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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Tag: Art & Design
Painter S.M. Chavez's New Mexico
S.M. Chavez in the studio. Courtesy of Sean Michael Chavez. IN PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR’S Dance at Bougival, a couple sways in a community square. She’s dressed in white, with a red hat. He’s in a blue…
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A Quick Guide To New Mexico Dragonflies
Above: Shadow darners can be found near ponds, slow streams, and ditches. Photograph by Kitty Leaken. ALTHOUGH THE ANNUAL DRAGONFLY FESTIVAL at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, near Roswell, has…
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Peak Designs
Photograph by Inga Hendrickson. ORGAN MOUNTAIN OUTFITTERS elevates pride in southern New Mexico’s desert landscapes. With clean designs calling out to our passions and embracing our quirks, the…
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Color Your Home With Hues By Georgia O'Keeffe
Let Georgia O’Keeffe’s My Front Yard, Summer, 1941 inspire your decor. Photograph courtesy of Georgia O’Keeffe Museum; Gift of The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation, Malcolm Varon. IN DOZENS OF CANVASES…
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My Mother, The Builder
Roxanne Swentzell and her daughter, Rose B. Simpson, sit with Rose's daughter, Cedar. Photograph by Ungelbah Dávila-Shivers. ON SOME DAYS, WHEN the northern New Mexico weather is nice, I find myself…
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Survival Is Indigenous
Above: Cannupa Hanska Luger, of Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota, and European descent, makes installations that hearken to his Plains background. Photograph by Dylan McLaughlin. Renowned local…
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For the People
A MURAL NEAR MY OLD APARTMENT in Albuquerque, at the power substation on Silver Avenue and Cornell Drive, constantly gets tagged. Painted in colors of marigold and honey brown, it features images of…
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State of Art
Above: Paula Tackett. Photograph by John McCauley. PAULA TACKETT REGULARLY STOPS VISITORS inside the Roundhouse, New Mexico’s capitol building, to say, “You’re in the best art gallery in the state.”…
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Ghost Stories
Above: Japanese dolls. Photographs courtesy of Museum of International Folk Art. During Japan’s Edo period (1603–1868), stories of yōkai spoke of ghosts, demons, and monsters who were destined to…
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