NM — GALLERY GUIDE

A city-by-city guide to a few of GuestLife's favorite New Mexico art galleries

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• ANGEL FIRE

Angel Fire ArtSpace
3469 Hwy. 434 (Mountain View Blvd.), Suite B-3, Angel Fire, NM 87710
(575) 377-6273, (877) 377-6560
Regional artists, as well as Katherine’s vibrant watercolors and pastels. Plus glass, pottery, sculpture, and jewelry.

Rupp Gallery
3469 Hwy. 434 (Mountain View Blvd.), Suite B-14/15, Angel Fire, NM 87710
Carol Rupp's paintings reflect the scenery and wildlife of New Mexico. The gallery also has works in pottery, stained glass, jewelry, wood, and fiber art.

• CHIMAYÓ

• Chimayó Trading and Mercantile
P.O. Box 460, Chimayó, NM 87522 - (505) 351-4566, (800) 248-7859
• Chimayó Trading del Norte
P.O. Box 578 St. Francis Church Plaza, Ranchos de Taos, NM 87557 (575) 758-0504, (888) 758-0504
The Chimayó Trading and Mercantile Building, more than 100 years old, is a local landmark. The historic adobe gallery offers art from locally and nationally known artists. The collection includes Pueblo Indian pottery, paintings, Hopi kachinas, and bronze sculptures. Chimayó's own jewelry line is created on premises; the gallery also carries Navajo, Zuni, and Santo Domingo jewelry and contemporary and historical Chimayó and Navajo weavings. When in Taos, visit our second location at the St. Francis Church Plaza in Ranchos De Taos.

• CIMARRON

Cimarron Art Gallery
337 E. Ninth St., Cimarron, NM 87714
(575) 376-2614, (800) 253-1470
Watercolors by John White and whimsical storytellers by Juan Sandoval along with 40 other local to regional artists.

Cimarron Blue
341 E. Ninth St., Cimarron, NM 87714
(575) 376-2223
This gallery is in one of the oldest, restored buildings in Cimarron and exhibits Native American works and originals by some of Taos’ most celebrated artists.

Gallery III Fine Art
31094 Hwy. 64, Cimarron, NM 87714
(575) 376-2156
Located in historic Cimarron, the gallery features Doug Quarles, Sharon Quarles, Rick Citta, Thomas Nichols, Bob Peterson, “Doc Koller, Cyndie Roof, and Tom Windham.

Knight/Wolf Gallery
East 17th St. 1/2 block east of Hwy. 21, Cimarron, NM 87714
(575) 643-6075
Located in the heart of Old Town Cimarron, the gallery features Steve’s expressive portraits, each a dynamic color representation of his subjects. His photography is primarily of local architecture, wildlife, and landscapes. Sherry’s sculptures incorporate the region’s historical and ethnic spirit in nonrepresentational and representational works. Her materials include wood, paper, metal, and concrete.

L. Martin Pavletich Studio
428 East 9th St., Cimarron, NM 87714
(575) 447-0390
Located in “New Town” Cimarron, the studio was purchased in 2004 by artist L. Martin Pavletich and converted the 1,000-square-foot studio. The renovation preserves some Cimarron history and offers customers a special and casual venue to view his work.

• LAS VEGAS

Plaza Vieja Gallery/Studio
1925 Hot Springs Blvd., Las Vegas, NM
(505) 425-9086
This studio/gallery of David Perez Escudero exhibits his representational oil depictions of northern New Mexico landscapes. He also creates abstract geometric paintings in acrylic, using burlap and string, as well as Pop art depictions of Native Americans and cowboys.

Unikat Fine Jewelry
153 Bridge St., Las Vegas, NM
(505) 425-6113, (505) 425-1022
Operated by owner/jeweler Andrea Gottschalk — a native of Germany trained since she was 16 in the old European style of goldsmithing — the space exhibits her hand-fabricated works, each using little or no prefabricated pieces. She also showcases other area artists’ work.

Tito’s Gallery
157 Bridge St., Las Vegas, NM
(505) 425-3745
The gallery owned and operated by Mary and Tito Chavez features more than 50 artists and craftspeople from around New Mexico.

Sanctuary Studios
908 Seventh St., Las Vegas, NM
(505) 454-9330
Three resident artists — R.A. Montibon (photographic, post-digital mixed media), Julia Ford (photographer and mixed media), and Rita-T (abstract, acrylic painter who paints in bold, textured swaths of light and color) — created an environment with a QSC/JBL sound reinforcement system to host live music, lectures, workshops, panel discussions, other meetings or for uses as a location for film, television or commercial productions, and special events.

Wooten-Green Studio
1240 Seventh St., Las Vegas, NM
(505) 425-3019
Linda Wooten-Green’s original paintings in oil, acrylic, and oil pastel evoke the light, color, and rhythms of the areas of the country in which she has lived.

War Dancer Designs and Gallery
125 Bridge St., Las Vegas, NM
(505) 425-3877
Promoting artists of Northeast New Mexico, Neita Fran Ward is a jewelry designer and interior designer who features Southwest and Western art, Native American jewelry — much of it designed by Neita Fran and handcrafted by Navajo silversmith Brian Billie.

DeMare Fine Art
1206 National Ave., Las Vegas, NM
(505) 426-1011
Located across the bridge from Bridge Street and the Plaza, this space exhibits contemporary work by local artists.

Broken Saints Studio
533 Railroad Ave., Las Vegas, NM
(505) 426-6688
Duffy Peterson’s working studio, in a living room-type setting, exhibits his oil and acrylic painting, drawing, and mixed media depicting a range of subjects from local landscapes to abstract images.

Stonedreamer Studio
822 New Mexico Ave., Las Vegas, NM
(505) 718-6252
A restored adobe houses Marisol Macias’ studio. Marisol’s photography offers sensuous, mystical interpretations of the Southwest landscape and native architecture.

• SANTA FE

Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino
20 Buffalo Thunder Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87506
(505) 455-5555, (877) 455-7775
Buffalo Thunder Resort is its own museum displaying nearly 200 pieces of authentic Native American art.

Charlotte Jackson Fine Art
200 W. Marcy St., Ste. 101 (Corner of Marcy and Grant), Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 989-8688
Established in 1989, Charlotte Jackson has a welldefined and highly respected program emphasizing color-oriented painting and sculpture. The gallery located downtown directly across from the new convention center specializes in monochromic painting, Light and Space, and California modernists.

Gabriel Gallery
Hwy. 285, Exit 176, Santa Fe, NM 87506
(505) 455-9230
Minutes north of the Santa Fe Opera, adjacent to the acclaimed Gabriel’s Restaurant, the 5,000-square-foot Gabriel Gallery and Sculpture Garden offer regional artists primarily from New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. Look for oils and prints by Ed Sandoval, pastels by Ann Huston, weavings by Donna Lorraine Contractor, whimsical bronzes by Kelly Cozart, and magnificent oil paintings by Carole Pigott.

Montez + Santa Fe
Sena Plaza Courtyard
125 E. Palace Ave., Suite 33, Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 982-1828
For nearly four centuries, the Móntez family has made Santa Fe its home. Today, Móntez Gallery presents Santa Fe’s oldest santos business — recognized by awards of distinction for authenticity, representation, and preservation of this specialized art form. Join us in your collection of quality contemporary and antique santos and include yourself among our many happy clients — serious art collectors, seekers of devotional art forms, and those attracted to and inspired by the representation of history and culture who use our expertise and quality service.

Pippin Meikle Fine Art
236 Delgado St., Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 992-0400
Joyful, beautiful, colorful, different — those are some of the words uttered by collectors and viewers alike upon entering Pippin Meikle Fine Art. Aleta Pippin and Barbara Meikle, both artists, founded the gallery in August 2006. In addition to Aleta’s emotionally charged abstract paintings and Barbara’s joyful expressionistic paintings, they show works by painter Robert Burt and sculptors Guilloume, Gilberto Romero, Nic Noblique, and Doug Wallower.

Rancho de Chimayó Collection Gallery
• Historic Sena Plaza Courtyard
127 E. Palace Ave., Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 988-4526
• Rancho de Chimayó Restaurant
Hwy. 98, Chimayó, NM 87522
(505) 351-4455
What makes Joseph Sisneros, owner/director of the Rancho de Chimayó Collection Gallery, most proud about selling beautiful Native American pottery and other fine art is the connection his staff makes with clients. “Come in anytime and visit us at the Rancho de Chimayó Restaurant gallery or with Sandra Martinez (general manager) in the Santa Fe showroom and experience a real treat of knowledge and passion for the arts. Our focus is to educate and preserve the Native culture through the arts. The Rancho de Chimayó Collection offers a conditional lifetime trade policy and buyback policy on certain pieces.

Skotia Gallery
150 West Marcy, Ste. 103, Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 820-7787
A new contemporary gallery in the GALA arts district of downtown Santa Fe, Skotia is situated across from the convention center in an impressive industrial space with 18-foot-tall ceilings to accommodate large-scale paintings. Showcasing American and international painters, the gallery brings established emerging artists to Santa Fe’s burgeoning contemporary art scene.

Windsor Betts Art Brokerage House
136 Grant (near corner Marcy), Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 820-1234
The Windsor Betts Art Brokerage House interfaces with galleries in Santa Fe and represents their prominent artists on the secondary market, creating an important niche for collectors to buy and sell their fine art.

• TAOS

Act 1 Gallery
218 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos, NM 87571
(575) 758-7831
A Taos landmark filled with paintings, sculpture, and jewelry from emerging to established artists such as Dinah Worman, Stephen Datz, Nnamdi Okonkwo, Ken Daggett.

Baumann Gallery
230A Ledoux St., Taos, NM 87571
(575) 758-9119
Paintings by international artist Steven Baumann and Susan Gray. Paintings of buffalo, Tango dancers, and landscapes of Spain and New Mexico in a historic adobe gallery adjacent to the Blumenschein Museum.

Bill Rane Gallery
214 Ledoux St., Taos, NM 87571
(575) 758-0000
Bill Rane’s work, which blends the classical with the contemporary, is displayed in his namesake gallery. His style captures a range from the ancient mythologies to classical motifs.

Envision Gallery
1405 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos, NM 87571
(575) 751-1344
Wander the sculpture gardens featuring the kinetic wind sculptures by Lyman Whitaker with Taos Mountain and fields with grazing buffalo as background. View exceptional New Mexican and national contemporary artists’ works, including Taos’ master modernist Ted Egri.

FaFa’s Furniture & Fine Arts
311 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos, NM 87571
(575) 758-8898, (888) 558-8898
The venue recreates the era when working gallery owner-artists made Taos famous. Receptions every first Saturday. FaFa’s Furniture and Fine Arts offers contemporary home furnishings and more than 20 local artists with a focus on sustainability. Try our oxygen bar.

Gary Fey's Good Thunder Batik Gallery
105 Kit Carson Road, Taos, NM 87571
(575) 758-1750
Gary Fey has been creating batik designs, mostly on silk, for longer than 30 years. He sold designs to many top fashion designers in the 1970s. Gary holds receptions with refreshments every first Saturday, when he showcases new work and greets visitors. He also teaches batik classes and workshops.

Inger Jirby Gallery and Sculpture Garden
207 Ledoux St., Taos, NM 87571
(575) 758-7333, (866) 758-7333
Inger Jirby is an expressionist/colorist who paints landscapes, interiors, and still-lifes. Inger is in prominent collections and six major museums. Also featured are Fredrick Prescott, Priscilla Hoback, Ed Haddaway, and Brian Two Hawks.

J Fine Art
221 Paseo Del Pueblo Norte, Taos, NM 87571
(575) 737-0716, (858) 220-4154
Established and emerging artists whose media ranges from glass to dimensional steel and Plexi, ceramic, paper, and canvas.

Las Comadres Gallery
228-A Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos, NM 87571
(575) 737-5323
Our group of Taos artists brings vision to many media: painting, photography, collage, glass, mosaics, metal work, fabric, fiber, paper weaving and jewelry. The gallery is owned and operated cooperatively to offer exceptional quality at reasonable prices.

R.C. Gorman’s Navajo Gallery
210 Ledoux St., Taos, NM 87571
(800) 219-3250, (575) 758-3250
Since 1968, when he opened the Navajo Gallery in Taos, R.C. Gorman (1931-2005) has set a hallmark of excellence for contemporary Indian art. Gorman’s drawings are exhibited worldwide, and he remains a favorite among discriminating collectors.

Sage Fine Art
115C East Taos Plaza (McCarthy Plaza), Taos, NM 87571
(575) 758-9396
High-quality contemporary works by prominent Taos artists — Alan Heuer, AnnaMaria Abbink, Troy Brown, Joseph Ciaglia, Jane Grover, Elizabeth Jose, Lynn McLain, Marian Jackson, RJ Pfammatter, and Salvatore Giglio.

Spirit Runner Gallery
303 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos, NM 87571
(575) 758-1132
An acclaimed Taos artist, Ouray Meyers brings an iconic, classic style to Southwestern art. His art is defined by its striking shapes and shadows. Meyers is always evolving, and he notes that his new style will remain “new” for only so long.

The Taos Gallery
103 Paseo del Pueblo Norte, Taos, NM 87571
(575) 758-3911
As an interactive space, the gallery’s mission is to honor, continue, and cultivate the legacy of fine art in Taos by promoting and supporting its artists.

Wahleah’s Taos Pueblo Gallery
South side of the Taos Pueblo, Taos, NM 87571
(505) 758-9765, (505) 294-8056
Wahleah’s, a family business rooted deep in traditions of her ancestors, sits across the river from the main Taos Pueblo building and church. The gallery features the finest art collection created by Native American peoples: weavings, jewelry, pottery, Southwestern clothing, Hopi kachinas, storytellers, traditional drums, and sculptures. Wahleah’s features jewelry by Wanda Valdez, deer and buffalo skin drums painted with traditional designs by Sean Flanagan, and sculptures by Louis Archuleta and Ned Archuleta. The gallery is open during Taos Pueblo’s usual visiting hours: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Wilder Nightingale Fine Art
119 A Kit Carson Road, Taos, NM 87571
(575) 758-3255
Step into a gallery of relaxed and refined elegance, featuring original works of art in oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, and bronze. We are proud to represent Rory Wagner, recipient of the 2006 NM Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts. Also representing watercolors by Taos artist Tom Noble, dramatic sunsets by Stephen Day, cloudscapes by Phil Epp and works of other notable local artists. We have helped collectors acquire art of the region for more than 16 years.

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