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Artist Afton Love Rocks

Eroded rock inspires Afton Love’s 16 Faces and 16 Bowls. Courtesy of Afton Love. AFTON LOVE’S ARTISTIC AMBITIONS are immense. “I wanted to explore the mysteries of life,” says the Ojo Caliente–based…

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The Art of Ancient Clay

Above: Artist Joanna Keane Lopez at New Mexico Earth Adobes. Photograph by Gabriella Marks. THE PALE PINK ADOBE WALL sparkles in the sun, milky rays catching bits of mica that glitter like tiny stars…

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The Muralist

Above: Frederico Vigil in his home studio. Photograph courtesy of Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News. PERCHED ON A SCAFFOLD that hugs the walls of an Albuquerque Convention…

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Golden Gaze

Above: A self-portrait of Jenn Carrillo. Photographs by Jenn Carrillo. Jenn Carrillo, a photographer born and raised in Albuquerque, with roots in the Belén area, draws primarily from Hispanic…

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Eighties Kid

Above: Jon Sanchez in his Albuquerque studio. Photographs by Inga Hendrickson. IT’S HOT AND I’VE SPENT MOST of the day at the Hispanic Contemporary Market, on the Santa Fe Plaza, waiting for a cloud…

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Shoot for the Sky

Above: Organ Mountain Morning Mist by Wayne Suggs. Photography by Wayne Suggs. On a typical afternoon, I am with my camera gear, driving along a rocky two-track road in the shadow of the Organ…

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Woman of Steel

Above: Paula Castillo in her studio. Photographs by Gabriella Marks. RÍO GRANDE COLCHA , a massive welded sculpture, unfolds like a circulatory system across the facade of the New Mexico History…

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