THE END OF THE ROAD in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.
Grab your camera and join me along the road - we'll turn the radio to E.Christina Herr's "One Road" (written by her and performed by Wild Frontier). Who knows what we'll find!
Grab your camera and join me along the road - we'll turn the radio to E.Christina Herr's "One Road" (written by her and performed by Wild Frontier). Who knows what we'll find!
"NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST" J.R.R. Tolkien
I have been travelling the caminos and callejones of New Mexico and Colorado for over 40 years, capturing villages and vistas in paintings and photographs. I grew up in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado where my mother and grandmother were born in the high mountain mining camps. They were content to stay planted there. My father's people were in this country before the Revolutionary War but came west, some in search of gold, some in search of adventure. My father was born on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming where grandfather had come to live among the Shoshone and build schools. My urge to wander must come from my father's side of the family (or from a passing Raven; who knows)!
Most of my adventures have been found close to home - coming to New Mexico in the 1970s and discovering a place where ancient and modern, familiar and exotic coexist. While not much matches the scenic beauty of Colorado, New Mexico holds more surprises. You never know what lies at the end of that dirt road until you venture down it! Rudolfo Anaya wrote that there are places on this earth where the energy that flows between earth and sky are stronger than most and, for me, New Mexico is one of those places.
As I travel the back roads (my favorite past time), I am looking for stories. An ancient tree, a lonely road, a village chapel, an old truck, abandoned buildings and ruins or a dramatic cloud formation catch my eye and become a part of the
image collection that includes negatives, slides and now digital images. Back in the studio, an image may be simplified to produce a study for a painting or may become a fine art photograph.
I live on five acres of land bordering national forest near Placitas, an historic village nestled in the shadow of the Sandia Mountains just northeast of Albuquerque, NM, sharing this hacienda with a rescue Schnauzer, an adopted wild Mustang, one ex-feral cat, chickens and pea-fowl. I am an active member of the arts communities in both Placitas and Albuquerque, a long-time member of Rainbow Artists, a women’s art collective, a founder of KUPR low power FM radio in Placitas, and a recipient of the President's Award by the Albuquerque Art Business Association as part of the September 2016 Local Treasures celebration.
My work can be seen in my Placitas studio by appointment, every Mother's Day weekend during Placitas Studio Tour and
at Wild Hearts Gallery in Placitas.
Most of my adventures have been found close to home - coming to New Mexico in the 1970s and discovering a place where ancient and modern, familiar and exotic coexist. While not much matches the scenic beauty of Colorado, New Mexico holds more surprises. You never know what lies at the end of that dirt road until you venture down it! Rudolfo Anaya wrote that there are places on this earth where the energy that flows between earth and sky are stronger than most and, for me, New Mexico is one of those places.
As I travel the back roads (my favorite past time), I am looking for stories. An ancient tree, a lonely road, a village chapel, an old truck, abandoned buildings and ruins or a dramatic cloud formation catch my eye and become a part of the
image collection that includes negatives, slides and now digital images. Back in the studio, an image may be simplified to produce a study for a painting or may become a fine art photograph.
I live on five acres of land bordering national forest near Placitas, an historic village nestled in the shadow of the Sandia Mountains just northeast of Albuquerque, NM, sharing this hacienda with a rescue Schnauzer, an adopted wild Mustang, one ex-feral cat, chickens and pea-fowl. I am an active member of the arts communities in both Placitas and Albuquerque, a long-time member of Rainbow Artists, a women’s art collective, a founder of KUPR low power FM radio in Placitas, and a recipient of the President's Award by the Albuquerque Art Business Association as part of the September 2016 Local Treasures celebration.
My work can be seen in my Placitas studio by appointment, every Mother's Day weekend during Placitas Studio Tour and
at Wild Hearts Gallery in Placitas.
Local Treasure: Albuquerque Art Business Association, September 2016
Featured in Albuquerque Journal Venue, January 2022
