O'Keeffe's World
THEY DON'T CALL her a lady painter any more. And though her work is saturated with feeling for the Southwest, nobody calls her a regional painter, either. She's an artist. Just that. Her fame is…
Read MoreYour browser is not supported for this experience.
We recommend using Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari.
Stay up-to-date with what's happening in New Mexico
Stay up-to-date with what's happening in New Mexico
Stay up-to-date with what's happening in New Mexico
Stay up-to-date with what's happening in New Mexico
THEY DON'T CALL her a lady painter any more. And though her work is saturated with feeling for the Southwest, nobody calls her a regional painter, either. She's an artist. Just that. Her fame is…
Read MoreWE KNOW THE SOUTHWEST’S MOST FAMOUS PAINTER for the objects she made more beautiful on canvas: flowers and bones, mesas and adobe. But the early years of New Mexico–based painter Georgia O’Keeffe were…
Read More1 Sip and savor. New Mexico Cocktail Week kicks off this weekend with an abundance of frothy events, including Saturday’s sold-out Taco Wars, Chef & Shaker Dinners that pair drinks with bites at some…
Read MoreONE WINTER DAY IN SANTA FE, I WALKED along Rodeo Road, camera in hand, seeking inspiration. I was also on the verge of tears. I was depressed—haunted by a future that seemed to be slipping from my…
Read MoreTHE DOWNCAST DEMEANOR of William Herbert “Buck” Dunton’s offspring in his painting My Children (circa 1922), created shortly after their parents divorced, lends it an elegiac tone. Despite the somber…
Read MoreIT WAS SAID THAT HE SAW KEENLY THROUGH BLIZZARDS, that he’d studied the stars, that he was curious about archaeology and had an aptitude for buffalo hunting. This skill set had served the Crowfoot…
Read MoreTHE SMALL TOWN OF TAOS owes much of its prestige as an art-lovers’ destination to a group of painters who hailed from Indiana, Ohio, New York, and other parts far east of the Rocky Mountains. In 1915…
Read MoreGLOSSY NEW MEXICO LIGHT SHINES through sprawling bay windows at artist Gary Niblett’s home, in the northern foothills of Santa Fe. His American West oil paintings in gilded frames fill the space. His…
Read More“I AM FROM LAGUNA PUEBLO, so I paint Laguna Pueblo,” says Marla Allison, though her influences span from Hopi and Laguna pottery designs to the modernism of Paul Klee and Pablo Picasso. Art lovers in…
Read MoreIN TERRI ROLLAND'S PAINTINGS, familiar features are pared back to their essential elements. A pale green shape resembles an adobe wall against a black background, while a blue rectangle cutout becomes…
Read More