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2009/2010 San Vicente of Silver City (SVA) member artists:
Bonnie Burleson’s graphic art describes a dynamic “Cellular Universe” through paintings, drawings and monoprints that evolve into unique graphic creations. 505 474 6319 Medium: graphic art. Site: Silver Spirit Gallery. Email: eachone2@comcast.net. Suzi Calhoun creates functional items using bright happy colors. She creates vessels from clay and fiber. 388 3350. Media: ceramic, knitting, felting, and other fabric. Site: Art and Conversation/Yada Yada Yarn. Email: suzi@artandconversation.com. Website: www.artandconversation.com, www.yadayadayarn.com. Victoria Chick is a figurative painter using expressive color and strong images in which gesture is important. Cat actions are a frequent metaphor for human feelings. 760 533 1897. Media: acrylic, monoprint, drypoint. Sites: JW Gallery, Santa Ysabel Art Gallery, Santa Ysabel, CA. Email: vcartcat@hotmail.com. Website: www.victoriachick.com. Kevin Cook creates handcrafted wire jewelry using chain mail, Viking knit and wire-crochet techniques, accented with gemstones and cabochons. 538 9001. Medium: jewelry. Email: royalsceptergems@yahoo.com. Website: www.royalscepter.com. Jean McLaughlin Cowie, inspired by nature and rich color, creates stunning quilted fine art pieces in both contemporary realism and abstract designs. Fabrics, many hand-painted, are combined to develop perspective, dimension and textural detail. 937 5843. Medium: fiber. Site: The Common Thread, Silver Spirit Gallery. Email: jean@paintedrockquiltdesign.com. Website: www.paintedrockquiltdesign.com. Lois DeLong paints landscapes, portraits and still life, often using imagery of the Southwest as her subjects. Her style is primarily realistic with a touch of impressionism. 388 4759. Media: oil, watercolor. Sites: Gila Regional Medial Center, Hearst Church Gallery, Running Horse Gallery, Silver Spirit Gallery (SVA and GCAG), Lois DeLong Studio. Lanora Elmer is a self-taught artist who has been creating works of art since childhood. Her current work is centered on copper, western design wall hangings and mixed media. 535 4200. Media: copper, recycled cans, leather, acrylics. Sites: Creation and Adornments, Running Horse Gallery, Annies on the Corner, Luna, NM, Double E Ranch. Email: elmer@gilanet.com. Jan Fell explores the animal kingdom with her brush and her heart. To her, every creature brings wonder and purpose to our earth. 956 7351. Media: acrylic, watercolor, oil, colored pencil, pen and ink. Sites: Copper Quail Gallery, Running Horse Gallery, Silver Spirit Gallery, Doc Campbell’s Trading Post. Marilyn Gendron explores the interplay of color and form, light and shadow in her luminous portrayals of Southwest images, both ancient and modern. 536 9934. Media: watercolor, silkscreen, acrylic, oil, pastel. Sites: Azurite Gallery, Silver Spirit Gallery (SVA). Gerald Gordon studied at Virginia Commonwealth University, majoring in painting and printmaking. He draws and paints, but the jewels he turns into wearable sculpture are his delight. 388 4440. Media: jewelry, photography, mixed. Sites Silver Spirit Gallery, Blackwell’s Jewelry. Email: Ggordon166@comcast.net. Dr. Roy Harris is an internationally recognized sculptor. His work is found in collections worldwide, including past presidents of the United States, Hollywood celebrities and foreign princes. 654 0340. Medium: bronze sculpture. Site: JW Art Gallery. Sandy Hopper’s creative energy flows through the glowing vibrant colors of dye on silk. Using luminosity and the texture of silk she creates contemporary art. 740 4958. Medium: silk/oil. Sites: Common Thread, Johnson’s of Madrid, Percha Creek Tracers, Rio Bravo Fine Art. Email: ant@grasshoppersilk.com. Website: www.grasshoppersilk.com. Henri(etta) Hovarter’s works are narratives, telling the mythical stories of Buffalo and the trickster figures of Rabbit, Coyote, and Raven, incorporating the symbols of Southwestern rock art. 534 9562. Media: etching, print, embossing, collagraph, jewelry. Sites: Copper Quail Gallery, Silver Spirit Gallery. Barbara Kejr loves New Mexico, where she finds unlimited inspiration for her paintings and captures the beauty of the Southwest. 538 8216. Media: oil, watercolor. Sites: Silver Spirit Gallery, Hearst Church Gallery, Gila Regional Medical Center, Red Barn Restaurant. Email: bkejr@signalpeak.net. Website: www.barbarakejr.com. Jeff and Debbie Kuhns create sculptural and functional stoneware pottery, preferring to work with massive forms. 534 9389. Medium: clay. Sites: Mountain Arts Gallery, Ruidoso, NM, Weems Gallery East, Albuquerque, NM, Worthington Gallery, Springdale, UT. Email: yodeb@hotmail.com. Tatiana Kurakin and Jim Druffel design furniture that they call “Spanish primitive”. Evocative of New Mexico colonial styles, their pieces further integrate Pueblo design elements with early Spanish Renaissance construction and detailing. 388-4426. Medium: ponderosa pine, brass and iron. Site: Tatiana Maria Gallery and Showroom. Phoebe Lawrence “loses herself” in clay. Her work reflects grace and joy in the creative process, focusing on form, unique glaze combinations and surface texture. 534 0180. Medium: clay. Site: Elemental Arts Gallery, Copper Quail Gallery, Silver Spirit Gallery. Email: clayfulhands@yahoo.com. Diana Ingalls Leyba’s mixed media paintings and sculptures are imagery interwoven with surface texture and symbolism. 388 5725. Media: mixed media, acrylic. Site: Leyba and Ingalls Arts. Email: leybaingallsarts@zianet.com. Website: www.dianaingallsleyba.com, www.leybaingallsarts.com. Ellie Martinson is a graduate of Banff School of Fine Arts, Canada, a student of fine arts under Norman Rockwell and others, New York. She has collected vintage glass beads and trade beads from all corners of the world for over 30 years for use in her jewelry creations. 546 9839. Medium: jewelry. Site: Silver Spirit Gallery. Lee McCune (Muck-Q-N) describes his art as “seeking the eternal in the transitory---watching the flicker in the flow”. 538 0465. Media: painting, photography, and sculpture. Site: Silver Spirit Gallery (SVA). Studio: Yankie Street Artist Studios (Art & Soul Studio Gallery). Judith Meyer works in a variety of media—from canvas paintings, jewelry, to environmental design and more. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally. 388-1790. Media: oil, acrylic, jewelry, and mixed. Sites: Seedboat Gallery, Silver Spirit Gallery (SVA). Valerie Milner creates fine gourd masks and vessels all are original interpretations of indigenous designs. Valerie paints with highly color saturated oils. 590-7554. Media: gourds, oil. Site: Elemental Arts. Email: elementalarts@gourdweb.com. Website: www.gourdweb.com. Mary Alice Murphy looks for patterns, colors and light in nature. She also enjoys architectural and journalistic photography. 534 3058, Medium: photography. Site: Leyba and Ingalls Arts. Email: mabm@aol.com Barbara Jorgen Nance is a painter and sculptor with an extensive commercial art background. She tells stories through art from her desert studio/gallery. Visitors are welcome by appointment. 534 0530. Media: stone, wood, steel and paint. Sites: Blue Dome, Stonewalker Studio. Email: sherwoodnance@msn.com. Website: www.barbarananceart.com. Becky O’Connor creates jewelry in Southwestern and classic designs using carefully chosen combinations of vermeil, sterling, turquoise and other semi-precious stones. 575/535 4455. Medium: jewelry. Site: Casitas de Gila Guesthouse and Gallery. Michael O’Connor’s oil paintings offer a realistic and intimate connection to the natural world of Southwestern New Mexico by focusing on the interplay of light and nature. 575/535 4455 Medium: oil. Site: Casitas de Gila Guesthouse and Gallery. James Palmer is a traditional/representational sculptor whose fine limited edition bronzes feature equine, figurative and wildlife subjects. 388 3277. Medium: clay. Sites: The Pamela Lawrence Collection, Tucson, Silver Spirit Gallery (SVA). Studio: Studio Behind the Mountain. Email: jimpalmer55@gmail.com. Website: www.jimpalmerbronze.com. George Plant photographs special moments of people in everyday activities and of the world around them. He also enjoys landscapes and formal and environmental portraits. 538 5093. Medium: photography (black and white, color). Site: Silver Spirit Gallery. Email: gplantphoto@yahoo.com. Website: www.georgeplantphotography.com. Diane Reed, a silversmith with some Native American training, does original and custom designs on site at her Gallery, Creations and Adornments. 534-4269. Medium: sterling silver and gemstones. Sites: Creations and Adornments, Docs Campbell’s Trading Post, Silver Spirit Gallery, Gila Valley Hardware Store. Karen Rossman runs a fabulous, fun and full-service bead shop featuring a multitude of beads and beautiful mixed media art jewelry. 388 8973. Medium: mixed media jewelry. Site: A Bead or Two. Email: abeadortwo@cybermesa.com. Website: www.abeador2.com. Arlene Sarkela has been painting landscapes in acrylics for 15 years. 538-9761 Medium: acrylic. Sites: Silver Spirit Gallery, Hearst Church Gallery, Pinos Altos. Email: rsarkela@zianet.com Eric Sarkela has been working in pencil drawings and started painting 4 years ago. 538-9761 Medium: acrylic. Sites: Silver Spirit Gallery, Hearst Church Gallery, Pinos Altos. Email: rsarkela@zianet.com Joanne Schuchardt, is an emerging realistic/impressionist artist enjoying the richness of acrylics, pen and ink and oil washes. Her inspiration is the Southwest’s natural beauty and history. 505 615 0432. Media: oil and mixed media. Gallery: Silver Spirit Gallery. Email: redchuck@juno.com. Sharon Scotti makes and sells jewelry as a not for profit fundraising for the High School Marching Band and the 6th Street School Library. 534-4464. Site: Street Vendor Permit. Email: sufiscotti@yahoo.com. Chris Selmer, a landscape photographer and photo lab owner for 20 years, has expanded her repertoire to include jewelry and mixed media pieces. 388-8057. Media: photography, watercolor, copper, jewelry. Sites: Creations and Adornments, Running Horse Gallery, Silver Spirit Gallery (SVA). Email: chris@canyonlandscdor.com. Rita Sherwood’s passion for painting and her love of the outdoors are combined in her landscapes. 388-5262. Media: acrylic, oil, watercolor. Site: Silver City Trading Co. Email: repeatboutique@gilanet.com. Jean Juszczyk Siebenthal paints out of her enthusiasm for the process. Whatever work she produces is alive with that energy. Whether landscape, seascape, or abstract, the work captivates. 519 8942. Media: oil watercolor, acrylic, pencil. Sites: Cienega Spa and Gallery, Silver Spirit Gallery. Email: fnjj@dishmail.net. Website: www.hiddendragon.us. Connie R. Thibeau uses oil and mixed media to explore perceptions of light and form of mesas and other unique Southwest formations. 534 3910. Media: oil, mixed media. Site: Art Incorporated, San Antonio, TX. Email crthibeau@gmail.com. John Wachholz photographs wildlife in their natural environment and in each portrait he seeks to tell their stories and to help us understand their lives. 388-2616. Medium: photography. Sites: Hearst Church Gallery, Pinos Altos, Silver Spirit Gallery. Email: jwachholz@localnet.com. Nancy Wachholz’s watercolor portraits attempt to capture a moment of simplicity and honesty in people’s faces and reveal a glimmer of who we all are. 388-2616. medium: watercolor. Sites: Hearst Church Gallery, Pinos Altos, Silver Spirit Gallery. Email: jwachholz@localnet.com. Joseph Wade Jr. is a painter and printmaker. His subjects include landscapes, still life and abstracts. 575-537-0300. Medium: acrylic, oil, printmaking, sculpture. Sites: JW Art Gallery, Silver Spirit Gallery. (SVA). Email: gallery@thetown.com Website: www.jwartgallery.com Susan Wahle finds inspiration to paint in the landscapes of Southern New Mexico and the ocean front views of California. 574-7978. Media: acrylic, watercolor. Site: Creations and Adornments. Email: swahle77@hotmail.com. |
Teresa Ali-Olivas tries to bridge a connection between art and viewer with colors and shapes. Some paintings are realistic and some are not. 537 3470. Media: clay, oil, watercolor, whatever. Sites: A.I.R. Coffee Company and Gallery, Silver Spirit Gallery. Studio: T Ali Studio. Email: 
Louis F. Baum loves the colors, variations and open space, of the Southwest High Desert and the Gila Wilderness. 537-3967. Medium: oil. Sites: A.I.R. Coffee Co. Gallery. JW Gallery, Silver Spirit Gallery (SVA). Email: 
Libby Beck works in many media but prefers mixed media and Native American style beadwork. Paintings range from realistic horses to impressionistic mythological creatures. 534 0569. Media: beadwork, oil, watercolor, colored pencils, pen and ink, clay, mixed media. Sites: A.I.R. Coffee Café and Gallery, Silver Spirit Gallery. Email: 
Jean-Robert P. Beffort’s graphic art world is inhabited with text/image collage, mixed-media assemblage sculpture, and recycled objects d’art with mosaics of colored glass mirrors, marbles and bottles. 534 8256. Media: mixed-media assemblage sculpture, text/image collage, mosaic. Sites: Silver Spirit Gallery. Studio/gallery: call for appointment. Website: 
Jean Chandanais Bohlender’s portrayals focus on life in the Southwest and the people who affect her. 534 1136. Media: oil, watercolor. Sites: Seedboat Gallery, Chiricahua Gallery, Rodeo, NM, Bucko’s Coffees, Willcox, AZ. Email: 
David Brink practices old school photography, from shutter’s click to making prints. His goal is to inspire the viewer to see the familiar in new ways. 534 9488. Medium: photography. Sites: A.I.R. Coffee Co. Gallery, Silver Spirit Gallery. Email: 
Luanne Brooten draws and paints New Mexico scenery, buildings, plants, and animals. Recycled fabrics, wood, etc. are the basis for shopping bags, throws, boxes and more creations. 590 2006. Media: watercolor, pen & ink, fabric, acrylic mixed media. Sites: Silver Spirit Gallery, Creations and Adornments, Copper Quail, Pinos Altos Soda Shop. Email: 
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