Artist List
Ahmed Mohammed Elias, an artist who studied architecture plastic Syrian Interior (decor) in the College of Fine Arts in Damascus, creates elegant decorative painting, with characters in harmony and dancing, as in music. Born in the town (Deir Attiya) Damascus countryside 1954, Elias has many...
I was born in Seattle, WA. in December 1975. I was raised in Oregon, Washington, California, and Nevada. I chose to move to Albuquerque about 5 years ago, and have been loving New Mexico since.
I graduated from California State University Fullerton in 1982 with a Bachelors degree in Fine Art. I painted portraits, murals, still life, and the human figure on canvas, and paper using all sorts of different water based paints. After moving to Taos, NM were my mother was born I switched...
Allen Maestas was born October 17, 1970 to Leonard and Patricia Maestas in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he was raised and lived just about all of his life. He now resides in the pretty village of Corrales, New Mexico, on the north-western outskirts of Albuquerque with his extended family. He...
Amanda grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her mom, brother and grandparents. She is currently living in her humble Rio Rancho abode. Amanda has been studying photography since her father gave her a Pentax k-1000 for her 18th birthday. That was 6 years ago. ...
18 Years. Reside Albuquerque NM.Random Junk and Creation.Trying to make dreams reality.Making sense of life.
I am a young independent artist originating from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, working with mediums from acrylic paint to photography. My main focus in many of the main projects entails a mixed media presentation, experimenting with portraiture and the human body. My goals are to truly capture an...
My goal is to create unique works of color and form that cause an emotional response in the viewer. My decision to begin painting was largely due to my frustration with language and the written word as a means of communicating. Visual art is immediately experienced and the only interpretation...
"I like to think that beauty can be found in any object, setting or place. Living in New Mexico has given me a greater chance to explore my photographic eye. Every photo I take I learn more and more about myself, the world and the amazing art of photography."
“For me, art is all about telling stories, setting a mood, starting conversations. It’s like a window that opens onto my subconscious, where I collect the bits and pieces I find there and allow them to tell a tale. I want my art to create a distinct atmosphere - of mystery,...
My work is based on an internal mirror, reflecting how I feel both within and about the world around me. Much of the philosophy of the abstract expressionists of the ‘50’s has influenced my perceptions and beliefs about painting. I look at art as a process...
Bill Cullum was born in Garden City Kansas in 1946. In 1954 the Cullum Family moved to Lamar, Colorado. This almost Colorado native at an early age realized in elementary school art classes his natural artistic ability. Several years’ later Cullum family moved to Golden, Colorado, ...
Brendan McPhee was born in March of 1981, and raised in Waukegan, Il., a declining industrial city just north of Chicago. Like all youngsters he doodled in school and drew fake tattoos on his friends, and also got in trouble for doing so. His...
I am an artist, thinker, writer, amateur philosopher, and humanitarian. I have been a painter as long as I can remember, but have always looked beyond painting for vision, exploration, and skill. My work is a series of statements that portray the role of chaotic thoughts or events in frames of...
I started painting about 4 months ago. I did not take any classes or anything-I just started painting what I felt and what I liked. I did the first few paintings in oil, but now I paint with mostly acrylics. I would consider my ...
I can hear the song of death coming through FM Radio telling me tradition isn't always black and white. Modern times transmogrifies old world view askew. El Dia De Los Muertos should be everyday, really. The images I paint are representations of how they have come to...
I have, throughout my life, attempted to achieve as creative an existence as is possible. However, once I was required to feed and cloth myself instead of committing myself completely to my art—in the great tradition of the starving artist—I choose to build a business that with luck would...
My interest in painting is the process. I only hope that my painting will convey my experience and that it be recognized as a universal one. Cruz Montoya paints and lives in Albuquerque,New Mexico. He is a self-taught oil painter without gallery representation. Available work can be purchased direct...
For many years I have been fascinated with and have studied the world-wide primal expressions of Mankind. Especially those expressions and creative works which attempt to describe the spiritual aspect of the human experience. Through textual investigations as well as travel to various countries in the...
Born and raised in the Albuquerque North Valley, my love for photography started in high school where I had some success. I focused on other activities after that but in the past several years I have had the pleasure of revitalizing that love and developing it into a true passion.
David’s devotion to mixed-media sculpture and handmade art-jewelry as forms of personal expression has been shared over the years with a love of painting in acrylic, oils and watercolor, as well as various forms of graphic arts. These diverse disciplines have allowed expressions and growth impossible...
In 2008 she returned to the country house near Cedar Rapids where she spent her childhood for the last time. As her parents prepared to sell it and the Cedar Rapids / Iowa City area was effected by a historical flood, Dawn took many photographs of the...
Constantly curious about all things and with a penchant for finding humor in the smallest details, Day's art often reflects that aspect of her personality. "I adore making folks smile. One of my greatest compliments is being told that a painting of mine perfectly captured a familiar expression or made someone...
My 30+ year career has been as a “non-design architect”- technically oriented architect “—working to make the conceptual by others constructible, habitable and enjoyable by those who experience it. During many of these years I allowed my pragmatic side to overshadow the creative side of...
I painted in oils for years, but made the change to acrylics several years ago. I love the brilliant colors, the quick drying time and the durability of acrylics. It is a blessing to live in an area with wonderful light and beautiful subject matter all around me. We have...
My newest adventure in art has included "gestural abstract" art, along with photography. It is amazing what you can see when you just sit still and let the world go.
My paintings stem from experiences burnished to memory- motelscapes, summers at the lake, desert drives, and simple moments of concentrated solitude.
Hank Estrada paints New Mexico's intense landscapes and spectacular vistas in oils. Hank’s inspirations are found right in his own Placitas, New Mexico backyard. “At any given time of the day, I’m completely captivated by the simple order of rolling hillsides dotted with junipers, the majestic...
I started painting when I was 8 yrs old. I went on to study at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and the Newark School of Fine Arts in New Jersey. I have lived and worked throughout the U.S.... New Jersey, Oregon, Southern California,...
My sculptures embody the guardian spirits that originated in tribal cultures. The spirit, usually in animal form, protects the individual or the members of a group. Materials ranging from welded steel to Japanese wrapped textiles address the wide range of human emotions.
I love taking photographs of things I find beautiful or interesting, that evoke thought, or that are simply fun to look at. Living in New Mexico inspires me to capture some of its unique sites. I am always learning from my camera, from other photographers, and...
I focus on expressing the intent of culture, rather than rote or regurgitation, and how this intent manifests itself in the modern mind.
Jessica Erin Coulson was born in rainy Seattle Washington in 1979. She came to visit New Mexico for the first time at the age of 18, and upon visiting Santa Fe was utterly seduced by the Land of Enchantment, vowing to herself it would someday be her...
I like my work to appear chaotic and unfinished, completely opposite of my humanness needing order. If a painting appears to have a sun and hills it is not so. It is my thought process and emotion hopefully devoid of a semblance to realism.
In the vein of Pop Surrealism, John brings paintings of playful characters, portraits, and self expression executed in mixed media, in both realistic and abstract styles. John’s love for art began in the mid-’70s while watching Saturday morning cartoons and the New York City subway trains...
I love painting flowers, employing lots of color and exploring composition. If a painting keeps you coming back to it along with enhancing your living space then, I consider it a success.My art education began with observing my mother painting in her studio throughout my grade...
Justin Guthrie is my name, I am 18 years of age, and I have been shooting photography rigorously for 4 years now. I am driven to create and to occupy my everyday being through photography.
I am a full time clay artist living in the mountains of New Mexico. I am a native New Mexican, and I’m inspired by my surroundings. I have been "playing in clay" since I was a child. I continued my passion and attended UNM and studied clay. ...
I’m not trying to replicate nature, but create a physical world through mixed-media that shows the spiritual world of the life of nature. I stylistically form nature in a way that is in contrast of how many artists rely on realistic representations. Formally, I am very interested in making compositions...
For the last 5 years, the art of photography has been an outlet for me to express what my eyes see, my mind thinks and my heart feels….The distinct sound of a shutter is a sound that I hope never leaves me.
Marla Allison is a member of Laguna Pueblo of New Mexico. Here is where she finds comfort in making her art and connecting with family, tradition, and inspiration. She is a contemporary/abstract artist and mainly chooses the medium of acrylic paints. She feels that the use of...
Michael takes an almost surreal approach to his paintings. He begins with a photograph and a very detailed view of his subjects, but then his artistry truly comes to focus. He plays on lights and shadows that mayor may not have appeared in the original photograph. Likewise, he tempers...
The last 5 years have increased Michael's art interest in the spirit within animals, of which 4 years he has lived in New Mexico. He lived in La Cross, Florida for 12 years, a period which significantly influenced his painting, writing and love for the rural South.
From crayon drawings on my childhood bedroom walls, to my current work, it has all been necessary for life and relevant for the time I was experiencing when it was created. Recently, I have truly allowed for play, experimentation, and for pushing my own personal limits with comfort.
I was born blind, and only began to see after surgery when I was a teenager, paid for by my local Shriner’s chapter. I try to put in my work the painful experience of seeing color, light, and edges. It is so beautiful, but it hurts at the same time
My name is George but I go by Mustard (Long story). I'm 16 and I skate and photograph with the Westside boyz, a skate team in Albuquerque. My favorite shots are action and sports, but I'm interested in all forms of photography. I also shoot landscape and...
Olivia was born into a family of artists and as a child drew on vacuum cleaners, dishwasher tops, walls and any surface her tiny hands could reach. This led to more complex art exploration involving various media. Olivia graduated from the California College of the Arts...
My art is an extension of my inner emotions, personality, experience and soul. Often, I will go for months without picking up a brush. Nonetheless, I have found this time is not spent idle. My mind is constantly gathering snippets of information sights, sounds, smells, emotions that are filed away...
Patricia Rose has painted New Mexico landscapes for over 30 years and has won multiple awards for her oil and acrylic works. One of her paintings received three major awards at a State Fair Fine Arts Competition. She has won the Governor’s Award, the State Fair Most...
The ultimate goal of my work is to create images that exist on the canvas in an ever shifting state of tension and harmony.
I have been a Ceramic Artist in Albuquerque for nearly 7 years . I first studied at the famed Mudfish Pottery here in Albuquerque where I apprenticed under Mr. Lou D’Amico. For 3 years I studied mainly tableware pottery and vase-work with a firm concentration on repetition. I later opened up to portrait-work...
Polly Jackson has been a professional artist for more than thirty years and an art teacher for ten years. She has developed a technique of layered painting that is excellent for both beginner and intermediate painters. She also teaches Painting with Oils, Pastels and En Plein Air...
New York–Albuquerque transplant Ralph Greene is a self-effacing painter that has long maintained a soft-spoken presence in the artistic communities of New York and Albuquerque. For years a respected instructor at both Pratt and Queen’s College and always consumed by his ...
My jewelry designs are created in my New Mexico home studio. Each one-of-a-kind piece is made from a variety of earthy and rustic materials. I particularly enjoy working with Sterling Silver and Copper, Handmade Artisan Lampwork beads and Gemstones. Each design is unique and handcrafted...
Being of Mexican-American descent, Regina Guerrero is inspired by the urban environments of both Mexico and the United States. Her current work reflects upon the collective subconscious and beauty as a masticulated enitity represented by the female mannequin sculpture. Her work has been described as “bold and daring while revealing...
I grew up in Sandusky, Ohio on the shores of Lake Erie. Art began as an escape from the other eight family members! I often found myself off alone in the adjacent fields and woods daydreaming and making things with whatever I could find. Art is the...
Hi, I'm Scott Patricio Garcia an Artist, Born in 1966, Raised on a farm in Belen, on Gabaldon Road, if you drive there it is the house with a kaboose. A 10 acre farm, my first friends were a pig named oinky, a german sheperd named Jethro,...
"I paint using vibrant color, music, and tales of struggle for social justice for inspiration." Self-taught artist, recovering architect, and migraineur. I paint using vibrant color, music, and tales of struggle for social justice for inspiration. A digital SLR camera was given to me in 2008, and has...
Stephan first picked up a camera when he was 6 months old, actually the camera was smacked on the side of his head by his older brother, ever since that day he knew he wanted to take pictures. Stephan finally picked up the camera again 51 years later and...
Sue Jimenez owns 'Clever With Clay' and specializes in wearable polymer clay art. She currently produces a number of items, but specializes in brooches, pendants and earrings reflecting the Southwest landscapes and geology, which are as soothing to the creator as they are to the wearer. ...
A professional painter for more than 30 years, Susan prefers painting in oils, and specializes in sporting art, dogs, and horses. She also enjoys working in black and white with pencil or pen and ink. In recent years, Susan has expanded into both ceramic and bronze sculpture,...
Words can complicate a visual experience so I will simply say that I explore the surface of my paintings by adding and removing colors and textures until I create images of subtle contrasts that reflect and enhance my natural palette. For more information and artwork, please visit my...
I am drawn into the natural beauty and simplicity of these works. Before I create a Retablo, Cross or religious-inspired panel, I research the subject matter fully. The same goes for all my work. The mosaic portion of my work is an extension of the painted or ceramic center piece....
Terry's consistent themes are usually conservative (especially in this age) eroticism and a very positive image of the female - all that, in fantasy land. He feels both beauty and a story are the two absolute necessities for anyone's art. And when you display one of his works, the media...
I was born in Oklahoma and married a beautiful young lady in 1956. We have lived in Albuquerque since 1977. I have always been interested in art, and experimented with different media from time to time. But it was only after I was fully retired that I...
A brief exposure to the world of sculpture came during a one-hour summer art program offered to my daughters' fourth grade class through the local school district. Although very intrigued by the little clay sculpture head that I had created, my potential would lie dormant for the next six years.
I have been a photographer of people for about 25 years, and I have been living in Albuquerque for the last 20 of those years. While I have photographed people taking part in all manner of activities, in thousands of different settings, and in all states of...
Much of my work is invented or created from memory. It also grows out of an interplay with the colors and shapes that emerge from the printmaking, drawing, and painting processes. I like the uncertainty that comes from my way of working, and I hope that walking on the...
My name is Victoria Inman, I am a local artist from a town named Peralta, south of Albuquerque. Peralta is a very small town made up of people proud of their Hispanic culture. We had a post office, a bar and of course a church. Growing up...
The Micaceous pottery that I make has deep roots in the culture of New Mexico. Native New Mexicans have used Micaceous pottery as culinary ware for centuries, because it is extremely light weight and it has a superb thermal shock value, not just because of the pottery's...
Virginia Maria Romero’s works consisting of contemporary religious retablos inspired by the culture of New Mexico are just as strongly driven by her own experiences, setting her works apart from others of that genre. The style, color and compositions of her acrylics as well as her retablos continue to exhibit...
My interest in photography started at the age of 12 when my parents bought me a Polaroid camera. It was one of those Polaroid cameras, after you took the picture you waited 60 seconds for it to develop and peeled off the top sheet to see how it looked. I...
I was born in Odessa, Texas but raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I attended Pacific Northwest Collage of art and earned a BFA with a major in Illustration. I create digital and traditional art. My focus recently has been on painting, primarily in oil but also some acrylic. I have...
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