became popular trade

items coveted by many tribes who used them to decorate moccasins, dresses and other ceremonial or everyday items.

“As one of the few Native American glassblowers in the world, I’d like to actually spread the word about Native American glass, and inspire other Native Americans to try out the medium in their art endeavors,” Lujan says. He sees it as a way that American Indians can breathe life into an art that is dying around the rest of the world.

The bulk of Lujan’s work, including some of his early pieces, is displayed in Taos at Henningsen Fine Art, 235 Morada Lane, (575) 758-1434. Lujan’s work will be featured in a show at Henningsen this June. Lujan’s work is also displayed at William & Joseph Gallery in Santa Fe and at Adagio Gallery in Palm Desert, Calif.

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Fine art and great books never go out of style

Moby Dickens is a premier independent bookshop specializing in New, Rare and Out-of-Print books, journals, eReaders and other reading enhancements.

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The Historic

JOHN DUNN HOUSE SHOPS

Locally Owned... Globally Unique 20 locally owned shops line a beautiful pedestrian walkway linking Bent Street and the historic Taos Plaza. www.johndunnshops.com

Melissa Zink, Goya’s Dream, ceramic, 1984, 8 x 17 x 12 inches

Parks Gallery and art advisory Representing the estate of Melissa Zink 110-B Paseo del Pueblo Norte Taos 575.751.0343 parksgallery.com 44 • www.galleryguideoftaos.com

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“Yellow Fields, Taos” 30 x 40 Oil

Valerie GraVes

WilDer niGhtinGale Fine art 119 Kit Carson Road • 575 758 3255 • www.wnightingale.com

“Grand Vista Evening” 48 x 60 Oil

stephen DaY

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ENVISION GALLERY C O N T E M P O R A R Y art & sculpture gardens

3 miles north of Taos Plaza @ the Overland Complex 575-751-1344 Kinetic Wind Sculptures by Lyman Whitaker

Reina galleryreina.com

Studio: (575) 770-7826 Ammann Gallery Taos, NM 48 • www.galleryguideoftaos.com

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MISSION GALLERY

Celebr ating our

51st Anniversary Earl W. Stroh

138 KIT CARSON ROAD TAOS NM (575) 758-2861 renarose.taos@gmail.com www.collectorsguide.com/mission

Jeffrey Perkins

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Eddy Shorty

Jill McElmurry

The Taos Art Experience

HENNINGSEN FINEART p. 575.758.1434 e. platinum@taosnet.com w. www.henningsenfineart.com a. 235 Morada Lane in Taos, NM Next to Mabel Dodge Lujan House (Just three blocks from the historic Taos Plaza) Award-Winning Gallery and Aquatic Gardens 3 Floors of Contemporary Art, Photography and Blown Glass 53 • www.galleryguideoftaos.com

“Ghost rider” ©

r r j PF A M M A T T E r . c o M P F A M M A T T E r Also the Kronenburg collection You too could have a Kronenburg

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Sage Fine Art

“canyon run” ©

575 758 9396

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The Light is Always There:

Geraint Smith’s Photo Tours

By Tara Somerville Photos by Geraint Smith

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few months after I moved to Taos I went on an epic hike up Italianos, a well-loved trail a few miles before the Village of Taos Ski Valley. Wild flowers were in bloom and the trail wound back and forth over a river. I’d reached my limit and stopped to rest. A group of ladies whizzed past me, with wide grins, commented on the gorgeous day and wished me well. They were easily 40 years my elders. I relayed this story to a friend back east and he said “Wow, it seems like people in Taos live young.”

Adventures de Taos keep us young. They rile us up from bed at 6 a.m. on a Saturday to hike Wheeler Peak before the afternoon monsoon. They put the ecstatic

in our smiles when we awaken to a blanket of powder and go dashing to the shed for our snow shoes.

They keep our hearts pounding as we rise above the Gorge in a hot air balloon. Adventures de Taos is the 2013 marketing theme, as determined by the Town of Taos, and enacted by all who dare to amplify their experience of life.

A professional photographer for over 30 years, Geraint Smith has been sharing his love and knowledge of the art form, and for Northern New Mexico landscapes, for the last four years through his personalized and customized photography tours, unique adventures that weave nature and artistic expression of it.

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The idea sprouted after taking a few friends out, with cameras in tow, to some of his favorite spots. One thing led to another and now he leads about three dozen tours a year to folks from as far away as Spain and South America as well as to a handful of locals.

“My goal is to help people find their own vision for photography,” says Geraint. “Some already have a vision but they haven’t necessarily discovered what it means for them.”

Geraint spent his childhood in Wales and Yorkshire, England, where his interest in photography and filmmaking began to sprout. At 22 he moved to Los Angeles to study cinematography and realized that his

true love lay in still photography and ©Pamela Morgan since then he has built an extensive commercial and artistic resume. Taos became his home in 1988 and he opened his gallery in town a couple of years ago.

“What I discovered, living in the Southwest with its wide open spaces, is just how much room there is in me to remember and rediscover the peace and center of my soul,” he writes on his website. “I have learned that the beauty all around me is a reminder of the vast beauty inside me ... much of which is still waiting to be explored.”

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photo tour SuBJECtS:

is tours have become a vessel for him to share the power of these landscapes with those lucky enough to land here. Trips vary in length from half a day to four days and he welcomes all levels of skill from novice to professional. Sometimes clients schedule months in advance and other times they stop in his studio with a spontaneous inspiration and he’ll close the shop and head for the hills.

• Southern Colorado and Great Sand Dunes National Park • Northern New Mexico’s High Road to Taos • Abiquiu, Ghost Ranch, Chama River Valley • Northern New Mexico Rio Grande Gorge and the Orilla Verde National Recreation Area • Northern New Mexico: Sites of Taos • Bosque del Apache in winter • Three-day grand tour of the High Road, Abiquiu, the Río Grande Gorge and sites of Taos

got this stunning photo of the red willows framing the river and river banks and trees. It was the one (pointer) he needed and he was overjoyed,” says Geraint.

A couple from New York City recently flew into Taos for a weekend just for a day tour.

“Best day ever” they wrote in the message line of their check. After a couple of hours with Geraint, I could understand why the couple felt so strongly and why the tours Each season and weather are such a success. Geraint pattern is optimized. “From all is exceptionally personable the trips I take, I know where and pleasant with not a hint of to find certain visuals, even for phoniness or arrogance and an mid-day … rock formations, and abundance of genuine curiosity. if we get under cottonwoods His intuitive people skills come or aspens, the highlights in handy navigating the gamut from above, even in spring or of clients — some who just summer, use this light. The light bring a point-and-shoot and is always there it’s just looking mainly come along for a tour for what’s illuminated and being of the sites, as well as those aware of what’s around you,” with a more serious interest in he says. photography.

Sometimes a single pointer will Sometimes clients are anxious influence a client’s photography to see as many places as they for the day and beyond. can and get the perfect shots.

One trip Geraint observed a Geraint points to his framed gentleman snap a quick photo photo of the Río Grande Gorge of the Gorge Bridge and then taken at “magic hour,” teeming hop back in the car. After a look with purples and deep greys at his photo, Geraint suggested that create contrast, depth and that he pay more attention to ethereal beauty. foreground, middle ground and “You can’t always count on a background. sunset like that over the gorge,” The rest of the day the man he says. “But what you do see composed his shots more is sometimes more special.” mindfully and both marveled at the dramatic shift in the quality For more information, visit www. of the photos. “When we got to geraintsmith.com/phototours or the Chama River in Abiquiu he call (505) 501-4880.

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LEIGH GUSTERSON

now represented by

GAUCHO BLUE Fine Art Gallery

Located in Peñasco on State Rd 75 on the scenic HIGH ROAD TO TAOS open May 24th thru October 14th 2013 Thursday thru Monday 10am-5pm or by appt or chance 14148 SR 75 Peñasco, NM 87553 575.587.1076 www.leighgusterson.com www.gauchoblue.com 59 • www.galleryguideoftaos.com

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SilverWear Jewelry

by Priscilla Walsen

Unique handmade silver & gemstone jewelry, three-dimensional & hollow forms, confetti chain & more.

Come visit my working studio on the High Road to Taos in Ojo Sarco.

Call for an appointment : 505-689-2367 CheCk website fOr Open stuDiO Dates anD speCial events.

www.silverwearjewelry.com info@silverwearjewelry.com also showing selected jewelry designs at Ojo sarco pottery

Studio and Gallery of Clay Artists Kathy Riggs and Jake Willson Visit us on the Scenic High Road to Taos Open Daily 10 - 5 May thru December CheCk website fOr winter hOurs

www.ojosarco.com 505-689-2354

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pa i n t i n g s

HigH AlTiTude HANdMAde ART

Cordova’s Handweaving

505.689.1124 • 32 County Road 75, Truchas, NM 87578 62 • www.galleryguideoftaos.com

Lisa Trujillo “Sum of the Parts” Natural dyed, hand dyed and commercial dyed wool tapestry 48" x 72"

946 St Rd 76, HCR 64 Box 4, CHimayo, Nm 87522 505.351.2180 Fax 505.351.4008 centinela@newmexico.com www.chimayoweavers.com 63 • www.galleryguideoftaos.com

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ORTIZS STUDIO & ART GALLERY

Featuring Story Tellers by Teresita Ortiz Carrying Large Variety of Chimayo Rugs, Handwoven 100% Wool

State Rd. 76, 8 Miles N. of Santa Fe, Chimayo Open 9 am - 6 pm • 505.351.2255 65 • www.galleryguideoftaos.com

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Ouray’s Fine Arts

103 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte • Taos • ouraymeyers.com 575.737.9292 • 575.758.1132 Be sure to visit our memorial museum featuring items collected by Ouray’s parents Ralph and Rowena over the last 100 years.

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ARTIST INDEX

Abeyta Tony 42 Abrums Gabriel 33 Adair Mark 52 Adams Ansel 53 Adee Sharon 62 Aguilar Kenneth 23 Alexander Lorraine 13 Alina 49 Anderson Mark 23 Anglada Carla 45 Anglemire Geraldine 62 Appleleaf Martha 33 Archer Amber 13 Archuleta Ned 23, 52 Arnett Joe Anna 50 Arvid Thomas 49 Asher James 50 Atkinson Christopher 62 Atkinson Coco 62 Avery Lyn 50 Baker Bill 50 Barela Luis 35 Barela-Rael Pat 32 Barker Claudette 32 Barker Jim 32 Bartels Barbara 16 Batson Robert 50 Batterton Robert 50 Baucom Margaret 50 Beata Amber 49 Becker Regina 49 Bedient Joanne 49 Benrimo Thomas 52 Berry John 50 Betz Suzanne 45 Binger Bill 51 Bistram Emil 42, 52 Black Elizabeth 9 Blackmun Kathryn 62 Blumenschein Ernest 42 Boone Leena 23 Boren Evelyn 15 Borts-Medlock Autumn 50

Artists listed alphabetically by surname. Corresponding number represents either the gallery representing the artist or the artist’s personal advertisement.

Bradford Suzan 50 Branchal Chris 45 Brandy Carl 30 Brennan Kathleen 50 Brett Dorothy 42, 52 Briner BJ 45 Brown Troy 16, 50 Bryer Diana 60 Bryer Diana 64 Bunn Timothy 3 Burciaga Ernesto 62 Burnette Lynn 30 Busch Ruzina 62 Bustos Hector 50 Cafazzo Robert 22 Cameron Sheena 13 Candelaria Doug 9 Cardell Ede Ericson 30 Cash Marie Romero 23 Caudillo Brian “Two Hawks” 75 Caulton Donna 16 Centers Chuck 30 Chrisman Michelle 49 Ciaglia Joseph 16 Cisneros Lisa 2 Cisneros Tony 2 Clasgens Marcia 62 Clayfield 30 Cobb Stan 46 Cochran Jeff 50 Coleman Angie 20 Collins Charles 3 Coming Jonathan Warm Day 47 Contreras Susan 44 Cook Jimmy 23 Cook Howard 52 Cooley Bob 45 Corbett Edward 42 Cordova 62 Cornelius Ray-Mel 13 Corning Alice 52 Couse Irving 42 Cox Sandy 35

Cox Jim 36 Craft Sharon 9 Crumbo Woody 42 Curtin Laura 50 Curtis Edward S. 52 Daggett Ken 13 Dahl-Bredine Chris 50 Dance Bow Paul 52 Dasburg Andrew 52 Davis Audrey 9 Davis Jo Nan 13 Davis Ronald 42 Davis Diane 46 Davis William 5, 9 Day Stephen 45 DeNicola Issa 50 DeCora Kimo 64 DeFremey Diane 17 DeKeuster Joanne 76 DeKeuster Kevin 76 Denevan Liam 75 Denison Debbie 62 Disbrow Rene 50 Dixon Deby 50 Dryflower Sharon 52 Dukepoo Michael 35 Dukepoo Causandra 35 Durland Gerret 62 Durland Tracy 62 Duryea Bill 53 Eagle Black 50 Ealy Anastasia 62 Epp Phil 45 Espinoza James 64 Evans Sally 49 Evans Keith 69 Ewing Charles 13 Ewing Gifford 49 Ewing Louie 52 Fahrbach Ruth 62 Fakhoury Diana 49 Faries Jerry 35 Farnsworth John 5

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Fechin Nicolai 32 Fender Eric 33 Fick Jorge 52 Fitch Robert 50 Foster Lenny 34, 50 Fragua Chris 23 Frank Alyce 15 Frates Dennis 50 Freyne Maureen 62 Fullbright John 50 Funk Sandy 62 Gala Jacqueline 13, 49 Gallegos Carlton 35 Gallegos Carlton 64 Garcia Lydia 35 Garcia Meredith 51 Garcia-Gonzales Juliet 62 Garoutte PJ 45 Garrett Dan 9 Gersh Bill 53 Giglio Salvatore 16 Girón Claudia 62 Glass Greer Greyoak 13 Gold Liz 62 Goldman Richard 50 Gomez Joe 23 Gonske Walt 43 Gootgeld Steven 5, 13 Gorman R.C. 42, 45, 53 Gott Susan 49 Graffy Ann 23 Grant Coni 45 Graves Valerie 45 Green Lance 13 Guchepan Carol Lucero 23 Guillerm Philippe 49 Gusterson Leigh 59 Guthrie Arlo 3 Gutierrez Teresa 23 Gyovai Joseph 69 Hahn Dave 50 Hall Emily 49 Haller Helga 16, 50

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Halsey Jeanne 16 Hamil Joyce 9 Hanrahan Mary 50 Hansen Peter 45 Hardy Linda 62 Hargis Nancy & Mark 9 Harmon Cliff 42 Harwood Burt 42 Harwood Lucy Elizabeth 42 Hasbrouck Richard 62 Hauer Pam Lujan 13 Hawley Tupper & Richard 69 Haworth Beau 62 Hayes Arlene LaDell 13 Head Debbie 49 Heald Suzanne 16 Heartwell Lee 9 Heckman Andrea 50 Heitzman Roger 9 Hennings E. Martin 42 Henningsen Chuck 53 Herbel Carolene 51 Herrera Nicholas 15 Heuer Alan 16 Hewitt Rick 75 Hicks Kent 9 Higgins Victor 42 Higgins Amber 49 Hilton Robert 62 Him Herbert 23 Hoaback Priscilla 75 Hockenbery Mary 62 Hoeksema Mary 52 Hoeksema Ron 52 Hollingshead Mat 45 Hopkins-Velarde Jerry 64 Horik Stefan 49 Horst Mark 9 Hosterman Carey 30 Housley Sherry 30 Howard Heather 62 Howarth Katrina 13 Hubble Rodney 9 Hunter John Young 42 Hustito Silvester 23

Huston Ann 50 Immel Peggy 45 Immel Steve 45 Jackson Marian 16 Jacobsen Patricia 9 Jacquez Larry 64 James Jonna 51 Jaramillo Bernie 62 Jasper-Vogel Lynda 49 Jim Cheyenne 23 Jimenez Juanito 62 John Charlie 23 Johnson Jane 62 Johnson Merel 62 Johnson Douglas 44, 49 Jones Paula 45 Jonson Raymond 52 Jose Elizabeth 16 Joy Elizabeth 50 Jury Lana 3 Karsh Yousef 53 Keffer Jim 13 Kelsen Don 35 Kennedy David Michael 15 Kilborn Stephen 19 Kilgour Midge Teston 62 Kilgour Phil 62 Kino 50 Kitchens James 49 Kremer Marty 5 Laahty Ricky 23 Lacayo Lorena 49 LaCome Paul 13 Lambridis Cathleen 35 Landau Jeremy G. 51 Lasiloo Travis 23 Latham Barbara 42 Launer Ali 49 Leard Ronald 62 Lee Trisha 62 Lee Jivan 15, 50 Leustig Issy 50 Leustig Jack 50 Liermann Geraldine 16 Llampl Dorothy 45

Lohan Erica 46 Lomayesva Gregory 23 Lopez Kate 52 Lopez Ron 53 Lostetter Al 45 Lovelace Ray 51 Lovelace Suzanne 51 Loyd Bill 62 Luce Richard 30 Lujan Lee 33 Lujan Ira 35, 53 Lujan Antonio 23 Luplow Eric 62 Lury Carolyn 62 Lynch Jennifer 5 Lynch Kit 62 Lyon Mary K. 16 Mabe Dean 50 Machaud Al 50 Mackrill Perry 51 Macpherson Kevin 50 Maestas Alma 23 Maestas Bianca 45 Maestas Huberto 45 Mahka Ron 52 Maldenado Brandon 30 Malott Lori 69 Mandelman Beatrice 15, 42 Manzo Tony 50 Manzo Anthony 54 Mapes David 5 Marcus Spooner 53 Mares Louis 64 Marin John 42 Markeson Bobbie 9 Martin Bella Sue 35 Martin Agnes 42 Martinez Maria 23 Mascarenas Ben 64 Mascarenas Frances 64 McCarthy Kay 69 McCarthy Lynne 45, 49 McClain Lynn 16, 37 McCullough Susan 45 McDermott Kevin 46

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McElmurry Jill 52 McGivern Peggy 9 McKellar Jerry 49 McKinzie Wayne 13 McNeil Ted 50 Medina Clarence 13, 74 Mell Carol 16 Mercuri Liz 50 Messick Scott 51 Meyers Ouray 69 Mieshiel 48 Miller G.L. 9 Miller Maryna 46 Miller Shiela 62 Milosevich Deborah 45 Miro Michael 49, 53 Mitchell Mike 5 Mole Richard 53 Molzahn Gail 49 Mondragon Concha 62 Mongiello Ginger 50 Montoya Irene 62 Moon Marvin 45 Moore Jan 9 Moore Jeri 9 Moore Marion 18 Moroles Jesus 53 Morris Iva 9 Moulthrop Matt 9 Moulthrop Philip 9 Mullaney Susy 35 Mullican Lee 42 Mynarcik Jill 45 Najera Esteban 23 Nampeyo Family 23 Nance Donald 23 Naranjo Kevin 23 Naranjo Monica 23 Naranjo Sharon 33 Nelson Jan 51 Nes Margaret 45 Neumann Jeffrey L. 50 Nez Theresa 35 Nichols Richard Alan 49 Nichols Jean 62

Nightbird 52 Noble Tom 11, 45 Norman Bruce 50 Northcutt Charlotte 50 Norton Kak 51 O’Connor Paul 50 O’Keeffe Georgia 42 Ochoa Federico 23 Okonkwo Nmamdi 9 Ortega Isabro 62 Ortega Andrew 64 Ortega Andrew 64 Ortega Louise 64 Ortiz Wray 65 Owen Melinne 64 Pahponee 23 Palaski Mary Lou 13 Parsons Pamela 50 Pascarella Paul 50 Paulk Jo Anne 16 Peina Ernie 52 Pena Amado 3 Perkins Jeffrey 52 Peynesta Anderson & Avelia 23 Pfammatter RJ 16, 54 Polyestewa Chester 64 Porter Dean 52 Prescott Fredrick 75 Preston Jo Anna 49 Price Ken 42, 50 Prince Victoria Sojourn 50 Pryor William 52 Pulos Cris 45 Quam Family 23 Quandelacy Family 23 Quiller Stephen 52 Redhawke Jim 30 Redmond Sunny 30 Reed Doel 52 Reina 48 Reyna Diane 52 Reyna Phillip 52 Reynolds Robert 46 Ribak Louis 42 Riggs Kathy 61

Riggs Kathy 64 Robertshaw Gloria 51 Robles-Shaw Catherine 35 Rogers Tom 18 Rohm Robert 23 Rohrig Mark 49 Romero Dulcie 62 Romero Mary Jane 62 Rosetta Dina Baca 16 Ross Danielle 13 Roy Jean Claude 49 Rudy Sandra and Steven 62 Rusnell Elizabeth 52 Rusnell Wesley 52 Russell Gail 16 Russell Sally 69 Ryan Teena 9 Sadler Tom 49 Salazar Ernesto 64 Salin Wendy 9 Salles Connie 62 Samyn-Werbrouck Dominique 49 Sanchez Emilia 62 Sanchez James 64 Sandoval Juan 23 Sandoval Ed 49, 50 Saunders John 64 Scholder Fritz 42 Schoonover Beverly 52 Schuster Pam 13 Scott Doug 6 Segura Juanjo 50 Sellmer Jeannie 9 Senkarik Mikki 45 Seowtewa Octavius & Irma 23 Sharp Joseph 42 Shimonek Mick 45 Shorty Eddy 52 Shorty Robert 52 Shorty Dawning Pollen 23, 52 Shroyer Charlotte 36 Siegel Arlene 9 Sievers Holly 22 Simpson Renee Steger 23 Singer Tommy 23

Sisneros Jennifer 52 Skinner Marsha 44 Smith Jack Richard 5 Smith Cletus 9 Smith Kathleen 45 Smith Geraint 55 Sobol Jonathan 45 Solomon Lindsy 50 Sparno Rosemary 62 Spellman Steve 13 Spicer Jeff 12 Stahl Cheryl 62 Stanford James 49 Stapper Cindy 13 Steber Larry 50 Steigerwald Mary 62 Steinbach Robbie 45 Stevens Susan 64 Stonn Gak 50 Stribling Judy Ann 69 Stroh Earl 52 Stroh-Miller Judith 45 Stroud Lynard 51 Suazo John 35, 52, 53 Summers Richard 62 Sweet Glenn 9 Swiatek Vicki 9 Tafoya Judy 16 Taos Founders 52 Taos Moderns 32 Taos Society of Artists 32 Taylor Elise 35 Textiles Kei & Molly 35 Thomas J. Matthew 51 Thompson Cami 50 Tibbs Maureen 51 Toole Narrie 46 Toya Angie 23 Toya Judy 23 Track Bernadette 23, 52 Traynor Pattie 45 Trujillo Vivian 62 Trujillo Lisa 63 Trujillo Carlos 64 Tseme 52

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Tsinnie Orville 23 Twarogowski Marie Coté 62 Ubechel Norbert 4 Ubechel Shari 4 Uelsmann Jerry 53 Uskitene Mildred 23 Vaughan V. 9 Viles Pat 15 Villa Clare 64 Vinella Ray 45 Wagner Rory 45 Wagner Jim 42, 44, 47, 53 Walbye George 69 Waldis Venja 52 Wallis Scott 45 Walson Priscilla 61 Warmday Johnathan 52 Warner Mary Ann 9 Wasowski Sally 50 Wasson Ettamarie 49 Welch Sarah 51 Wesley Ron 35 Wheeler Thom 7, 13 Wheelock Seymour 9 White Chris 23 Williams Roger 13 Willson Jake 64 Winchester Jan 9 Witkins Joel Peter 53 Woman Frog 23 Woodall Pat 21 Woods Jack 69 Worman Dinah 9 Wyndham Ann 17 Yazzie Angie 23, 52 Yeager Doug 45 Yeppa Emma 23 Youn Seung 69 Zarolinski George 64 Zink Melissa 42, 44 Zopf Dorothy 46

Dixon, New Mexico

“Reflections along the Rio Grande”

34" x 34"

by appointment: 505.579.4645

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ENCHANTED CIRCLE

POTTERY WOOD-FIRED POTTERY & SCULPTURE 26871 EAST U.S. HWY 64 LOCATED IN TAOS CANYON between Taos and Angel Fire

and mile markers 268 & 269 dekeusterclay@gmail.com 575-737-9640 www.enchantedcirclepottery.com

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