tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49232913062852397902024-03-12T17:48:26.730-06:00Two Graces TaosAn Affordable Art Gallery, Book Store and Curio Shop 105 Barela Lane, Taos, NM est. Oct. 3, 2003 Follow us on Instagram at TwoGracesTaos for updates.Two Graces, 105 Barela Lane, Taos NM 87571http://www.blogger.com/profile/06498983517341568696noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923291306285239790.post-49848658937892146992024-03-01T16:26:00.002-07:002024-03-06T12:55:58.922-07:00Gallery A Sanchez Family Estate Sale<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">On March 2 & 3, the final tip of the hat to a longtime Taos art institution will take place with an estate sale for the remaining collections of the Sanchez family of Gallery A. Two generations of the family ran Gallery A and Gallery 203 for over 50 years. Beginning in 1960 with a partnership between two artists new to Taos, Mario Larrinaga and Eric Gibberd had an idea to create a modern art gallery. They chose Frances Good as the first gallery director, then Mary & Joe Sanchez, and later Jules & Gene Sanchez ran these galleries. The gallery closed a few years ago, the remaining art was all moved to the Sanchez family home in the Taos Historic District. The home was built at the end of De Teves Lane in the mid-40’s. Through the years it would be remodeled to have a large dining room and living room with New Mexico hand carved furniture by Elidio Gonzalez, Patricinio Barela and Pat Trujillo of Taos Pueblo, along with modernist furniture, which was quite Avant Gard for its time.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuYwOLKR-CLxVwYx0AWDvxrO732qp6CeMyHm2HZ6e-5sKOXUiiDmBtOKwIOl14DBNjy5s2adurSMqutpcaUzIgMe3rb799fduq9jwDdxvezJH-2WRqRAvssJgo8IktbWT5lIFmxx1TKHmWi2vC-zX90Jf5i8ZhWCUDZgPGX2287Nx6UuvLbBeiN9j5sA4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1713" data-original-width="2163" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuYwOLKR-CLxVwYx0AWDvxrO732qp6CeMyHm2HZ6e-5sKOXUiiDmBtOKwIOl14DBNjy5s2adurSMqutpcaUzIgMe3rb799fduq9jwDdxvezJH-2WRqRAvssJgo8IktbWT5lIFmxx1TKHmWi2vC-zX90Jf5i8ZhWCUDZgPGX2287Nx6UuvLbBeiN9j5sA4" width="303" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Mary Sanchez at work</span></div><br /><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">‘My memories of visiting Gallery A are of grandma (Mary Sanchez) sitting at her desk always working on something busy with paperwork, typing, or crating paintings to be shipped. As children we thought nothing of the art and sculptures, we took it all for granted, these wonderful works of art. At some point Mary opened Gallery 203 next door to Gallery A, eventually the two merged. Grandmother would always say the most important part about business was location, location and location. I would often hear her repeat how people would walk up the north side of Kit Carson road and stop right at the drive way (Barela Lane) where the drive-up dry cleaners, La Bell Cleaners was located.’</i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Cory Sanchez</span><p></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4_oqc5oxOc18QPpQ863PbrFZIxSQyWMDILQ8vjHdoQ65h0puLvtfPDHBgXPRlW9SfmOnV43X8UjYWLnhtATZ1-8NSxDlZFHuSS0hnJ7aCcwxHuepPOZmjhacOhnAnGqICEjkLJFycfzYzHHIhMvhpmiATUjuN6-odHhN9y58KcKWD9U-Nn-gUh3pScEw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1735" data-original-width="1795" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4_oqc5oxOc18QPpQ863PbrFZIxSQyWMDILQ8vjHdoQ65h0puLvtfPDHBgXPRlW9SfmOnV43X8UjYWLnhtATZ1-8NSxDlZFHuSS0hnJ7aCcwxHuepPOZmjhacOhnAnGqICEjkLJFycfzYzHHIhMvhpmiATUjuN6-odHhN9y58KcKWD9U-Nn-gUh3pScEw" width="248" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Mario Larrinago w Mary Sanchez and gallery assistants</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;">The Gallery A stable of artists along with principles Gibberd & Larrinaga included Emil Bisttram, Dorothy Brett, Howard Cook, Barbara Latham, James Meek, Keneth Adams, Charles Stewart and Gene Kloss. Mary arranged a contract with Kloss to have an exclusive right to all of the Kloss prints sold in Taos.</p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiR_yyNjfSicXOOcI2SC85wggg1abe8kOVMmuiwdeN5SfBTu3acmFklz02wQTz_kBbYLu3yifYDf66utq7PBKe6SXsplk-xsJSv6u3Nl492-gTyANZsUu84eeYmuTbeN8Py0DD8hRUpPf2aswpgjk7rHOCwMO7rBAitHA-uT_x4emtUPqHxKDHIYy5nfe0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1964" data-original-width="1711" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiR_yyNjfSicXOOcI2SC85wggg1abe8kOVMmuiwdeN5SfBTu3acmFklz02wQTz_kBbYLu3yifYDf66utq7PBKe6SXsplk-xsJSv6u3Nl492-gTyANZsUu84eeYmuTbeN8Py0DD8hRUpPf2aswpgjk7rHOCwMO7rBAitHA-uT_x4emtUPqHxKDHIYy5nfe0" width="209" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Mary Sanchez</span></div><p></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><i>‘Around 1975 or 1976 business was not going well, apparently that winter there were not a lot of tourist or buyers. One afternoon she came home to say, “Joe, someone walked in today and bought a Larrinaga.” Which she’d sold for $7,000. She was so relieved because for a couple of months there were no sales. Larrinaga was a name my grandmother frequently brought up. Later I realized there were many of his pieces in the house.’</i> Cory Sanchez</p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjN9b4HMT-pf5gw6cSNgKFftTXzNhf8q0lYGXJKmzR3n_zZgMfdQKrlGPKvp4Z4szv0BZJuO7Gr9lanQv8slxZ58hAqAYPN9Ik8rO28dbilyNc4qDwwnxLpm6xucG2cjF7FaU3zTn4J0oYEI61BWxLP2B7GB-B8ZbKOzeUWIX8DkY8Cu76p7ka7LSTRngk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1912" data-original-width="2800" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjN9b4HMT-pf5gw6cSNgKFftTXzNhf8q0lYGXJKmzR3n_zZgMfdQKrlGPKvp4Z4szv0BZJuO7Gr9lanQv8slxZ58hAqAYPN9Ik8rO28dbilyNc4qDwwnxLpm6xucG2cjF7FaU3zTn4J0oYEI61BWxLP2B7GB-B8ZbKOzeUWIX8DkY8Cu76p7ka7LSTRngk" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Mary Sanchez & Gene Kloss</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;">Gene Sanchez became enamored with the etchings of Gene Kloss, eventually he compiled, wrote and self published the catalog raisonne of her prints ‘Gene Kloss An American Printmaker, A Raisonne 2 Volumes’ 2009. An extensive southwest book collection along with the history of Gallery A and Gallery 203 has been catalogued and donated to the Lunder Research Center at The Couse-Sharp Historic Site in Taos by the Sanchez family.</p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><i>‘</i></span><i>My father, Gene Sanchez, career was designing schools in Northern NM. It was in the late 90’s that is was suggested for him to leave architecture and help with the gallery, it was time to have a transition. At the time Gene lived in Santa Fe with his wife Jules. During this transition he started to take art classes, eventually showing some of his artworks in the gallery. After some time commuting and realizing that he enjoyed working at the gallery, the decision was made by him and Jules to move back to Taos. It was quite</i><span style="text-decoration: line-through;"><i> </i></span><i>normal to see art on every wall in the home, Gene Kloss, Howard Cook, Emil Bisttram, Patricinio Barela, Mario Larrinaga etc.’</i> Cory Sanchez </p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfBu7zOUihWwdn8UeGSdJTnQWMvUJxZsMcaJV5ulaTYHJC_jN83qrJ-JhgZ8WgO3i_qDhq4F6AmJfv19fE6vYpYUXTDHYKXqDF30XA4DR-tBHw0Ysfb6ZE3xgUezZrfOTNpKLpukl7FQ16dyveFlxB9Cg_XI1i6Tk1Un1pemamYMQ5-4lKq2H4kKl2-Xc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2945" data-original-width="2234" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfBu7zOUihWwdn8UeGSdJTnQWMvUJxZsMcaJV5ulaTYHJC_jN83qrJ-JhgZ8WgO3i_qDhq4F6AmJfv19fE6vYpYUXTDHYKXqDF30XA4DR-tBHw0Ysfb6ZE3xgUezZrfOTNpKLpukl7FQ16dyveFlxB9Cg_XI1i6Tk1Un1pemamYMQ5-4lKq2H4kKl2-Xc" width="182" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Joe & Mary Sanchez, Jules & Gene Sanchez, Anne Liebert and gallery assistants</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Taos Artworks by Gene Kloss, Barbara Latham, Mario Larrinaga, Keith Crown, Fran Larsen along with curios, Navajo weavings, Taos Pueblo drums, Furniture, and millstone grinding wheels will be available at the weekend estate sale. The house is full of memories and treasures, an opportunity to own a piece of Taos history.</p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEip-_yC7gNO-4jSzTt7q3ucmxwrMfVHJY0e7PDe1D_Pm8jsjUW0MpEcJ8x7d-wy3AFr8P31sHrhts_M4eb7qKYy0D8fuvLHQLkB8n50Adit6xuK221-I7HNfeZDLwH7SL-odGvqohHbwWXiT0BUREAltnwahQ4_OZCA-H3MbjbWjLAMmwMteqp3xViC6dM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1670" data-original-width="2278" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEip-_yC7gNO-4jSzTt7q3ucmxwrMfVHJY0e7PDe1D_Pm8jsjUW0MpEcJ8x7d-wy3AFr8P31sHrhts_M4eb7qKYy0D8fuvLHQLkB8n50Adit6xuK221-I7HNfeZDLwH7SL-odGvqohHbwWXiT0BUREAltnwahQ4_OZCA-H3MbjbWjLAMmwMteqp3xViC6dM" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: small; text-align: start;">Gene Sanchez at work</span></div><p></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">With special thanks to Cory Sanchez for his recollections.</p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Gallery A, Gallery 203, Sanchez Family estate sale takes place at 125 de Teves Lane in the Taos Historic District on Saturday March 2 and Sunday March 3, 2024.</p>Two Graces, 105 Barela Lane, Taos NM 87571http://www.blogger.com/profile/06498983517341568696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923291306285239790.post-26737908543417473902023-12-16T14:12:00.005-07:002024-03-06T12:55:32.393-07:00Gene Kloss (1903-1996) A Printmaker in Taos<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Gene Kloss (1903-1996) Alice Geneva Glasier</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5H_D1_H7irVZKama2qS5Jv0CI3FcKChawQEUqAOgB-fZ1IjA0uAt3OwMXkBQD_SizwOD99pt9oTfebHwTQvqN073E3_p8eQqgd_79IjRsW6BxxJCAml0-kk1c66HXK7fMuZ3o8W9y4JQqwbKxvvnglpxTQqFu-HJyCdXlEIHq3BZLVfOPxPO5JKAr7t4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2654" data-original-width="2701" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5H_D1_H7irVZKama2qS5Jv0CI3FcKChawQEUqAOgB-fZ1IjA0uAt3OwMXkBQD_SizwOD99pt9oTfebHwTQvqN073E3_p8eQqgd_79IjRsW6BxxJCAml0-kk1c66HXK7fMuZ3o8W9y4JQqwbKxvvnglpxTQqFu-HJyCdXlEIHq3BZLVfOPxPO5JKAr7t4" width="244" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Gene Kloss </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">“Enduring Sanctuary” 12” x 15”, frame size 21” x 23” (etching, Drypoint & aquatint) 1973, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">50 of the edition of 50</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">$8,000. SOLD</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px;">Thousands of artists have drawn or painted the Ranchos Church, the huge adobe buttresses a unique composition. PK</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px;"><br /></i></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">In 1925 the newly wed Gene & Phillips Kloss honeymooned in New Mexico. <i>“The first site of the vast Taos Plateau left us breathless.”</i> <i>Phillips.</i> In Taos Canyon, Gene “did innumerable paintings and drawings” and produced etchings on a small portable press (a sixty-pound machine) which she had Phillips set up on a tree stump near their campsite. The rare examples of Watercolors, Pen & Ink, Drawings and even Oil Paintings show how immensely talented she was, but Etching (and the variations of etching she developed) was her preferred almost obsessive way of creating art. From my own personal experience at SMFA I understand just how obsessed printmakers can become.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">It is through her etchings that Kloss shines as a master of light & darkness, setting the stage onto her rectangular shaped paper surface. Looking at the etchings of Rembrandt, you’ll clearly see just how much of a master of the art form of etching she became. Kloss prints glow and shine through the darkness, the drawing and tonal quality of her hatch marks are precise and complicated. Her forced perspective will draw you into the scene allowing you to be a part of it as if you were witness to a moment in time. </span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.7px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Gene Kloss' work was exhibited in Paris at the Musee Jeu de Paume in 1938, as part of a leading New Mexican artist exhibition alongside Ernest Blumenschein, Georgia O'Keeffe and John Sloan.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.7px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">The Klosses attended ceremonial dances at Taos Pueblo so regularly that once when they missed one, their Pueblo friends sent someone to the Kloss home to make sure they were alright. Kloss never owned a camera, but constantly sketched and relied on an impeccable visual memory. “Gene makes memory sketches of indian activities from her own point of view, with respect for the unknowing Indian point of view.” Phillips Kloss</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">“Her very best work gives us a chance to be in that moment with her. She purposely priced her work, under market value. She wanted to make it accessible to as many people as possible. Gene depicted the life of the people as she saw it at the time (1930’s). In some ways she was capturing something that had been around for centuries. What she saw and what she recorded in her own memories, she passed down to us. Taos has always been, and still is, a place where women who happen to be artists got more attention than other artists (colonies). Taos was a place where artistic talent really was appreciated.” David Witt, for Colores, PBS 10, 23, 2021</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.7px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Many women artists find a great lack of interest and respect towards their respect work, Kloss used "Gene" (a masculine form of Geneva) when signing her artworks, to avoid prejudices of gender. Since 2019 much like Hilma af Klint, museums, curators and the public alike are searching for that extraordinary ‘undiscovered’ female artist, Kloss has been ‘hiding’ in plain sight here in Taos for almost 100 years.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.7px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p></div><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>“What Gene Kloss can catch in metal and oils, Phillips Kloss grasps and paints in words.” </i>Hal Johnson, for Berkley Daily Gazette 11, 14, 1942</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">‘The Woman in the Woods’ Phillips Kloss</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>’tis not the grove green hills you love nor blue-green sea,</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>’tis not the lonely luring trail, ’tis She</i></span></p>
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>’tis not the search for the truth that makes your life seem real</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>nor sense of power. ’tis love’s ideal</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>that gives the purpose to your thought, the zeal</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>which even single souls vicarious feel.</i></span></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhl1o8GuxlpXIt1etl0d4a9QlDBAum9fz9DuZME9V0zk_0z4GOXOD7ZX2-UySD_Nl5Qe2qXyaxD4p7hjQxTTrTvlJBGPnidtCoGdi9WIMeLBDn6Xl-ih6CvW0KQDP5aHFr5epyCJti75ARHkTDQh2EkbEn8yQJtkRHD55o8UxZBdNOIQ9bTK5a-Ni8uwYc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2099" data-original-width="2604" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhl1o8GuxlpXIt1etl0d4a9QlDBAum9fz9DuZME9V0zk_0z4GOXOD7ZX2-UySD_Nl5Qe2qXyaxD4p7hjQxTTrTvlJBGPnidtCoGdi9WIMeLBDn6Xl-ih6CvW0KQDP5aHFr5epyCJti75ARHkTDQh2EkbEn8yQJtkRHD55o8UxZBdNOIQ9bTK5a-Ni8uwYc" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Gene Kloss </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">“Forsaken Church (on the Edge of the Great Plains) 9 7/8” x 17 7/8” (etching, drypoint) 1979, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">9 of the edition of 25</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">.</span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px;">…untouched by vandals, it simply had to be sketched. We didn’t inquire its history. It is a sermon to space. PK</i></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhs_0Mn92AF_mHPyTt_9Lh89q4zJMDO6204nIxOWI8NpXXTYnRxUWIIiICp_9t5udVOLiefAzU95n3EBmILJO40FA4JWHCXcIDVZasHE6Jzx0saxhpIvG2Q-G42Dv78L3zn8N_6Oitv5hlg6pCJGuLlhu5RaO37NhMzhuWk7XZ9LynnqKYCXhLwycXLA1M" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="2650" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhs_0Mn92AF_mHPyTt_9Lh89q4zJMDO6204nIxOWI8NpXXTYnRxUWIIiICp_9t5udVOLiefAzU95n3EBmILJO40FA4JWHCXcIDVZasHE6Jzx0saxhpIvG2Q-G42Dv78L3zn8N_6Oitv5hlg6pCJGuLlhu5RaO37NhMzhuWk7XZ9LynnqKYCXhLwycXLA1M" width="245" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Gene Kloss</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">“Approach of the Victors” 11 3/8” x 7 7/8”, frame size 14.5” x 17.5” (drypoint) 1947, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Proof from the edition of 10</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">$1,200.SOLD</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQFr_671KmlMUbr0ZjqlHGDaGqYJm0sZ76e-YHhl6va_8rmQ6tCwHcOjHQO5oAiBoNiVFYz1TDfJfiDdjKqAcWKqWKRlcNHTxQnsgBy9z6t7lzq0qrboqHUaGY8QbcWu9TnPJxamM44Ua3NmabGQbDBwpQmThGU3AyuJpnxGnCPhs0pfHrmj453h2RA8k" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2233" data-original-width="2620" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQFr_671KmlMUbr0ZjqlHGDaGqYJm0sZ76e-YHhl6va_8rmQ6tCwHcOjHQO5oAiBoNiVFYz1TDfJfiDdjKqAcWKqWKRlcNHTxQnsgBy9z6t7lzq0qrboqHUaGY8QbcWu9TnPJxamM44Ua3NmabGQbDBwpQmThGU3AyuJpnxGnCPhs0pfHrmj453h2RA8k" width="282" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Gene Kloss </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">“Dance of Domingo” 10 5/8” x 13 5/8”, frame size 18” x 22” (drypoint & aquatint) 1955, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Proof of the edition of 40</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYipuLlx8dULXd_RyaP3jHkbfhA06lu41P0Hi_abTo0DOW-ecRxOTrmkvwHH5UoCKdSHhDCaAmJHxRzWlwDw2xG43hzpo2_GZPjpbz6mUiAFSISyuQhxY70pf5X205LgWF6qGeJ7Kcen0kfB79Eb8utaIlVFX83JxVVG33A-2UjrL_2SCxy4Db1IIUXEY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2239" data-original-width="2391" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgYipuLlx8dULXd_RyaP3jHkbfhA06lu41P0Hi_abTo0DOW-ecRxOTrmkvwHH5UoCKdSHhDCaAmJHxRzWlwDw2xG43hzpo2_GZPjpbz6mUiAFSISyuQhxY70pf5X205LgWF6qGeJ7Kcen0kfB79Eb8utaIlVFX83JxVVG33A-2UjrL_2SCxy4Db1IIUXEY" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Gene Kloss </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">“Taos Eagle Dancers” 10.75” x 13.75”, frame size 20” x 23” (drypoint & aquatint) 1955, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Proof of the edition of 35</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px;">The Eagle dance simulates the movements of the great bird beating its wings to rise from the ground, lifting in the air, soaring in the sky.” PK</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQwHy4Yw5cAz6kYn7XSN5EvkVPNxyr9kwfntl4hFBm14h8QlbD8nYdrE1geB_YRsH9jAQznBbKK22lvju8WdNSJ2KXaGAEVmuhrXb5UCWyweFlyNOpZUh8EixGJEu5N5-c88JLkHtAuzGMFgw62cSrk3eoRPLy0C7_cae7jn7bGY_9jUzO9-wkR2cMLos" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="1757" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQwHy4Yw5cAz6kYn7XSN5EvkVPNxyr9kwfntl4hFBm14h8QlbD8nYdrE1geB_YRsH9jAQznBbKK22lvju8WdNSJ2KXaGAEVmuhrXb5UCWyweFlyNOpZUh8EixGJEu5N5-c88JLkHtAuzGMFgw62cSrk3eoRPLy0C7_cae7jn7bGY_9jUzO9-wkR2cMLos" width="292" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gene Kloss </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Years Ago in Arroyo Seco"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">5 5/8" x 8 1/8" (drypoint etching) 1981</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Artist Proof (stated) Edition of 50</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Available at R.B. Ravens, Ranchos de Taos</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKdWZfPucQuFBgoEGCsjHSFXBWyNDER1zddS1JwGfRKOzHkCgWS6D33J1-rKRIbJKJRgzZgmiEeak-bpd71ZeiZQ4O0zGpwiT0OgsKuLOYjmBvC8ituPAkxhDz6ssX5-FlY-3G0sTGy9_1T0utzsWMcU93cNL7y8yw0pxRxQyYdKn4XBDN49StsZJegnw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2318" data-original-width="2599" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKdWZfPucQuFBgoEGCsjHSFXBWyNDER1zddS1JwGfRKOzHkCgWS6D33J1-rKRIbJKJRgzZgmiEeak-bpd71ZeiZQ4O0zGpwiT0OgsKuLOYjmBvC8ituPAkxhDz6ssX5-FlY-3G0sTGy9_1T0utzsWMcU93cNL7y8yw0pxRxQyYdKn4XBDN49StsZJegnw" width="269" /></a></div>Gene Kloss</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Christmas Processional at Taos II"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">9 7/8" x 13 7/8" (drypoint impression) 1948</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From the edition of 50 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was printed by Kloss after the 250 edition printed for the Society of Print Connoisseurs which is titled "Processional - Taos"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Available at R.B. Ravens, Ranchos de Taos</div><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiBmyjBXOvskCtg7zZ6Uwt_LudwyYULciHBgrTJm44nAy1LDAvUQkpDmPWZbBVn5gVQ6IHK5nlb9esdCgwLNss1afh97sAVwDIUqlMEBF-GwaT_xRDWW7RBhjXKlMoCmyktibpzB_Uq88rs6aI5VpjgEaYemSGuaWPl9kyV5H-wpFHT360uvM2n7_DZgU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2594" data-original-width="3086" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiBmyjBXOvskCtg7zZ6Uwt_LudwyYULciHBgrTJm44nAy1LDAvUQkpDmPWZbBVn5gVQ6IHK5nlb9esdCgwLNss1afh97sAVwDIUqlMEBF-GwaT_xRDWW7RBhjXKlMoCmyktibpzB_Uq88rs6aI5VpjgEaYemSGuaWPl9kyV5H-wpFHT360uvM2n7_DZgU" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Gene Kloss </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">“Watching the Clowns” 11 7/8” x 8 7/8”, frame size 17” x 21” (original watercolor) 1954</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Available from Santa Fe Art Auction March 13, 2024</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdyUUkyX9XK5-DHZFxtyBaEfvvDetTwEQh4tm8ypYMu4hFUdLz9cl4AvhpiN7xl2PFF8h0x3O0AW4p7g_81qqEcKtCVEXEWvVE0V5n2zICQvOhoNahveWyqnFgfVwbLjpY5_RvLL845EAaMQF8H1m4g5gcRJt_xecUbQOd0QzCIJckHCY4Qx5s4UqWa3k" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2868" data-original-width="2434" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdyUUkyX9XK5-DHZFxtyBaEfvvDetTwEQh4tm8ypYMu4hFUdLz9cl4AvhpiN7xl2PFF8h0x3O0AW4p7g_81qqEcKtCVEXEWvVE0V5n2zICQvOhoNahveWyqnFgfVwbLjpY5_RvLL845EAaMQF8H1m4g5gcRJt_xecUbQOd0QzCIJckHCY4Qx5s4UqWa3k" width="204" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Gene Kloss </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">“Rio Grande Canyon (slide trail)” 13.75” x 9.75”, frame size 27” x 20” (original Pen & Ink Drawing) 1936</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px;">The basaltic Taos river gorge drops into the basaltic Rio Grande Gorge, a ledge road hanging over a precipice once the main road between Santa Fe and Taos. You went up in low gear and down in low gear. You hugged the inside rut when the road was icy hoping your car wouldn’t decide to make a ski slide out of it. PK</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-style: normal;">Available from Santa Fe Art Auction March 13, 2024</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px;"><br /></i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipHZhH4FSE62ZXfpE7DW-FANFsZhn60Kc-VtHKr6mczQH9HZwyD8t_GMdHO53pdXgdMxvHSBuObxEQW4h4sqkgxXBlQLPNVeV9eIVGSHw7jQP9acMEaWZ-y-11pSxroLgbr624aEGcJsj3SVpb6sYzDQPS1PbBcpzBD2sykpuiqPTZ8cUPf29sGxTDP3I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2338" data-original-width="2790" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipHZhH4FSE62ZXfpE7DW-FANFsZhn60Kc-VtHKr6mczQH9HZwyD8t_GMdHO53pdXgdMxvHSBuObxEQW4h4sqkgxXBlQLPNVeV9eIVGSHw7jQP9acMEaWZ-y-11pSxroLgbr624aEGcJsj3SVpb6sYzDQPS1PbBcpzBD2sykpuiqPTZ8cUPf29sGxTDP3I" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Gene Kloss</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">“Singers Over the Bridge” 10 7/8” x 13 7/8”, frame size 22” x 19.5” (etching, drypoint) 1961, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">48 of the edition of 50</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">$3,600.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Available through Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, Taos</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXBbbYTfS60-Vp_jXTV4UztawzXs4lqYzm0CDAH355NZXmJ-v_SZNoiNaH26u_4gSR1DKvCdzY4qTunUAjmSVDtEprxgKlZKnQppgP6DDDaUovkJ5ToXbD-6Z9qPhMCliDG4hWc9Tsz7XeIooTOFoRcNZUrW9M3LW7z35GUT_vufH4GGQIeN_oPJi0bCo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2837" data-original-width="3532" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXBbbYTfS60-Vp_jXTV4UztawzXs4lqYzm0CDAH355NZXmJ-v_SZNoiNaH26u_4gSR1DKvCdzY4qTunUAjmSVDtEprxgKlZKnQppgP6DDDaUovkJ5ToXbD-6Z9qPhMCliDG4hWc9Tsz7XeIooTOFoRcNZUrW9M3LW7z35GUT_vufH4GGQIeN_oPJi0bCo" width="299" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Gene Kloss</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">“Zero Weather” 8 3/4” x 14 3/4”, frame size 23.5” x 19.5” (drypoint, aquatint) 1960, 36 of the edition of 50</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">$3,600.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Available through Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, Taos</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">‘Winter Sonnet’ Phillips Kloss (1902-1995)</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>When Taos was Taos years yond ago,</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>valley and mountains sky-enchanted,</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>streams aflow with melting snow,</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>fields sheen green new-ploughed new-planted,</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>there you could live in an ageless age,</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>live in the cedars, live in the sage,</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>cedar and sage, wild rose, wild plum,</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>Indian song and Indian drum.</i></span></p>
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>’tis not to deny the mind’s delight -</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>imagine, explore, invent, create -</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>’tis living more natural, primitive, right</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>fulfilling the faith that you advocate.</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>Don’t seek tomorrow, go back there</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>in the pine, in the spruce, in the balsam air,</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>in the cedars and sage, wild rose, wild plum,</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>fear nothing that will come.</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">(Poetry works from “Taos Chants” by Phillips Kloss 1974)</span></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiYRr2x2pXwIlAw3gBC5SlsjtiYwVDEYfBWVu59VZYeuD1myYIhyLfpT7EEAfYujY7jy-elkgDBX7nIhT-2mw1BIMwsyYE9EtQMCHdmg82ws_4P4mW-TpaZCGcadGByMxlF6nYzacq9NGes9dARaCDfPtLzxBErbjqyodkFiEuDnWjwaR06B3kNyJ9c5s" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3389" data-original-width="2926" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiYRr2x2pXwIlAw3gBC5SlsjtiYwVDEYfBWVu59VZYeuD1myYIhyLfpT7EEAfYujY7jy-elkgDBX7nIhT-2mw1BIMwsyYE9EtQMCHdmg82ws_4P4mW-TpaZCGcadGByMxlF6nYzacq9NGes9dARaCDfPtLzxBErbjqyodkFiEuDnWjwaR06B3kNyJ9c5s" width="207" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Gene Kloss</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">“Magpies & Red Tailed Hawk” 14 7/*” x 8 7/8”, frame size 17” x 21” (etching, drypoint) 1962, Proof from the edition of 50</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">$3,600.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Available through Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, Taos</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px;">They ganged up on him, yak yak sacked at him for trespassing on their territory. He regarded them with imperturbable disdain. Handsome birds, black and white and iridescent green, they made lively patterns in the stark trees. PK</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px;"><br /></i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaYPocdPqDcieAE2NY9VI5FnDHd7qmMaTwnGAPARhllVWLvwFs8no5QeWqhnKlgFTHX4qqc3AImGoz6N6vRd4rc31T1tE9Kn66hZ8HwnoiVmDxQXFj6N4wY4In5JOvxU6ta-ov4Qj4ExN0KDziSvKySKCj7rFN6xEDrUWZTxNjBgZAu4BST6xMN5qiDFI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3193" data-original-width="2983" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiaYPocdPqDcieAE2NY9VI5FnDHd7qmMaTwnGAPARhllVWLvwFs8no5QeWqhnKlgFTHX4qqc3AImGoz6N6vRd4rc31T1tE9Kn66hZ8HwnoiVmDxQXFj6N4wY4In5JOvxU6ta-ov4Qj4ExN0KDziSvKySKCj7rFN6xEDrUWZTxNjBgZAu4BST6xMN5qiDFI" width="224" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Gene Kloss </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Taos Devil Dancers 20” x 22” Giclee</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">$100. (unframed) SOLD</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12px;">Partly an entertainment dance, partly an exorcise dance, the Devil Dance is put on by a group going from house to house. PK</i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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(framed) SOLD</span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9N6xEuhFWZo57ou9nRf2-fhwTcDvDtuHYvFKAtCi4lzNVeEwmQfc7VyRkH7jWWOZ7HVdsKvF-QzOrXFLxLZQZSJzaXPvMJ1ewAWiFH1lfJ6xXYgp925IYKhczgZFFc9336RVIaQ9bERlDc62MK-Ds56OFkKDxHkzXKlIyJ7cDo4SX64NIOKhoE1sHcP0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2147" data-original-width="3024" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9N6xEuhFWZo57ou9nRf2-fhwTcDvDtuHYvFKAtCi4lzNVeEwmQfc7VyRkH7jWWOZ7HVdsKvF-QzOrXFLxLZQZSJzaXPvMJ1ewAWiFH1lfJ6xXYgp925IYKhczgZFFc9336RVIaQ9bERlDc62MK-Ds56OFkKDxHkzXKlIyJ7cDo4SX64NIOKhoE1sHcP0" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Gene Kloss An American Printmaker, A Raisonne</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">2 Volume set</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">written by Gene Sanchez</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">SOLD OUT</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg06l1KaDVqYpQNx4Ee2rvCsd751AMPdB_oBLwl7QFy9NmcRTyvCMorJj31laZG4ISbkHr5W0u5ycntIXIV0eWlHdOTsAUghr9hoM2ZsyvaROL9Y_PagzpY8mLrnYVO1Euq99iqjnEw6e-1R92x1PNmMdgkztk8tTJ1av5Hyh7pO0Qyhq4s_DAtOvSW7s8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2283" data-original-width="1749" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg06l1KaDVqYpQNx4Ee2rvCsd751AMPdB_oBLwl7QFy9NmcRTyvCMorJj31laZG4ISbkHr5W0u5ycntIXIV0eWlHdOTsAUghr9hoM2ZsyvaROL9Y_PagzpY8mLrnYVO1Euq99iqjnEw6e-1R92x1PNmMdgkztk8tTJ1av5Hyh7pO0Qyhq4s_DAtOvSW7s8" width="184" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Gene Kloss Poster, framed $75.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOUQbtzwvoJpSJp6EuJCg-ufuM46A1RIcttYJTnS2FZrv1d2SArPcHCJ1eu6JbkPb7KLaFNnH6d2SFEYYCabpNcQTNnz2C-2y56lO3C-C3yUSMk2WrNhG9gDjBzoJH_qxSD_RzrlctjzsXAGuvtnOF2IceBm0Mu0Z7HTWs4zeHeSk4w4BPysFKTbyA_gk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOUQbtzwvoJpSJp6EuJCg-ufuM46A1RIcttYJTnS2FZrv1d2SArPcHCJ1eu6JbkPb7KLaFNnH6d2SFEYYCabpNcQTNnz2C-2y56lO3C-C3yUSMk2WrNhG9gDjBzoJH_qxSD_RzrlctjzsXAGuvtnOF2IceBm0Mu0Z7HTWs4zeHeSk4w4BPysFKTbyA_gk" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photograph by Dick Spas of the Gallery A storefront on Kit Carson Road</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>“It was about 1937… when I first saw her etchings, I remember I stopped by La Fonda Hotel (Taos) and her etchings were spread out in a back room. There was one - ‘Snow and Adobe’ (1934) - I had to have it. I had 68 cents with me and Dixie Yapple, who ran the gallery (Taos Heptagon Gallery), said ‘Why don’t you go ahead and get it. You can pay a little at a time.’ You know that was my grocery money, but I bought that etching for $5.”</i> Mary Sanchez, from Pasatiempo, Santa Fe New Mexican 7, 7-13, 2000 </span></p>
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>“Kloss was amazingly humble and talented. She set out to capture the images and history of New Mexico and accomplished it like few others. The quality and integrity of her work is hard to compete with.”</i> Jules Sanchez, from Taos Magazine, May-June 2005</span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGp9P92wDikNRxJ-HW-A1QXx6zDNM_-z_zR42Gf8iaEYS1gYaHuKWfsRTaMTxtMMSbaz0O3pJa1Hsh_2MLF8jBs_1ohQA1nHjnTKXmQ5HxCCmTPangsO1nKEjg075otS8uLVEW3J_Z8LjyQJAYqHGZjqhkTLFzqxI17xL9agrln85l00O1yhRcqkwAXds" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGp9P92wDikNRxJ-HW-A1QXx6zDNM_-z_zR42Gf8iaEYS1gYaHuKWfsRTaMTxtMMSbaz0O3pJa1Hsh_2MLF8jBs_1ohQA1nHjnTKXmQ5HxCCmTPangsO1nKEjg075otS8uLVEW3J_Z8LjyQJAYqHGZjqhkTLFzqxI17xL9agrln85l00O1yhRcqkwAXds" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gallery A scenes at 1996 opening for Gene Kloss Works of Art</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.7px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Gallery A was the exclusive dealer for the artworks of Gene Kloss for over 50 years. The artworks shown here by Gene Kloss are the last of the Sanchez family collection the former owners of Gallery A. </span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.7px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Two Graces in the Taos historic district at 105 Barela Lane is the exclusive representative for these last few prints from the Sanchez/Gallery A collection. We will have this selection available at the gallery from December 16, 2023 - January 3, 2024, after this time period the artworks will be available on a by appointment only schedule.</span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-XKizajtwLi2GOdue_PIZwZNED0bPMxdxrGcDKDAk2XPYHPOAj1W2QdHV9V0JnRoVUk99yXBvN7heBqngHnLbR8yZ_DKjYxJobKuVD9eBJI4xg-ChKBwU6tMn3bbT6MsBUWa-PmZIJdEgNQK1frYb3BErnMIqbOqR-4-UG6SLEAjrGRSRRg_cttGozuI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="2087" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-XKizajtwLi2GOdue_PIZwZNED0bPMxdxrGcDKDAk2XPYHPOAj1W2QdHV9V0JnRoVUk99yXBvN7heBqngHnLbR8yZ_DKjYxJobKuVD9eBJI4xg-ChKBwU6tMn3bbT6MsBUWa-PmZIJdEgNQK1frYb3BErnMIqbOqR-4-UG6SLEAjrGRSRRg_cttGozuI" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Christmas Card of Enduring Sanctuary in Snow</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mezzotint printed by Bill Jackson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Prints by Taos Artists also available from the collection of the Sanchez Estate </b></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhd_gJN86nP-Znyux7dQRw7uMBzd-5h1BIOtZWioqhXKjtDpDv2z3Et6FPlF6H8ho_5-iKPdm3v3UsnLq47qiiyaL1xppUnjZnhtoYhp-nizzVmg-TrPsa5WsXjJ5Ipi5XPONvbsbp4XPkZ50n3ltodMZKMZ4qnYSP0YbBmF9jte9r8_TTwxDZR3aR0X0o" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhd_gJN86nP-Znyux7dQRw7uMBzd-5h1BIOtZWioqhXKjtDpDv2z3Et6FPlF6H8ho_5-iKPdm3v3UsnLq47qiiyaL1xppUnjZnhtoYhp-nizzVmg-TrPsa5WsXjJ5Ipi5XPONvbsbp4XPkZ50n3ltodMZKMZ4qnYSP0YbBmF9jte9r8_TTwxDZR3aR0X0o" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Emil Bisttram </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">“Ranchos Church” Lithograph 12” x 18” </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">$750.</b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzwrtrZ63svnrBQAiTp5zcsiOuQ4RRru4plHJTeLlE-nqyif7uOvNqDhy5sDv_zdSoNtozzlzXqkD54goNIJkWwEGUSpGSP68IfpCFcTTKQHS9Nsnp6B7TRO-pvYSnyX7y3a0H7S5-nv9S3WfDUc2qaaxUnfbQ2SlRrO9oJvbhVjpugwsybV-nJOVYKHU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2650" data-original-width="3598" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzwrtrZ63svnrBQAiTp5zcsiOuQ4RRru4plHJTeLlE-nqyif7uOvNqDhy5sDv_zdSoNtozzlzXqkD54goNIJkWwEGUSpGSP68IfpCFcTTKQHS9Nsnp6B7TRO-pvYSnyX7y3a0H7S5-nv9S3WfDUc2qaaxUnfbQ2SlRrO9oJvbhVjpugwsybV-nJOVYKHU" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Eric Gibberd </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Linocut Taos Pueblo 17” x 20” </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">$200.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiu1OwTNUiA1XpJZUTgYAFMIvXXyZXVjTArud58hFVCSQqaLmy6HSCCYZTAA1quY1uoxgCxzAkUEeTVSQdZ-aNzx_Ev1FzgW4n4XMO7fdDFgVLjqROZL-I1lCIS3ahmWmDzEUSY7SsLNoov2pdkG4yOo3KO3vcGPibPMeZAauoOAM-WEVWrYLDaoQ3P0uI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2790" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiu1OwTNUiA1XpJZUTgYAFMIvXXyZXVjTArud58hFVCSQqaLmy6HSCCYZTAA1quY1uoxgCxzAkUEeTVSQdZ-aNzx_Ev1FzgW4n4XMO7fdDFgVLjqROZL-I1lCIS3ahmWmDzEUSY7SsLNoov2pdkG4yOo3KO3vcGPibPMeZAauoOAM-WEVWrYLDaoQ3P0uI" width="260" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxazyqlf5tsLrm1SDfgpnF19vbuv6apxZ_fDVafjCzGRVpiTPtkLtFoVpnMjm2T9dRYrHsMuYY7hYv-JiRnVzjAwB9BKZ9eA_bi9I5H5JeA35Og2T-XdlamLrEyCvVVN-RtbBcrGrMxhUVmXpRSid1kQoAdIoaiCTrE41Gj4k1PuyDoXpp8tJiEcNpejc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxazyqlf5tsLrm1SDfgpnF19vbuv6apxZ_fDVafjCzGRVpiTPtkLtFoVpnMjm2T9dRYrHsMuYY7hYv-JiRnVzjAwB9BKZ9eA_bi9I5H5JeA35Og2T-XdlamLrEyCvVVN-RtbBcrGrMxhUVmXpRSid1kQoAdIoaiCTrE41Gj4k1PuyDoXpp8tJiEcNpejc" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Pat Dagnon </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">“Dance” Crane Etching 15” x 12” </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">$150.</b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>“Unison” Cranes Etching 15” x 12” </b></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>$150.</b></span></p><div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx9uHOQiaQufSPisq6q0FGZeVpDLwuqkdxvTLGj3e14iCfqzqGq9mCeoqNfdIJpvaXA8DgPnuhbWxJhNGMgo0KjrLNJjtqrDX3zkqbQ380Q8Eoqe1xFuyVtHnAbIuyl1xK0Nn1pRECnk3k_CLTL2IxDIStlxtTXnEZ6afJzECZiWuLezmAbz1y7JWYdv0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2487" data-original-width="2152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx9uHOQiaQufSPisq6q0FGZeVpDLwuqkdxvTLGj3e14iCfqzqGq9mCeoqNfdIJpvaXA8DgPnuhbWxJhNGMgo0KjrLNJjtqrDX3zkqbQ380Q8Eoqe1xFuyVtHnAbIuyl1xK0Nn1pRECnk3k_CLTL2IxDIStlxtTXnEZ6afJzECZiWuLezmAbz1y7JWYdv0" width="208" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Joseph Imhoff</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Thank You Lithograph</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">$100.</b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiR-wLEB4nsB4EprwFxOUajPNkMmK5Xh6raG-CJL96sz7TPfI3UOtdqnkeLAecJaDucDNzHViX_LZiHRYJiXMBx7EhijEg7o8l1XdQnz2hSAmIFpf1RghZxUevInBDYO6RdS1IespCsTntbA37ldgIoGwIs023vaj0ARargLC-qT1_7CqpMRRjmxRNte9c" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2861" data-original-width="2232" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiR-wLEB4nsB4EprwFxOUajPNkMmK5Xh6raG-CJL96sz7TPfI3UOtdqnkeLAecJaDucDNzHViX_LZiHRYJiXMBx7EhijEg7o8l1XdQnz2hSAmIFpf1RghZxUevInBDYO6RdS1IespCsTntbA37ldgIoGwIs023vaj0ARargLC-qT1_7CqpMRRjmxRNte9c" width="187" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXnIhzYtjTeqicpnH-moqy9pzqWg-h-k2bzuTwFwMPWdiGw0-2AC0BjSTe0CYp7kk2nV9hudoYH2SCcvnwhAh9cJzzKKm4wgE-UcBhYJt1FCaOTo2CnIOwWvjKGXUNeowCmLvQIOBdRC0-vjLHBzZD_AtASmmvnqYV5fPP1WJ36KAVEGNful9MqDLNEjM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2409" data-original-width="3369" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXnIhzYtjTeqicpnH-moqy9pzqWg-h-k2bzuTwFwMPWdiGw0-2AC0BjSTe0CYp7kk2nV9hudoYH2SCcvnwhAh9cJzzKKm4wgE-UcBhYJt1FCaOTo2CnIOwWvjKGXUNeowCmLvQIOBdRC0-vjLHBzZD_AtASmmvnqYV5fPP1WJ36KAVEGNful9MqDLNEjM" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Janet Lippincott </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Portrait 1985 35” x 27” </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">$2,000.</b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>“Blue Still Life” 34” x 27” </b></span></p>
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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHNjayEGaziXkaVqG8I3zqql3og90OjlH3RNTOhMFev-RylVfeYsRkGvFs4LEWWdOteg1NRdEi796N2yCRLWbVGUpbr9mbDIiiJHj3mP0gjxR_7KTAT2ONDB9e0vffeHbjqDBXqDpj4aqPZLb-YbPkQY08bIIRDzrS3iYTSO9W7bJVUtCMQRO4o2F9J4Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3454" data-original-width="2721" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHNjayEGaziXkaVqG8I3zqql3og90OjlH3RNTOhMFev-RylVfeYsRkGvFs4LEWWdOteg1NRdEi796N2yCRLWbVGUpbr9mbDIiiJHj3mP0gjxR_7KTAT2ONDB9e0vffeHbjqDBXqDpj4aqPZLb-YbPkQY08bIIRDzrS3iYTSO9W7bJVUtCMQRO4o2F9J4Q" width="189" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Nicolai Fechin Portfolio of 16 Prints </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">$250.</b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgX4O9XL01IVUcBZh3UFjkkkzgAzJ1W3tvLr-7JUAU96yxUVpMIuz19zFV0gkWUAQT0MxOKu9dFPKSxPc8SHjOUoxb3naKvFMD4iPI_kAi7zYPqM7vlXTIJsQ75pbW15nKIHA7FbpNrRL8da3MuYgl20WC2hICKRRJwTC442n00l2_WSWjIBs_JZck7xfs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2739" data-original-width="2855" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgX4O9XL01IVUcBZh3UFjkkkzgAzJ1W3tvLr-7JUAU96yxUVpMIuz19zFV0gkWUAQT0MxOKu9dFPKSxPc8SHjOUoxb3naKvFMD4iPI_kAi7zYPqM7vlXTIJsQ75pbW15nKIHA7FbpNrRL8da3MuYgl20WC2hICKRRJwTC442n00l2_WSWjIBs_JZck7xfs" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Barbara Latham</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">“Mexican Kitchen” print</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">$150.</b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuvOxcR0RAsW4IOuq9v2utsKoTV4tKy1fCxC6FwGIaHQ2dhmMQFMw45BpS9SR9AOV9VwWczFzMG6ILI34ScM_bF9iDxNnkdxVvdMht4lFPM9eodp7_4IsUCtYQa4fmSIqp0JerG9gQPPxf01rF7RTItTkkTJ4WQbA7mpTRyU_IE1FWuUIhueXC51ZeL60" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2351" data-original-width="2640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuvOxcR0RAsW4IOuq9v2utsKoTV4tKy1fCxC6FwGIaHQ2dhmMQFMw45BpS9SR9AOV9VwWczFzMG6ILI34ScM_bF9iDxNnkdxVvdMht4lFPM9eodp7_4IsUCtYQa4fmSIqp0JerG9gQPPxf01rF7RTItTkkTJ4WQbA7mpTRyU_IE1FWuUIhueXC51ZeL60" width="270" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Howard Cook</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">“Tio Vivo” print 1950</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">$150.</b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzR7BvNuOzCmzbkq2WtKhcxYm8qy8PXuQ7II4J24A0dydxyqkDMoMjqz9EEwC_ZN_8VLl8sq22Q3emNH8GLDfLz4hpaA0O7CZso34PPxTI6XAxDQ266IJ12GlhkRxjnyttbAxfXFzBZc4iUFOCSZkv0KN3SxSGFPSSAS_PnSVN_W9UP2dwobiH8MNV6q8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="2258" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzR7BvNuOzCmzbkq2WtKhcxYm8qy8PXuQ7II4J24A0dydxyqkDMoMjqz9EEwC_ZN_8VLl8sq22Q3emNH8GLDfLz4hpaA0O7CZso34PPxTI6XAxDQ266IJ12GlhkRxjnyttbAxfXFzBZc4iUFOCSZkv0KN3SxSGFPSSAS_PnSVN_W9UP2dwobiH8MNV6q8" width="282" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Ted Egri </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Lithograph Church w Steeple 9.5” x 12” </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">$50.</b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiic5xDbmxG-87-XyQT6ISwvU27BSV2giiHePjalm8sAiMbgqkN2Ph8C6vVJ6t76b35q7JRzYjoiI9UQRyYpzLJS9IawJmKDx3PUPAQnIVphIDJXpihavQXE5DdlHEMpp4irwvqYRVWNZ-uF7YEahUEVRsKBz3axZkfp1rwArd5AmwoHOZP4cq_jM9SMWY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2463" data-original-width="3176" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiic5xDbmxG-87-XyQT6ISwvU27BSV2giiHePjalm8sAiMbgqkN2Ph8C6vVJ6t76b35q7JRzYjoiI9UQRyYpzLJS9IawJmKDx3PUPAQnIVphIDJXpihavQXE5DdlHEMpp4irwvqYRVWNZ-uF7YEahUEVRsKBz3axZkfp1rwArd5AmwoHOZP4cq_jM9SMWY" width="309" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Japanese print on rice paper</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Ando Hiroshige</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">$75.</b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /> </p>Two Graces, 105 Barela Lane, Taos NM 87571http://www.blogger.com/profile/06498983517341568696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923291306285239790.post-18886009060168861072021-06-06T16:30:00.003-06:002023-12-18T14:55:36.509-07:00Ila McAfee Miniature Portrait Taos Pueblo Man<p> <b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 46, 63); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #002e3f; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px;">Ila McAfee (Turner) 1897-1995</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoy3JGPzDA7zwOhdEVb4dYl74k19jxUx_muqFntPcD1Le1W9y58XIP9j_RYe1Q2b3gqwOXhbMX-whI9gbooowiG_6sZ1FwHN6f9IOILKvZO7gIojTU39MoaWTQNEhBD_zdyY2s-p2Q6ag/s652/102310965_1_x+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="579" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoy3JGPzDA7zwOhdEVb4dYl74k19jxUx_muqFntPcD1Le1W9y58XIP9j_RYe1Q2b3gqwOXhbMX-whI9gbooowiG_6sZ1FwHN6f9IOILKvZO7gIojTU39MoaWTQNEhBD_zdyY2s-p2Q6ag/s320/102310965_1_x+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 46, 63); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #002e3f; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Studied in Los Angeles, CA, Chicago, IL, New York, NY, moved to Taos, NM in 1928. She remained in Taos for twenty-five years before moving back to Colorado. She is noted for her paintings of animals, horses in particular.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 46, 63); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #002e3f; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkHsMuX7XlDW9gsjaotWZtrTrHLgPgqISo8VvVN-Tj_0TVKPYbP0ES6zR0FdvtGASQIPrB9jaVnYBgw8qvvL3ow9yMNtyLmmoh-dkHRTW0N_R5Sf31eUHk13gZmcaceSHwtKNYnK_A8Os/s1512/IMG_4672.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkHsMuX7XlDW9gsjaotWZtrTrHLgPgqISo8VvVN-Tj_0TVKPYbP0ES6zR0FdvtGASQIPrB9jaVnYBgw8qvvL3ow9yMNtyLmmoh-dkHRTW0N_R5Sf31eUHk13gZmcaceSHwtKNYnK_A8Os/s320/IMG_4672.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">A 3”x3” in a 4 5/8”x5 1/8” frame, an oil painting portrait on canvas of a Taos Pueblo gentleman. Sgrafitto signature on the front and her written signature on the back brown paper.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Sye0TEUn4j4JXHT4O6u5e_KFMBKe22oYeprlfZa9aw9QKK-tu9sUL-Jp3Zt4fZfYl53AVrz9Mrs1CewbF-i2yN-vnY4kc09vBS_ge3vSXaqFdTVuXst7ieLLhKvN4l2Hi45fWS8NLGA/s1512/IMG_4671.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Sye0TEUn4j4JXHT4O6u5e_KFMBKe22oYeprlfZa9aw9QKK-tu9sUL-Jp3Zt4fZfYl53AVrz9Mrs1CewbF-i2yN-vnY4kc09vBS_ge3vSXaqFdTVuXst7ieLLhKvN4l2Hi45fWS8NLGA/s320/IMG_4671.jpg" /></a></div><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Note the earring and braids tied in red (denoting a particular society group that this man belonged to), with Taos Pueblo and blue mountain in background. Dated to 1930, signed on front and notation on back. The man wears a robe (an indication of stature) of green, the color of life, renewal, nature and energy, associated with growth, harmony, safety and the environment and around him. </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7IsRWi5HpOlvFCIZ2CGkSZD8W3666iJu0yQ2saOMC-71uDZzSHAxgaeMZYphXd1tFnhcrD8whO23RJ_BOBEK9xhVRLk3-JeT-gNXZ-QMJFJLa7pGOFboyvVUhlP5EFw6O7za1HWm_ROc/s1526/IMG_4697.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="1526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7IsRWi5HpOlvFCIZ2CGkSZD8W3666iJu0yQ2saOMC-71uDZzSHAxgaeMZYphXd1tFnhcrD8whO23RJ_BOBEK9xhVRLk3-JeT-gNXZ-QMJFJLa7pGOFboyvVUhlP5EFw6O7za1HWm_ROc/s320/IMG_4697.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 46, 63); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #002e3f; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 46, 63); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #002e3f; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Portraits and the portrait miniatures of the people in Taos are some of Ila’s best work, yet still she was known as the painter of horses. Most portraits are on simple backgrounds. This rare Portrait of a Taos Pueblo Man by Ila McAfee includes views of the Taos Blue Mountain and the Taos Pueblo in the background. </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 46, 63); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #002e3f; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 46, 63); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #002e3f; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gGj3u3CB4KtjNI2xN-hrYu28Y2IejsJSCBJ2TkRSj2WFS3bMtVJM3rupfK0rLthyphenhyphenyPJfvsyKQU2fzNBpbuykaGH2KSH-Qk4fjOu19Ujamiln9LIjRvdt-Al5oPuC7UFU0DcHn_PWqAM/s1457/IMG_4701.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1457" data-original-width="1448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gGj3u3CB4KtjNI2xN-hrYu28Y2IejsJSCBJ2TkRSj2WFS3bMtVJM3rupfK0rLthyphenhyphenyPJfvsyKQU2fzNBpbuykaGH2KSH-Qk4fjOu19Ujamiln9LIjRvdt-Al5oPuC7UFU0DcHn_PWqAM/s320/IMG_4701.jpg" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 46, 63); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #002e3f; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">From Ila's book "Indians, Horses, Hills, et cetera..." : 'Sun Lightning' was his indian name. I would meet him out in the sage and sun and there, wrapped in a bright colorful blanket, he sat on his horse. I painted him with a mountain or prairie as a background in the center of a beautiful setting. People from Taos Pueblo have identified him as Joe ‘Sunhawk’ Sandoval, along with pointing out the hoop earring and red colored ribbon wrapping his braids. The book includes this illustration of the man she refers to.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0CJqfFtviPwC9VHCXKzbWnA7Nn0ua-STugYtfTB0eBJ3uiQHZiTZ7pjgH-SSRJt1z3b-EP6gBiMs8ifx_Gviz34Xw3jSOjZ-2ld_z2ggBsFFy_Dk3wvDiDBzUrjp2NdT9Bolr6OrSJt8/s1512/IMG_5022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0CJqfFtviPwC9VHCXKzbWnA7Nn0ua-STugYtfTB0eBJ3uiQHZiTZ7pjgH-SSRJt1z3b-EP6gBiMs8ifx_Gviz34Xw3jSOjZ-2ld_z2ggBsFFy_Dk3wvDiDBzUrjp2NdT9Bolr6OrSJt8/s320/IMG_5022.jpg" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">In a sketch by Ernest Blumenschein a similar looking Pueblo Man is depicted.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 46, 63); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #002e3f; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 46, 63); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #002e3f; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Ila met her husband to be Elmer Page Turner (yes, read it again ‘Elmer page turner’) through art classes at the Chicago Art Institute in 1920, whom she married in 1926. Ila and Elmer designed and helped build their home on what was then known as Armory Street, now Civic Plaza Drive, which was finished by the end of 1928. Named the “White Horse Studio” it is an assuming two story house nestled into now a busy street. It is thought that Ila carved the animal figures into the lintels over the exterior door and windows. A viewing of the videos Ila McAfee’s Trained Cats in particular Sanka the Siamese, will give you an inside look into their home.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 46, 63); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #002e3f; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNhSCTqy_oEgV_3f8Vdudmdctsg2UA-ccyg5tPE8wj_wC89uxxPdMgOLuXhCJR6D3Wuu2P2sFjpe7aXbuF3HTsNnrssOF9fKpYrDnHgav8Tk4KfLfNqX67sEIcmjNwsxnuOss5n5poHQ/s2048/22602668845.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1295" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNhSCTqy_oEgV_3f8Vdudmdctsg2UA-ccyg5tPE8wj_wC89uxxPdMgOLuXhCJR6D3Wuu2P2sFjpe7aXbuF3HTsNnrssOF9fKpYrDnHgav8Tk4KfLfNqX67sEIcmjNwsxnuOss5n5poHQ/s320/22602668845.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 46, 63); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #002e3f; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Little known and seemingly forgotten about McAfee is that she designed fabrics, wrapping paper, dishes, calendars and illustrated the cover of “How to Draw Horses” by Walter Foster</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 46, 63); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #002e3f; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIORQpDdfIUqICyAZ7tmHNLO0Jt-tfpzz6ecu0sb5dMy7U9ZPgiQv_koyuV-KvwpumNmBp0mFCTO12_Li08HJqcXqPrBcOfQ3RNSlx62WznM9vZpVknaR5spICQoY4nG3tRp3w4RHFtZM/s1956/IMG_5056.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1497" data-original-width="1956" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIORQpDdfIUqICyAZ7tmHNLO0Jt-tfpzz6ecu0sb5dMy7U9ZPgiQv_koyuV-KvwpumNmBp0mFCTO12_Li08HJqcXqPrBcOfQ3RNSlx62WznM9vZpVknaR5spICQoY4nG3tRp3w4RHFtZM/s320/IMG_5056.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 46, 63); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #002e3f; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Ila McAfee is included in the book “Taos and its Artists” Mabel Dodge Luhan 1947. As one of the earliest painters in Taos, she is considered today one of the very best. Voted Taos Artist of the Year in 1981.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 46, 63); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #002e3f; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51-RDKFQhpLC_95LJFrvpEx_vjbOyR_kpbNJzp78grivhlBVtEuI3zakCw_4fZPsk9uDdyQnNnAn8hvByrjGzppvlnJp9sZayh9MkhF1ha0nArl0tD-J3K0IYr1MeYv3fZ7yStHAf05U/s1643/IMG_5057.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1643" data-original-width="1511" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51-RDKFQhpLC_95LJFrvpEx_vjbOyR_kpbNJzp78grivhlBVtEuI3zakCw_4fZPsk9uDdyQnNnAn8hvByrjGzppvlnJp9sZayh9MkhF1ha0nArl0tD-J3K0IYr1MeYv3fZ7yStHAf05U/s320/IMG_5057.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This Painting has been SOLD</div><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><p></p>Two Graces, 105 Barela Lane, Taos NM 87571http://www.blogger.com/profile/06498983517341568696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923291306285239790.post-81827219768809706592020-12-31T16:08:00.001-07:002020-12-31T16:27:09.068-07:00The Friendship Christmas Trees of Taos created by Dorothy Benrimo (1903–1977)<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #31312b; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">The Friendship Christmas Trees of Taos created by Dorothy Benrimo (1903–1977)</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #31312b; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #31312b; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRV9Ux3SD16ZwNOG6CHvUr0dmClDc1eaVVbbzJo-6Nyx28kYTfMqNw9nNMYl6j3d8LQ0TixqBISP2EGiq7CQxfKKsl-1CYNn9nUTDzw0NTTMOD6qehDwP6rCmcNmXeO8DRjLkpmY5XMtc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1041" data-original-width="1016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRV9Ux3SD16ZwNOG6CHvUr0dmClDc1eaVVbbzJo-6Nyx28kYTfMqNw9nNMYl6j3d8LQ0TixqBISP2EGiq7CQxfKKsl-1CYNn9nUTDzw0NTTMOD6qehDwP6rCmcNmXeO8DRjLkpmY5XMtc/" width="234" /></a></div>Dorothy Benrimo & Claire Morrill admiring their Friendship Tree, photo by Regina Cooke<br /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #31312b; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I first discovered the ‘Taos Friendship Trees’ in a 2013 exhibit at the Harwood Museum of Art, Taos. On display was a miniature Christmas tree covered in tiny objects including little replica ‘books’ by local authors Mabel Dodge Luhan “Winter in Taos” & “Edge of Taos Dessert”, D.H. Lawrence “Lady Chatterly’s Lover” & “Women in Love”, Frank Waters “The Man Who Killed the Deer”, and Dorothy Brett “Lawrence & Brett” among many others. The tree was labeled as being made by Dorothy Brett or at least once had been owned by Brett and gifted to Lucy & Burt Harwood. The tree, which is the most highly decorated of the few I’ve seen, stood out in a special way and I wanted to know more about it. Through further research we now know these as the Friendship Trees created by Dorothy Benrimo. I’m also told that a now long gone shop once on Kit Carson Road in Taos may have sold the Friendship trees to the public.</span></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #31312b; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; text-align: left;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRzES0Q8F_AixVJnr_BL2iP0yzHbbjtDdYzddVWaUk1rELZXb_dtlmI71HXQ5D3QkdaM4ixI9NQ94ZvC3yIEnLNTljNEI4ZiLmvdHErKk2_SVlc_U04ig87IQfjlzBVNkorHWQnSrEJs/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRzES0Q8F_AixVJnr_BL2iP0yzHbbjtDdYzddVWaUk1rELZXb_dtlmI71HXQ5D3QkdaM4ixI9NQ94ZvC3yIEnLNTljNEI4ZiLmvdHErKk2_SVlc_U04ig87IQfjlzBVNkorHWQnSrEJs/" width="180" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Once owned by Dorothy Brett, this friendship tree is in the Harwood Museum Collection</span><br /><br /><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #31312b; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A few years went by, then one day I discovered a similar tree in a random box in a garage, the box was full of bits and pieces that had fallen off the tree but I recognized it as being similar to the ‘Brett’ tree in the Harwood Collection. It makes sense that through the many years the two Dorothy B’s of Taos (Benrimo & Brett) would become interchanged with one another. The music box the tree had been attached to had been smashed due to poor packing, it could not be saved, but with all the little bits and pieces that had fallen off I proceeded to glue them into place. Remounted anew onto a vintage round base the tree once again came to life. The fragility of these trees keeps me from storing ours away after each Christmas season.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #31312b; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy34LeGyx2k-8k3v3Oya_xoIEmJBDlFnX6Ha4jUPbkPBYcYDHPecfx9v_6HvaXixaPayVGiLunZt_VO1h3TPTNzY8zwYy_DozaIlZIXZE8QJuzKQnIcLeuJcALePqRXhBk07bS7CAkot0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy34LeGyx2k-8k3v3Oya_xoIEmJBDlFnX6Ha4jUPbkPBYcYDHPecfx9v_6HvaXixaPayVGiLunZt_VO1h3TPTNzY8zwYy_DozaIlZIXZE8QJuzKQnIcLeuJcALePqRXhBk07bS7CAkot0/" width="180" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Benrimo Friendship Christmas Tree in our personal collection</span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0oTnjKX7mLUQd5f_yELjGM5HTPaKnwce13NVKzHOlbJk5TBOUe02d1iDcTi7yr4Fy0OhhgQCsGkEDYkkbcxCs7e5FdjwySCfs7eKYTYgtTLEytHwFzMBclIIYdfVS1HI6n3LCFpUmm4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0oTnjKX7mLUQd5f_yELjGM5HTPaKnwce13NVKzHOlbJk5TBOUe02d1iDcTi7yr4Fy0OhhgQCsGkEDYkkbcxCs7e5FdjwySCfs7eKYTYgtTLEytHwFzMBclIIYdfVS1HI6n3LCFpUmm4/" width="180" /></a></div></span></div><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #31312b; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The trees are covered sometimes quite fully, sometimes sparsely with little toys and mementos collected during a years time, Cracker Jack toys, Tinykins Hannah-Barbera cartoon characters, birds, Santas, Reindeer, tiny Christmas balls and gift wrapped packages all in place. </span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #31312b; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZioSUFo2D2MHdp2cC9MDG2pPtwjNefXu_yxy_O9snhjyI03ASTAX4tTYOMyYVS59wM3WUJud1GhrmiFYoY5b22-txA1woR09UMKjwRMZWcW2-gb2G85w6LgFNe4Og2PGq2uVZbN9gow/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="157" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZioSUFo2D2MHdp2cC9MDG2pPtwjNefXu_yxy_O9snhjyI03ASTAX4tTYOMyYVS59wM3WUJud1GhrmiFYoY5b22-txA1woR09UMKjwRMZWcW2-gb2G85w6LgFNe4Og2PGq2uVZbN9gow/" width="135" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Not as ornate but with working Music Box, Friendship Christmas Tree by Dorothy Benrimo</span><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #31312b; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #31312b; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Recently another of these friendship trees became available (I’ve had three different ones, I always keep my eyes open for them) which I purchased immediately. This one was little off kilter as it sat on the music box, but the music box actually worked, it is mesmerizing to behold while it spins and plays Jingle Bells. Soon afterwards we discovered a piece written by longtime Taos bookshop owner Claire Morrill in her must read masterpiece tribute “A Taos Mosaic” of 1973. </span></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #31312b; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; clear: both; color: #31312b; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZGPboca0PRMhdei621EeUMSwGp9Y6jLli2arhwTFUqbLe_Mvw8b8VARgwQuqvJQG1faWrnvi4fElHfv0NtQXVEJRUoI-sZpUUp30eXoYDy_IU54vl7RUnZvhNixyVR6nIMqKtrIJeoA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1545" data-original-width="1512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZGPboca0PRMhdei621EeUMSwGp9Y6jLli2arhwTFUqbLe_Mvw8b8VARgwQuqvJQG1faWrnvi4fElHfv0NtQXVEJRUoI-sZpUUp30eXoYDy_IU54vl7RUnZvhNixyVR6nIMqKtrIJeoA/" width="235" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #31312b; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">"A Taos Mosaic" these Hardcover books are currently </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 43);">available at Two Graces, </span></span></span><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #31312b; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 43);">without dust jacket $20., with </span></span></span><span style="color: #31312b; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 43);">dust jacket $30., with dust jacket signed by Claire Morrill $40.,</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #31312b; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">with dust jacket in broadart protective cover signed by Claire Morrill $45.,</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); color: #31312b; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;">with dust jacket in broadart protective cover signed by both Claire Morrill and photographer Laura Gilpin $50.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #31312b; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In the book she describes the tree and how it came to be, I have included excerpts here:</span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“A Taos Mosaic, Portrait of a New Mexico Village” Claire Morrill with photographs by Laura Gilpin, University of New Mexico Press, 1973</span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(excerpts from pages 104-105)</span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">“…I guess the thing that will best show the special flavor of Taos happenings is my own little Christmas Tree, which I have only because I happened to be standing in the right place to be struck by this benevolent streak of lightning. It came about… through an instinctive and typical Taos response to what Lawrence Clark Powell would call ‘an act of enchantment’.</span></i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">I am the eighth Taoseno who… has been the recipient of one of these jewel-like miniature trees inspired and engineered by Dorothy Benrimo. Dorothy, whose late husband was the artist Thomas Benrimo, is a Taos designer and silversmith of such distinction that her work has toured the country in month long showings at galleries and museums under the sponsorship of the Smithsonian Institution.</span></i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">At a friend’s house I was engrossed in admiration of the latest miniature tree she had done when Dorothy came by.</span></i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">“It’s enchanting,” I said.</span></i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">She gave me a quick look, “Well”, she said, “I think it’s your turn next year.”</span></i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">“How do you decide it?” I asked.</span></i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">“I don’t,” she said. “It just happens. It’s a happening.”</span></i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">I was enchanted all over again and equally appalled. For where did all these exquisite miniatures and marvelous little decorations come from? How many would there have to be?</span></i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">She was quite casual about it. “Oh, there have to be six or seven hundred. You pick them up yourself all year and I will, too, and then before Christmas I’ll send out postcards to your friends, people you know well, to anyone we think would like to bring in some little thing. And then some day in December a few of us will get together and have dinner and trim the tree.”</span></i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">“Six or seven hundred things,” I said, faintly.</span></i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">“Oh, sure,” she said, “don’t worry about it.”</span></i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">But I did worry about it. All year I hunted for miniatures, a half inch to three-quarter inch in size, and they seemed to elude me. I began to alert close friends and my sister Anne, who came up with wonderful little treasures, tiny mushrooms and ladybugs, ducks, chickens, and geese.</span></i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">…eleven of us who gathered to trim the tree included a friend of Lib White’s from Norway who, though a complete stranger to me, had spent most of the past week mounting tiny sequins onto the tips of small weed sprigs and with paints transforming dime-store angels into little celestial musicians.</span></i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Dorothy had brought the fifteen-inch artificial tree, which she had mounted on a round tray revolving above a music box. With tinsel and glue the trimming began. There seemed no end to the wonderful miniatures coming out of their boxes: tiny original Taos paintings, sculptures, ink drawings, weavings, and santos; animals, birds, flowers, and insects; miniature train and painted Sicilian cart; bells and musical instruments; typewriters, midget dictionary, and replica of the front page of the New York Times; stereo records and books (one of them entitled Inside Taos by Claire Morrill); and dozens of other things. kenny Anderson, who was seven, had parted with one of his real treasures, a tiny hot dog, and my great-niece, Barbara, had written a distinguished little poem on a tree-shaped paper.</span></i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">We eight Taosenos who have these exquisite trees don’t wait until Christmas to bring them out, admire them, and show them off.”</span></i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZeSrjAq24d_MUW6ijyCTpPFVe1aHfeJJ6KlTjTMBHqPSbyC5NoXNN1lYNBsCvbYb1z9IPueRwWb5iLA8hfa67kkWlFZUf9US71ew_qJIQYUWgrrG7saewLn3Jggo8oSDD98Vsm_GS8Yg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZeSrjAq24d_MUW6ijyCTpPFVe1aHfeJJ6KlTjTMBHqPSbyC5NoXNN1lYNBsCvbYb1z9IPueRwWb5iLA8hfa67kkWlFZUf9US71ew_qJIQYUWgrrG7saewLn3Jggo8oSDD98Vsm_GS8Yg/" width="180" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photograph of a Cow Skull on a shed at the Benrimo Estate</span><br /><br /><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The following is most likely a newspaper clipping from the Taos News of which is a photograph and report by Regina Cooke:</span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Dorothy Benrimo and Claire Morrill stand beside the friendship Christmas Tree made for Miss Morrill by Mrs. Benrimo and trimmers, Spud Johnson, Milford Greer, Robert D. Ray, R.C. Van Arsdel, Otto Pitcher, Elizabeth White, Vera Simonsson and Genevieve Janssen. Mrs. Benrimo began working with friendship trees some years ago when living in New York, and since then has made </i><b><i>thirty or forty</i></b><i>. The trees are mounted over a music box and are trimmed with tiny items from over the world given by friends of the recipient. Mis Morrill’s tree contains countless gifts from seventy-five persons, among these paintings by Milford Greer, Robert Ray, and Lib White, and a book of sketches by Spud Johnson. Jewelry, Angels, creche figures, Santas and animals are of the varied items decorating the green artificial tree covered over with yards of tinsel.</i></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphen-4bj8ytiHWxiPB7Rm2kLGLjWZyJ0mlTbMi7ZGkVTFmQJDvR2J2JFZ892jYXbUgPgVpzw78xw9njG6ou5pQBvzgTzP-OhUC7fMDFlKiQFnU5aGPAjVV71NEq0a5ZF1oMu8dQcSjAKbk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphen-4bj8ytiHWxiPB7Rm2kLGLjWZyJ0mlTbMi7ZGkVTFmQJDvR2J2JFZ892jYXbUgPgVpzw78xw9njG6ou5pQBvzgTzP-OhUC7fMDFlKiQFnU5aGPAjVV71NEq0a5ZF1oMu8dQcSjAKbk/" width="169" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #31312b; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Camposanto de Santa Rita Bernal, Serafina</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3B1ovjOH7UZvOutZRkjGV_9SNVMdcOO2nHyqjdsGjz3DQEkIWNyFirA3ZqtRAO_eLpyU75SYSs8qGK0SK8F0psGVYpp7qKD2iP_qr4Pd7qkVZOQRl7yVWSkOMe1jvt4Lk7BOTFHQ2TE/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="963" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3B1ovjOH7UZvOutZRkjGV_9SNVMdcOO2nHyqjdsGjz3DQEkIWNyFirA3ZqtRAO_eLpyU75SYSs8qGK0SK8F0psGVYpp7qKD2iP_qr4Pd7qkVZOQRl7yVWSkOMe1jvt4Lk7BOTFHQ2TE/" width="179" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(49, 49, 43); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #31312b; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Camposanto Viejo de Costilla</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtuNbM9O25vLRqhQwHYFrspC4l1JjQRHYBeZ5Od8BkpsYvKC56nxD3lf6hgk6J6gTX4nq19RuP7H54iHH4A9SqoFPZQo_UbzyDrM8P_KUxsb4v13NtSui4JNta_Hw_hcxQGlL9iVgz7ts/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="182" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtuNbM9O25vLRqhQwHYFrspC4l1JjQRHYBeZ5Od8BkpsYvKC56nxD3lf6hgk6J6gTX4nq19RuP7H54iHH4A9SqoFPZQo_UbzyDrM8P_KUxsb4v13NtSui4JNta_Hw_hcxQGlL9iVgz7ts/" width="158" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A Straw Inlay Cross made by Dorothy Benrimo in the Spanish Colonial style, Harwood Museum Collection</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdF7ZAdpZGCKKU-RxcSn-nWJHVALkMGJ_T2hzgqXtUJ0VaXbAUtSYt_crlzoBLZTP7ba47yGKNXrOQdPwcwMQoVO78VpPnpXL4njOndru9Dj0OlY_-aV7OLDGV34fq2iUbmyiqOttBdk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="179" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdF7ZAdpZGCKKU-RxcSn-nWJHVALkMGJ_T2hzgqXtUJ0VaXbAUtSYt_crlzoBLZTP7ba47yGKNXrOQdPwcwMQoVO78VpPnpXL4njOndru9Dj0OlY_-aV7OLDGV34fq2iUbmyiqOttBdk/" width="171" /></a></div>Part of the Benrimo collection of retablos once on the wall of her home<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2LnotDSnj9pDpPp9Njh-fFDKCBCF1Z9MPbRPtl1czF7KTOzDthNP5hJc-Rqo3GuXRFCN7n2P0A6yJRxKhY4pt03ggZDSBx1RDD_LPVGysYGK1cX8W34Bi6Eq7MM3SM0Jz60837M_PI4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="764" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2LnotDSnj9pDpPp9Njh-fFDKCBCF1Z9MPbRPtl1czF7KTOzDthNP5hJc-Rqo3GuXRFCN7n2P0A6yJRxKhY4pt03ggZDSBx1RDD_LPVGysYGK1cX8W34Bi6Eq7MM3SM0Jz60837M_PI4/" width="320" /></a></div>Interior of the Benrimo Home as it once was<p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2YXXj8Sa2r8z6LmHLn77ZhTIiVlN3tEJIhOaWBJc31tS_hTKbKM_u2DTNPvkfW3lbEWvq0SZ88Hup0sv7csFxKPl4J3-wQx_Gfmz5RjmBmlD9u1xG_V_ho66JRD3u9_0Sa3dK5OawbjU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2YXXj8Sa2r8z6LmHLn77ZhTIiVlN3tEJIhOaWBJc31tS_hTKbKM_u2DTNPvkfW3lbEWvq0SZ88Hup0sv7csFxKPl4J3-wQx_Gfmz5RjmBmlD9u1xG_V_ho66JRD3u9_0Sa3dK5OawbjU/" width="180" /></a></div>Camposanto Cemetery posts which were once at the Benrimo home<p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSabuLD4r6m8vJXq3jOFszhYBqNVHHMe_Cd7o3X-SuP5CBEm5EE27IUHFhYfoTDsYj5Xrvk1XSmVTMfQYqUnB_Bvz3cK5-yY6j9cFhzzuTxPJyrcWANupczDwOofDs1ksHw5h8ZaAC0lo/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSabuLD4r6m8vJXq3jOFszhYBqNVHHMe_Cd7o3X-SuP5CBEm5EE27IUHFhYfoTDsYj5Xrvk1XSmVTMfQYqUnB_Bvz3cK5-yY6j9cFhzzuTxPJyrcWANupczDwOofDs1ksHw5h8ZaAC0lo/" width="180" /></a></div>Camposanto Cross once at the Benrimo home<p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Y_JB5FTkaTpPS2XvcWJF26K0Xb-qPoPPfLAeOE5Dyk-8kNT20kltYjWAVJlcYwn2wLbllRfL8LtF2r6aHbHoa3hl_c2UpCrVeoZhyqfdb9lZQCIKZAtU1aM7mB-_h0meo0UqMAvOzGs/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1372" data-original-width="1512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Y_JB5FTkaTpPS2XvcWJF26K0Xb-qPoPPfLAeOE5Dyk-8kNT20kltYjWAVJlcYwn2wLbllRfL8LtF2r6aHbHoa3hl_c2UpCrVeoZhyqfdb9lZQCIKZAtU1aM7mB-_h0meo0UqMAvOzGs/" width="264" /></a></div>A group of Camposanto Ornamental Wooden Cemetery Spades purchased from the Benrimo home<br /><br /><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dorothy Benrimo was known as a pioneering figure in the fine art of jewelry making. Some of her designs are thought to include theological references, but they also make use of her knowledge and inspiration from Mayan and Aztec cultures and of course her deep understanding of the Tiffany studio. She would refer to her jewelry as having an emphatic depth. Benrimo studied at Carnegie Melon University in Pittsburgh, graduating in 1925. She received Tiffany Foundation Fellowships in 1924, 1925 & 1928 and worked at the Tiffany estate to further her knowledge and research. She taught at Carnegie Melon and later at Pratt University up until she and her husband moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1939. Benrimo was a collector of northern New Mexico Spanish Colonial Santos (Retablos & Bultos) and documented the crosses of the Camposantos though her photographs which were published in book form with a forward by Rebecca Salsbury James and notes from E. Boyd the curator of the Spanish Colonial department of the Museum of New Mexico. The photographs were exhibited in 1966 at the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art. She was one of the few women artists active before 1950 to enjoy a successful career in the arts. Jewelry by Benrimo is difficult to come by, we have had one necklace by her and I've seen one other.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB17Lu50g07IXNkE7Eghj7lyFkXjS6lKmXuBf3cJVpgDUohWwxOD96O81r4EvC3eJnRa11buDxS_AkSIDb0ZYGgJYuIU8mh5HYI34SUhht_9DB1O5wZRYVX8g5jRdycLoIDK5q7vTBRmc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="260" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB17Lu50g07IXNkE7Eghj7lyFkXjS6lKmXuBf3cJVpgDUohWwxOD96O81r4EvC3eJnRa11buDxS_AkSIDb0ZYGgJYuIU8mh5HYI34SUhht_9DB1O5wZRYVX8g5jRdycLoIDK5q7vTBRmc/" width="242" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dorothy & Thomas Benrimo at their home in Ranchos de Taos</span><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dorothy and Thomas Benrimo must have been true assets to the Taos arts community, their spirit shines to this day through their acts of enchantment.<i> </i></span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As Freida Lawrence once wrote to Dorothy:<i> "Your letter was one of the gayest I ever had in my long life.”</i></span></span></p></div>Two Graces, 105 Barela Lane, Taos NM 87571http://www.blogger.com/profile/06498983517341568696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923291306285239790.post-48205787077295061912020-11-16T19:14:00.007-07:002020-11-16T19:25:47.439-07:00The Dearly Loved Alex Krutsky <p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alex Krutsky 1950-2020, a Tribute</span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMg-qrIdBJCaufSuK_vche_XySx27hz5DoGF3JWQPVhz6HZ_8I5-mVAqCMqwauiTiKdynLVP9pqDdrY8hhxvPVtvu5c-Z7j2zyDAOoN3ET2nrHY3Omwuo0mSXPcRSj7sMjX-s8VKwaPmQ/s1410/IMG_1547.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="1410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMg-qrIdBJCaufSuK_vche_XySx27hz5DoGF3JWQPVhz6HZ_8I5-mVAqCMqwauiTiKdynLVP9pqDdrY8hhxvPVtvu5c-Z7j2zyDAOoN3ET2nrHY3Omwuo0mSXPcRSj7sMjX-s8VKwaPmQ/s320/IMG_1547.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Alex Krutsky with his cabinetry work in background<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alex Krutsky was an extraordinary craftsman of furniture and cabinetry who could pick up a twig and show you the potential it had to becoming something wonderful and useful. He got it, he had the vision of an alchemist to recognize the potential of simple objects and an appreciation for those objects. Whether he took a sheet of thinly sliced veneer and used it to accent the face of a wood working project or take the slice of a branch and turn it into a coat hook, he saw the potential. He saw the uniqueness and beauty in all of us and all around us.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjayKHdisNEyJZOkNkA-kn0aLKxx7P9Bz31_U-gQtgRS8-4Q9QW60HiTL5orzVGcDPAA5OzdAzgdpYVKeJ3G__iG8skWCUnarbKQ8bXNGZqGaiMNnq63wbikb6eFqvTLQ2_PoAN3GmViRI/s1675/IMG_1541.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="1675" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjayKHdisNEyJZOkNkA-kn0aLKxx7P9Bz31_U-gQtgRS8-4Q9QW60HiTL5orzVGcDPAA5OzdAzgdpYVKeJ3G__iG8skWCUnarbKQ8bXNGZqGaiMNnq63wbikb6eFqvTLQ2_PoAN3GmViRI/s320/IMG_1541.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alex with his wife/life partner Maggie McNally</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">As a teacher, (at the North Bennet Street School 1985-2017 in Boston's North End) and I only saw him in the 'Little Italy' neighborhood where I resided, from time to time leaving his class workshop, he must have seen this <i>potential</i> in his students as well. The ones who ‘got it’ and the ones who would carry on traditions that go back before all of us. </span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Many have been touched by Alex, through his eyes he showed us the potential, again there's that word. Anytime I pick something up on my journeys, whether it be a piece of driftwood to transform into a ‘bird’ or a piece of rusty metal to add to an assemblage, there’s Alex looking over my shoulder and smiling. Those simple hooks he’d made of discarded branches that hang in his home where we all at one time or another hung our coats or hats from, they speak volumes about him.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zTrs0bhr_X978DBW-oOC1D2jSBwxXR8brH660d16-S-FpYd4IU93kLE-_SGydyhLQR7L7HWQJoxiHJ_96taklkewvVtdT9ehW7wERgvxOb0eUFTJYmKuBAEi3wsvUNaIs0YJobLuS60/s1512/IMG_1548.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="1512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zTrs0bhr_X978DBW-oOC1D2jSBwxXR8brH660d16-S-FpYd4IU93kLE-_SGydyhLQR7L7HWQJoxiHJ_96taklkewvVtdT9ehW7wERgvxOb0eUFTJYmKuBAEi3wsvUNaIs0YJobLuS60/s320/IMG_1548.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A night out with Alex & Maggie fancy dinner party hosted by Bob White</div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alex showed me that beauty isn’t just in the eye of the beholder, but that it’s up to the beholder to bring out that beauty and share it with the world.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8xfWVzquIW_7FcGdiPig2HaJcJG52fvIPgNIx-rZThFcC-EjIfbelm9JMgfxSDbi03Pef_5ywfOMymvnuCFFCpvX6-PYtkKsOgZjW7IeLC7OlUY8CHEvrSemtvuzD3X4O1tNjPCpCMGE/s2016/IMG_1546.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8xfWVzquIW_7FcGdiPig2HaJcJG52fvIPgNIx-rZThFcC-EjIfbelm9JMgfxSDbi03Pef_5ywfOMymvnuCFFCpvX6-PYtkKsOgZjW7IeLC7OlUY8CHEvrSemtvuzD3X4O1tNjPCpCMGE/s320/IMG_1546.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alex & Maggie at our wedding in Gloucester, MA</div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Visionary, an Alchemist, a Master craftsman he created beautiful useful objects from scratch. He saw the potential in his friends and family, never judging, just listening to our own thoughts and ideas. </span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">We have much to live up to, thank you Alex Krutsky. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"><span>On October 9, 2020 Alex Krutsky passed into the light, may he shine among the stars, he will forever be with us.</span><span> </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxS1FhGs1Ca_u_GHmGQ8fDLAZvRDZS8gPIJsSZ1AZRcORZS0iCEvNogrpQl0RZKW6VxlalbKwOc5WU_HH0g7ZSfXzU2Q2zprSjpzuAk6G_vClb8cy86VIjM_Ntc5l6m4fQGzz2UA0I5E/s1436/IMG_1543.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="1267" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxS1FhGs1Ca_u_GHmGQ8fDLAZvRDZS8gPIJsSZ1AZRcORZS0iCEvNogrpQl0RZKW6VxlalbKwOc5WU_HH0g7ZSfXzU2Q2zprSjpzuAk6G_vClb8cy86VIjM_Ntc5l6m4fQGzz2UA0I5E/s320/IMG_1543.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alex & Maggie enjoying a wonderful day together</div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">For more about Alex this link is from the Boston Globe: <a href="https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/bostonglobe/196982179?fbclid=IwAR3qAhGuQ2iwCsRdg90hPRIWtOI5yJXfOwdPAVBSiMqeiasFdMDZ78r0n0g"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/bostonglobe/196982179?fbclid=IwAR3qAhGuQ2iwCsRdg90hPRIWtOI5yJXfOwdPAVBSiMqeiasFdMDZ78r0n0g</span></a> </span></span></p>Two Graces, 105 Barela Lane, Taos NM 87571http://www.blogger.com/profile/06498983517341568696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923291306285239790.post-78619665297098206632020-10-13T22:20:00.018-06:002023-12-18T14:54:29.400-07:00Navajo Folk Art Mud Toys Mamie Deschillie aka Mamie Deschellie & Elsie Benally at Two Graces<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Navajo Mud Toys</span></b></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>Mamie Deschillie (Deschellie) & </b></span><b>Elsie Benally</b></span></p><span style="font-size: large;">
</span><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">ca. 1980-90’s</span></b></span></p></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">We have been fortunate to recently acquire a collection of </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">50 Navajo Mud Toys! </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Half are by Mamie Deschillie the other half by Elsie Benally.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">If you you would like to purchase something, please refer to the website twograces.com or email to r2c2graces@gmail.com for current inventory.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Prices $95. per figure.</div></div></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>This is our current inventory of Navajo Folk Art Mud Toys (12/27/21)</i></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Navajo Folk Art Toys, specifically unfired clay animal figures painted with tempera paint were made by Mamie Deschillie (of Fruitland near Farmington, NM) and Elsie Benally (of Sweetwater, AZ), (Rose Herbert is another mud toy artist), starting around 1983. </span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKShf7O0BQHHnhXNfEJVMvnz6lz-1x2XhJpHxUGHJsCmFGfZ_pDnjZz90HuESDq20HRpivLZnHTESzyQ1M06hPVQVFHttPcpHxkN2GYM40iOSVSt1KzkBqIK6sFahLRBZP7gIvZg92C_A/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKShf7O0BQHHnhXNfEJVMvnz6lz-1x2XhJpHxUGHJsCmFGfZ_pDnjZz90HuESDq20HRpivLZnHTESzyQ1M06hPVQVFHttPcpHxkN2GYM40iOSVSt1KzkBqIK6sFahLRBZP7gIvZg92C_A/" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Large Tiger with Turquoise Eyes </span>Mamie Deschillie</p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">This has been acquired, thank you.</p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5ieF5aeLY0ATsvqAZ4FfDdUmdOvyYORPt817qqjhpFK2GFEOEeqZWIC6K3So79r8F5C0iB1YtJmMuFeJGaxtlkZZzSaP8jzvdAq4sVKCCAkhL81Rn63NtvVos0qdySMA8yUe5QWpqCI/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1323" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5ieF5aeLY0ATsvqAZ4FfDdUmdOvyYORPt817qqjhpFK2GFEOEeqZWIC6K3So79r8F5C0iB1YtJmMuFeJGaxtlkZZzSaP8jzvdAq4sVKCCAkhL81Rn63NtvVos0qdySMA8yUe5QWpqCI/" width="210" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Second View of Tiger Close-up N/A</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKT5KGNTUUn2K-i4OnBdpV4cmidgkbuK1sTvoS2YwayzXnzCI3_rvYkDZVD6G7hJz1a5-NVY2gvPbh8h154o387Q5QKYjbMdqFSqcHHYOUen3keGFVpcQskXZSc7jcMACZe4bEGd5tOA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1777" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKT5KGNTUUn2K-i4OnBdpV4cmidgkbuK1sTvoS2YwayzXnzCI3_rvYkDZVD6G7hJz1a5-NVY2gvPbh8h154o387Q5QKYjbMdqFSqcHHYOUen3keGFVpcQskXZSc7jcMACZe4bEGd5tOA/" width="282" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Lion with beaded forehead and Mane, </span>Mamie Deschillie (the lion has been acquired, thank you)</p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQH-jDJeHSV5YBG7Sw7vOYY1lPZY7_3SJi4odwDp19MZK1FtUOjLlNRM5uKgoup3WwnSPANvMgX5zp4K-OHc1QVeOg_S6T_IYVypn_55EPjS2RqpozIVUoe_T0hqVNfUrkLHossgfAR9M/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQH-jDJeHSV5YBG7Sw7vOYY1lPZY7_3SJi4odwDp19MZK1FtUOjLlNRM5uKgoup3WwnSPANvMgX5zp4K-OHc1QVeOg_S6T_IYVypn_55EPjS2RqpozIVUoe_T0hqVNfUrkLHossgfAR9M/" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Santa Riding Chicken (signed MD) </span>Mamie Deschillie this has been acquired</p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG49uN5_Q3gsYmpKchPT6Xyd4einGrSodjefu8XdvrIWoS5Wu3u4JnyjZEbSUeu4RlLHXAx7aZyvFJY0MZk6E3Fx6Zuq7_OomuZRl3QPCZQp8tuRPNviRkcLpCRYGm1jgRok2ow5zUa2U/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG49uN5_Q3gsYmpKchPT6Xyd4einGrSodjefu8XdvrIWoS5Wu3u4JnyjZEbSUeu4RlLHXAx7aZyvFJY0MZk6E3Fx6Zuq7_OomuZRl3QPCZQp8tuRPNviRkcLpCRYGm1jgRok2ow5zUa2U/" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Santa Riding Cow (signed MD) </span>Mamie Deschillie</p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">(Santa Riding a Cow has been acquired, thank you)</p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSB_QhNXj32fDsMcyHD3LBEKUI6_O7G56FqeKDnjFAuxIBL8H6KW0vkFORuOOJDnfPVMVO3NSWAdDMXPYX81zapIE5UkezjDmGhjmC1nKJubPb9RVpKuBpe8GB11rIQ5HEPGxXKCQHvkk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSB_QhNXj32fDsMcyHD3LBEKUI6_O7G56FqeKDnjFAuxIBL8H6KW0vkFORuOOJDnfPVMVO3NSWAdDMXPYX81zapIE5UkezjDmGhjmC1nKJubPb9RVpKuBpe8GB11rIQ5HEPGxXKCQHvkk/" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Gray Panther Tiger SOLD (signed MD) </span>Mamie Deschillie</p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSplQlybyDS903PLpe4cLcw_5ySJy-2WBQbtlh_66BDiCzioqkYnXvWtOYSkamWyXMuAqyS9NjNDbjpD3PIoBvJrP-DQJaNHpEDwk6hhKAKYzzUiE1KBz2B5qaCWI5-r_AgPRY4cmMNs/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSplQlybyDS903PLpe4cLcw_5ySJy-2WBQbtlh_66BDiCzioqkYnXvWtOYSkamWyXMuAqyS9NjNDbjpD3PIoBvJrP-DQJaNHpEDwk6hhKAKYzzUiE1KBz2B5qaCWI5-r_AgPRY4cmMNs/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Small Tiger (signed MD) </span>Mamie Deschillie</p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">This has been acquired, thank you</p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWEjUtL4nACrre9fFTnzqr5t3T4dXKcUZLJzy-av1E6-AB76f9XbmP3DOCXyE8-CysZa8Ys6qH0EH7m-4h_u76C7bNRpTGG_seMPnIidC5ORepQyWl_uuB-lgPOX69GFfGIzBHAxFG-E/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1753" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWEjUtL4nACrre9fFTnzqr5t3T4dXKcUZLJzy-av1E6-AB76f9XbmP3DOCXyE8-CysZa8Ys6qH0EH7m-4h_u76C7bNRpTGG_seMPnIidC5ORepQyWl_uuB-lgPOX69GFfGIzBHAxFG-E/" width="278" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Elephant SOLD (signed MD) </span>Mamie Deschillie</p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVZIFMm1QM0N2dMxNGNPAWcRmhOA9Prs2RgHGbsdPCSGvB7C8R00DqdAPtcKRVYaJ2SwyYMOdtZSzX8v_M1sZFDFf2faOxV9R3FkrwIYHNKUwtxnleghYnaYjacoyR7YJMKyMmOZmxJys/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVZIFMm1QM0N2dMxNGNPAWcRmhOA9Prs2RgHGbsdPCSGvB7C8R00DqdAPtcKRVYaJ2SwyYMOdtZSzX8v_M1sZFDFf2faOxV9R3FkrwIYHNKUwtxnleghYnaYjacoyR7YJMKyMmOZmxJys/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">M.D. signature of Mamie Deschillie</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9p1pg6Vj6qXcVFoFceUqztKbRGNTHFdbq1aHQJbXqtKKedec56mYJv68LyxFzzlWrDz3mbk5OzdLxE6PMJhs2xkSSAVtbq86UICoQXVN79f41bjrgKHtNoNcKf-Gy4jNjiWNMhJCpHI/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9p1pg6Vj6qXcVFoFceUqztKbRGNTHFdbq1aHQJbXqtKKedec56mYJv68LyxFzzlWrDz3mbk5OzdLxE6PMJhs2xkSSAVtbq86UICoQXVN79f41bjrgKHtNoNcKf-Gy4jNjiWNMhJCpHI/" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Cowboy on Horseback SOLD </span>Mamie Deschillie</p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGJdYRVuT9SgQS3KA5Hz9HPd0sAOl6j_JFCV2jBjLy0uia-j3f9opU8KwWk_fnAsUyYrZ2LhSiuB3FPSy__OJ49W2rZPoC4vKqV_WNKtAwPK8_R7p6ZIvlyA3LnVVF2zeHNolNLTaBJg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkGJdYRVuT9SgQS3KA5Hz9HPd0sAOl6j_JFCV2jBjLy0uia-j3f9opU8KwWk_fnAsUyYrZ2LhSiuB3FPSy__OJ49W2rZPoC4vKqV_WNKtAwPK8_R7p6ZIvlyA3LnVVF2zeHNolNLTaBJg/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Zebra $50. </span>Mamie Deschillie SOLD!</p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATgpxNkmK0opfGyu4i-LqzwUVDL32cHAXEMrvXQwTU_EJNRY7zxW09_LEGRzsap2uW8xSPnMToqvS_IoYn9lVkF9O1LXN9q5qv5ueDE3tk6sZ6wHvk3MeG2R_bZsJF9CFSF6zpiAPbTc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATgpxNkmK0opfGyu4i-LqzwUVDL32cHAXEMrvXQwTU_EJNRY7zxW09_LEGRzsap2uW8xSPnMToqvS_IoYn9lVkF9O1LXN9q5qv5ueDE3tk6sZ6wHvk3MeG2R_bZsJF9CFSF6zpiAPbTc/" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Big Shabby Lion w Teeth </span>Mamie Deschillie</p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">(The Shabby Lion has been acquired, thank you)</p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqJZRQUxAsp_ujYFIO2BYHt-6yXMCoSXqf7iX9M3b5tDIclWjGJTCqugOrRwudnDyj-PF66hUkI4eJfSAme0_BIJDZhcZvkeJButBQBcj9ELlynfg4JxLGGZS9y06AtoebxD7qE2TtHs/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqJZRQUxAsp_ujYFIO2BYHt-6yXMCoSXqf7iX9M3b5tDIclWjGJTCqugOrRwudnDyj-PF66hUkI4eJfSAme0_BIJDZhcZvkeJButBQBcj9ELlynfg4JxLGGZS9y06AtoebxD7qE2TtHs/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Second View of Big <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Shabby Lion w Teeth (NA)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rnSOZuo0w6NHVPT8dzZhYxRTlsnIHpTO8lFM6Md9XQi7Vvs-gzH9i7rcQMPDuWp9A8rcXZeikYG8N_CFUlqfyHvgb7Mo7e9nh8ZIAIvbzKwLSubwPvDh9-uAEPx7_Vr0C3j8NaM4SAY/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rnSOZuo0w6NHVPT8dzZhYxRTlsnIHpTO8lFM6Md9XQi7Vvs-gzH9i7rcQMPDuWp9A8rcXZeikYG8N_CFUlqfyHvgb7Mo7e9nh8ZIAIvbzKwLSubwPvDh9-uAEPx7_Vr0C3j8NaM4SAY/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Alligator SOLD </span>Mamie Deschillie</p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4hWLftOGQgLmb3caTQhdJUn2g9q3C6KlMKaauKZAa2upECssblXH-sGahJ-Rw5rhHn_wz4ZslfNI38e0LLSeyl8wkxWnHD36WqebuqC2VpuK7U4CtInHeWnICA2ClL9GYl9X6oannKc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1459" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS4hWLftOGQgLmb3caTQhdJUn2g9q3C6KlMKaauKZAa2upECssblXH-sGahJ-Rw5rhHn_wz4ZslfNI38e0LLSeyl8wkxWnHD36WqebuqC2VpuK7U4CtInHeWnICA2ClL9GYl9X6oannKc/" width="232" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Navajo Woman w Chicken </span>Mamie Deschillie SOLD</p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWtsX1d9wOobhI5_kzg2QhDnzUTyqe7hINW3JvQLnCaHVtAqtE8BzDNENHnOYZnupJ4Tp2bm3gQmkXcQbAWg9baNAVGfi5McptxZJUU5w_-l0yrKOmZIgsBqH-5F8itp9pj78ns9ZK9zU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="531" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWtsX1d9wOobhI5_kzg2QhDnzUTyqe7hINW3JvQLnCaHVtAqtE8BzDNENHnOYZnupJ4Tp2bm3gQmkXcQbAWg9baNAVGfi5McptxZJUU5w_-l0yrKOmZIgsBqH-5F8itp9pj78ns9ZK9zU/" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="-webkit-standard" style="font-size: medium;">Navajo Folk Artist Mamie Deschillie (1920-2010) aka Deschellie</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face="-webkit-standard" style="font-size: medium;">2020 is her 100th anniversary year, we celebrate her unique talent through this collection.</span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlVXEKl3qmWpvO6uLTvUBVzVgkwCNuSn0NsJTtjAmzrFqecAaOHPVfvcGb1QHnu8Xm7srgsq5kgvrbNmUp9A7G7-QyxX-lcpOZQgpHz1X9977zdo3tp3bgYTHbykQmFGtintcV5Ay937w/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlVXEKl3qmWpvO6uLTvUBVzVgkwCNuSn0NsJTtjAmzrFqecAaOHPVfvcGb1QHnu8Xm7srgsq5kgvrbNmUp9A7G7-QyxX-lcpOZQgpHz1X9977zdo3tp3bgYTHbykQmFGtintcV5Ay937w/" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">White Buffalo SOLD Elsie Benally</span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDNuvcjlKl_DMNKXyDOlHy0wP4tW9CZRXpPYKtDGhWSxiYXJdsAVOWWV0YO9c5J1dafscqU_1iZwdRrdn8ir9pr2ZdVDfR-xB5hk1DHiC6Xc9IDqvuV8nOVQGw7W9ncgQuVFFEGoUJ-4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDNuvcjlKl_DMNKXyDOlHy0wP4tW9CZRXpPYKtDGhWSxiYXJdsAVOWWV0YO9c5J1dafscqU_1iZwdRrdn8ir9pr2ZdVDfR-xB5hk1DHiC6Xc9IDqvuV8nOVQGw7W9ncgQuVFFEGoUJ-4/" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Santa Riding Alligator SOLD Elsie Benally</span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rpkpfwAgpwrCkoeLcgUxoD2WSMbPln8LCgJgjFNIKveThwGiKzEdln560B6IbPXtgkWwHPvXB-KBBuMeR1rmnWpFbL4gbujQ7r-n8t4ej-6pJ-kPHLxhoA3ByE1aIfRXY9hO5ZTifko/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rpkpfwAgpwrCkoeLcgUxoD2WSMbPln8LCgJgjFNIKveThwGiKzEdln560B6IbPXtgkWwHPvXB-KBBuMeR1rmnWpFbL4gbujQ7r-n8t4ej-6pJ-kPHLxhoA3ByE1aIfRXY9hO5ZTifko/" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Donkey Pack Animal $50. Elsie Benally SOLD!</span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLp5RJ739nivsj1YRQOefFBUznCv8JcNTqs4emv2UnXiVCYH97Rung1DsgXqbOMgo0YluV8KIiAaOiN3u2KlJoF10ZJeoPWZp2w-1tVNhE8GHywiMD1h1RfoX-Y01yZqOJ_CYvcC0BwNM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLp5RJ739nivsj1YRQOefFBUznCv8JcNTqs4emv2UnXiVCYH97Rung1DsgXqbOMgo0YluV8KIiAaOiN3u2KlJoF10ZJeoPWZp2w-1tVNhE8GHywiMD1h1RfoX-Y01yZqOJ_CYvcC0BwNM/" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Sheep, Elsie Benally (the sheep has been acquired, thank you)</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifoM6x8LiAjqNE9Nxfb4K2hBMNKs2L12rQYfHYX4DrOIlQYOYV6VetyekUzjEnwqGnY9ZDMiLTiTAAdoRqqAhyZtpVvPPkRWEaDojpmX-HObkH54nz_bXfWsojN2mJty6NYRFmpD1W8tM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifoM6x8LiAjqNE9Nxfb4K2hBMNKs2L12rQYfHYX4DrOIlQYOYV6VetyekUzjEnwqGnY9ZDMiLTiTAAdoRqqAhyZtpVvPPkRWEaDojpmX-HObkH54nz_bXfWsojN2mJty6NYRFmpD1W8tM/" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Sandstone Pickup Truck w 2 Pigs</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">(attributed to Benally's son in law Homer Warren)</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">this has been acquired</span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6XXuQZ_wFAjMyNCRO4tXsFv45Ld5E-A3mwpifF2rtKechEUEH4h1MLcHBgAA8g9VBc_WM39f7QNtE5fVadL20QGIooms21KhEj3mXrUZV_-EetVTXPixNYQN2GG6CA9G_T5wRTgrpWI/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6XXuQZ_wFAjMyNCRO4tXsFv45Ld5E-A3mwpifF2rtKechEUEH4h1MLcHBgAA8g9VBc_WM39f7QNtE5fVadL20QGIooms21KhEj3mXrUZV_-EetVTXPixNYQN2GG6CA9G_T5wRTgrpWI/" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Sandstone Spotted Horse (this horse has been acquired, thank you)</span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-buNRq2vcmCvOzlNPRV7cf_JGWaJpRN3yyaPYsz-bUPTIqDLYhO3gGJCK3PBBX8NzLlylL_kFBo3_4ym3wXBKreQg1jfNuDAQWiqM5cMG228lfbpBMu0wltwYUPrTzTkdAO3Nx6ZcRSk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-buNRq2vcmCvOzlNPRV7cf_JGWaJpRN3yyaPYsz-bUPTIqDLYhO3gGJCK3PBBX8NzLlylL_kFBo3_4ym3wXBKreQg1jfNuDAQWiqM5cMG228lfbpBMu0wltwYUPrTzTkdAO3Nx6ZcRSk/" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Cardboard & Velvet Navajo Woman Riding Horse SOLD </span>Mamie Deschillie</p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieN6Pt-JK3VIqYu9JFYwP0QWkcpN7OdgGra4Gqx9lsd-xlJXHPiv5YyxjQrK-MytqTHYdLdS8L1TvLJiXwoLqMOf_pIWaMejif6nExPq25aRghcAF20Qf2DUSYhv7UsVlMzjR4O90LQoE/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieN6Pt-JK3VIqYu9JFYwP0QWkcpN7OdgGra4Gqx9lsd-xlJXHPiv5YyxjQrK-MytqTHYdLdS8L1TvLJiXwoLqMOf_pIWaMejif6nExPq25aRghcAF20Qf2DUSYhv7UsVlMzjR4O90LQoE/" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Second View of <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;">Cardboard Navajo Woman Riding Horse </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mud Toy availability is quite limited, the mud toys are quite fragile and susceptible to damage, perhaps this makes them rare and more and more difficult to come by. Mud Toys are dried in the sun, <i>they are not fired to harden the clay</i>, then painted with flat bright tempera paints. </span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inspiration for these artists comes from Children’s Books, Circus Animals and animals on the Navajo Reservation. Occasionally Mamie would make up a magical animal out of her imagination. Deschillie would travel 18-20 miles to her source of 'mud' in order to seek out just the right type of earth for her creations. The Navajo People are believed to have used the toys as early as 1880. Mud Toys have similar characteristics to clay animal fetish figures used by the people of nearby Pueblos in Arizona and New Mexico, often they were left at shrine sites, later to wear away in the wind and elements where they would melt back into Mother Earth.</span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Deschellie is also known for her Cardboard Animal Figures she called ‘Cutouts’ of the same topics as her mud toys. We have one listed here of a Navajo Woman on Horseback.</span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">For me these figures are reminiscent of the figures of wire and found objects by Alexander Calder for his “Calder’s Circus” in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Every bit as whimsical and filled with wonder, in particular the circus animals, these are now desirable to collectors everywhere.</span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1990 I came upon the cutout cardboard figures created by Mamie Deschellie in a Trading Post shop in Aztec, NM (near Farmington), there I purchased as many cutouts as they had giving them as gifts for friends who still cherish them (as I do) to this day.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Works by both Deschellie and Benally are in the permanent collections of major American Museums.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">True Folk Art is rarely signed, pressure in the market place has forced many artists to include their signature. When looking at these figures you begin to notice significant differences between the two women artists. Folk Art styles are unique to the individual artists who make them.</span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Both Deschellie and Benally are listed in the book “Navajo Folk Art; the People Speak”, by Chuck and Jan Rosenak.</span></span></p>
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mud Toy Sizes range from 2.5” - 6’ in length</span></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4HYZ-MVprBI7qZvFP80-C20rIv2zmy2Ch4p6KuspOWy5hbHCbo715oi-aYUVKBoCh2LOpSxBV_dGavE-Td9PBNUaboOgT8fA_N8a5Qv531OrMvD_-lj73yG2Uj0E4CALZL8Fbk47gAA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4HYZ-MVprBI7qZvFP80-C20rIv2zmy2Ch4p6KuspOWy5hbHCbo715oi-aYUVKBoCh2LOpSxBV_dGavE-Td9PBNUaboOgT8fA_N8a5Qv531OrMvD_-lj73yG2Uj0E4CALZL8Fbk47gAA/" width="180" /></a></div>Mamie Deschellie with a pair of large cardboard figures<br /><br /><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Calling us with your order request and payment information is the best and fastest way to receive a response of what is available. </span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">575-770-5580 (between 10-5 Mountain Time)</span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">or email your request to </span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">r2c2graces@gmail.com</span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">or</span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">hollynrosie@gmail.com</span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">We will get back to you asap and ask that you then call with shipping and payment information.</span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">We ship throughout the United States.</span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">A side note: from time to time I do restoration on Mud Toys, if you have a cherished figure please reach out about my restoration service. It's best to send an email that includes a photo of the damage or what might be missing such as a leg or an ear.</span></span></p></div><br /> <p></p>Two Graces, 105 Barela Lane, Taos NM 87571http://www.blogger.com/profile/06498983517341568696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923291306285239790.post-72566724847664328102020-10-07T21:49:00.074-06:002023-02-27T12:30:32.744-07:00The Whimsical Rusty Gold of Pozzi Franzetti Updated<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: left;">Pozzi (Rosemary) Franzetti (1953-2012) </span></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">We are grateful that so many of you have found this post and made purchases. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Two Graces in the Taos Historic District at 105 Barela Lane just off Kit Carson Road.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We are </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>SOLD OUT</b></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thank You</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXTLy-UKNaOI7N44cGWG1LqE0Zmz5KCPPVzokLWNLltRzL03ZK9wGJw9PM9fv_Z0fpvo9awepf1K87QBsIFJDwDP6Dxx4Tv3ejzgBv1No-Bf-wlTRhk0LP5p999TUg3ag7Z1-h0P0bI_8/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="184" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXTLy-UKNaOI7N44cGWG1LqE0Zmz5KCPPVzokLWNLltRzL03ZK9wGJw9PM9fv_Z0fpvo9awepf1K87QBsIFJDwDP6Dxx4Tv3ejzgBv1No-Bf-wlTRhk0LP5p999TUg3ag7Z1-h0P0bI_8/" width="138" /></a></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Pozzi Franzetti Business Card Logo</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(144, 148, 156); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1b1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Settling in to Taos, New Mexico in the mid 80’s, Pozzi Franzetti created some of the most loved sculpture available here. </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(144, 148, 156); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1b1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Over the next thirty years Pozzi created <i>‘Jo-Mama’s Pot Pies'</i>, but later what she was best known for was <i>‘Franzetti Metal Works’</i> which became a sensation. </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(144, 148, 156); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1b1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">In the late 80's Pozzi also took the time to teach welding classes to Taos youngsters at her ‘art camp’ in a small corner of Metric Motors. From the stories I've been told they were in awe of her.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(144, 148, 156); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #90949c; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1b1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">The Earthquake Detectors (or Hurricane Detectors), are flat figures on a ‘spring’ which rock when the ground shakes or the wind blows. These are some of the most coveted garden ornaments around, rarely available, prices for these have ballooned to $200. and up for a small one. </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1b1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">We have priced everything currently in stock quite fairly and much lower than what is available from any other sources. </span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(27, 30, 33); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1b1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">At one point Franzetti metal works were the number one seller through </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(27, 30, 33); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1b1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Robert Redford’s Sundance Catalogue. </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(27, 30, 33); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1b1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">She even sold her work through the Home Shopping Network. </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(27, 30, 33); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1b1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">She was always selling at area craft fairs, where her booth was the most popular. </span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Pozzi Franzetti made art that you could live with, which often had a functionality to it along with a fun lighthearted sense of whimsy. </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">We call them Rusty-Gold and purchase them for our shop whenever possible. </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">We’ve even sold the ones out of our home to visitors who’ve insisted that we share these treasures. Normally we are lucky to have 1 or 2 of Pozzi Franzetti sculptures, at this time we are honored to have many available. </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">It's a Pozzi-Palozza!</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Pozzi Franzetti created quite a unique niche in the world of Taos Art, her works are everywhere around Taos and across the country.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">There may be imitators out there but what we've selected are the last of the best.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(27, 30, 33); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1b1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1b1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">There are light switch covers and wall sculptures of petroglyphs, dancing figures and anything that struck her fancy. </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1b1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">For years a Franzetti light switch cover was the perfect gift for any new home owner, they brought magic to a room. Light-switch covers could be inspired by Native American Petroglyphs, sports figures, pigs, rams, cats, or neighing horses.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1b1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">The Light Switch and Outlet Covers are our number one selling item from our shop, please check with us for current inventory.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8MaL5RUOfK8RSJ4PPMhCJf65mZ6QUisVhASzFlF3yzz5ydGqVUSsiHrdbkNnTJcjdZe14SJB1LTVmQWwTv2r6Sortdh0EAAaWDvyAlmn1ISEv7YDOrDSStd-hfd-nkOT_-59J0j3Tu3c/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="207" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8MaL5RUOfK8RSJ4PPMhCJf65mZ6QUisVhASzFlF3yzz5ydGqVUSsiHrdbkNnTJcjdZe14SJB1LTVmQWwTv2r6Sortdh0EAAaWDvyAlmn1ISEv7YDOrDSStd-hfd-nkOT_-59J0j3Tu3c/" width="155" /></a></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Pozzi Franzetti Gouache Abstract on paper.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">This was acquired some time ago.</span></p></div><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3eQP5cSiqkbNJw1dWLs7AAb14HXFnZfcY7sbK52-8hsqZTM6kp-itxAZD6TyZLPSidumvGOdsy2UBNtXl9QowYWzeXjMXMMoOCsWdrfVfZcnuF1vVtW1h6E8DEA9nvZVSB43zIH97liU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3eQP5cSiqkbNJw1dWLs7AAb14HXFnZfcY7sbK52-8hsqZTM6kp-itxAZD6TyZLPSidumvGOdsy2UBNtXl9QowYWzeXjMXMMoOCsWdrfVfZcnuF1vVtW1h6E8DEA9nvZVSB43zIH97liU/" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gateway at Van Vechten Lineberry Home</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5L-HEkj9_NbPZvcoOdI-Vtk-XNZB8SbQP_0yr_TTAw29huK398_ARdXPm400keUTNd3AYiaAxZBvUVmbe2fHrcU1GuPdSbincRHbWtgB1snE2Eo6hgeX-t6Ab_4Z6CVObnR5yLnt2yfs/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5L-HEkj9_NbPZvcoOdI-Vtk-XNZB8SbQP_0yr_TTAw29huK398_ARdXPm400keUTNd3AYiaAxZBvUVmbe2fHrcU1GuPdSbincRHbWtgB1snE2Eo6hgeX-t6Ab_4Z6CVObnR5yLnt2yfs/" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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text-align: center;">A few photos of the Pozzi Franzetti Studio Yard Production</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5kaC_MSZJ5EjbrZDt_hXAK29oFVAexdyx5ppA4Wik5CkjhzILn1qPA6FXPYYjTXxIYvIZnj5tWSNWrOotZZpdwDlYkT_MuNyMnz0tmAeV7jxGngarbYU5Y639HmG4-szJkfXjhU73ck/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="256" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5kaC_MSZJ5EjbrZDt_hXAK29oFVAexdyx5ppA4Wik5CkjhzILn1qPA6FXPYYjTXxIYvIZnj5tWSNWrOotZZpdwDlYkT_MuNyMnz0tmAeV7jxGngarbYU5Y639HmG4-szJkfXjhU73ck/" width="192" /></a></div></div>At one time Pozzi was producing more artwork than anyone in Taos<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZDLIHEwOcE1O2Wcs1ygswQWYGLw7PhqU63CBk3J84mFtn3uC-xAoIDjiWx1CQ8B6MjA6DUquQD_igJdfQXcI2jRAxrGUJS9GWQQKzXWDIA_QANj7qDc9Kt8lEswokNqy74WWFqMpMdgg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZDLIHEwOcE1O2Wcs1ygswQWYGLw7PhqU63CBk3J84mFtn3uC-xAoIDjiWx1CQ8B6MjA6DUquQD_igJdfQXcI2jRAxrGUJS9GWQQKzXWDIA_QANj7qDc9Kt8lEswokNqy74WWFqMpMdgg/" width="300" /></a></div>The studio yard is now virtually empty<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fMapsWd7BKukg00AOifJNfKCHZjrGlQ7xqMpnBJ7qe2TyI-srx5QcJsEaMI4tUYrhOgqIvEYyq7hQ8SegKrO65DorLxSbkW7y8f87mq0XA4eayxrQZz_ZRQoioi-dHnZXxtFjajwW6E/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="256" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fMapsWd7BKukg00AOifJNfKCHZjrGlQ7xqMpnBJ7qe2TyI-srx5QcJsEaMI4tUYrhOgqIvEYyq7hQ8SegKrO65DorLxSbkW7y8f87mq0XA4eayxrQZz_ZRQoioi-dHnZXxtFjajwW6E/" width="192" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66McJZNJ9OTv7fbwWZJt44oJWoJEd2-mOEGO8mNssKpBBxInp5ayaq_3c5Tat1wvghEfLzozc-VepB9T7j_HxDPfKYJqhwoQppoCFTBF9E5L4H1HkjVO0b4slFk-DZiqd45Jk5wbc5AQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg66McJZNJ9OTv7fbwWZJt44oJWoJEd2-mOEGO8mNssKpBBxInp5ayaq_3c5Tat1wvghEfLzozc-VepB9T7j_HxDPfKYJqhwoQppoCFTBF9E5L4H1HkjVO0b4slFk-DZiqd45Jk5wbc5AQ/" width="261" /></a></div><p></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17.2px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Here are 2 examples of a stamped Signature and occasionally she'll have added a signed engraving</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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Fresh Palms are left outside under the cross at San Francisco de Asis Church.</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">When we arrived there was a woman praying out loud out front of the Church. Otherwise there was no one around. We proceeded on our own with thoughts of prayer and devotion for our loved ones. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A box of Mass schedules and Bibles sits on a bench outside the Parish hall.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-size: large;">As the Taos News quoted me in Tempo recently in an article by Tamara Testerman in her 'A Time to Make Art' essay: "Writer, artist and gallery owner Robert Cafazzo said, 'Our best right now is art, especially now with the Churches closed. if the Agnes Martin room at the Harwood Museum were </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">open, I'd be in there saying prayers.' Cafazzo is out and about walking in creative prayer every morning, taking photos and staying positive. The doors may be closed with access by appointment only, but the creative process as do the prayers continue."</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A solitary woman recites the Penitente Prayers in front of the San Francisco de Asis Church.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-size: large;">As we passed people in their front yards, driving by in vehicles or at a few of the particular sites along the way it was easy to see the fear ease in their eyes, smiles grew on faces and a sense of hope was there to feel in their hearts. We met a Mother and son lighting a candle at the Talpa Chapel who were happy to speak with us. Later a man working in his field looked up at us and asked, "Are you on the </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Pilgrimage Walk?" 'Yes we are' we answered. "I'm sorry the Morada is closed, even the Church is closed, I haven't seen it like this since the 'Blue Virus' years ago, (I thought he meant the Swine flu?, or possibly Hantavirus?), they closed all the churches that time too." I had a feeling he was a Penitente man, he wished us well and good health thanking us for keeping up the tradition. We spoke of how people who saw us along the way, 'witnessed' us and prayed with us as we passed by. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">Birds all around were making nests as butterflies fluttered and pollinated the flowering trees. Rabbits and squirrels leapt along roadsides just ahead of us as chickens clucked and dogs barked.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">We are blessed by our experience today and thank you all for being there with us in spirit. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">In my heart I dedicated this walk and all my sorrow to Eric T. who recently passed away. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Along Valerio Road we began our walk together with not a soul in sight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Our Sangre de Cristo Mountains dominate the landscape. Flags and blossoming orchard trees were the predominant sites to see along with the scent of spring flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Once a statue of Guadalupe adorned with Rosaries stood in this nicho along the crossroads, it has been stolen. I’d like to replace her some day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Corvid 19 pandemic has many of us wearing gloves, it is unfortunate that some choose to drop them onto the ground, although this one does remind me of the Blue Love Glove from Yellow Submarine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The enchanting pink gate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Blossoms greet us as we arrive at the Talpa Capilla.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Mercy & Manuel Torres light a candle outside of the Chapel door.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Prayers and Holy Candles left at the chapel. </span></div>
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A Crown of Thorns sits on a table with Holy Candles outside the Talpa Capilla doorway.</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Through the window of the empty sacristy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Crown of Thorns </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Mannie guided us at a safe distance to the Talpa Capilla.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Magpie Van painted by local Taos Artist Jim Wagner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Prayer feathers on dried stalks blowing in the wind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Pedernal off in the distance from the Ranchos de Taos cemetery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The acequia systems are running at this time of year all over Taos to water crops and gardens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Entryway to the Taos modernist artist Andrew Dasburg home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The long abandoned tri-cornered house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Through the window of the abandoned house prayer candles await.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Arrival at the Espinosa Road Morada.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The gravesite of Dennis Hopper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Two people social distancing in prayer on the benches out front of the Church.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">As per request, the entire route is this: </span></div>
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Holy Candles at a local Taos market</div>
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sfranchos.org for live streaming Mass services and updates.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Coronavirus Corvid-19 pandemic has put us all into the throws of despair. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For many their Faith is something to enable them to get through this, and we will get through this. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As to congregating for Mass at this time, please don't do it. Far too many have become ill after religious meetings, hoping that faith would be the answer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Pueblos of New Mexico and Arizona, the Navajo Nation and other native peoples of the region are getting sick and spreading the disease in their communities after attending religious services. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At this time, please do not gather in groups. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today as we set out, I asked if anyone else was on a Pilgrimage Walk that they stay 6-10 feet away from us and others. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today we silently prayed on our walk together to heal one and all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stay well, Stay safe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We've been closed since March 22, 2020. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Two Graces is currently offering Gift Certificates. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A Gift Certificate for Two Graces may be redeemed for a guided history tour, Art, Books or Curios at any time in the future. Merchandise for sale can be shipped or delivered locally. Take a look at our website twograces.com</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Purchases are simple, mail a check to PO Box 1587, Ranchos de Taos, NM 87557, we in turn will send you the Gift Certificate or the merchandise requested and our gratitude.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can also reach out to me at r2c2graces@gmail.com</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you, R&H</span></div>
Two Graces, 105 Barela Lane, Taos NM 87571http://www.blogger.com/profile/06498983517341568696noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923291306285239790.post-22701741098157507132020-03-29T16:33:00.000-06:002020-04-01T11:02:19.116-06:00 Picturing Passion: Artists Interpret the Penitente Brotherhood at the New Mexico Museum of Fine Art<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">After the photographs I've posted there is my essay in two parts. The first part is of the Penitente Brotherhood of Light, the second section is of my thoughts on the exhibition, which I truly wish you will all be able to see sometime soon.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Stay Well Please.</span><br />
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November 27, 2019 - August 16, 2020</div>
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Picturing Passion: Artists Interpret the Penitente Brotherhood at the New Mexico Museum of Art</div>
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"El Santo" Detail</div>
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"El Santo" 1919 Marsden Hartley (MNMF)</div>
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"No. 8" ca. 1920-1930's Willard Clark (MNMF)</div>
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Photo of 'Veronica's', Ranchos de Taos, NM</div>
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"Penitente" 1956 Louis Ribak (MNMF)<br />
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Good Friday Pilgrimage Walk, Ranchos de Taos</div>
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"Muerte/Death Cart" ca 1931-35 Patrocinio Barela (MNMF)<br />
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Overview of NM Fine Arts Museum with detail of Barela carving (MNMF)<br />
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A Taos Mural by George Chacon</div>
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"The Sacristan of Trampas" 1918 Paul Burlin (MNMF)</div>
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"Sacristan of Trampas" Detail</div>
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Panel depicting the Santo altar screen seen in the background of the Burlin painting</div>
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"Penitente in Morado(a)" 1890 Joseph Henry Sharp (MNMF)</div>
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"Penitentes" 1934 Joseph Henry Sharp (MNMF)</div>
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"Penitente Ceremony" 1922 Gustave Baumann (MNMF)<br />
This depiction is reminiscent of the Morada in Abiquiu<br />
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The Three Crosses, New Mexico</div>
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"Burial Procession, Penitente Ceremony Near Taos" ca 1925 Bert Geer Phillips (MNMF)</div>
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View of Pilgrims during the Holy Walk on Good Friday at the Talpa, NM Reservoir<br />
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Talpa Reservoir from another point of view<br />
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"The Morada" 1956 Doel Reed (MNMF)</div>
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"Penitente Morada" 1940 Cady Wells (MNMF)<br />
The Morada depicted in these two artworks is possibly the one located in Arroyo Hondo<br />
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A depiction of a Morada or Capilla Rock Art carving created by a Hispanic Shepherd </div>
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"Penitence Cross" 1934 Cady Wells (MNMF)<br />
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"Grey Cross with Blue" 1929 Georgia O"Keeffe, Photograph of Cross on hill in Pilar, NM</div>
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"Santo" 1948 Cady Wells (MNMF)<br />
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Shadow of Archangel San Rafael</div>
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"Ranchos Passion, Good Friday" 1966 Howard Cook (MNMF)<br />
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19th Century Mexican etching of Christ carrying the Cross</div>
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"Dona Sebastiana Death Cart" ca. 1970-1980 George Lopez (MNMF)<br />
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George Lopez with his Santo Carvings</div>
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Lopez death Cart in foreground with Horacio Valdez Death Cart in Background ca 1975 (MNMF)</div>
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"A Penitente Cross" (undated) B.J.O. Nordfelt (MNMF)<br />
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Three Crosses stand against a New Mexico monsoon storm</div>
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"Penitentes, The Crucifixion" (undated) B.J.O. Nordfelt (MNMF)</div>
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"Penitentes" ca. 1930 Willard Nash (MNMF)</div>
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"New Mexico Cemetery" (untitled/undated) Dorothy Kent (MNMF)<br />
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Pueblo Cemetery</div>
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"New Mexico, Penitente" 1929 Russell Cheney (MNMF)</div>
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Detail of Cheney painting<br />
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View of San Francisco de Asis Church in Ranchos de Taos, NM as seen from the porch of Andy's La Fiesta Cantina the way Cheney would have seen it.</div>
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Back Bird's Eye View of San Francisco de Asis Church from Martinez Hall </div>
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Hidden View of San Francisco de Asis Church with Taos Blue Doors<br />
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One of the most photographed Churches in the world San Francisco de Asis in Ranchos de Taos.</div>
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"Penitentes Whipping" 1921 Randall Davey (MNMF)</div>
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"Penitentes" 1921 Randall Davey (MNMF)<br />
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Cemetery near Santa Cruz</div>
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"Penitente Fires" 1939 Gene Kloss (MNMF)<br />
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Facsimile of pages from a Penitente Chapter Book of Prayers<br />
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Vintage Postcard of Morada near Santuario de Chimayo </div>
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"Holy Week in New Mexico, Penitente Procession" 1919 William Penhallow Henderson (MNMF)</div>
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"Dona Sebastiana" 2006 Gustavo Victor Goler<br />
"Our Lady of Talpa"1982 Horacio Valdez<br />
"Cristo" 1981 Horacio Valdez (in background)<br />
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"Santa Rita" 1980 Horacio Valdez (MNMF)<br />
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A Santa Fe Mural depicting the carriage of the Virgin.<br />
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"Hermanos de la Luz, Brothers of Light" 1990 Douglas Johnson (MNMF)</div>
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"Penitente Procession" ca 1925 Ernest Blumenschein (MNMF)<br />
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San Francisco de Asis Church, Ranchos de Taos, NM</div>
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"Penitent Good Friday" (top) 1934 Gene Kloss<br />
"Penitente Procession at Truchas" (undated) James Stovall Morris<br />
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Rosary left in the Nicho of a Capilla<br />
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"Morada" 1970 Eli Levin (MNMF)<br />
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Ranchos de Taos Morada (3 images above)<br />
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Talpa Morada (3 Images above)<br />
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Morada on Espinosa Road, Ranchos de Taos (3 Images above)<br />
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Morada de San Miguel, Espanola (2 images above)<br />
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Morada de Santa Cruz de la Canada (3 images above)<br />
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Morada in Taos, near Mabel's (4 images above)<br />
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Morada in Mora, NM (2 Images above)<br />
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Abiquiu Morada just on the rise past O'Keeffe's house (4 images above)<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">During the Ranchos de Taos pilgrimage walk on Good Friday, April 6, 2012, I had my first heart attack. During the next 9 days, I had a few more, (at least 4). That day I primarily walked with Fr William Hart McNichols who realized that I was under extreme duress. Father Bill was my <i>in the flesh</i> Guardian Angel that day. To say the pilgrimage walk is an important time of the year for me is an understatement. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The following year Reuters News service photographer Brian Snyder asked if it would be possible for him to photograph Holy Week in northern New Mexico. My understanding was that it wouldn’t be impossible but it would be challenging. His pictorial essay is here online: <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2013/04/01/new-mexicos-holy-week/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2013/04/01/new-mexicos-holy-week/</span></a> That year the news agency sent photographers across the world to document proceedings in every part of the globe. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">For an ‘outsider’ it’s best to look at the ceremony as you would attending one of the Native American ceremonies, let me rephrase that, look at it as a Puebloan Ceremony. Don’t ask questions, stay out of the way and follow along as the other pilgrims do. Participate as best you can, show that you are there with honorable intentions and help other pilgrims who may need assistance.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">What Snyder & I learned was that the Brotherhood (the Penitente) were there to pray and that at each Morada we were invited in to pray with them. We were given the space to say a prayer, or asked if there was anything we needed as an intention of prayer. The days we spent during Holy Week wandering from one Morada and Capilla to the next from Taos to Chimayo was enlightening and left us awestruck of the generosity we were met with. We were never met with animosity nor suspicion, we joined in and cherished our time with each group. With hands on each others backs, holding hands or seated off to the side, we prayed. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">That week were witness to some things outsiders are never witness to and to many of the public ceremonies that all can view. There are ‘theatrical’ (for lack of a better word) moments to Holy Week as there is a theatricality to the las Posadas play at Christmas time but I will say there was no harsh brutality to any ceremony. There was much prayer and much love shared by everyone we met. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I can not stress enough everyone we met was welcoming. This is unlike the rumors that fly around that they are a secretive type of cult, never wanting anyone to see what they are doing. Again, they are not, yet this is the biggest misconception.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The history of the Penitentes aka the Brotherhood of Light has been written about sparsely, at times exaggerated, at times true to facts witnessed by others from back in the days. I have no doubt of these documentations, you can see for yourself in the paintings that there were mock crucifixions, some flaying and some walking on knees through the scrub and cactus. As someone who has walked barefoot through cactus, it is not something anyone can do for any length of time. The thing I think of when I think of the Penitente is that they kept the ceremonies and the rights of the Catholic religion in a remote part of the world when Priests were not always available. They were also the men who provided burial services for their communities in an especially poor region where families would not be able to pay for such service.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Picturing Passion: Artists Interpret the Penitente Brotherhood” at the New Mexico Museum of Art had been scheduled to be a companion exhibit to “The Birth, Life, and Resurrection of Christ: from Michelangelo to Tiepolo”. The museum is unfortunately closed due to the pandemic that has swept the world. Thankfully I had the opportunity to view these exhibits 3 times before the closure. The photographs here are a walk through of paintings and sculptures included in Picturing Passion, an exhibit which gave me pause to think about the work and its meaning and return to it. Included in the exhibition are a selection of hauntingly rich and beautiful photographs, they are not included here, the photos I’ve chosen to use are my own, my apologies for any confusion. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Marsden Hartley’s painting “El Santo” covers not only the Hispanic culture but the all three cultures of New Mexico, the Black Puebloan pot of Santa Clara, or San Juan or San Ildefonso is prominent in foreground right. It in its own right has become an iconic painting of New Mexico itself. Please do not use pueblo pottery for a planter as depicted here, the bottoms tend to melt away. The accompanying label states that this is a yucca plant and thus a reference to the Penitente,. Instead I suggest that it is a spider plant/chlorophytum comosum.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take a look at the detail at right background in the “Sacristan (Sexton of the Church) of Talpa” where you’ll see the image of a Santo. The accompanying information identifies the image as a bulto which it is not. Instead it is part of a side altar screen of which there are many in the San Jose de Gracia, Talpa Church. The saint depiction painted on board is of San Juan de Nepomuceno which is below the image of La Santisima Trinidad/The Holy Trinity. From the photo I’ve included here the pink curtains seem to have faded quite a bit. Not many have the opportunity to visit the interior of this magnificent Church which is the oldest in northern New Mexico (dated to 1760) and includes much of the best Santero art work to be seen here. The Mass schedule here is the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month at Noon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Sharp painting of a man secured to an adobe wall shows the sacrifice to which we give thanks. It’s a small powerful painting which drew my attention each time I visited. A depiction of the pure devotion that these Brothers give of themselves to the world. It is doubtful that Sharp was only attempting to show a spectacle to gasp at as has been suggested. Sharp’s studio in Taos is located next to the Luna Chapel (Capilla) on Kit Carson Road, he thought of these men as friends and depicted them in their labors, this painting is a labor of love and sacrifice.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bert Geer Phillips “Burial Procession” was another of the paintings that struck me as something I’ve seen before. Once back in Taos I went to the spot where he painted this scene and photographed it to document his presence almost 100 years ago. The procession still takes place to this day during the Pilgrimage Good Friday walk through Ranchos de Taos and Talpa.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The “Santo” charcoal/watercolor drawing by Cady Wells has a touch of sepia ink to it enhancing the shadows of the bulto carving he depicts here. The eyes of the saint stare directly at the viewer hauntingly, knowingly. Wells depiction could have only been done by someone who has lived with such an object for a period of time. He studied it and looked at it as it gazes at the viewer to this day.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dorothy Kent was the sister of Rockwell Kent her painting “New Mexico Cemetery” is more than likely a camposanto located next to a Morada, thus it has been included in the exhibition. She may very well be the first woman to depict a scene having to do with the Penitente yet the painting is not given a date. From her timeline it appears that she was in New Mexico through the mid 1920’s, which would precede the time frame of the well loved Barabra Latham painting of women cleaning a cemetery in Taos titled “Decoration Day” ca 1940. The Kent on display is stunning and extremely reminiscent of the camposanto at Santa Cruz (see my photo).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Russel Cheney came to New Mexico to recover from tuberculosis more than likely he’d heard of the healing springs around Santa Fe and Taos. Like so many artists Cheney depicted the San francisco de Asis Church in Ranchos de Taos only he did so in a couple of different ways. Here he shows the massive adobe structure from the front rather than the back which was later to become the favored viewpoint for artists and photographers, and he painted form a birds eye view while seated on the porch of Andy’s la Fiesta Cantina located at the back South East corner of the Ranchos Plaza. From his viewpoint he could add a still life arrangement of objects, a Vase with pink flowers, a hand axe and a Bulto of San Francisco de Asis which dominates the foreground of the painting. In the accompanying title card the curator points to the axe as a symbol of the <i>‘Death Carts used on Good Friday’ </i>it has not been my observation at any point through the years here that a death cart is a part of any ceremony during Good Friday or Holy Week. Instead I would point out that the axe is more likely to depict a simple carpenters tool, one of which would have been used by the Santero carver of the Bulto (saint carving). At best the symbolism may be that of one of the Instruments of the Passion which includes in some depictions a claw hammer, but alas no axe.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Henderson painting included in the exhibit is one that has been on display at the Museum on a regular basis. The title card refers to the well dressed man depicted carrying the crucifix, now refer back to the top of the page and notice the Sacristan man, the paintings are one year apart. The question should arise, are they of the same man(?)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">On my second visit I ran into the NMMA Head of Curatorial Affairs Merry Scully who I then rather unceremoniously dragged into the exhibition to speak with her. My thoughts upon first viewing was that some of the title cards were wrong and that the press release and subsequent press about the exhibit were rather inflammatory. We walked through the exhibit and spoke, I thank her for her generosity of time and of her own reflections.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Upon the third visit I was anxious to bring my wife to see the Museum, before hand we met with Nathaniel Owings of the Owings Gallery. He shared with us his insight on the exhibit. I am grateful to Nat for taking the time to speak with us about art and his observations.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>“</i></b><i>To me sanctuary means families, community, and resiliency. Those are fundamental keys to create a safe and secure environment. It's not just a place but it is the collaboration of many individuals to create something positive.” Jose Gonzalez</i><b><i>, </i></b><i>Sin Fronteras president</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Museums, Chapels and Churches are places to feel safe from the rest of the world. After the terrorist action in Paris, my wife and I were in Houston, TX. The next morning we went to the Rothko Chapel. The safety that I felt inside was EXACTLY what I needed at that moment. Art is my Sanctuary.</span></span></div>
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The designation (MNMF) next to the artwork credit denotes the<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">ALFRED STIEGLITZ "GEORGIA O'KEEFFE"</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 USD</span><br />
<span style="font-kerning: none;">Highest bid reached $22,000. (unsold)</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">On March 5, 2020 the Sotheby’s auction house, New York offered 106 items (which was cut back to 95 lots) from the collection of Juan Hamilton (born 1945). This auction was a rare opportunity to own something once owned by Georgia O’Keeffe who willed much of her estate to Mr. Hamilton, her last companion and caretaker. It’s not unusual for someone to include their caretaker in their will, especially when there are not any apparent immediate family heirs. In the case of Hamilton, he’s become a touchstone for controversy among O’Keeffe fans. Why the O’Keeffe lovers can’t wrap their minds around the fact that this man cared for a woman in her declining years and that she trusted him implicitly, has created constant controversy and innuendo. Now Hamilton raises his head once again, as he too ages and can’t take any of it with him. Many of the items went far beyond price expectations, very few items did not meet reserve prices. I've added the information as to what lots sold for with their add ons by the auction house. The high estimate total (if everything sold at top dollar) was $13.3 Million, the total taken in was $17.2 Million and that is with some items not selling and some withdrawn. </span></span></div>
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View of installation at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | ABSTRACTION Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 Sold at $668,000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">So why auction it off, rather than gift it to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM which has become the de-facto repository of O’Keeffe’s life work.</span></span></div>
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O'Keeffe sewing items from the 'Living Modern' exhibit</div>
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How do you value such common things that everyone owns?<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | UNTITLED (POPPY) Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 Sold at $43,750.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The answer is simpler than it seems, Value. To place proper values on items of what would be perceived as valuable there needs to be a record of similar items selling as a matter of public record. For instance Antiques Roadshow appraisers look at what current market value has been at auction for objects of interest and quality. Most appraisers would do the same.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | UNTITLED (CLAY POT) </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 Sold at $60,000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | UNTITLED (CLAY POT) </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Estimate: 7,000 - 10,000 </span>Sold at $50,000.</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | UNTITLED (CLAY POT) </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 </span>Sold at $27,500.<br />
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Examples of O'Keeffe's pottery</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then there’s the matter of ownership, Does it actually matter that a famous person once owned something and does that add to the value? Although O’Keeffe owned valuable items such as the Calder Mobile or the Mid-Century Modern furniture on display in her homes today, these have auction values and a history of such. Yet, how do you value a box of rocks that O’Keeffe picked up during her walks? Is there any value to the skulls and bones she collected, which the southwest is plentiful of and which O’Keeffe herself made iconic through her many paintings of them as subject matter. How about the bins of Tupperware in the pantry of her Abiquiu home? Do these have any value? I would think that most of us in finding a cabinet full of tupperware in a deceased persons home would discard the entire lot of it, but there exist two entire bins full in her home.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | HILL - ALCALDE II </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 Sold at $81.250.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why would Juan Hamilton not just gift it all to the museum is the question on most people’s minds, often calling him names referencing that there must be greed involved. Today, Juan Hamilton is listed as ‘Special Consultant to the Board’ under Board of Directors on the O’Keeffe Museum website. He was at first a founding Board member, then not a board member with a bit of drama involved behind the scenes, then law suits ensued and now he’s back on the board as a consultant. I’m glad he is back, without his involvement the museum would have their hands tied in a multitude of ways.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE'S PIGMENTS | A COLLECTION OF 18 JARS LABELLED AND USED BY GEORGIA O'KEEFFE </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; text-align: center;">Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 Sold at $75,000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE'S PIGMENTS | A COLLECTION OF 20 JARS LABELLED AND USED BY GEORGIA O’KEEFFE Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 Sold at $56,250.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT WITH TRANSCRIPTION, TITLED "MY FIRST TRIP TO NEW YORK" </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 Sold at $9,500.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE AND ALFRED STIEGLITZ'S MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Sold at $15,000.</span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">ALFRED STIEGLITZ | 10 CHECKS, EACH SIGNED BY ALFRED STIEGLITZ AND ENDORSED BY THE VARYING RECIPIENTS, NEW YORK, 1944–1946 Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 </span><br />
<span style="font-kerning: none;">Checks reached $5,500. and have gone unsold</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | NATURE FORMS - GASPÉ </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; text-align: center;">Estimate: 4,000,000 - 6,000,000 </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; text-align: center;">(In 2018 the Joan Mitchell abstract painting "Blueberry" 1969 sold at auction for $14.5 Million)</span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is a handwritten note by O’Keeffe valuable, or does something worn by her have value? We would think of course it is. Without a record of such items actually selling, appraisers are at a loss as to place a value on such items. In 2014 the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art was the high bidder at 44.4 million dollars (high estimate was set at 15 million) for O’Keeffe’s painting ‘Jimson Weed/White Flower no. 1’ setting a record for a female artist. This painting was auctioned through Sotheby’s from the O’Keeffe Museum in order to raise funds for future acquisitions. The museum (as do many museums today) does auction off some of its collection from time to time as a fundraising asset.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">JUAN HAMILTON | WAR Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 Sold at $22,500.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">JUAN HAMILTON | AZUSHI BLUE III </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; text-align: center;">Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 Sold at $10,000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | UNTITLED (ROCK) Estimate: 25,000 - 35,000 Sold at $68,750.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Will this auction, which includes works by Juan Hamilton now raise the value of his work as well? It’s a question to be decided and the auction results were not all that kind to his work, the marketplace thus far has not been clamoring for his artworks. The auction does include little known and some surprisingly stunning art by Hamilton.</span></span></div>
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Recipe Box similar, if not identical to the one formerly in the Abiquiu home pantry in my possession</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 2019 fashion designer Tom Ford purchased the Alexander Calder Mobile from Juan Hamilton. For years it was hanging in O’Keeffe’s Abiquiu home, for me it’s a tragedy that the shadow play it created on the adobe walls are no more. The first year the O’Keeffe Abiquiu home was opened to the public for tours you could only view the Calder through the outside picture window or from a doorway inside. On our first visit to the house I noticed many items in full display, a few years later when we returned much had gone missing. Perhaps most people would have never noticed that a recipe box once on a pantry shelf was no longer there, but I did and it was disheartening that it was now gone. Now that recipe box is up for auction along with so many other items. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">A JAPANESE SIX-PANEL FOLDING SCREEN EDO/ MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | UNTITLED (ABSTRACTION) </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 Sold at $13,750.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF O'KEEFFE'S INTRODUCTION FOR GEORGIA O'KEEFFE: A PORTRAIT BY ALFRED STIEGLITZ </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 went unsold</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | FROM A DAY WITH JUAN I </span><br />
<span style="font-kerning: none;">Estimate: 1,200,000 - 1,800,000 Sold at $2,420,000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">On one hand it’s similar to the way families divvy up items from family estates after the passing of loved ones. You choose something, then your siblings choose something, taking turns until everything is chosen and disbursed. The O’Keeffe Museum owns “Clouds 5/Yellow Horizon and Clouds” 1964/5, Hamilton owns “Untitled (From a Day with Juan” 1976/7 both of these were once hanging in the Abiquiu home, they had both been hanging in the studio on my first visit. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">ALFRED STIEGLITZ | FULL-LENGTH BLACK CAPE Estimate: 5,000 - 7,000 Sold at $7,500.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | MID-LENGTH OPEN BLACK COAT </span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | CUSTOM BLACK AND WHITE PLEATED DRESS </span><br />
<span style="font-kerning: none;">Estimate: 7,000 - 10,000 Sold at $25,000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | BLACK FLOOR-LENGTH OVERCOAT BY K. C. CHANG, MADE IN HONG KONG Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 Sold at $10,000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">At other points in time O’Keeffe gifted some of the objects from her collections to her friends. The painting “The Wooden Virgin” is of a Hispanic bulto carving of ‘Our Lady of Sorrows’ which she purchased during her first visit to New Mexico and Taos. In Taos as a guest of Mabel Dodge Luhan, O’Keeffe would have seen and admired Mabel’s vast collection of santos by the local craftsmen. O'Keeffe did paint a version of this Saint carving, which from time to time the museum does display along with the actual carving.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | GRAY TWO-PIECE SKIRT SUIT BY K. C. CHANG, MADE IN HONG KONG, WITH HAND-SEWN BLACK VELVET VEST Estimate: 7,000 - 10,000 Sold at $6,875.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The recent touring exhibition 'Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern' (the book by the same name cataloging the exhibit was published in 2017) of her clothing, photographs and paintings was mostly comprised of items which Mr. Hamilton inherited. If you had a chance to see this exhibit in one of it’s configurations (I had the opportunity to see the exhibition in 2017 at the Peabody-Essex Museum in Salem, MA where it was called “Georgia O’Keeffe: Art, Image, Style”), you’d know how much O’Keeffe-eana there actually is. Much more than what is being offered at the Sotheby’s auction. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | AN ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF GHOST RANCH. CIRCA 1940S </span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Soon the O’Keeffe Museum will begin offering tours of the inside of the O’Keeffe Ghost Ranch House. This has been under negotiation for some time and will be a welcome addition to all things O’Keeffe. I’m hopeful to be an invited guest when this becomes a long awaited reality. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | UNTITLED (TREES) Estimate: 80,000 - 120,000 Sold at $106,250.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">“…changes greatly augmented the amount of light flowing into the house, bringing a sense of openness and sleekness of modern architecture to a mud-and-wood structure situated in the isolation of the northern New Mexico desert.” Ghost Ranch House, Conclusion from the book. “O’Keeffe furnished the spaces of both houses sparsely, with modernist or simple handmade furniture that she arranged precisely.” The Abiquiu House, Conclusion. These two quotes are from the book “Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Houses, Ghost Ranch and Abiquiu” 2011. For a better understanding of just how rich the two homes once were and the treasures they once held this book provides an absolute look into what once was. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | SOME MEMORIES OF DRAWINGS. NEW YORK: ATLANTIS EDITIONS, 1974 Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 USD Sold at $21,250.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">To see this complete set in Taos, each print is framed and on display at the Blake Hotel in Taos Ski Valley, </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | DRAWINGS </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; text-align: center;">Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 Sold at $18,750.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | 1976, NO. V OF XXV NUMBERED COPIES FROM A LIMITED EDITION OF 200 </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; text-align: center;">Estimate: 3,000 - 4,000 Sold at $8,750.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>From the Sotheby’s Catalog: </i></b><i>“…their unlikely friendship thrived for decades, for reasons that remain somewhat mysterious to outsiders. “They very quickly became confidants,” Carlsen said. “He, with the understanding that she was ageing, became her caretaker. He felt honoured to be able to contribute to her life in a meaningful way. But I’m under the impression that there was a great deal of admiration between them.” O’Keeffe took the young artist under her wing and helped him get shows in New York. In 1978, he had an exhibition at the Robert Miller Gallery. “Warhol and Joni Mitchell came to my opening – I couldn’t believe it!” he told Harper’s Bazaar.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Less than a decade later, in March 1986, O’Keeffe died. She left Hamilton much of her art collection, her home and belongings, a selection of which he later donated to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. “It has been a true privilege to live with and care for these works for many years,” Hamilton said in a statement. “But it is now time to allow others the opportunity to enjoy and learn from these treasures. I hope that they will inspire a new generation of admirers and collectors of O’Keeffe, Stieglitz, and their inimitable circle, as they have long inspired me.” (Kayla Carlsen, is the head of Sotheby’s American Art.)</span></i></span></div>
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This is the Brass pin which was in the exhibition 'Living Modern'<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you'd like to be supportive of Georgia O'Keeffe and her lifework, there are many ways to do so. Visit the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, join the museum with a reciprocating membership, book a tour of the Abiquiu home (I highly recommend the secretive/private 'Behind the Scenes' tour, they've now added a photography tour with an additional fee, take a Ghost Ranch tour or go for a walk there yourself, visit the 'White Place' in Abiquiu the O'Keeffe Visitor Center has printed directions, or book a tour with me of all things O'Keeffe in Taos (you'd be surprised how much there is to see). I'd also ask that you be supportive of artists in your community or when you travel.</span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Whether you’re on vacation, or shopping locally in Taos, how do you know what to buy? What exactly should you bring back home with you from your shopping excursion. These shops have your memories of Taos at hand. Unique, individualistic gifts to soothe your soul until you return to Taos once again. Outside of the many art galleries in Taos these are the most creative shops among us, (some actually are art galleries with a bit extra). </span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Criteria for being added to this list is such: range of merchandise, is there a ‘classic’ souvenir available, price point needs to be from $10. or less and up, is there hand crafted merchandise available, craftsmanship in general, is the merchandise well displayed and well curated, avoidance of mostly 'factory made' merchandise, do the shop-owners show they care, are they located in the 'heart' of Taos. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Try being a tourist in your own town, all of these store owners will treat you like you belong here! </span><br />
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Taos has the worst directional signage, don't be afraid to ask if you've taken a wrong turn.</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Store owner Bryan Steger has been in business since 1982. With so many years in business, he’s doing things right. Paintings and sculptures by Hopi artist Gregory Lomayesva fill this shop with color and wonder. Bryans carries one of the best selections of Zuni Fetish carvings and a Native American jewelry selection unrivaled in Taos.</span></span><br />
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Turquoise and silver cuff bracelets</div>
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Rosa Kilgore Jewelry</div>
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A lot going on at the Ranch a tiny space that makes an impression</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">*Hot Tip: The handmade locally crafted jewelry <i>IS</i> what this store is all about, buy someone you love a pendant necklace.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are many antique shops, curio shops, vintage shops and thrift shops, this is not any of those. Two Graces is a shoppers experience in its own world. The tag line here is Art, Books and Curios but it’s an explorers paradise. Interested in art in Taos, this place has it covered. Want to learn more about the southwest and what you’re looking at, they’ve got it covered. Need a little retail therapy, if you can’t find something unique and wonderful here, then you aren’t actually looking. Holly Sievers & Robert Cafazzo showcase the things they love here in their Taos shop, recently located to this location just off Kit Carson Road.</span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">*Hot Tip: The best collection of vintage Hopi & Zuni Kachina dolls in Taos. Cafazzo also specializes in restoring these and other wooden objects.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chokola Bean to Bar</b> 11-6 Daily 100-198 Juan Largo Lane 575-779-6163 <a href="http://www.chokolabeantobar.com/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">www.chokolabeantobar.com</span></a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">This award winning chocolate shop is the Taos destination you’ve been looking for. A variety of Whipped and Hot Chocolates will make you swoon. During summer months the rich chocolate ice cream selection will make you feel like a kid again. Deborah Vincent and Javier Abad are always working in ‘the factory’, where you can see them grinding beans and tempering chocolate right in plain sight. </span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">*Hot Tip: The package designs on their bar chocolates are by local Taos artists, ask about the occasional signed editions by Larry Bell.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">You want a consignment clothing store to be selective and that’s exactly what you get with Shelia Ross and her Reneux Boutique. The selection of denim jeans and jackets put this shop on my hipster list for women’s clothing stores in Taos. If you’re in need of something fancy to wear and don’t want to break the budget, shop here. Looking for something to wear anytime, shop here. My only regret is that she doesn’t carry menswear. </span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Six Hand Hat Company</b> 11-7 Wednesday - Sunday 133 North Taos Plaza 575-751-3186 <a href="http://www.sixhandhats.com/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">www.sixhandhats.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Jones Walker Of Taos</b> 10-6 Daily 127 Bent Street 575-758-7965 <a href="http://www.joneswalkeroftaos.com/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">www.joneswalkeroftaos.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hands down two of the sweetest shop owners in Taos. Max Jones (the painter) & Tony Walker (front of house) curate a warm and welcoming atmosphere. Showcasing local art they love and vintage finds that pull this shop together with tastefully articulated rooms.</span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Underground Taos</b> 10-5:30 Daily 107b Bent Street 575-770-</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">New </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">Mexico, yet here it sits smack dab in the middle of town.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">Simply the best </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">selected of current trends in Men’s fashion, along </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">with the coolest T-Shirts </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">available in Taos. Owner Stuart Brown</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">completes the picture with his lovely </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">British accent and enthusiasm</span></div>
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Stuart Brown proud Taos Shop-owner</div>
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The Hippest t-shirts</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">With an overwhelming amount of businesses in Taos that come and</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">go on a </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">regular basis, Dwellings has been the standard bearer of </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">how to get it right. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">More than a souvenir shop, there’s regional and </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">Cam Martin shares her knowledge of </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">a broad range of merchandise </span></div>
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Folk Art from around the world</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">*Hot Tip: Cam’s been in business for over 30 years, for this sort of longevity she must be doing something right.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Taos Blue</b> 9-5 Daily 101 Bent Street 575-758-3561 <a href="http://www.taosblue.com/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">www.taosblue.com</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another of the shop owners who have been in business seemingly forever, Sue Westbrook changes things up as the seasons sway. Local contemporary craftsmanship at it’s finest. Here’s where you’ll find artist made pottery that will make your table settings sparkle. Featuring sculpture, mixed media assemblage and glass artworks. Simply the best window displays in Taos, they’ll mesmerize and draw you in to shop.</span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #232323; font-family: Times New Roman;"><b>Taos & Tribe</b>, </span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124;">110 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte suite a,(575) 613-2831 </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124;">A specialty boutique of thoughtfully curated fashion. One of a kind handmade jewelry, vintage south western silver and turquoise pieces, and indigo serape's. Plein air oil paintings by Taos artists. Style and vibe..Artsy, chic, boho, edgy, grunge. “A little bit of everything good”</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124;"><b>People of the Valley</b>, </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124;">108 Kit Carson Rd Suite 108A, </span><a data-dtype="d3ifr" data-local-attribute="d3ph" data-ved="2ahUKEwjm3__d9MHuAhV8JDQIHaMwCJoQkAgoADAdegQIKxAD" href="https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&channel=mac_bm&sxsrf=ALeKk01HAoQKJAdEIC-Bbpzf6sMT6r6ktQ%3A1611949702626&ei=hmYUYPjYJb6_0PEPoP-72Ak&q=people+of+the+Valley+Taos&oq=people+of+the+Valley+Taos&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzILCC4QxwEQrwEQkwIyAggmOgcIIxCwAxAnOgcIABBHELADUO1FWKlRYKdTaAFwAngAgAGpAYgB4QWSAQMwLjWYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6yAEIwAEB&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwj4s67L9MHuAhW-HzQIHaD_DpsQ4dUDCAw&uact=5#" jsaction="rcuQ6b:npT2md;F75qrd" jscontroller="cSkPLb" jsdata="QKGTRc;_;CMRea0" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">(575) 737-8288</span></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">High Desert Boutique selling vintage & retail</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span><span style="color: #660099; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124;"><b>Magpie</b>, 218 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte Unit B, (781) 248-0166</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36);"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 0, 153);">An impressive variety of locally made arts & crafts, specializing in small, affordable and functional art.<br /></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #232323; font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Most but not all of these shops are owned by the proprietors themselves, you'll find them running their own shops on a day to day basis, seven days a week. These owners purchase, curate, stay ahead of trends and make many of the items you'll find </span>displayed and<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> arranged impeccably. Hip shops in Taos are an unexpected treat. You may not have realized or </span>expected<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> to find such </span></span></span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #232323; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;">wonderful places to enjoy in a town catering to tourism of the southwest region of the U.S., but they do exist. Take the time to explore an unexpected aspect of a village full of artists and creators. Some people may think of Taos as quaint and arty, it even appears to have not kept up with the times in some aspects, this list will prove otherwise. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Taos may not be the hippest place in the world but there are local businesses here that make inroads towards surprising you on just how cool it can be. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">Explore them all and tell them we (Two Graces) sent you.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">***My experience is that far too many people who actually live here don’t shop and explore Taos. Neither do the 'marketing' people staff, Chamber of Commerce or Visitors Center staff, who are supposed to be knowledgeable about what exists here.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">****Disclaimer, Two Graces is my partners and my own shop. This list was created by me and is of my own opinion. No one has paid me to include any of the stores listed here.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Winter in Taos to many is known as ‘ski season’. A few years ago while attending a promotional event in Los Angeles people asked about Taos’ busy season, meaning Winter. Time and time again I found myself explaining to travel writers that Taos is actually an ‘art colony’, that busy season is actually July, August, September, and a bit of October. </span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are four ski resorts within 30-50 minute drives from the Taos Historic District. This is quite a large tourism industry for Taos County during the winter months of December through March with a bit of April. Many visitors to the ski resorts rarely take time to visit the multitudes of shops and galleries located in the town of Taos. </span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Through the years there’s been less and less interaction between businesses in the town of Taos and the 4 ski resorts. In the 80’s various Taos art galleries sponsored a shuttle bus to take ski patrons into town several times a week and drop them off at the galleries along Kit Carson Road. Once they’d arrived and gotten off the bus the thirsty and hungry skiers would rush off to local bars & restaurants rather than shop or look at art. Even with the new ownership of the Taos Ski Valley it’s still the same, winter in Taos means it’s a time when skiers ski. Yet if you are one of those rare people who can handle both, ski time and shopping time, welcome and thank you for taking a look at the unique and wonderful shops of Taos.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">1.) People from Santa Fe ask, “Is that ‘Taos’ mud on your jeans?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">2.) Brown paper bags with candles or electric lights line the walkways and roof lines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">3.) How high your firewood is stacked becomes a sense of pride.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">4.) Black Ice on Cantu Hill warnings become Facebook post norm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">5.) Taos Ski Valley becomes a ‘hot spot’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">6.) Suddenly everyone you meet has a part time job at the Ski Valley.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">7.) Half the population hibernates, while the other half enjoys skiing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">8.) You attend at least one of four ceremonial events at Taos Pueblo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">9.) You check ski conditions even though you don’t ski.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">10.) Your car is covered in snow instead of mud.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">11.) Bald Eagles return to nest along the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">12.) Posole with Hatch Green Chile becomes the soup of choice on every menu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">13.) Snow on adobe rooflines brings you to tearful reminiscences. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">14.) A good book becomes invaluable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">15.) A cup of Hot Cocoa with a sprinkle of cinnamon and red chile is once again the best thing you ever drank.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">16.) The aroma of Pinon wood, burning in fireplaces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">17.) Everyone agrees that their grandmother makes the best Biscochitos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">18.) Friends, Neighbors and Strangers are greeting each other with warm smiles and Holiday Cheer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Eagle in Flight photograph courtesy of Gak Stonn, Taos Print & Photography Services</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>“The winter evening came quickly all about us in the village street, even while the west held its color for a long time. Then there was a magical, hushed feeling in the air and people’s voices, out-of-doors, dropped to a lower key in unconscious reverence for nightfall.”</i> </b>‘Edge of Taos Desert’ Mabel Dodge Luhan 1937</span></span><br />
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Winter in Taos photograph courtesy of Gak Stonn, Taos Print & Photography Services</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>What to Do in Taos for the Holidays 2019</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>33rd annual Yuletide Tree Lighting in Taos Plaza</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Dec. 6, Friday 4-7PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Taos Festival of Trees at El Monte Sagrado</b><br />
Dec. 6, Friday 6:30-9:30PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>22nd Annual Millicent Rogers Museum Holiday Fiesta</b><br />
Dec. 7, Saturday 11AM-3PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Lighting of Ledoux </b><br />
Dec. 7, Saturday 5-7PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Annual Taos Inn Christmas Tree Lighting</b><br />
Dec. 7, Saturday 6-7PM</span><br />
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<b>Robert Mirabal Christmas Show at TCA</b><br />
<span style="font-kerning: none;">Dec. 13 & 14 7PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Bonfires on Bent Street & John Dunn Shops</b><br />
Dec. 14, Saturday 4-7PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Las Posadas at San Francisco de Asis Church</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Dec. 16-24 5PM</span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>The Nutcracker at TCA</b></span><br />
<span style="font-kerning: none;">Dec. 20-22, 2PM & 7PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Kit Carson Road Winter Solstice Holiday Farolito Walk</b><br />
Dec. 21, Saturday 4-7</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Taos Pueblo Procession of the Virgin & Bonfires</b><br />
Dec. 24, Tuesday begins at 4PM, Vespers Mass 5PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>San Francisco de Asis Church Midnight Mass</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Dec. 24, Tuesday 11:30PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Midnight Mass</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Dec. 24, Tuesday 12midnight</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Taos Pueblo Matachina Dance 2019</b><br />
Dec. 25, Wednesday begins at 11AM throughout the day</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Town of Taos New Years Eve Celebration w Michael Hearne, Taos Plaza</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Dec. 31, Tuesday 7:30-10PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Taos Ski Valley New Years Eve Torchlight Parade</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Dec. 31, Tuesday 5:30PM</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Taos Pueblo Turtle Dance</b><br />
Jan. 1, Wednesday begins at 9AM</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Los Comanches Celebration of Las Mananitas</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Jan. 1, Wednesday 9-12 Ranchos de Taos </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Taos Pueblo Deer Dance 2020</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Jan. 6. Monday 1PM (usually more like 2:30-ish)</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>“Never shall I forget the Christmas dances at Taos. Twilight, snow, the darkness coming over the great wintry mountains and the lonely pueblo. Then suddenly, again, like dark calling to dark, the deep Indian cluster-singing around the drum, wild and awful suddenly rousing on the last dusk as the procession starts. And then the bonfires leaping suddenly in pure spurts of high flame, columns of sudden flame forming an alley for the procession.” </i></b>‘New Mexico’ D.H. Lawrence 1931</span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Luminarias and farolitos are everywhere enhancing the glowing atmosphere of the Holidays in Taos this season. Luminaria refers to a bonfire, while the paper bags or plastic bags with electric lights are known as farolitos or ‘little lamps’. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">This Yuletide the Taos Main Street project has worked with over 50 merchants to install farolitos to rooflines of the various Taos Historic District businesses. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Several historic areas in Taos have set aside weekend celebrations during the month of December. Each Saturday one after another section will provide unique shopping experiences for locals and visitors. The first of these is Lighting of Ledoux with an annual farolito walk, then Bent Street Bonfires and on the last Saturday before Christmas, the Winter Solstice Farolito Walk along Kit Carson Road takes place. </span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the snow-filled air of Taos, Church bells will be ringing on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Wherever you are this winter, create magic and keep Taos in your heart. Have a blessed Holiday season.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Couse-Sharp Foundation</b>,138 Kit Carson - Visitors can view the ‘construction site’ interior of the forthcoming Taos Society of Artists Lunder Research Center. Enjoy cookies & hot cider.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Casa Benavides B&B</b>, 137 Kit Carson - Taos Roots (Taos Tree Project) offering T-shirts benefiting those in need and refreshments. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Untitled Fine Art & Untitled Editions</b> 125 - 133 Kit Carson - Refreshments & Music.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>DAFA/David Anthony Fine Arts</b>, 132 Kit Carson Road - Local and International Art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>OptiMysm</b>, 129E Kit Carson - 20% discount all day, Holiday cookies & hot apple cider.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Palaski Fine Art</b>, 129 Kit Carson - Fine Art Photography serving refreshments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Bryans Gallery</b>, 121 Kit Carson - Old Pawn & Contemporary Indian Jewelry and Art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Parsons Gallery of the West</b>, 122 Kit Carson - Traditional Taos Art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Heritage Fine Arts</b>, 122 Kit Carson - All Gallery Holiday Christmas Show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Benedictine Monks of Taos </b>108 Kit Carson at Cabot Plaza - serving Benedictine Coffee and good Holiday Cheer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>The Ranch at Taos</b>, 119A Kit Carson - An all artist show with Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers. Discounts available all day on everything in the gallery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Wilder Nightingale Fine Art</b>, 119 Kit Carson - ‘Embracing Winter’ Exhibition of New Pastels by Kathleen Smith. Beverages & Refreshments sponsored by Coffee Apothecary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Angie Coleman Studio</b>, 117 Kit Carson - Visit with Angie serving refreshments in her studio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Kit Carson Home & Museum</b>, 113 Kit Carson - Serving hot chocolate around a bonfire in the courtyard, the gift shop will be open.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Fine Art Atelier & Gallery</b>, 108 Kit Carson - Light refreshments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Dragonfly Blue</b>, 109 Kit Carson - An evening of Ekphrasis. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Greg Moon Fine Art</b>, 109 Kit Carson - Don’t forget that art makes a great gift that gets passed down for generations, reward yourself with what you desire.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Taos Print and Photography Services, </b></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">107 Kit Carson - </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We will serve warm tea and cold cookies and cool cards and hot art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Copper Moon Gallery</b>, 105 Kit Carson - Refreshments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Two Graces</b>, 105 Barela Lane at Kit Carson - 20% off stocking stuffers & carefully curated inventory featuring a selection of Pozzi Franzetti rusted metal sculptures. Open the entire day.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>“May you find yourself in Taos, before the devil knows you’re there.” </i></b>An old wise tail phrase about Taos from the early 1900’s.</span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">home to Two Graces, Copper Moon Gallery, and Gak Stonn Taos Print & Photography.</span></div>
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Please note photographs are by Robert Cafazzo of Two Graces, 105 Barela Lane unless otherwise stated as photographs by Gak Stonn.<br />
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I will be offering a Winter Solstice Petroglyph tour on Saturday morning December 21, 2019, check my Facebook status for upcoming details.<br />
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This article is courtesy of Robert Cafazzo who is solely responsible for content.</div>
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Two Graces, 105 Barela Lane, Taos NM 87571http://www.blogger.com/profile/06498983517341568696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923291306285239790.post-62497729116322557752019-11-29T13:58:00.000-07:002019-11-29T17:19:19.231-07:00Two Graces, Taos Vintage Curio Categories, Top Ten Selections Christmas Shopping<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">Two Graces prices start at Ninety-Nine Cents.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">The average price range of the selection here on this blog article is $95. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">with prices ranging from $1.99 - $500.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Don't get caught up in last minute shopping or lack of imagination in what would make a perfect gift. Every one of the gift suggestions here are carefully selected for their uniqueness whether they are vintage jewelry or curios, they are all Zero-Waste and Eco-Friendly.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Not in Taos? Not a problem we package and ship items regularly. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Call us at 575-758-4101 for purchases.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you for looking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Brass Deer, Folk Art & Bambi.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It's the Holidays and who doesn't love Deer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">15.25" tall Brass Standing Deer $25. each, Brass 'Hood Ornament' Deer Head $39.99, Bambi $4., </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2" tall Brass Deer Head $16., Folk Art Deer $20.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Bonus Buy Antlers are now Half Price: </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Two Graces always has a selection of Deer or Elk Antler Sheds in various sizes regular prices range from $40.-$75. each</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ten Vintage Navajo & Zuni Sterling Silver Pins</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Zuni Knifing 2" tall $495.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Turtle 1.25" length $45.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Clarence & Russell Kosher Pueblo 'Clown' 2" tall $175.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fred Harvey Thunderbird 1.25" wide $50.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Zuni Sun 'Flower' 1.5" wide $150.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Zuni Surface .75" wide $135. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Navajo Butterfly 1.25" length $175.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Acoma style Flower 2" tall $179.99</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Navajo Grandmother Weaver 1.25" length $125.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ten Crosses</b></span></div>
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Sterling Silver Pins and Pendants:<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Navajo Star of David w Blue Lapis Stone 1" $30.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Isleta Dragonfly Cross 1.75" $125.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Navajo Cross single blue turquoise 3" tall $125.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Navajo Style Cross with Venetian Coral 2.25" tall $95.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Navajo Cross w 13 Robins Egg Turquoise stones 3" tall $75.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Zuni Venetian Coral Cross $75.</span></div>
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Wooden Wall Hanging Crosses<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Isleta Stye Dragonfly Notch Carved Cross 11.5" x 6.25" $75.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Bernardo Valdez Black Cross with Lunettes 5" x 3" $30.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Notch Carved Carved Cordova Cross 5.75" x 3" $75.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sgraffito Cross w Sacred Heart 12.75" x 9.5" $75.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ten Northern New Mexico Folk Art Carvings</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Northern New Mexico Folk Art Duane Lozano Skunk 15" tall 13" length $79.99</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Northern New Mexico Folk Art Pig Duane Alvarez 9" tall 15.5" length $175.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Cordova Squirrel Carvingsigned L.D. 5.5" length $20.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Cordova Squirrel Carving signed George Lopez 7" length $100.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wooden Balancing Toy Folk Art (from the Clark Funk Collection) 10" tall $95.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Oversized Duck/Goose Head Carving ca. 1900 *.5" length base $39.99</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Edith John Large Navajo Chicken 12" tall $39.99</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fox Carving 1984 by I. Denton Dixon, NM Artist 4" tall $75.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Navajo Folk Art Delbert Buck 7.25" length $175. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Navajo Howling Coyote Carving 6.5" tall $30.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ten Pueblo Pottery</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Storyteller <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "times new roman";">Snowflake Flower Stephanie (Estephanita) Rhoades Cochiti Pueblo 5" tall $500.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Juanita DuBray Angel 2.25" tall $21.99</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Storyteller </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Lupe Loretto Lucero 4 baby Jemez Storyteller Singer 4.5" tall $195.</span></div>
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Blue Corn Flower Owl2.25" tall $175.<br />
Taos Pueblo Horno Oven1.75" tall $20.<br />
Mata Ortiz Feather pot 1.25" tall $35.<br />
Jemez Man in Canoe 3.25" length $18.</div>
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Acoma Pueblo Pottery w Rolling Hearts 3" tall 4.25" wide $95.<br />
Acoma Pueblo Pottery w Rolling Thunder Clouds 3.25" tall 5" wide $195.<br />
Corrugated Acoma Pueblo Pottery 2.75" tall 4.25" wide $39.99</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ten New Mexico Santos, plus one</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Vintage Our Lady of Mercy Bulto $595.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Carmen Velarde Our Lady of Mount Carmel Taos Retablo 9" x 5.25" $75.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">San Antonio Anonymous Retablo 11</span><span style="background-color: #f2f3f5; color: #1c1e21; font-family: , , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"> 7/8” x 9 1/4” ca. Late 1960’s $250.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Gertrude of Nevilles (for Cat Lovers) Lynne Garlick Retablo 3.5" x 8" $19.99</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Santa Barbara Puerto Rican Folk Art Carving 6.5" tall $75.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jesus Cordova Carving Sabatina Lopez Ortiz 11.75" tall $150.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">San Rocco anonymous Cordova Carving 8.75" tall $450.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Anonymous Taos Carver (from the Clark Funk Collection) $75.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Alcario Ortero Our Lady of Mercy 11" x 14.5" $450.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tin Shadow Box w Glass and foil decorative edging Christ the Shepherd Chromolithograph 7.75" 14" $225.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mexican Tin Retablo St. Anthony 10" x 14" $500.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Bonus Buy Vintage Salt & Pepper Shakers are now Half Price:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Regular Prices Range from $10. - $25.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Hopi Route 66 1940's Snow Maidens 5" tall $225. each</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Hopi Kachina 1960's Kokopelli 7.25" Tall $175.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jemez Cradle Dolls (left to right) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blue Face ca. 1940's 10.25" tall $175., Blue w Yellow Cloud ca. 1960's 9.75" $75., Blue w Yellow Face ca. 1960's 12.75" $100., Red w Yellow Face ca. 1960's 12" $125.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1960's Ma Ahlo Hopi Kachina 9" tall $395.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Zuni Kachina 7" tall $295.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ferris Spike Satala old-Style Hillili Hopi Kachina 9" tall $250.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Pozzi Franzetti Wall Hangers </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Water is Life Spiral Figure 8.5" tall $30.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Running Petroglyph 8" tall $30.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Kokopelli Signed with metal work 1991 15.5" ta;; $50.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Pozzi Franzetti Business Card Holders $30. each</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Pozzi Franzetti Switchplate Covers $35. each</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Pozzi Franzetti Switchplate & Outlet Cover $35. each</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Pozzi Franzetti Earthquake Shakers Kokopelli 7.5" tall $75. or Laughing Frog 11.5" or 14" $75.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ten Journals & Sketchbooks</b></span></div>
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Journals & Sketchbooks from $1.99 to $7.99</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ten Boxes</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">'O'Keeffe' Pantry Box 5.25" x 7" x 3.5" $30. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Carved inlayed India Box 2.5" x 3.5" x 1.75" $10.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">"Jim Wagner-style' Chicken Box 3" x 3.75" x 2" $18.99</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mexican painted domed lid box 4.25" x 7.75" x 4.25" $35. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Whitman's Candy Tin domed lid 4" x 6.25" x 3.5" $25.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Presentation CIGAR BOX Persian Silver dated 1928 3.5" x 6.75" x 1.25" $450</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ornate Tin Box 5.5" x 6.5" x 3.75" $19.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tramp Art Box 7.25" x 9.75" x 2.25" $70.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Marquetry Box 4.5" x 6.25" x 1.25" $15., Adirondack Style Box 5.25" x 7.75" x 3.75" $19.99</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sorcerer's Treasure Trove</b></span><br />
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<b>Bonus Buy</b><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">The Sorcerer's Treasure Trove is always replenished </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">from my personal private collection now at Two Graces </span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">prices from $1. - $275. (for the Egyptian pair)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ten Taos Area Books</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">"Taos A Topical History" Corina Santistevan 2013 $40. Signed</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">"Death Comes for the Archbishop" Willa Cather 1926/27 $25. (tenth printing) & $150. (First Edition)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">"Winter in Taos" Mabel Dodge Luhan 1935 (First Edition) $59.99</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">"Birds, Beasts & Flowers, Poems" D.H. Lawrence 1929, 2008 edition $17.99</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">"IndianCraft" W.B. Hunt 1942 $14.99, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">"Maria, the Potter of San Ildefonso" Alice Marriott 1948 $30-35. (depending upon condition)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">"Remarkable Women of Taos" Elizabeth Cunningham 2013 $12.99 - $29.99 (signed)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">"Writing Down the Bones" Natalie Goldberg 1986 $7.99-8.99 </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">"Skeleton of a Bridge" Robert Mirabal 1994 $39.99 (signed)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">"New Mexico Artists at Work" Newman & Parsons 2005 $17.99 or $35. (new in shrink-wrap)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Here's a list of 50 Must Read Books typically available at Two Graces</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">New Mexico True, (the annual state magazine) selected Two Graces as one of the Top Five Bookstores in the state.</span><br />
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<b>Bonus Buys</b><br />
Mid Century Modern Candy Dishes (or Ashtrays)<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Green Amoeba 4" length $21.99</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Flicker Bowl signed A.L. 4" across $39.99</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Same Chartreuse Amoeba Purple Underside 3.25" length $17.99</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Rocketship Turquoise Underside (as is) 6" length $21.99</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Curved w Modernist designs 4.75" length $24.99</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">“Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature” Denver Art Museum</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://www.denverartmuseum.org/"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">www.denverartmuseum.org</span></a> (720) 865-5000</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">“The Water Lily Pond” 1918</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Taos Water Lily Pond (photograph)</span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">And veils the farm-house at the garden's end.”, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">excerpt from ‘The Snow-Storm’ 1904 Ralph Waldo Emerson.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 13px;">“The Houses in the Snow, Norway” 1895</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Denver Art Museum is featuring “Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature” October 21, 2019 - February 2, 2020. It's during winter that Monet was born November 14, 1840 and when he dies December 5, 1926. The curators unknowingly create the case that it’s a landscape covered in snow when Monet rises, rests and learns what winter has to teach him. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">"Grainstacks, Snow Effect" 1891</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">As a former Associate Faculty member at School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, there were many opportunities to see the 40 paintings by Monet in the MFA. In attending the DAM exhibition of Monet my purpose was to visit the many 'old friends' on view, and be inspired. As we planned our trip to Denver the question arose (from my partner Holly Sievers), “What are you planning to look for in the Monet paintings?” Color, I’m looking for his use of color. Unexpectedly there was so much more to learn here than only color.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">"The Pointe du Petit Ailly in Gray Weather" 1897</span></div>
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"Haystacks, Midday" (detail)</div>
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"House of the Customs Officer, Varengeville" 1882 & "The Coastguards Cabin" 1897</div>
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"House of the Customs Officer, Varengeville" 1882</div>
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"Hyde Park, London" 1871</div>
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"The Beach at Trouville" 1870</div>
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"La Pointe de la Heve at Low Tide" 1865</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Claude Monet is best known for his paintings of water lilies, during a 24 year time span approximately 250 were painted. He was also known for paintings of flowers in various sunlight, paintings of the Houses of Parliament, the haystack paintings, Rouen Cathedral, poplar trees, Waterloo Bridge, Venice, the Normandy Coast, his wife Camille, and the gardens of Giverny. These are many of his most iconic subjects, along with how it all changed throughout the daylight.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">"View of Bennecourt" 1887</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The Venice paintings</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The exhibit begins on the second floor, at the top of the first flight of stairs. Just outside the entry way you are greeted by “The Water Lily Pond” 1918, full of golden sunlight. As you enter, at first glance it appears that there aren’t any more of the iconic paintings on exhibit. Half way through my viewing, (or so I thought), I became anxious, quite anxious looking for the masterworks that I’d come to love. As you make your way through the gallery sections there unfolds a range of stylistic approaches to impressionism, complete with all of the influences of Monet’s peers (Whistler, Sargent, Renoir, Manet, Sisley, Cezanne, Seurat, Morisot, Sisley, Signac, Degas, Pissarro, etc). Eventually, at the far back stairwell a guard greets you, welcoming you to enjoy the rest of the exhibition, downstairs. Or simply put, “You didn’t think we’d leave out more of the water lilies did you?” Here it is, and truly if the paintings on the first floor were the entire exhibit I would have been thrilled to see this section alone. Upstairs they’ve given you a taste of Monet, how he learned and what he got out of learning (and what you can learn) from other plein-air painters and artists of his time. Downstairs, is where you’ll find the masterworks, the paintings I expect to see when I think of Monet, the power and strength of a master painter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">"The Geese" 1874 (detail)</span></div>
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"Haystacks, Midday" 1890</div>
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Reflections of water and light</div>
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"The Seine at Giverny" 1897<br />
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Claude Monet finishing 'Rose Arches at Giverny' (stock photo)</div>
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"Rose Arches at Giverny" 1913</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge” 1899, is breathtaking, there are no words, you can see it in your mind, but you will be in awe seeing it here in front of you. The surprise star is “Water-Lilies” 1914-15, pink, red and orange leap out as if frogs or carp had just nudged them at you with a sudden shove from below. Along with “Water Lilies” 1914-17 these are as fresh and contemporary as a painting can possibly be, so very timeless. After seeing these, it became important to go back and see it all over again. There are many lessons here before you. Skimming should not be an option. I went back, with much gratitude to the guards at DAM for allowing me a bit more time. My wife would say that I was practically screaming with joy as I recited connections (out loud) over and over again. </span></span><br />
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Taos Water-Lilies, detail photograph</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">“Water Lilies” 1914-17</span></div>
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"The Water Lily Pond" 1918 & "Water Lilies" 1914-17</div>
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"The Water Lily Pond" 1918</div>
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"Water Lilies or the Water Lily Pond" 1904 (detail)</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Although his mentors insisted that he draw, Eugene Louis Boudin (1824-1898) tells Monet, “Learn to draw well.” Constant Troyon (1810-1865) advises, “Draw with all your might, you can never learn too much.” Monet isn’t known for drawings. From what can still be seen in archives, he can’t draw, or he doesn’t draw well. The face of the woman holding a parasol in “The Landing Stage” 1871 is a muddy mess, perhaps just a quick sketch of a painting. The two drawings of ‘caricatures’, which are included, truly don’t need to be taking up wall space. Writing is much like drawing, our signatures are unique to us individually. Monet chose to draw with charcoal directly onto the canvas painting over the charcoal studies, they would become his basis for painting, not drawings unto themselves. He wasn’t concerned with drawing, he needed to paint.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Impression, Sunrise, (Impression, soleil levant)”1872 (1873), writer Jules Castagnary and humorist Louis Leroy coin the term ‘Impressionism’ as a way of mocking this painting (it is not included in the exhibit). Instead the term is embraced and ‘Sunrise’ brings forth a new dawn to the plein-air painting movement. In Denver “Sunset on the Seine at Lavacourt” 1880 is a fine substitute for the more renown painting. Examples of reflection and light include “The Doge’s Palace” 1908, “Waterloo Bridge, Sunset Effect” 1903, and “Charing Cross Bridge, Reflections on the Thames” 1899-1904. Reflections in water of trees, bridges, skies all force Monet to double his efforts. In choosing this type of subject matter he must paint a tree right side up and then again upside down. A critic asks of Monet, “And what sir, is the subject matter of that painting?” Monet replies, “The subject matter, my dear good fellow, is the light” </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">"The Cliff, Etratat, Sunset" 1882-83</span></div>
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"Waterloo Bridge, Overcast Weather" 1903</div>
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"Charing Cross Bridge, Reflections on the Thames" 1899-1904</div>
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"The Port of Le Havre, Night Effect" 1873</div>
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"Poplars on the Epte" 1891</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are many paintings on the top floor that you’ll need to take notice of, “Path in the Wheat Fields at Pourville” 1882, “The Beach at Fecamp” 1881, there’s the use of swirling cloud and swirling wave motifs going on in these two paintings in particular. When you begin looking at the Water Lily paintings the swirling brushstrokes return, how could they not. “For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at any moment.”, Claude Monet in his own words. Upstairs look closely at “The Meadow at Vetheuil” 1879 and “Wheatfield” 1881, his brushstrokes depict a soft breeze across the fields. Monet is creating the illusion of motion through the way he uses brushstrokes. Stunned.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">“The Meadow at Vetheuil” 1879 (detail)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The paintings of ‘Frost’ show where he truly learns color, how to use it, how to use color sparsely or how to pull the viewer around the painting through the use of color. “Frost at Giverny” 1885, “The Break-up of the Ice” 1880, “Floating Ice in Bennecourt” 1893, “The Houses in the Snow, Norway” 1895 all of them become a master class in how to use color effectively. In order to continue his search for color in a winter landscape Monet travels to Norway where he can experiment painting more snow covered scenes. “Colors pursue me like a constant worry. They even worry me in my sleep” Monet in his own words. These aren’t even the colorful paintings, yet they are rich in his use of color.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Among contemporary artists, the ‘Impressionists’ seem to have fallen out of favor until very recently after a Claude Monet “Mueles (Haystacks)”, 1890 sold for 110.7 million dollars at Sotheby’s. Prices have been climbing for Monet works, regularly estimated at 30-50 million dollars when brought to auction. People are now taking notice, especially of the influence his paintings have on Post-War and Contemporary artists. The influence of Monet can be seen in paintings by Twombly, Rothko, Van Gogh, Hassam, DeKooning, Mitchell, Hodgkin, O'Keeffe, Frankenthaler, and Hockney, to name a few. At Tate Modern, London a Mark Rothko hanging next to a Claude Monet creates an impact.</span></span><br />
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"Water Lilies" 1914-15 (detail)</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The recent and entirely separate concept, exhibition ‘Monet: the Late Years’ went from the De Young Museum (February 16-May 27, 2019) in San Francisco, California then to the Kimbell Art Museum (June 16-September 15, 2019) in Fort Worth, Texas. Over half a million people visited the exhibition “Monet in the 20th Century” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, September 23, 1998-January 21, 1999. This exhibition at the Denver Art Museum should become a pilgrimage destination for every artist and art lover. </span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The fact is that nature is ever-changing, making for constant variations in color, light, shadow, texture and movement. Painting in plein-air is one of the most challenging endeavors which an artist may choose to undertake. The exhibit is an exceptional tribute to Monet. The entire exhibition should be viewed as a master class for all artists. To miss it would be comparable to skipping school on the one day which Picasso came to give you a painting critique. </span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">“I look after my garden a lot, this brings me pleasure, and, with the beautiful days we have had, I am overjoyed and admire Nature, with this, we never have time to be bored.”, words from Claude Monet. </span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">When we travel our agenda is to visit Museums, and moments in nature, along with choosing where we will find the most enjoyable food. These experiences nourish us, after which we can’t wait to return to our studios full of awe and inspiration. An artist is a type of magician or perhaps a wizard, they can create magical experiences for all to see for time ever after, they should be treasured. Monet's paintings are snapshots of moments in time, of everything that the painter was seeing, feeling, emoting and thinking about. </span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">See for yourself, "Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature" at the Denver Art Museum is an experience not to be missed.</span></span><br />
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"Autumn on the Seine, Argenteuil" 1873<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">Claude Monet please take a look at the Timeline below.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Second child to Claude Adolphe Monet & Louise Justine Aubree.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1851:</b> Enrolls at Le Havre Primary School, where Jacques Francoise Ochard becomes his drawing teacher. Eugene Boudin takes notice of his artwork.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1854:</b> Begins drawing caricatures and landscapes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1857:</b> Eugene Louis Boudin (one of the earliest plein-air painters becomes his mentor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1862:</b> Contracts pneumonia which leads to pleurisy, sent home from military service on convalescence, is released on honorable discharge. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Begins to study under Charles Gleyre who's students included James McNeill Whistler and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1865:</b> Exhibits two paintings including “La Pointe de la Heve River at Low Tide” (included in the Denver exhibition) in the annual Paris Salon, both sell for 300 francs each, and is noticed by Manet for having a similar name. Later he sells 1,000 francs worth of paintings.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1866:</b> “Road to Chailly” is exhibited in the Paris Salon. Camille Doncieux becomes his model for “Camille in Green Dress”.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1867:</b> Both paintings submitted to the Paris Salon are refused entry. Camille gives birth to their son Jean Armand Claude Monet. He is advised to give up plein air painting due to his failing eyesight.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1868:</b> Attempts suicide by jumping into the Seine River.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1870:</b> Marries Camille Doncieux. Flees from a war torn Europe to London.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1871:</b> Exhibits 3 paintings at the annual International Exhibition of London (now the Victoria and Albert Museum). Returns to Paris.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1872: </b>Sells 29 paintings to his dealer Durand-Ruel at a price of 9,800 francs. During the year he sells 12,100 francs of paintings, for the next few years he averages 12,000 francs in sales each year. “Impression, Sunrise” is painted.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1874: </b>Society Anonyme has its first showing of 30 artists in Paris, where “Impression, Sunrise” is exhibited. Writer Jules Castagnary and humorist Louis Leroy coin the term ‘Impressionism’ as a way of mocking this painting. The Society Anonyme is dissolved by end of the year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1877:</b> American collector Louisiana Elder purchases a Monet painting. The term ‘Impressionists’ is now adapted to describe the painters at this time period.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1878:</b> Michel Monet is born. Georges Petit becomes another of Monet’s dealers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1879: </b>During a harsh winter he paints more winter scenes. Camille Monet passes away at 32 years of age.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1880:</b> First solo exhibition at the gallery of La Vie Moderne. Attacked in the press (Le Gaulois) for living with Alice Hoschede. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1883:</b> Solo exhibition at Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris. Moves to Giverny, begins planting his garden. Accompanies Renoir on a painting trip along the Mediterranean coast, returns the following year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1884:</b> Starts to concentrate on painting Giverny subject matter after returning from a trip to the Normandy coast. It is around this time period when the incident of Monet being knocked into the sea occurred at the cliffs of Etretat.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Begins a long term monthly dinner get together primarily with Renoir and Pissarro along with an occasional invited artists such as Whistler. Art critic Octave Mirabeau writes an enthusiastic article about Monet’s artworks in ‘La France’. Monet’s income is at 45,000 francs this year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1886:</b> Durand-Rouel sends 30-40 Monet paintings to New York be exhibited in the US, his works sell better than the others included. Along with Renoir he becomes a member of a literary group formed by the writer Mirabeau.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1887:</b> Theo Van Gogh sells a few Monet paintings, (he now has 3 galleries vying for paintings).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1888:</b> Begins searching for a ‘different’ type of subject matter. Stays in London with John Singer Sargent.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1889:</b> Exhibition with Rodin in Paris. Sells a Haystack (Wheatstacks) painting for a record 9,000 francs to an American collector.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1890:</b> Describes his new paintings as, water with plants. Purchases the house in Giverny with an advance from Durand-Ruel.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1892:</b> Begins the painting series of Rouen Cathedral. Marries Alice Hoschede. Sales top 100,000 francs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1895:</b> Creates his first painting of ‘the Japanese Bridge’. 27 paintings are shown in Boston, MA, Chicago, IL & New York City. Visits Oslo, Norway. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1899:</b> by July 5 he has not painted for 18 months, soon he begins paintings in the garden at Giverny and later creates paintings of the Thames on a visit to London.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1900:</b> Continues a series of paintings of various scenes in London. Francois Thiebault Sisson writes about Monet’s life in Le Temps.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1909:</b> He and Alice both begin feeling their age, Monet seeks treatment for his failing eye site (cataract surgery is inevitable but is put off).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1911:</b> Alice Monet passes away on May 19. The first solo US museum exhibit of Monet at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston includes 45 paintings.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1919:</b> With so many of his friends passing away the death of Renoir on December 3 hits hard.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1922:</b> In May his eyesight is gone, it is reported that he can see 1/10 out of one eye and that it is getting better with the aid of prescribed eye drops.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1923:</b> Undergoes cataract eye surgery, one eye at a time. Begins wearing eyeglasses, he now sees everything as being tinted yellow. He continues to paint large scale water lily canvases until the very end.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>1926:</b> December 5, at 86 years of age Monet passes away of lung cancer and enters the eternal light. Buried in Giverny cemetery December 8. During his lifetime he completed 1708 works of art, some claim the figure rises to 2,500 paintings.</span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">All photographs included here were taken by me while attending "Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature" with the consent of the Denver Art Museum, (unless noted as a stock photo).</span></div>
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Please purchase the catalogue if you would like to see the exhibit in it's entirety.<br />
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A second article (with Taos readers in mind) was written for the<br />
December 2019 issue of Taos Magazine which can be read online by subscription.<br />
Print copies will be available at Two Graces, Taos until supplies run out.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">*This exhibition will travel to one other location, the Museum Barberini in Potsdam Germany February 22 - June 1, 2020.</span></div>
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Two Graces, 105 Barela Lane, Taos NM 87571http://www.blogger.com/profile/06498983517341568696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923291306285239790.post-12421567466472343012019-09-12T12:34:00.002-06:002019-09-12T12:34:24.209-06:00Marjorie Eaton and the Love of Her Life Juan Mirabal, Together Again 85 Years Later at the Taos Art Museum<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36px; text-align: center; text-indent: -36px;">
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">Majorie</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Eaton (1901-1986), moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1928.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Taos was her primary residence until 1933, (with a short return in</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span style="font-size: large;">1934). </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Marjorie Eaton & Juan Mirabal shoveling snow, </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">looking as if they enjoyed every moment of each other's company</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span style="font-size: large;">For years Eaton had immersed herself in the world of art.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span style="font-size: large;">She attended the Walker School of Architecture in Boston where</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span style="font-size: large;">her sepia portrait drawings were first admired. During the 1920’she</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span style="font-size: large;">travelled in Europe off and on, returning to the Bay Area to live at</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">paintings by Paul Klee from an art dealer specializing in the </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">Blue</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span style="font-size: large;">(enticed by an open invitation of Mabel Dodge Luhan) where she</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span style="font-size: large;">stated, “It was a marvelous experience… I realized I had found my</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the mid-30’s Eaton studied at the Arts Student League where at the time the influential painting teacher was Hans Hoffman. Louise Nevelson was a roommate during her time in New York City, where they lived in the same building as Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Rivera was there at the time to create murals for the Rockefeller Center building in 1934. During this time period she also befriended Abstract Expressionist painter Arshile Gorky who she’d turn to for critiques of her painting. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">As Rivera & Kahlo prepared to return to Mexico they invited Eaton to join them. She lived in Mexico for approximately three years, primarily in the Mexican village of Panuatlan. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Her first year in Mexico was saddened by the death of her father, which eventually drew her back to the ranch in California where she then focused her attention on acting. It’s unknown whether Eaton ever painted again, but she became instead a well respected and sought after actress for the last forty years of her life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eaton was known to have been one of the artists of this time period who used photographs of her subjects to allow for a type of accuracy. The exhibit includes a photographic portrait of Juan tying his hair as he stands in a cornfield. The much more mysterious and dark painting of this portrait shows a blackened swirling sky immersing Juan. The exhibition includes a notebook located on the windowsill behind the piano, take the time to browse through it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Tribes, Double Sided, Juan Portrait” and “Snow Indians” are standouts in this exhibition, they draw you in. The subtle use of color around the multiple faces in each of these gives the viewer nowhere to go but to look and keep looking.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">A few paintings of the women of Taos Pueblo included in the exhibit are “Taos Pueblo Women in Walter Ufer’s Studio”, “The Plasterers” and “Lucinda, Juan’s Mother”. These for the viewer in Taos, seem timeless portrayals of women at the village of Taos today. The involvement of people of the Pueblo with a variety of artists coming to Taos shows an interaction that is deeper than just artist and model. Every portrait is an honoring and respectful depiction of the sensitivity that coexisted among them, each artist inarguably becoming dear friends with the people of Taos.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Two paintings that require your attention and time are the lovingly compassionate “Woman Nursing Child, The Storm” and “Corn Mother”. These versions of ‘the Pieta’ (Michelangelo) either on purpose or by default, are as important as anything in this body of work. It becomes obvious as you’ll later think about this exhibit that Eaton had three loves, art, Juan, and motherhood/children during this time period in her life. The influence of Rivera is here as well who also had a great love of children and depicted them with a deeper meaning than realized. Diego’s twin brother Carlos passed away at the age of fourteen months. In the Eaton painting 'W.N.C. Storm' shown here a child lies on the ground behind the mother below a storm covered mountain. Rivera considered children and his depictions of them as portraying the promise of a hopeful bright future.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The drawings “Young Juan”, “Untitled, Recto”, “Pahaulita”, to “Untitled, Mexican Man”, “Woman Reading”, “Untitled, Seated Sideways” Eaton’s line quality eventually becomes more confident, less searching. This change in drawing style from roughing it out through the use of a big thick line quality to a more elegant lighter touch happens after her time in Mexico and mentorship of Diego Rivera.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Juan Mirabal (1903-1970) m</span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">uch like Eaton had almost become one of the least known artists of Taos. Yet here in this exhibition his paintings stand side by side with the work of his lost love. Mirabal, like many who modeled for other artists, was quick to pick up on painting and soon developed a style all his own. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">A 2003 exhibit at the Harwood Museum of Art, Taos included Juan Mirabal along with two other Taos Pueblo painters, Albert Lujan and Albert Looking Elk Martinez was the first to give these artists the recognition they deserve. Mirabal’s paintings are thought to have a ‘modernist’ style, due to being influenced by Eaton. My personal opinion is that this viewpoint is flawed, it’s more likely that Mirabal of a prominent family at Taos Pueblo would have seen a great deal of styles of art. The Dorothy Dunn School style of a flattened non perspective depiction of Puebloan life is evident in his paintings. Perhaps a bit from this style and that style is more likely. It is also noteworthy to view Eaton's two paintings in this exhibit "The Plasterer's" and "The Plasterer's Study" as examples of her being influenced by Mirabal.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">His iconic paintings of the multi level stacked buildings at the village of Taos are by far his best which this exhibit has a nice range of. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">It is also noted but often forgotten that Juan painted on other surfaces around Taos, a portion of a large mural that he’d painted was rescued and framed, now owned by the Harwood Museum, is included here. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">The other painting of note still in plain site in Taos (not in this exhibit but worth seeing) is a fresco mural under the far end of the portale at the Adobe & Pines B&B of Ranchos de Taos ca 1950.</span></div>
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Eaton Necklace, possibly by Dorothy Benrimo</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">In researching this article I went to 8 reference books about western women artists, not a single one of them mentions Marjorie Eaton, even though she’d been recognized with a solo exhibit by a major museum in San Francisco. Eaton does however appear in film reference books, as her acting career spanned 40 years.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">It also doesn’t help matters that writers often change the spelling of her surname to ‘Eaten’.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Marjorie Eaton: A Life in Pictures” is on view through March 2020</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Taos Art Museum at Fechin House is open 10-5, Tuesday-Sunday </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.taosartmusem.org/">www.taosartmusem.org</a></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> 575-758-2690</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Taos Art Museum at the Fechin House, at 227 Paseo del Pueblo Norte is conveniently situated in the center of Taos, NM. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">One of the aspects of this museum is the Fechin building itself, in the </span>photographs<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> I've tried to depict its presence as well. </span></span></span></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;">All photographs by permission of Taos Art Museum were taken by myself to illustrate this article. With gratitude to Christy </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; caret-color: rgb(50, 51, 51); color: #323333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;">Schoedinger Coleman of the Taos Art Museum, David Witt, Owings Gallery and Gerald Peters Gallery.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">This past summer, gardens around Taos were more splendid than ever. An annual event in August is the Taos Garden Home and Tour (2019 marked its 70th year) sponsored by Los Jardineros Garden Club of Taos. Various homes & gardens all over Taos are included for visitors to see for themselves the beauty and uniqueness here in the high desert. In mid May the annual Taos Lilac Festival takes place, this past year lilac season was spectacular. I’ve also noticed seed giveaways sponsored by various groups in locations around Taos. The best of this is the Couse-Sharp Foundation Historic Site <i>Heritage Garden Seed & Bulb Giveaway</i> on the fist Saturday ‘Open House’ of October (October 5, 2019 at 3PM this particular year).</span></span></div>
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In the Mother Garden of Taos</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Through a shared love of flowers a few gardeners changed the very look of Taos and added the loveliness of flower gardens to their own yards. The Couse garden is no exception, it began in 1909 at 146 Kit Carson Road the new residence of Virginia and Eanger Irving Couse. Neighbors Louise and Joseph Henry Sharp also planted their own beautiful gardens right next door (this garden was destroyed in 1960 for new construction). The artists had their very own blossoming yards in which to paint in plein-air, or use as cuttings for flower arrangements in vases (of which Sharp painted some of his most colorful and exquisite work).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Other Taos neighbors soon took notice of the beauty that the women had created right in their own yards. It wasn’t long before Mrs. Couse began a tradition of sharing seeds, bulbs and cuttings from her garden with others. How could she not, there was always more than enough. As granddaughter Virginia Couse Leavitt explains about Mrs. Couse, “She turned her passion to gardening; she relinquished her pen and brushes for shovel and hoe; the soil became her canvas and the flowers her colorful palette.” Now no longer in use the acequia system on the property kept the garden irrigated for many years. Transformed from a barren hillside to the rich colorful garden it is known for today, each generation has maintained the “Mother Garden of Taos”. The foundation often gives plein-air painters permission to set up and paint in this beautiful lush garden, keeping up that Taos tradition of creating art in the magnificent light that has brought so many artists to Taos. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">All over Taos wild flowers look up and engage you, whether from roadsides, in fields or mountain trails. More still are the overflowing gardens of homes here. The garden of Rebecca Salsbury James (Strand) at the end of Bent Street yielded cuttings of Jimson Weed which she shared with her longtime friend Georgia O’Keeffe. O’Keeffe’s gardens in Abiquiu still feature Datura flowers, blooming from those very same cuttings shared so long ago. In 2014 one of O’Keeffe’s “Jimson Weed” paintings sold at auction for 44 million dollars. Rebecca was also the one to plant Lilac bushes at her home and in Taos Plaza.</span></span></div>
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Seed gathering at the Couse Mother Garden</div>
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Gathering seeds to share with others for the Heritage Garden Seed & Bulb Giveaway.</div>
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Adobe Wall with Hollyhocks at Couse Sharp Foundation<br />
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Volunteers packaging seeds from the gardens</div>
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Miss O'Keeffe & I (diptych)</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The invitation popped up on my email feed suddenly and unexpectedly, “<b>Into the Garden.</b> You’re invited. Join us for an exclusive feast for the senses in Georgia O’Keeffe’s beloved Abiquiu garden. See this summer’s harvest, and meet the green thumbs behind it. Hear relaxing guitar melodies in the open air. Taste light bites, and enjoy a cooking demo. Have fun and make friends with other members and Curator of Fine Art, Ariel Plotek, on this memorable evening. Begins at the Welcome Center, Abiquiu, NM. Limited space available. Sponsored by Gruet Winery and Sotheby’s. </span></span></div>
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Abiquiu O'Keeffe Welcome Center</div>
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Inside the Welcome Center</div>
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The first book I ever owned about Georgia O'Keeffe and still my favorite</div>
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Holly in the Visitor Center<br />
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A purchase in the gift shop, we also purchased t-shirts and several of the Jade Tree plant cuttings from Miss O'Keeffe's plants</div>
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Panoramic view from the back of the house<br />
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Looking up at the back of the house from the bomb shelter embedded into the hill</div>
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Mountain view and trail to the bomb shelter</div>
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Reflections in the back bedroom window off the studio space<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Arriving at the appointed time to the O’Keeffe Visitor Center in Abiquiu our hostess for the evening Jane Steele greeted us as she stood by a table of about 50 name tags. As I reached for my name tag Jane seemingly exclaimed, ‘You’re Robert Cafazzo, I’m so happy to meet you!’ Well, that put me on cloud nine, and I say <i>seemingly</i> due to the fact that I still believe this all may have been a dream. </span></span></div>
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In the back patio with Holly</div>
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Reflection in the studio window</div>
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Reflection in the kitchen window</div>
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Reflection in the side window</div>
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Walkway to doorway</div>
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Tree shadows and ghosts</div>
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Holly in the warm glow of the courtyard</div>
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Sunflowers with Ladder</div>
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Ladder in the garden courtyard<br />
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Ladder with shadow at midday</div>
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Esmeralda Lopez & Kyle prepping</div>
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Stones, O'Keeffe played a type of musical chairs with her staff and the stones</div>
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Hollyhocks in the garden</div>
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Aspen Leaves beginning to glow yellow for Autumn</div>
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Rose Hips</div>
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Apple Tree</div>
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Variety of Green Apples</div>
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Fig Leaves</div>
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Figs weren't quite ripe enough, oooh how I wanted to taste these figs</div>
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Corn in the garden almost ready for harvesting</div>
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Johnny Blueheart graciously singing his heart out<br />
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Cups, saucers and bowls in the kitchen cabinet. My mom served us ice cream in the 1960's in those very same lotus shaped bowls, second shelf at right</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Houses, Ghost Ranch and Abiquiu” Barbara B Lynes & Agapita J Lopez 2012, </span></span><br />
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Georgia O’Keeffe, Living Modern” Wanda Corn 2017, </span></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">“O’Keeffe at Abiquiu” Myron Wood & Christine T Patten.</span></span><br />
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Datura or Jimson Weed wilting<br />
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The one single book which O'Keeffe left on the coffee table. This book contains some of O'Keeffe's first thoughts in an interview about her paintings through the years, the book is a large format but a must for O'Keeffe fans.<br />
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O'Keeffe at Abiquiu book with Apples from the garden, plate by KC Hossack Pottery</div>
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The banco in O'Keeffe's living room has a niche for the vertebrae of a snake, there's also a sculpture of a snake with stones </div>
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The banco has been recreated recently in a passageway room at the O'Keeffe Museum, the book at top right is the catalogue from the Tate Modern retrospective </div>
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The Shepherds bed above a corner horno fireplace with American flag</div>
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Window in the shepherds room with gathered herbs</div>
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The table of gathered herbs in the shepherds room just off the kitchen. I may need to acquire a Black & White Buffalo Plaid bolt of cloth like this...<br />
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Fireplace in the office off the bookroom</div>
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O'Keeffe Sculpture through the garden window</div>
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Jade tree with sculpture through window</div>
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Sculpture in shadow</div>
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Back courtyard ladder</div>
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Central courtyard with walkway<br />
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O'Keeffe office with antlers over entryway</div>
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Central courtyard with walkway and one of two sculptures</div>
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Rounded side view of house from the garden with shadows of corn stalks</div>
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Back entryway and walkway</div>
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Entryway to studio</div>
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Back entry to studio</div>
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Bells hanging in Russian sage tree outside studio</div>
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Twin Sculptures by O'Keeffe</div>
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Panoramic view of courtyard with twin abstract sculptures<br />
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Through the gardeners passageway</div>
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Tools hanging in the passageway</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">We truly were blissed out in Abiquiu, a quote from Miss O’Keeffe sums things up nicely “…and I hope they will ask us again some other time.”</span></span></div>
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When a horseshoe is hung this way it is to pour luck onto visitors, facing upwards is to collect luck</div>
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A single scissor handle in the wall of the passageway still perplexes me</div>
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Doorknob</div>
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These two Mayan pottery heads are embedded into the adobe walls in a passageway, they are on opposite sides I've put them together here for convenience. I'd never noticed them before.</div>
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The carport door entryway</div>
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Ram Skull with stone on standing beam</div>
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Though the entryway of the carport</div>
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Sideview Ram Skull</div>
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Sideview Elk Skull</div>
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Though the carport</div>
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Elk Skull study</div>
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Holly in the carport<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">The Alexander Girard limited edition pillow reproduction 1972 International Love Heart design, was gifted to us for becoming new members of the O'Keeffe Museum. Girard gave Georgia O'Keeffe a pillow with a similar design as a token of their friendship, which is still in the house to this day.</span></div>
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Holly on our anniversary at the O'Keeffe Museum</div>
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My favorite, the Kachina Paintings at the O'Keeffe Museum<br />
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Large scale black sculpture in the garden at the O'Keeffe Research Center in Santa Fe</div>
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Ram Horn drawing with sculptures and study at the O'Keeffe Museum</div>
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Though the big gate</div>
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Holly outside the O'Keeffe house at the overview</div>
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Looking over the wall at the O'Keeffe house. There's no need to only see the house from this view, book a tour sometime soon</div>
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Miss O'Keeffe and Miss Holly with Elk skull (diptych)</div>
Two Graces, 105 Barela Lane, Taos NM 87571http://www.blogger.com/profile/06498983517341568696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923291306285239790.post-90985708567136667292019-07-05T15:09:00.001-06:002021-10-06T14:20:36.384-06:00Kit Carson Road and Paseo del Pueblo Norte Neighboring Businesses in Downtown Historic Taos<div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Taos Author Frank Waters put it best in his book "Of Time and Change" '</span><i style="font-family: "times new roman";">The town of Taos itself has undergone many eras and periods. Like an individual person, it has worn different personas or masks. And </i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><i>yet its</i></span><i style="font-family: "times new roman";"> charisma, that indefinable magnetism, kept drawing more people. It still does... What do its thousands of visitors expect to find here? Taos. The magic of the word. What timeless spirit does it embody?'</i><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Taos Fine Art Storefront at the corner of Paseo del Pueblo Norte and Kit Carson Road</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>1.) Taos Fine Art and Remarkable Rugs LLC</b>, established 2003, Anthony Sobin, owner</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">103 Kit Carson Rd. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(32, 32, 30); caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 30); color: #20201e;">Hours: 10:30-5:30 daily</span></div>
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Two Graces Storefront with Historic entryway on Barela Lane</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>2.) Two Graces</b> established 2003 Holly Sievers & Robert Cafazzo, co-owners</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">105 Barela Lane </span>Hours: 10:30-5:30 daily</div>
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Copper Moon Gallery Window View<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">105 Kit Carson Rd. </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:info@coppermoongallerytaos.com">info@coppermoongallerytaos.com</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"> CLOSED due to retirement.</span></div>
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Taos Print & Photography Services Storefront with Historic Mural<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>4.) Taos Print and Photography Services</b> established 2015, Gak Stonn, owner</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">107 Kit Carson Rd. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); caret-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); color: #232323;">Hours: 24/7 (or by appt.)</span></div>
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Greg Moon Art Storefront on the Boardwalk<br />
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Greg Moon Art prides itself in continuing the fine art traditions of Taos. Specializing in contemporary works ranging from oil to assemblage. Genres of work include realism, outsider art, and pop surrealism.<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Taos artists known for art that is detailed and mood provoking. The encounters that occur here are quintessential Taos meetings.We also sponsor quarterly Ekphrasis events merging Taos writers and performance artists with Taos visual artists.</span><br />
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Kit Carson Home & Museum<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">113 Kit Carson Rd, </span>Hours: 10-5:30 daily established 1949</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">The adobe house was built ca. 1825 and purchased by Kit Carson as a wedding gift for his third wife Maria Josefa Jaramillo, a member of a prominent Taos family. The territorial style building was their home for twenty five years. Today Carson is considered a controversial figure, yet the museum remains a well loved Taos destination.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>8.) Sage Realty</b> Paul Rotman, owner CLOSED</span></div>
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View of Sage Realty & Angie Coleman Studio<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>9.) Angie Coleman Studio</b> Angie Coleman, owner</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:acoleman@taosnet.com">acoleman@taosnet.com</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"> 575-779-4658 angiecolemanfinearts.com</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Coleman is primarily known for her woodblock prints, she is always at work in her studio gallery. Her inspiration comes from hiking and camping in Northern New Mexico.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>10.) Wilder Nightingale Fine Art</b> established 1991 Robert Wilder Nightingale, owner</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">119 Kit Carson Rd. </span>Hours: 10-5 Mon-Sat 12-5 Sunday</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:info@wnightingale.com">info@wnightingale.com</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"> 575-758-3255 <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">wnightingale.com</span></span><br />
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">An A</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 15px;">rt Gallery that includes over 35 local notable and emerging artists. Eclectic collection of original regional landscapes from traditional to contemporary. </span><br />
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View of Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, The Ranch at Taos & Bryan's Gallery<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>11.) The Ranch at Taos</b> established 2013 Lanna Smith, owner</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">119A Kit Carson Rd. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); caret-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); color: #232323;">Hours: 10 - 5 Mon-Sat, 12-4 Sunday MOVED</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:theranchattaos@hotmail.com">theranchattaos@hotmail.com</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"> 325-647-5736 <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">www.theranchattaos.com</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Known for vibrant art and wonderful local jewelry, including Rosa Kilgore's modern jewelry designs for the southwest soul.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>12.) Bryan’s Gallery</b> established 1982 Bryan Steger, owner</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">121 Kit Carson Rd. </span>Hours: 10-5 daily</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:bryan@bryansgallery.com">bryan@bryansgallery.com</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"> 575-758-9407 <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">bryansgallery.com</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">We are known for authentic New Mexico arts, from Old Pawn jewelry, Native American pottery and contemporary local art.</span><br />
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Storefronts of Untitled Editions and Pulaski Fine Art<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>13.) Palaski Fine Art</b> established 2019 Cece Palaski, owner</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">129 Kit Carson Rd. </span>cecepalaski@hotmail.com 575-758-3448 palaskifineart.weebly.com</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">129E Kit Carson Rd. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); caret-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); color: #232323;">Hours: Mon- Sat 10-6 Sunday 12-3</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:taosmetaphysicalshop@gmail.com">taosmetaphysicalshop@gmail.com</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"> 575-741-8545 www.optimysm.com</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: xx-small;">OptiMysm is Taos' metaphysical shop, supplier of spiritual needs for seekers. also, provide psychic readings, mon-sat 12-3pm</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">129 Kit Carson Rd. </span>Tuesday-Saturday 11-5</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">A burgeoning tea company born in the heart of Taos.</span><br />
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Untitled Fine Art Storefront with Historic front door entryway<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>16A & 16B) Untitled Fine Art & Untitled Editions</b> established 1993 Kimberly Webber & K.C. Tebbutt co-owners</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">125 & 133 Kit Carson Rd. UFA Hours: 10-5 daily UE Hours: 11-6 daily</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Featuring light responsive paintings by Taos contemporary artists along with fused glass and black walnut sculptures. Our new atelier and fine art print gallery offers museum quality prints of work by K.C. Tebbutt and Kimberly Webber. </span><br />
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Casa Benavidez B&B grand entryway<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>17.) Casa Benavidez B&B</b> established 1989 Tom McCarthy, owner</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">A classic bed and breakfast in the heart of Taos.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">The Vigil's continues the family tradition of making art in Taos.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">317 Kit Carson Rd.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:elmontesagrado@hhandr.com">elmontesagrado@hhandr.com</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"> 575-737-9880 elmontesagrado.com</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">A fine Heritage hotel and conference center.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>20.) Thom Wheeler Home & Studio</b> established 1985 Thom Wheeler, owner</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">939 Kit Carson Rd. </span>Hours: by appointment</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:thom@thomwheeler.com">thom@thomwheeler.com</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> 575-758-8870 www.thomwheeler.com</span><br />
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Historic Photograph looking East on Kit Carson Road (courtesy of Beutler Family Collection)</div>
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Cabot Plaza featuring Lucid Massage/Art Studio, Fine Art Atelier/Gallery, and the George Chacon Mural<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: x-small;"><b>21.a) Lucid Massage & Art Studio</b> established 2018 Tulsi Anne Rose, owner CLOSED</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">108H Kit Carson Rd. </span>Hours: 9:30-5:30 Mon-Sat</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:tulsianne_rose@yahoo.com">tulsianne_rose@yahoo.com</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"> 575-776-7286 taosmassageandgallery.com</span></span><br />
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; font-size: x-small;">Art gallery, massage studio featuring deep tissue, energy work and face painting, giving back to the community.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>21.b) Benedictine Monks of Taos </b>108 Kit Carson at Cabot Plaza 9-5 daily 575-751-8531 A unique gift shop in support of the </span><span face=""pt sans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px;">Monastery of San Juan Diego. MOVED</span></div>
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Storefront Signage at Cabot Plaza<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>22.) Fine Art Atelier & Gallery </b>Patience Heyl, owner</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:patiencefineart@gmail.com">patiencefineart@gmail.com</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"> 719-338-0081 fineartworkshopstaos.com</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Inspired by light and the poetry of nature, Patience is known for her versatility.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Historic View of Kit Carson Road looking East </span>(courtesy of Beutler Family Collection)<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">An historic bed & breakfast in the heart of Taos.</span><br />
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View of entryway to El Rincon Trading Post and La Dona Luz B&B<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">575-758-9188 https://el-rincon-trading-post.business.site</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">The oldest trading post continually operating in Northern New Mexico for three generations.</span><br />
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View of Taos Mountain from the roof of La Dona Luz B&B<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>26.) Heritage Fine Arts</b> established 2014 Tree Menane, owner </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">122 Kit Carson Rd. </span>Hours: 10-6 Mon-Sat, 12-6 Sun</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>T</b>aos' foremost Western Art Gallery representing acclaimed traditional and contemporary Western and Native American Artists. Our Estate Salesroom presents the finest assortment of aftermarket collectible pieces by RC Gorman, Frank Howell, Earl Biss, and many others.</span><br />
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Storefronts of Parsons Gallery of the West and Heritage Fine Arts<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Presenting an array of carefully selected art of both historic and contemporary views of the west.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>28.) David Anthony Fine Arts DAFA</b> established 2011 David Mapes, owner MOSTLY CLOSED</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">132 Kit Carson Rd. Hours: </span>Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10-5 (or by appt.)</div>
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Fine Furniture maker David Mapes is the star of the gallery also featuring an array of contemporary artists.<br />
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Storefronts to Lunder Research Center/Souse-Sharp Foundation and DAFA<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>29.) The Couse Foundation/Couse-Sharp Historic Site</b> established 2001 Davison Packard Koenig, Executive Director</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">146 Kit Carson Rd. </span>Hours: by appt. (Office Hours 9-5 Mon-Fri)</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Featuring the studios of E. I. Couse and J. H. Sharp, were founding members of the Taos Society of Artists. These two painters helped create the cultural fabric of Taos and the West as we know it today. Visit the Couse home and see how these pioneer painters lived. Stand at Couse’s easel, see the model’s stage and props, as it was 100 years ago. Witness this unbroken chain of history as it is preserved into the future, with the restoration of Sharp’s 1915 studio and the building of the Lunder Research Center (opening in 2021).</span></div>
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Historic Photograph of Kit Carson Road looking West (courtesy of Beutler Family Collection)<br />
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Map of Paseo del Pueblo Norte between Taos Plaza & Bent Street<br />
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<b><i><u><span style="font-size: large;">East Side of Paseo del Pueblo Norte </span></u></i></b></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>30.) Donabe Asian Kitchen </b>established 2018 Marshal Thompson, owner</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">133 Paseo del Pueblo Norte </span>Hours: 11-9 daily</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">575-751-9700 <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://www.donabetaos.com/">www.donabetaos.com</a></span></span><br />
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Contemporary Asian fusion deliciousness.</span><br />
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Courtyard view of Donabe and Andean Software<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>31.) Andean Software</b> established 1984 Andrea Heckman, owner</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Wearable art and clothing from the Andes.</span><br />
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Historic photograph of Taos Inn's neon Thunderbird sign<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>32.) Taos Inn, Doc Martin’s & Adobe Bar</b> established 1936 </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">125 Paseo del Pueblo Norte</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:taosinn@newmex.com">taosinn@newmex.com</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"> 575-758-2233 taosinn.com</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">An historic hotel in the heart of Taos, featuring fine dining, live music and a cocktail bar which many consider the living room of Taos. During the 'Cold War' a bomb shelter was built under the Taos Inn, I wonder if it's still there?</span><br />
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Historic photograph of Paseo del Pueblo Norte looking South (courtesy of Beutler Family Collection)</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>33.) Starr Interiors/La Unica Cosa</b> established 1974 Susanna Starr, owner</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">117-119 Paseo del Pueblo Norte </span>Hours: 10-5 daily</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Rugs, pillows, tapestry wall hanging, home of the Line Of the Spirit (TM) collection.</span><br />
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Storefront view of Starr Interiors and Boxie Tees<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>34.) Boxie Tees</b> established 2011 Tracy Engelien, owner MOVED</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">113 Paseo del Pueblo Norte </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Sun 12-4, </span>Mon-Fri 12-6, Sat 11-6</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:hello@shopboxie.com">hello@shopboxie.com</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">, <a href="mailto:engelien.tracy@gmail.com"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">engelien.tracy@gmail.com</span></a> 575-758-4480 www.shopboxie.com</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">A contemporary women's apparel collection of relaxed basic t-shirts and much more.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">111 Paseo del Pueblo Norte </span>Hours: Thursday-Sunday 12-6</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Focusing on souvenirs, home decor, provisions, books, t-shirts, art, jewelry and vintage goods made in and inspired by the American West. Most everything is handcrafted, small-batch or up-cycled. </span><br />
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Storefront view of Boxie Tees, Black Diamond Curio and Shank<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">109 Paseo del Pueblo Norte </span>Hours: Tues-Saturday 10-5</div>
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The hippest stylist in Taos.<br />
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Window view of Read Lockhart Gallery<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>37.) Read Lockhart Gallery</b> established 2017 D. Read Lockhart & Kristel McKanna, co-owners</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">107 Paseo del Pueblo Norte </span>Hours: Wed-Mon <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">10-6 </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Best known for being a contemporary art gallery featuring solo exhibitions displaying a wide variety of professional artists in downtown Taos.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">105 Paseo del Pueblo Norte </span>Hours: <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Mon-Fri 10-5</span></div>
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View of Natural Accents<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">103 Paseo del Pueblo Norte </span>Hours: 10-5 daily</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:sigrid.long.taos@gmail.com">sigrid.long.taos@gmail.com</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"> 575-758-7099 naturalaccentsoftaos.com</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Taste the life of fine arts in Taos, specializing in custom jewelry designs, paintings and sculpture.</span></div>
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Historic Postcard at intersection of Kit Carson Road and Paseo del Pueblo Norte<br />
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View of World Cup Coffee, Ed Sandoval Gallery & Vape Taos<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">102A Paseo del Pueblo Norte </span>Hours: 7AM-7PM</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">575-737-5299</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Simply the best tasting coffee in Taos.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>41.) Ed Sandoval Gallery</b> Ed Sandoval, owner MOVED</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">102B Paseo del Pueblo Norte </span>Hours: 11-4 daily</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">A Taos tradition, see Ed at work every day in front of his gallery.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">102C Paseo del Pueblo Norte </span>Hours: 10-7 daily</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:vapetaos@yahoo.com">vapetaos@yahoo.com</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"> 575-751-7074</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">All your vaping supplies in Taos.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>43.) Taos Artists Collective</b> Lois Fernandez, owner</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">106A Paseo del Pueblo Norte </span>Hours: 10-6 daily</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:tactaos@gmail.com">tactaos@gmail.com</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"> 575-751-7122 <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">taoscollective.com</span></span><br />
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Art by an array of local Taos artists, each one of them take turns running the gallery.</span></span><br />
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Storefront of Taos Artists Collective, Michael McCormick & Son Gallery & Taos Studio Works<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>44.) Michael McCormick & Son Gallery</b> established 1974 Michael McCormick, owner</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">106C Paseo del Pueblo Norte </span>Hours: 10:30-7</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="mailto:info@mccormickgallery.com">info@mccormickgallery.com</a></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"> 575-758-1372 <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">mccormickgallery.com</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>46.) The Salon & Beauty Bodega/Mystic Visions Sculpture Studio</b> established 1999 Pamela Rosenberg, owner</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">110B Paseo del Pueblo Norte </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); caret-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); color: #232323;">Hours: Tues-Sat 10-6</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Offering services in custom hair design and overall indulgence in service. </span>The Studio Gallery features carved Ostrich and Emu Eggs, done in high relief. Each piece is a unique fresh creation!<br />
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Placita of Taos Studio Works, The Salon & Beauty Bodega, Taos Tribe and The Lounge by Rolling Still Distillery<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>47.) Taos & Tribe</b> established 2018 Karoline Sophie, owner</span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">A unique boutique & gallery offering a well curated selection of bespoke clothing and accessories handmade by artisans from New Mexico, using upcycled, vintage, eco friendly, hand woven and hand-stitched materials, all one-of-a-kind. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">blend culture, history, fashion, art and ideas for the forward thinking shopper. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b>45 & 48.) The Lounge by Rolling Still Distillery</b> established 2018 </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">110A&D Paseo del Pueblo Norte </span>Hours: 4-9:30 daily</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">A Vodka distillery featuring cocktails and carefully created bites.</span><br />
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The Rock House location of Pat Woodall Fine Art & Southwest Framers<br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">A working artist studio and frame shop located in 'The Rock House' one of the most unique buildings in Taos.</span></span></div>
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Historic Postcard of Foster's Cafe at the corner of Kit Carson Road now home of Copper Moon Gallery</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'd also like to point out that these 10 places in downtown Taos are listed on the National Historic Registry:</span></div>
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<span face=", , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kit Carson Home and Museum</span></span></div>
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<span face=", , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-size: large;"> E. Martin Hennings Home (private residence)</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: large;">Manby’s House (shops here include Donabe & Andean Software)</span></span><br />
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<span face=", , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-size: large;">Historic Taos County Courthouse & Mural Room</span></span></div>
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<span face=", , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-size: large;">and the Taos Downtown Historic District itself.</span></span><br />
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<span face=", , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> I am grateful to the Beutler family for their permission to use a few historic photographs from their archives.</span></span></div>
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Two Graces, 105 Barela Lane, Taos NM 87571http://www.blogger.com/profile/06498983517341568696noreply@blogger.com2105 Barela Ln, Taos, NM 87571, USA36.4076174 -105.5726412000000210.667988399999999 -146.88123520000002 62.1472464 -64.264047200000022tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923291306285239790.post-7456964117451357192019-04-29T08:05:00.003-06:002019-04-29T15:13:33.126-06:00Two Graces, 36 Questions<div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Sunday April 28, 2019 was the first day we were open at our new location in downtown Taos. </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Holly Sievers with visitor Alexandra Rose</span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Two Graces has re-located to 105 Barela Lane just off Kit Carson Road in the Taos Historic District. </span></span></div>
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Soon to be the most photographed front door that isn't blue in Taos.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">2. Who are the shop-owners?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Co-Owners and resident artists Holly Sievers and Robert Cafazzo attend to the shop on a daily basis.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">3. How do you describe your shop?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">We call it a collection of Art, Books, Curios along with our own artworks we feature hard to find vintage Southwest Jewelry, Hopi Kachinas, Pueblo Pottery, hard to find, rare and out of print books of Taos, New Mexico and a wide range of books about art and artists. </span></span></div>
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Art Supplies, Jewelry, Smudge Sticks, and drawings by Holly Sievers.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">4. What motivated you to open your business?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The idea of opening a business can be exciting, thrilling, terrifying and quite unrealistic. Lots of people like the idea of being their own boss, we tend to be terrible bosses, by that I mean that we are far too hard on ourselves and too often the ‘vision’ is in our heads. The other factor, or the elephant in the room, is that there is a great lack of employment opportunities in our area.</span></span></div>
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Small Pen & Ink drawings by Robert Cafazzo along with collectibles and paintings.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">5. What year was your business established?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Established in 2003, open seven days a week.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">6. Why the term Art, Books and Curios when referring to your shop?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not trying to reinvent what a gallery is in Taos, we actually began selling books and curios. In a short time period we began showing the work of local artists who were our clientele. Eventually those artists we were showing encouraged Holly & I to begin showing our own art work in our own shop. We are unlike every other shop in our neighborhood.</span></span></div>
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Earth Pigments, Vintage Bottles, Costume Jewelry<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">7. Did you have prior retail experience?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">At 13 years old I began working in my family’s retail business, I’ve had a great deal of experience.</span></span></div>
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Drawings & Paintings by Robert Cafazzo<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">8. Is there a story behind the name of your business?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Two Graces pays tribute to the grandmothers and aunties of the owners. Holly’s grandmas were both named Grace, Robert had two aunts named Grace. The term the <i>Three Graces</i> is highly recognized, our name plays off of the idea of Faith, Hope and Charity, that we too often forget one or the other.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">9. Who designed the shop?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Working closely together we spent a great deal of time looking at shops we like, what works for them, (and what does not work in our opinions). In particular we noticed 3 key design elements; great lighting, tiered displays, and an attractive store front. We have the wonderful Taos light through the windows, our displays are at various levels and our sunburst carved doorway is on the Historic Registry of New Mexico and we’ll soon have window boxes out front. The organization Taos Main Street has been proactively helping with our storefront as well. We are striving to create a beautiful inviting space, the sort of environment that will become inviting to all of Taos, locals and visitors alike.</span></span></div>
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Signage installation, thanks to Martin of Acorn Graphics<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">10. What are you best known for?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">In my mind the artwork of Holly Sievers is the draw to the shop. Holly will tell you that it’s between the artwork of Robert Cafazzo, our southwest book selection and vintage Kachina dolls.</span></span></div>
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Santos and Religious Items, along with Note Cards & Post Cards<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">11. What do you specialize in?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">We specialize in the history, feeling, and flavor of the Southwest around us. The choices we make of what is in the shop are carefully thought out decisions. There are times we’d prefer to keep certain items, some of which we do for a while. We live with our collections in our home, they are special to us, we become attached to them for a while and then share them in our store where we can still enjoy them until the right person comes along and has the same feeling for it as we have.</span></span></div>
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RC paintings and Kachina Dolls<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">12. Where do you source your products from?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">We reside in Taos full time, thus we have become a part of the arts and culture here. For the new look and design we’ve selected a few local artist-craftspeople to feature. The shop has always had a selection of found objects, rusty metal, antlers and skulls to round things out as well as bundles of sage, cotta, cholla, osha and mineral pigments collected locally.</span></span></div>
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Holly Sievers Paintings & large scale Drawing, Jewelry and Micaceous Clay Pottery by Suann Davis<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">13. What makes your shop unique?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">We constantly change things up and keep evolving. There’s always something new to see, even when it’s something we’ve been carrying for years that you may have missed the last time you visited. Everything we select for the shop is something that has its own unique restorative design and charming quality.</span></span></div>
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Collectibles Display<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">14. Who are your customers?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The customer base has been visitors to Taos who return time and again, we are hoping our location in the heart of Taos will attract local customers.</span></span></div>
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RC Paintings and vintage Pueblo Pottery assortment.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">15. How do customers find you?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our customer base for many years found us by chance, later social media became a key outreach, then the blog and website began attracting attention as well. The shop has had great word of mouth along with the excitement that has been created form our recent Go Fund Me campaign, our donors now have a ‘stake’ in seeing us prosper at our new location. </span></span></div>
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Kachina Dolls<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>16.</b> <b>How has the internet impacted your business?</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Internet traffic for sales picks up during the winter months, during the rest of the year people find us through the search engines.</span></span></div>
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Ephemera and Collectibles<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">17. Who inspires you?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The shops and their owners Santa Maria Provisions (Santa Fe), Todos Santos (Santa Fe), Isabella Sparrow (Philadelphia), Boston General (Brookline), Nomad (Cambridge), Dwellings Revisited (Taos) are unique destinations that we return to time and time again. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">18. What inspires you?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The history and stories of Taos, along with the flora and fauna of the Southwest are in large part our inspiration. </span></span></div>
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RC Paintings and painting by Aline Porter<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">After teaching art at School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for 21 years I moved to Taos where I became a shopkeeper. Holly has been an office manager at Harvard Medical and for R.B. Ravens in Taos.</span></span></div>
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RC Painting through the window<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Patience. Everything takes longer than you’d expect whether it be permits or moving and getting the store open. Some days you’ll make ends meet and some days you will not.</span></span></div>
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Kristy Lawton Walden Pendant/Pins based on my Pen&Ink drawings</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">21. What task do you like to delegate?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maintenance of the website, taking photographs of the merchandise, bookkeeping is all up to Holly.</span></span></div>
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Tin & Wool wrapped Ornaments by Vickery Ottaway</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">People want to see you succeed, they become a part of your family.</span></span></div>
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Saunn Davis Micaceous Clay Pottery</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Carry smalls, affordable items for every price range, carry postcards which people tend to purchase for souvenirs. Be open as much as you possibly can, when people find you closed it alienates shoppers they tend to not return. Post your hours on your door front and website. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">24. What is the best advice you were given before opening?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">To be open with regular hours, to appeal to locals and visitors alike, that if you can repair broken items, that this in itself can become a source of income.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Again and again it is through consistent perseverance and our amazing customer base.</span></span></div>
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Skulls and Bones</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cash flow, the business is our income without it we go straight to the poor house. We owe everything to the customers who find us, shop with us and return. Patience, a day of no income whatsoever one day may be a windfall the next day, or maybe the day after that, but hopefully sometime soon. We strive to be open as much as possible, you never know what any given day will bring.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">We’ve had a lot of ‘famous’ people visit us through the years. I am always charmed by the ones who introduce themselves. “Hi, I’m Ali McGraw” she made my heart melt by just that type of kindness.</span></span></div>
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Book Room with D.H. Lawrence and Dennis Hopper</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The historic district is the heart of Taos.The shop-owners around us have been graciously excited and accepting of our joining their community. The neighbors have been more supportive than anyone could imagine. Before we were open one of the local gallery owners greeted us with a welcome basket, a gallery owner came by and helped us paint the walls of the space, one couple handed out our cards to everyone as they walked down the street today, a neighbor offered to let us hang an <i>Open</i> sign from his portale to direct traffic to our shop. Today was our first day open for business someone brought us a bouquet of flowers to welcome us to the neighborhood. People keep asking when our grand opening will be. It has taken us two weeks to get ready, moved in and put everything together. It will take us a bit longer to figure out the space and of what works. Hopefully we’ll have a few introductory openings. A press opening, an opening for the friends and neighbors and a grand opening are all possibilities, but for now we are happy to be open for everyone to come by to shop and visit us in our new space.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">29. If you weren’t a shopkeeper you would be..?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I’d be a herder of cats, maybe I already do that(?). Holly would have loved to be an archeologist.</span></span></div>
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Book Room View, entry wall<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Much of the time between speaking with customers and friends visiting I putter around and re-assess displays in the store. When Holly is at the shop other than speaking with customers, she tends to work on bookkeeping, the website and researching the merchandise I find for the store.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">31. What is your perfect day off?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">When Holly & I can take a day off together, whether we go for a hike, visit museums or lay around all day as long as we are together that’s the perfect day.</span></span></div>
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Book Room View, left interior wall<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Taos our favorite shops and galleries are Dwellings Revisited, Jones Walker of Taos, Magpie, Studio 107-B, and the Tony Reyna Indian Shop among many, many others.</span></span></div>
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Book Room View, Emil Bisttram Paintings, Georgia O'Keeffe Book collection<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">World Cup has the best coffee in the neighborhood, Manzanita Market for lunch and Parcht for dinner, Chokola for best guilty pleasure sweet.</span></span></div>
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Vintage Vinyl Record selection<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">34. What will you miss about no longer being located in Ranchos de Taos?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I first arrived in Taos I saw the San Francisco de Asis Church and wanted to be by its side. Seeing one of the most photographed and painted structures in the U.S., the back of the Ranchos Church, every day for 16 years was a true luxury.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">35. What is your Instagram account?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">@TwoGracesTaos and @flowerchildren.3</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">We believe people enjoy browsing, seeing and touching actual merchandise in person. If people truly want a wonderful experience, then shopping at Two Graces will provide them with a joyful feeling of familiar things and items you’ve never seen before. Two Graces provides more than just retail therapy it provides an experience, and first hand experiences are what people are looking for.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">*If you as a shop-owner would like a copy of these questions to answer for yourself, please ask, I'd be happy to email them to you. r2c2graces@gmail.com</span></div>
Two Graces, 105 Barela Lane, Taos NM 87571http://www.blogger.com/profile/06498983517341568696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923291306285239790.post-71928893267025413552019-03-23T23:08:00.003-06:002021-02-23T13:05:55.346-07:00I Adopted Lawrence Ferlinghetti<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(27, 30, 33); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1b1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Lawrence Ferlinghetti seated on the bench at the DH Lawrence Memorial in Taos</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I Adopted Lawrence Ferlinghetti, </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">or a Moment with Ferlinghetti in Taos, </span></b><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">September 9-12, 2013 Lawrence Ferlinghetti (at the time he was 93) visited Taos with his friend Erik Baursfeld (aka the voice of Admiral Akbar and Bib Fortuna, 1922-2016), and Jim McGee recording the entire trip for NPR.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">To Ferlinghetti's office at City Lights Bookstore</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Days beforehand I received this message from Bill Haller, President of the Friends of DH Lawrence: “Erik claims Lawrence can be fickle at times and may change his mind.” There was also this PS: “Eric asks that we not ask for autographs from Lawrence.” My first reaction was of disappointment, “No Autographs?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Lawrence and Eric at the DHL Ranch</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Before their arrival I had suggested that the DH Lawrence group have a luncheon on Wednesday, the 11th of September for the visitors from San Francisco and a few people from Taos. Our luncheon plans were for 1PM at Lambert’s Restaurant that Wednesday, with about twelve of us. Among the lunch guests were Kate O’Neill (then President of UNM Taos, currently director of the NM Higher Education Department), local author John Nichols and Helen McCloud a historian from Santa Fe. Once everyone had finished with their meals Lawrence asked the question for each of us around the table to answer, “What is the relevance of D.H. Lawrence in the world today?” My nerves were getting the better of me, I wanted to flee the room. I was two seats away from local historian Nita Murphy, I prayed she would rescue me with her thoughts before it ever became my turn. Listening intently, John Nichols said something as did all the others. Was I really the last person to speak at this round table of dignitaries! Quickly it came to be my turn to speak, I realized what it is that I loved about being a docent at the ranch, that it’s about the inspiration there. I said this: “DH Lawrence for me is about inspiration, the inspiration one feels of being in a mountain forest, that feeling that I want to get back to my studio as quickly as possible and paint or write. Lawrence inspires me to create.” Ferlinghetti stopped everyone from chattering and asked them all to listen. He stated that what Robert just expressed here today is exactly it, then repeated my words. He blew me away and I was in awe. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Front from left to right) Eric, Kate O'Neil, Lawrence</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 2017, Holly and I made a pilgrimage visit to City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco where it all began for Ferlinghetti. We walked around the rooms, went upstairs and looked at his books on the shelves as if they were the Holy Grail.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Inside City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, CA</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born March 24, 1919) is 100 years old today, long may he live in my heart. Happy Birthday Mr. Lawrence.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(27, 30, 33); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1b1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(27, 30, 33); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #1b1e21; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">“The Man Who Rode Away, (to D.H. Lawrence)”</span></p>
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Above Taos now</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I peer through the crack</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">of your locked door</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Dead Lawrence</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">and there indeed I see</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">they’ve got you now at last</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">safely stashed away</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">locked away from the light</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">of your dear sun</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">in the weird great dark</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">of your little</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">shuttered shrine</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">with the dark brown cover</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">of your old portable </span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">clenched like a jaw upon</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">dumb keys</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">teeth sans tongue</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">as in a mute mask</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">of a Greek megaphone</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">ah here’s real proof</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">the soul has its rages-</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">dampered!</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">in darkness!</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">shrine locked-</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">booby-trapped for burglars-</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">plumed serpent stoned</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">into a gargoyle!</span></p>
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">out of a mine-head</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">ash to ash</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Sown in Vence</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">and resown in America</span></p>
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">your portable seed</span></p>
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Two Graces, 105 Barela Lane, Taos NM 87571http://www.blogger.com/profile/06498983517341568696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923291306285239790.post-16166905765956302832019-03-22T22:36:00.001-06:002019-03-23T08:37:51.449-06:00Two Graces, A Condensed History of a Small Business in the County of Taos, New Mexico<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">On October 3, 2003 we opened Two Graces in Ranchos de Taos. In reality I had little to go on of how to run a business and how to get started. The Taos Chamber of Commerce at the time had no information of how to start a business in Taos, or Taos County. Eventually through my persistence, TCC director Steve Fuhlendorf created and provided on their website everything someone wanting to open a small business in Taos would need to know. The closest SCORE organization, which helps out people looking to start a small business, run by retired and current business owners to help newbies, was located in Santa Fe, they had no information about Taos. Now the T.E.N. organization in Taos which is under the new directorship of Steve Fuhlendorf is trying to help answer all the questions you need to know to get started here in Taos.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">I moved forward to open my own store, a space was offered to us at a very fair rental agreement. My Dad, Allesandro and Holly’s Dad, Jack aka Harry were our advisors. I could call them and ask them anything, now that they are no longer with us I miss being able to call. The former tenant was closing/retiring and was supportive. That was Irene ‘Jinx’ Miller who had her finger on the pulse of antiques and more importantly on the neighborhood of Ranchos. Jinx was also a beloved volunteer docent of Taos often she could be found attending the information booth on Taos Plaza. We need more people like Jinx, there are many who go unnoticed but to me they are my </span>heroes.<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> Jinx suggested that I not sell books, that they were not lucrative and people would not buy books. I chose to sell books and I purchased her book inventory and her display cabinets.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Soon after opening someone came into the shop, looked around and spoke to me. It turned out he was there to check me out and see what I was doing. He was the head of the local Ranchos ‘gang’, although he did not introduce himself as such, I learned this later. He appreciated that my shop honored local culture and crafts, the Catholic church and the Pueblo. He told me that if anyone hassled me to let him know and he would put a stop to it. He was the boss of the neighborhood and protector of people he liked. Thankfully he took an immediate liking to me and my little Ranchos shop.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Little did I know October was the last hurrah of business in Taos before the winter set in of absolutely no business, yet we persisted and stayed open every day, hopeful. A woman walked in who was a curator at the Santa Fe Folk Art Museum. She spent what to me at the time was a small fortune and purchased some of my best objects. I thought, just maybe this could work, I remained hopeful, I still am.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Soon, I was called to jury duty in Taos County, it was eye opening, I loved every minute of it. Normally the shop is open every day, but I had to close for a day or two every week for 3 </span>months<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> As jurors were selected for the Grand Jury, I had no idea that asking questions would put me in the hot seat. The other jurors all agreed to make me foreman, because I asked questions. We had difficult cases which left me shattered at the end of each session, this went on for a month. I was sworn to not speak about what went on each day of the cases presented, but I soon saw firsthand the domestic violence rampant in Taos. As foreman, I took notes which were turned in to the secretary and I paid attention. I had to be able to answer questions from the other jurors who I've remained life long friends with. All of them have been supportive that I have a small business in Ranchos de Taos. For a while the other jurors would come by to visit Two Graces, some mornings I'd serve home-made banana bread and coffee to these wonderful people. I'd open quite early on Sundays when people getting out of Church could come by to visit as well.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Two Graces didn’t start as an art gallery, it started as a curio and book shop. Then artists began coming by and asking for specific items. In our first year we sold 800 cigar boxes to artists. Some used them for storing art supplies, others used them to make assemblage boxes. I’d get calls from art teachers looking for 30 cigar boxes at a time. Thankfully friends smoked cigars and would come by the shop with their car trunks full of cigar boxes. When I spoke with cigar shop owners about how artists were using these boxes, they’d give me bags full. Soon we began exhibiting artwork by local artists who made assemblage art. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our first year was amazing, but then the landlord sold the building and the new owners preferred to use the space for a cafe that they would run. One of the neighbors, Berlinda was closing her shop at the corner of the Ranchos Plaza and offered me the space, so we moved after our first year. I was exhibiting local Santera Artist Lydia Garcia, who wanted to have her annual Christmas exhibit in the new space. She’d shown there annually when it was Susan Backus’ “Big Sun” Gallery. That was amazing, Lydia was more than willing to work with me as to what saints and imagery to exhibit. We sold every single one of her Dia de los Meurtos Retablos she could make for us! I wish I still had some. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">At one point Vishu Magee heard about me and asked that I join M.E.N. to mentor young people in the Taos School system. He approached me, confident that I could help as a person who young people would look up to. While I was mentoring and decompressing afterwards, Holly would be at the shop waiting to hear all about how things went. Whenever I walked into a school, youngsters knew my name, calling out to me to say hello. They’d read about my gallery in Tempo, which gave me quite a bit of cache among them. I could see them showing each other my name in the paper. I’d play basketball, most of the young people loved shooting hoops with me. Sometimes I’d sit and draw with them and sometimes I just listened to their problems without judging or offering to solve anything I couldn’t actually help with. One particular person needed a bit more help. I was asked to meet with his counselor and his family. During this meeting, I was only there to listen, but I asked to speak. I told his parents that his only desire was to join a gang. That he felt they would not only protect him but that they’d be a family that would love him. He didn’t feel his parents loved him, or at least in his eyes, he didn’t feel their love for him. They wept and I broke down, the family needed to hear from an outsider that they needed to let their child know they loved him. At the time I was a mentor, current Taos Town Councilor Fritz Hahn was my ’handler’. At the end of a session with my charge, I’d break down and cry on his shoulder. I felt useless, but Fritz was encouraging and urged me to keep on trying. Eventually I had to step back from mentoring for M.E.N., soon after the organization changed to include women. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love young people, I love when they shop at Two Graces and hold out their own money to buy something, even if it’s a twenty-five cent marble. A while back I offered to trade a little guy something he wanted for a rock he’d picked up from our garden. His wide eyes revealed he’d rather pay me his allowance money than trade that rock away to me. This was a heart warming moment of many in the shop. A woman who lives nearby takes her children for walks past the shop on a regular basis. Each time one of the children stops to play with a plastic lady bug in our garden out front. Whenever I notice that the ladybug has been moved I know that they've been by. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The artists we were regularly exhibiting knew that Holly and I were both artists and encouraged us to start showing our own work in our gallery. We began hanging our artwork in subtle ways, not to take space away from the local artists we were supporting. Our art would be hung over doors and windows and out of the way. At the time I was still exhibiting with a gallery in New York City.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">The following year when Curtis Featherston, was looking to move his shop back to where he lived, he offered us his much larger space. We stayed in that space for about 5 years. The landlords were terrific people, but soon one of them had a stroke and the burden of the rental was put on the one partner. Later the space next door, owned by the same landlord, was offered to us which has more light and better feng shui. Did I mention a local person had done a feng shui reading for us in each space(?). </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">On the advice of Roger Click, who at the time owned a neighboring shop, we began holding group exhibitions. His theory was that if we had an exhibit with ten artists, they'd invite ten friends. We’d then have opening receptions with at least 100 people in attendance. Group exhibits with themes were great attention getters and thanks to Rick Romancito and Virginia Clark we were featured time and again in the Taos News, Tempo, Arts & Entertainment section of the local weekly newspaper. We'd have an annual Dia de los </span>Metros<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> exhibit that I would invite artists and non-artists to participate in. The local community </span>members<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span>who<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> weren't artists loved being asked and made great altars for the exhibits. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are groups of people who visit the shop regularly, people with limited vision, autistic people and homeless people, all of them come by to be in a safe place where they can look, touch and wonder at the objects on display. One of my favorite moments was when a group of Nuns in habits came into the shop, a couple had just left and relayed their disgust for a current exhibition on display. I warned the </span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">Nuns with a gentle but firm suggestion that the exhibit may be offensive to them. They entered the gallery space and looked intently at the sexual and political assemblages by Annapurna Alysa Sydell. Smiling, the entire time until they told me they found none of it offensive and what a lovely gallery we have here. This group of Nuns from Colorado have been annual visitors to our shop. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">From time to time someone comes by with a problem which needs to be heard out and at times they need me to troubleshoot their stated problem. I listen and think about how to help. At other times people just come in to vent, they too have their moments and I listen and sometimes I give advice. We have been a community asset for all things Taos and sometimes we've been the problem solvers to people who have nowhere else to turn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Two Graces Plaza Gallery was the merger of two spaces, one my wife Holly Sievers was running for Ray Trotter who no longer wanted a space on the Ranchos Plaza and my original concept of Two Graces. Holly & I have been great partners playing to our strengths running the shop. By default I became the in-house historian, marketer/promoter, blogger, Social Media director, artist and buyer/picker, and in-house artist. Holly became the bookkeeper, website designer, gallerina, and in-house artist. It’s a good team effort that we work on constantly, we are husband and wife, at times lifting each other up through thick and thin. We have to be there for each other, no matter what or else the business doesn’t work and our marriage would fall apart. I’m not about to let that happen.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now we are at a crossroads, we've chosen to move into the town of Taos ‘historic’ district. We’ve been offered three spaces in the Ranchos area but we agree that our best move is into the town arts center which at this point in time is Kit Carson Road. The gallery owners there are a tight knit group who love that we are moving to the neighborhood. Many of them have come by our current location to express how happy they are for us, that we will soon be a part of their arts community. So very many of you have expressed your excitement for us about our move into town</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Especially touching for me is the space we’ve chosen is the first place I ever exhibited in Taos, Gallery A, which was run by Jules and Gene Sanchez. Recently I learned it had begun as Allied Artists of New Mexico, later shortened to Gallery A (one of the first and longest running art galleries in Taos, I believe of 55 years) run by Mary </span>Sanchez. Her partners included Mrs. and Mr. Eric Gibberd, Mario Larrinaga and <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> Cecil B. DeMille. Previously the space had also been a woodworkers shop, a real estate office and later part of the Living Light Gallery of Lenny Foster.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Holly and I have been docents for historic Taos entities, board members and attendees at more Taos marketing meetings than we could count. We have constantly learned and shared our knowledge of the history of Taos with others. I love writing about Taos, I love learning about Taos, we are proud to be members of this caring community. For two years I had the opportunity to write for Tempo and share the art of Taos with its readership. That was a secret dream come true for me. I’d wanted to write for the paper ever since I’d moved here.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Over the years I’ve been encouraged to write about the exploits of owning a gallery in Taos, through all the lovely moments, the funny moments and the perplexing, along with the shake my head and brush it off moments. I began this blog (and my daily Facebook posts) years ago, they are just the tip of the iceberg of the stories, things to do and see, which from time to time I share with all of you. </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">We are currently raising funds for our move into the historic district of the Kit Carson Road Arts region of Taos. We have a GoFundMe account, there has also been the generosity of our visitors, friends and family who continue to gift us with cash, checks, charges and through Paypal with the financial help needed for our impending move, which we estimated at $15,000. in order to pay for everything we need to start over. A big chunk of this is in order to purchase a reliable vehicle. If you've seen the one vehicle we rely on now, you'd know how truly vital we need a car. As we pay off necessities on the breakdown list, it is amazing to see how much cash flow it takes to run a </span>small<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> business. I'll soon be writing a more detailed aspect of this on the blog.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our mailing address is Two Graces, PO Box 1587, Ranchos de Taos, NM 87557, phone land-line is 575-758-4101, email for Paypal is Holly Sievers, <a href="mailto:theplazagallery@gmail.com"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">theplazagallery@gmail.com</span></a> </span></span></div>
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Two Graces, 105 Barela Lane, Taos NM 87571http://www.blogger.com/profile/06498983517341568696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923291306285239790.post-77867967170962470042019-02-20T13:40:00.002-07:002019-02-20T13:42:53.375-07:00My Best Of 25 Films Selection, (never mind the Oscars) <div style="text-align: center;">
In the 1970's the Boston area (Boston Cambridge, Brookline) was full of retro & art-house movie theaters featuring retrospectives of Foreign films, early Hollywood, auteur directors, and avant-garde short films. At some point the blockbuster films began to slowly but surely overshadow the indie film houses most of which soon went away. On Sundays and Thursdays I'd plan my day of movie viewing to see as many as 5 film screenings in a single day. Many of the theaters were located near the subway stops, making it convenient to catch a train to the next theatre if the timing worked out. Going to the movies on my own was a treat, a place where I could immerse myself in the flickering films before me. In NYC I would attend film screenings at Anthology Film Archives or at the New York Film Festival. Film took me to other places as I digested what made for a truly great memorable film. Later I worked with a crew of dedicated knowledgeable film devotees at an indie video rental store where David Mamet did his research and Ben Affleck browsed. While a student at SMFA I became assistant to the Film History professor who was also the director of film at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He realized that my knowledge of film in some areas surpassed his own. He gave me the opportunity to create my own lesson plans and teach his course myself. Later he became the director of the British Film Institute where he recommended me to a publisher looking for a historian of animation and avant-garde short films to write a book on the subject. It was a point in my life that I had begun planning a different direction and a move to Taos, NM in order to further my painting career. Yet, film and its influence stays with me. This is a list of 25 of the most influential films for me and a little bit of why I've chosen them.<br />
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"North By Northwest" 1959</div>
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In many ways North by Northwest is a reworking of Hitchcock's own "The 39 Steps" complete with his 'MacGuffin' device to move the plot along and keep the audience in suspense. The crop duster sequence, the chase over Mount Rushmore and the scenes in the United Nations all had me dreaming of seeing these places for myself. Through the years I have seen Rushmore, the UN, and been in a small plane in which I couldn't stop smiling, all because of this one film.<br />
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"La Belle et la Bette" 1946</div>
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Jean Cocteau<br />
The story from a 1740 novel by Villeneuve has been told many times through film, this version for me is everything that it should be. Magical, romantic, pride, honor and defending others who through circumstances not of their own making need someone to stand up for them all come together here. Cocteau's pure artistry shines through in this 'fairy tale'.</div>
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"Night of the Hunter" 1955</div>
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Best known for his dramatic acting somehow Laughton chose to direct a film. You keep hoping that things will all turn out alright, but the evil that humans are capable of keep pushing forward and you become lost and begin to lose all hope for a happy ending. One of the later films of the 'Film Noir' category, it is the finest example of black and white filmmaking all shadows and mystery.</div>
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"A Clockwork Orange" 1971</div>
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A mind bending book through the eyes of one of the finest filmmakers. Kubrick keeps you watching and wanting more. Like the main character who's eyes are held open to keep him seeing the atrocities he has invoked himself, you can not look away. </div>
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"Trainspotting" 1996</div>
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Scenes that will stick in your head, music that will pump blood through your veins and characters that will make you shake your head and say to yourself, yes I know someone just like that. Choose Wisely.</div>
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"Blow Up" 1966</div>
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London in the swinging sixties and so much more. Eventually I visited London and went straight to the park in this film. I walked the perimeter carefully hoping to see something and to not see anything at all. London spreads out below the hillside here, you can take it all in from this point of view. Then too, there are the details, what if you blow up the photograph to see more, to see less. What's around the corner from where you're shooting pictures. I see what I learned from this film still to this day, keep looking, you will too.</div>
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"La Dolce Vita" 1961</div>
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Alright I admit it, I wanted to be either Cary Grant or Marcello Mastroianni, or maybe both. My love of cafes and bistros and just walking through a city at night is because of this film.</div>
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"The Deer Hunter" 1978</div>
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In the mid-70's the Vietnam war had ended, the draft had ended and I was saved from going to fight in a place I knew that I would never survive. The nitty gritty effects of war are thrown up onto the cinema screen and it is not pretty, not elegant and not something anyone should be a part of. DeNiro and Walken at their finest. Friendships so strong that they only want to help each other and take the pain away from one another. I doubt that I can watch this film again, I believe it would now be too stressful because it immerses the viewer into a world that has many flaws.</div>
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"The Tree of Wooden Clogs" 1979</div>
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Ermanno Olmi<br />
A small village has many parts to it, each and everyone participates, contributes and helps make the village work. A small village is a family. Here in Taos, it is a small village full of family. A truly beautiful film.</div>
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"Wings of Desire" 1988</div>
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Wim Wenders<br />
I have been here, walking among you as if an angel or ghost. Pinch me, am I dreaming? How do I know you can see me, can you see me, do you hear me? I don't know, but I do want you to see and hear me. How do I do that? I keep trying. As I've said, I met Bruno Ganz at the New York Film Festival for the premiere of The American Friend. Ganz was this angel waiting for this roll to come along. </div>
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"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" 1977</div>
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Steven Spielberg<br />
They're here, it rings through you, and you know. I've never been to the Devils Tower, maybe I should go there someday soon. The obsession of a vision seems to drive Dreyfuss mad, but it's his vision. He creates various forms of art, he is inspired to create art through his vision. This is more than a space monkey film for me, it is about being a visionary and finding the right person in your life that understands and supports your vision.</div>
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"Battleship Potemkin" 1925</div>
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Montage, or editing to create dynamic synergy and motion. Eisenstein at his absolute finest, a visionary filmmaker pouring his heart into putting films together that would make an audience gasp. His films stand the test of time, scenes and imagery stay with you because that is what the best of cinema and art should do.<br />
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Vincente Minnelli<br />
I enjoy watching films about artists, even the overly dramatic ones such as this. Douglas and Quinn engage and battle one another, but for what means. One sees it his way the other his own way, time has given perspective that they were both right. Madness and genius has never been depicted so brilliantly on film.</div>
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"Ballet Mécanique" 1924</div>
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Fernand Leger/Dudley Murphy<br />
An artist makes a film and decides to make art. Lager makes it look like he never wanted to stop working on this film, that he was exploring the possibilities. Illusions and delusions mesh together here creating movement and rhythm.</div>
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"Un Chien Andalou" 1929</div>
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Luis Bunuel/Salvador Dali<br />
Do not watch this film, no wait watch it again. Did you see what I saw, you were tricked the way a magician will trick you every time. Dali puts his surrealism twist on a bit of cinema that you can not ever forget.</div>
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"Meshes of the Afternoon" 1943</div>
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Maya Deren<br />
If you are to study cinema, then you need to see Deren's masterwork of dreaming and repetition. Maybe it's because I was thinking of this film that I dreamt about a man reading a book. As he read a page front and back he would then rip the page from the book and discard it. His partner asks why he was doing this, he tells her that he has a problem with losing his place and reading pages over again, so he rips the pages out as he finishes them in order to not repeat reading them. </div>
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"Mothlight" 1963</div>
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Stan Brakhage<br />
Upon meeting Mr. Brakhage I told him that Mothlight was the most incredible film I'd ever seen. Soon after this he'd sent me a 16mm copy of the film as a gift. I put the film on a pair of rewinds and looked at it frame by frame. Breakage placed moth wings, grass and natural objects onto the film surface, printed this and recreated the flickering motion of a moth to a light. Simple, elegant, mind bending.</div>
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"The Owl Who Married a Goose" 1976</div>
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Caroline Leaf<br />
Of all the dedicated animators I've met leaf was simple about it all, she used sand on an underlie surface and moved it around while shooting one frame at a time. The tale of an owl and a goose as mismatched as could be, became a beauty to behold. Today the political correct ones would never let a film like this be created, thankfully leaf has left an enduring legacy and honoring of a unique culture and their storytelling.</div>
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"Bambi" 1942</div>
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David Hand and Disney Staff<br />
How many reasons can I give to say that yes Bambi is one of my all time favorite films. Full of animals of the forest, full of joy and the sadness of death. Color schemes, the complications of animating four legged animals and the pureness of the animators hands shine through. Hand in hand with Smokey Bear I truly wish that people really would prevent forest fires. </div>
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"Pinocchio" 1940</div>
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Hamilton Luske and Disney Staff<br />
I've met five of the Disney 'nine old men' before they passed away, at the Telluride Film Festival in 1978 I met Wolfgang Reitherman who spoke about animating Monstro the whale and other grand characters in this film. For years I thought that I would wake up one day and my cat Cactus Pete would become a 'real' boy. Pinocchio makes me believe that all things are possible and to stay away from people who will try to take you down the wrong path, but mostly that dreams can come true. </div>
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"Princess Mononoke" 1999</div>
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Hayao Miyazaki<br />
Action adventure in an animated film, character development to the point that you were riding on that wolf with her. The great stag forest spirit, everything in the forest is alive and I know this only too well. A walk in the forest is meditative and spiritually healing. Miyazaki is the real deal when it comes to animation master. I let an opportunity slip away to interview him many years ago when he was visiting the Disney studio in Florida, a regrettable mistake on my part.</div>
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"A Damsel in Distress" 1937</div>
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George Stevens<br />
Music, dance, romance and comedy. Burns and Allen were such a great comedy team that I smile to this day thinking about Gracie Allen. Burns was her straight man and he egged her on, but she never told him that his viewpoint was wrong, just that hers was a different way of seeing something. Astaire as charming as ever, he knew that typical filming of his dancing would have cropped off his legs, he worked with directors to convince them that a long shot was the best way to film him. He was right and others took notice. There are many reasons we call our shop Two Graces, there are many wonderful and meaningful graces out there, goodnight Gracie.</div>
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Frank Capra<br />
I truly believe that I am blessed to be a sort of George Bailey, that I have a Clarence watching over me and the love of my wife making for a wonderful life. Stewart in the lead roll brings you along for the ride and puts you in his shoes. Along with his other 2 Capra films they show us the humanity we all seek among us. As meaningful and endearing as film can be.<br />
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For friends and mentors Shunsuke Yamaguchi, Dan Braun, Deac Rossell and Bob White.</div>
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Two Graces, 105 Barela Lane, Taos NM 87571http://www.blogger.com/profile/06498983517341568696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4923291306285239790.post-92138794014510623562018-11-04T15:54:00.003-07:002018-11-14T14:20:03.843-07:00Things I learned in Art School at School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">As both a student, and an associate professor for 21 years, I learned a great deal about art and making art. At SMFA there was always great sharing of knowledge. If I couldn’t solve a problem I could ask a teacher in some other department how to accomplish something, how to do it better. Someone was always willing to share their own knowledge either one on one. Often professors from other departments would send students to the right source, someone who would know how to help with a particular challenging art problem. I have been a source of knowledge and continue to learn as much as I can soak in. No one knows everything. Going to someone who can help you develop, someone who has an expertise is important. Reading and looking is important too, at the shapes, textures and colors around you. Looking at art, of how someone did it. Figure out what you can take away from seeing a true masterpiece. Here is a short list of some of what I’ve learned through these years. This mostly applies to painters, but you might get something out of it if you change wording around and apply it to writing or some other art form. This list is actually about critical thinking. Whenever possible I have given credit to those teachers after each line using an asterix and italics.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">1.) Vary the quality of your line. Variation of mark making makes your work stronger, more interesting. To use the same mark over and over again can become boring. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">*Drawing professors Bill Flynn and David Kelly both knocked this important lesson into my head. Think of drawing and mark making as if you were conducting an orchestra. Using lyrical movement as you work.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">2.) Think about how you can make a color you greatly dislike used in a beautiful way.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">*Artist Sarah Hinckley once told me this and I’ve never forgotten it, I may dislike the color yellow, but some of my best paintings are yellow ones thanks to thinking about this.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">3.) Take a look at the night sky, then try to paint it in watercolor. Notice all the color there is in a night sky, it certainly isn’t ‘black’.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">4.) Color on top of color, known as glazing can enrich the quality of your painting, try it. It isn’t paint by numbers. There is also shading and texture to think about.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">*J.M.W. Turner for me is a master colorist, there is much to learn from looking at his paintings. Monet, Matisse, Picasso were not using single colors in their paintings.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">5.) Learn to stretch a canvas using rabbit skin glue and gesso. Heated rabbit skin glue causes the linen or cotton canvas to shrink allowing it to become tight. Gesso on top of this creates a flatter surface. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">*Amateurs have no idea how to stretch a canvas, it shows in the final product. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">6.) Buy quality art supplies. From the start, purchase a great pair of scissors, the best brushes you can find and quality paints. They’ll last your lifetime.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">*Graphic Design & Illustration professor Joe Landry on day one gave his students a list of art supplies to purchase, with buy the best. I’d look around the next week and see women with Louis Vuitton bags to carry their art supplies in! I still use art supplies I bought over 40 years ago thanks to Joe.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">7.) Form, shape, movement. How does your eye move around the canvas? Are you creating a single element for the viewer to see or is there added depth, does the surface make someone look from side to side, corner to corner, thus spending more time actually looking. You can draw the eye around the rectangle through the use of color.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">*Friedel Dzubas, was perhaps the last of the Abstract Expressionist painters. He taught at SMFA for one dollar per semester. He had much to share with all of the students and they loved him for it.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">8.) Who are your influences? Who are you looking at? Try to stay away from trends and go your own route, find your own unique niche or hook. As we called it in art school your own ‘gimmick’.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">*Drawing professor Charlie Goss would take you up to the library, pull monograph artist books out to show you that you did not invent the wheel and he was right.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">9.) Yes, you can draw. Your mark making is unique to you and no one else. How I know this is from your signature. Your signature is unique and only you can sign your name that very way that you do. That is the very beginning of drawing in a unique way. Alright, so you can’t draw like DaVinci, but you probably don’t have the same things to say as DaVinci did.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">*Author of 'Artful Scribbles' Howard Gardner, shows in this book that it’s all there at the beginning of child development.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">10.) Think about Art. Look at Art. What would you buy if you could buy a work of art right now? Develop your own sense of taste. More than likely you have favorite musicians, who are your favorite artists?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">*People ask me, what’s hot, who should I go look at, where do I start…</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">11.) Is your own painting something you can ‘live with’? If you can’t live with it, why would someone else choose to purchase it and hang it on their wall?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">13.) Is it finished yet? When do you know that it is finished? Don’t be afraid to tear it up or go over it. Have you gone too far? Worry over it, if you must. There have been great artists who have gone over their work years later, for some it is never quite finished.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">*My wife artist Holly Sievers can be a stickler about this, she pushes me to make it better until it is actually much better. Sometimes a new eye is exactly what you need. Think of your work as if you are a chef, does it need more salt, more herbs, is it overcooked or is it perfectly done.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">14.) Take criticism as a learning moment, don’t take it personally. No one loves everything and not everyone will understand or love what you do. Grow, keep learning. BUT, not everyone is a great art critic, there are very few that can be truly helpful. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">16.) Resume, CV, Artist Statement, pull it together. Write it in simple terms, don’t get too technical. Write about yourself as if you truly want ART making to be your job, your life’s work, put your best foot forward. Be positive and don’t use cliches such as I’ve always been an artist, I’ve been making art since I was 5 years old ad-nauseum. The same thing when talking with the press, do not use cliches.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">22.) Lastly, and most </span></span><span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: large;">unapologetically, YOU will only excel at THREE forms of art. Choose wisely and pare down all of those art forms that are distracting you. Only a <u>true genius</u> can excel at more than three. Realize that YOU ARE NOT A TRUE GENIUS, this will save you much time, grief and embarrassment. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Although I am no longer teaching, I am willing to do artist studio critiques. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">If you believe a studio visit may help in your development as a visual artist, I am available on a limited basis. My fee is $75. per hour in the Taos & Santa Fe areas only. Please note, I'm a terrible critique for photographers and sculptors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Cactus Pete the Maine Coon Cat stepped into our lives in November of 2005, he was a feral kitten of about 6-8 weeks old. He walked into the Two Graces Plaza Gallery, found our large potted Cactus plant and plunked himself down in the potted dirt and fell asleep. I called Holly and asked her what to do, but wanted to know if we could keep him. At that time we already had two cats both of which were rescued and both of which were tortoise shell cats which I thought had the sweetest personalities of any cat breed. That is until I met Cactus Pete. Last night at 2AM Cactus Pete succumbed to his battle with cancer as he lay in our arms. As you can imagine Holly & I are beside ourselves with grief over this little buddy of ours. We didn't expect to see him pass away at only 13 years of age. The cancer diagnosis was devastating to us We did everything we could to make him comfortable. At Salazar Veterinarian Clinic, while Dr. Love was examining him, he was quite scared. I began to pet him as she listened to his heartbeat. She told us as soon as I started petting him his heart rate dropped and he calmed down immediately. So that is what I've been doing for weeks on end, petting him and sitting up with him through all hours of the night. I'm absolutely fried and frazzled. Last night I knew he was saying goodbye, so we both sat up with him and petted him until he passed. This morning I built him a little coffin and dug a spot under the Butterfly Bush in the garden where he loved to sit in the shade and catch Hummingbirds, Lizards, Snakes, Mice and even Rabbits. A good spot for him to watch all those little critters scamper around him. I've edited and loaded photographs of Cactus Pete here onto my blog as a little tribute to him and for the friends who ask, "How's Pete, I love when you post photos of him, I wish you'd post more." So here they are, some of my favorites with all his personality. </span></div>
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Watching his world through the front windows, sunsets, rainbows, birds and rabbits all right out there before him.</div>
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Roaring. We tried to keep a bell and collar on him, usually he'd slip it off. We wanted the critters outside to stand a chance to hear the bell, but I'd seen him leap straight up into the air to catch a hummingbird. He was at one point 22 pounds, but fast as lightening when he wanted to be.</div>
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Holly in her upstairs loft studio. Cactus Pete and Miss Tulip would go up there to hang out with her whenever she was painting and drawing in her studio. Photo thanks to Brian Snyder.</div>
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He just looks so in charge here. What a personality.</div>
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More love head rubs.</div>
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Hey look, there's a bird out there, either a flicker, a bluebird or a magpie, all of them caught his attention, but they gave him what for if he got too close.</div>
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Miss Tulip and Cactus Pete waiting in the kitchen for supper time. Holly has always been on schedule feeding them, but if she was 10 minutes late, they'd let her know it.</div>
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Our ever present dining companion. As soon as Holly would set the table he thought this was an open invitation to join us for dinner.</div>
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Wine snob.</div>
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At least he was a polite dinner guest, even though he never did learn to use a knife and fork or even a napkin.</div>
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Miss Tulip and Cactus Pete, as always waiting for MORE food, on top of the Shiburri tablecloth Holly made. Before I buried him, Holly wrapped him in this tablecloth which was one of his favorites.</div>
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Sometimes he'd bring US dinner.</div>
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I learned how much he loved butter, the smell of it even during his last days was something he would never resist. Here he is going after buttery Chocolate Chip cookies on the counter waiting to be baked.</div>
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Smorgasbord with Cactus Pete and Miss Tulip.</div>
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He's on the prowl.</div>
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Sitting on the porch waiting for me to chase him back into the house. As soon as I moved towards him he'd take off into the sagebrush and play a game with me. Never letting me get too close to catch him. He'd walk right up to Holly because often she'd give him treats for being a good boy and coming to her.</div>
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Always stopping to smell the flowers.</div>
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The garden was part of his domain, now it will always be.</div>
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Alice in Wonderland statue in the garden watching over him.</div>
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During the last days we put area rugs everywhere for him to lie on top of to make him comfortable, even in the garden. He loved being dragged around on the small rugs throughout the house for his very own magic carpet rides.</div>
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Whether it was time to put the Christmas tree up or take it down, he joined right in to help us with all the wrapped up Christmas ornaments. </div>
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The classic Cat in a bag, hiding out. This is one of the few photos I have of him when he's still quite young. Even at the end he loved crawling into bags. Holly would pick up the bag and talk out loud to him while she carried him to and fro.</div>
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During his last few weeks we figured out that his comfort zone was to nest in the laundry basket. The sweater that Holly had first wrapped him in when he was a kitten was always available for him to snuggle in.</div>
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Warm and snuggly by the fireplace.</div>
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Even a few weeks ago Cactus Pete still had the strength to climb straight up into the studio loft space up the wooden ladder. He'd also climb up the garden gate to get out into the backyard and go on adventures until he just couldn't do either any longer.</div>
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Many of the photographs here are by Holly Sievers. She'd send me PM Facebook messages with photos of her on days when she was at home with Cactus Pete and Miss Tulip giving her support and love as she worked with them nearby.</div>
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Every flat cozy space in our home became places to nap or hang out for Cactus Pete and Miss Tulip. Holly always laid out blankets and sweaters for them to be comfortable. I on the other hand always needed to make certain there were no breakables in the way of their cozy spots.</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">“What greater gift than the love of a cat.” Charles Dickens</span></div>
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This is the only photograph I have of the three of them all together, all of them rescued through various circumstance. Cactus Pete (from the Ranchos Church Plaza Feral Cat colony), Rosie the Pink Toed Cat (found by friends abandoned in the New Hampshire woods) and Miss Tulip (rescued at Taos Pueblo after her mom was killed by a car) hanging out watching out the front door on top of the china cabinet full of Fiestaware. Every Veterinarian they've encountered has been a bit in awe of the names I've given them. There have been times when friends ask me tonnage their cats as well. What's in a name you ask? Everything.<br />
Eventually when the right one finds us we will adopt another cat, I'm hoping for a Maine Coon with a great personality.</div>
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