At the State Pen on Easter. The guy is my friend and neighbor – Ramon. I asked him to be my model for the day — my first shoot with a model and it was a blast!
Mini roadtrip – The Mother Road
04/04/2009 By Leave a Comment
We went on a quick impromptu roadtrip today – headed west on I-40 and then detoured onto old Route 66 at Laguna pueblo. I love old 66 – I wanted to get a pic of me laying in the middle of the road – but Chris nixed that idea – maybe next time. I didn’t take too many photos – was more taking it all in and finding places that I want to shoot later. One of the cooler things we found was a railcar graveyard. Here’s my favorite pic of the day.
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New(s)
04/04/2009 By 1 Comment
So, got a new job – it starts on Monday – doing the same old, same old at a sign shop. I’m still looking for other work as my ideal would be something part-time so I can focus my attention on other parts of my life (family and art, specifically).
Speaking of art – my gallery – The Wooden Cow Gallery and Art Space – was just named the Best Gallery in The Alibi’s “Best in Burque” edition. How cool is that?? And we just opened six months ago?? We Rock!
We had our first Friday opening yesterday. One of my friends, Maggie Tomei, was our featured artists. Maggie’s work is amazing and I’m so glad that our gallery was able to provide a forum for her to present her work. The theme for our show this month is Waste Not – all works have to utilize some sort of found, recycled, repurposed, etc. o.bjects. It was our most submitted for show so far – and we juried in 15 artists! All with very cool work.
Small story from the opening:
One of the theme show artists introduced me to her dad, noting that he is a photographer who has his work in galleries on Canyon Road in Santa Fe (ie. fancy, expensive, international galleries). And HE shook off that introduction and proceeded to tell me how pleased he was that we had given her the opportunity to show her work, how amazing her work is. He was sooooo proud of her – they took so many pictures of her and her work last night.That is why I am a gallery owner – I love helping artists get their work out there to the public – and I love watching people interact with and be touched by the work we show.
I also attended the opening at Chroma Studios Gallery – I have my encaustic work there – and it was their one year anniversary celebration! Paula Manning-Lewis and her husband Aaron Lewis own it – and they are a dynamic duo – she is a painter and he is a musician/singer/songwriter. Paula was just featured on KOAT discussing opening a small business during these economic times and she was dead-on with everything she said.
Both openings were well-attended and people were buying! It just goes to show if you have good work there’s always a buyer for it.
I also stopped in at Matrix Fine Art and finished paying for a print I’ve had on layaway there – it’s now hanging in my home and I love it even more! And I got to see their new show featuring the work of Stacy Hawkinson – his work is fun and vibrant – and he’s a really cool guy.
