Meet Our Artists!
All our artists live and work in New Mexico. We are all
New Mexico True Certified Artists.
Rebecca Anthony
Rebecca Anthony creatively and lovingly captures the essence of New Mexico. Its culture, flora and fauna and history are revealed through a technique called Paper Collage. Her work is flush with examples of the beauty of slot canyons, arroyos, mesas, clouds, languages, people and the boundless skies in Central New Mexico. Rebecca is a Certified New Mexico True artist and lives in Mountainair.
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Rebecca Anthony Collection
Linda Marie
Linda Marie paints in watercolor, oil and recently she uses encaustic. Her favorite subject is people; indigenous, local folk, family and friends. The above painting is watercolor, float mounted framed without glass.
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Linda Marie Collection
Ken Davy
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So many artist statements seem to start with the comment I’ve always enjoyed drawing. While this is certainly the case for me, it was limited to a relaxing pastime to be enjoyed as time permitted. To a much greater extent, my life has been consumed with work and the requirement to travel extensively to earn a living. In my travels I would visit museums around the country and marvel at the exquisite work of past masters. In time I became much more serious about learning to paint not just as a hobby but with skill, in the representational style of the artists I so admired. It’s an ongoing quest that has filled my life with meaning and purpose.
Art has also opened another dimension in my life. In January of 2020 I retired and moved to New Mexico. I now work full time as an artist and also as the owner and operator of Lost Sky Ranch, a remote retreat for artists and astronomer.
by Ken Davy
KEN DAVY’s Collection
Ray Darnell
I believe my strength is in capturing natural movement and expression in the figurative art. In researching for my newest direction for paintings, I was drawn to images of “Women of North America”, and I had my new theme. After reviewing some of my past photo shoots, I set up a few new photo shoots and began to compile images and trigger words to scenarios of what my next subject could be doing and it was off to travel via my paintings.
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Ray Darnell’s Collection
David Schwindt
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David Schwindt’s Collection
ANNE MARIE WERNER-SMITH
Ann Marie recently had an art opening featuring “Saints of the Rio Grande” These saints, pictured above. are also in our on-line store.
The Saints or Santos, reflect the more conservative thinking of the Catholic Church in the 1600’s when New Mexico was inhabited by the Spanish in search for gold. When their search for a treasure was not fruitful, the Church felt that the true treasure was obtaining more souls for the Catholic Church, hence the conversion of many of the indigenous people in New Mexico to Catholicism. Many of the Pueblos along the Rio Grande were named for a saint, such as Santo Domingo or Saint Dominic, the founder of the Dominican order. That Pueblo today is also known as the Tewa Pueblo.
All of Anne Marie’s saints are made from clay: stoneware or terracotta. They are high fired between cone 5 and 6 and are weather resistant. They can hold up well to a garden environment in New Mexico. The average height is about 12″.
Anne Marie Werner-Smith’s Collection
KAREN DRESSLER ARGEANAS
Protectors of the Sacred
by Karen Dressler Argeanas, Created for the Department of the Interior as part of their “Art in the Office” program.
Protectors of the Sacred was painted by Karen Dressler Argeanas as part of the Artist in Residence program with Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument in New Mexico. The painting depicts the Mission San Gregorio de Abo with an unexcavated mound in the foreground. The focus on the mound is to recognize and honor the long history of the Pueblo prior to the Spanish mission. Three shards in the foreground depict distinct styles of pottery found at Abo and represent different time periods of the site from the twelfth through the seventeenth century. Karen was also inspired by the birds, animals, and vegetation present at Abo. Included amongst the stones of the Pueblo is the burrow of a chipmunk or ground squirrel, as small animals that burrow through the mounds understand the secrets that the mounds hold as they travel between the surface world and the world below. The plant on the left side of the mound is four wing saltbush which held an important role to the Pueblo people as a food source, medicine, and dye.
The title, Protector of the Sacred, is a reminder that this site is sacred. Salinas Pueblo National Monument at Abo is the home of our Pueblo ancestors, it is a burial site, and it is a church. We all share a role as protectors. The staff and rangers for the National Park Service are protectors. The Department of the Interior staff share the role of protectors. Visitors who learn the history and respect the site also share the role of protectors. The horned toad in the painting represents the role of protector. The horned toad is traditionally recognized as a protector in beliefs of many Pueblos, as well as other tribes of the southwest.
KAREN DRESSLER ARGEANAS COLLECTION
ANDY YOUNG
Andy Young Collection
Clay Relief Sculpture
Madeline Gutwein
Thirty years of my working life was spent sitting behind a desk crunching numbers. After retirement from that job, my creative side unleashed, and I haven’t looked back. I started with photography and now include mosaics, gourds, and clay among my passions. Working with clay is special in that it grounds me to Mother Earth.
When I create a piece, I begin with a slab of clay and then draw a design to compliment the shape of that slab. The addition or removal of clay varies the degree of relief. Once the sculpture is completed, I use glaze to compliment the design.
Madeline Gutwein’s Collection