WORD PAINTINGS #48 – A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Part VI – A DOLL’S HOUSE
Our last stop on my trip to Truchas late last month – the huge horse ranch at the end of the road. That first day so long ago I remember standing in the middle of the enormous wooden horse barn thinking “Where am I? Who am I and what am I doing here?” The reality […]
WORD PAINTINGS #47 – A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY PART IV – MAYORDOMO OF TRUCHAS
Drove through Truchas two weeks ago and it brought back so many memories of the first time I moved to the horse ranch on Llano Quemado next to the Land Grant from the King of Spain. I have alway referred to it as “suburban Truchas”! We drove up from Santa Fe on September 17th, 1982. […]
WORD PAINTINGS #46 – A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY PART III – Soul Food
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY PART III – SOUL FOOD – For the past two years I have been living in a very comfortable and “workable” little house in Taos. Only one problem – I am visually starved! This house is closed in – no views! I need to see mountains, clouds, sunsets – distance, space….soul food! On […]
WORD PAINTINGS #45 – MY SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY PART II
10/29/18 – Taos, New Mexico – Many, many memories from my trip through Truchas last Monday…. MY SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Part II – Don Eusavio’s Paradise Moving back to Truchas for the second time, I wasn’t looking for a Zen master, but that is exactly who I found. His name was Don Eusavio. He was […]
WORD PAINTINGS #44 – Taos10/26/18 – A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY PART I
It is an autumn ritual for me to do some “backroading”, taking photos to use as source material for my winter work. Since I no longer drive, I called my friend Geraint Smith (geraintsmithphotography.com) and booked an afternoon tour to Truchas. We started out near the river at Pilar. The trees were magnificent. I was […]
WORD PAINTINGS #43 – STARTING OVER
Am overwhelmed as I write down this part of my life….in less than four years I gave birth to three babies, caught my husband cheating, moved to New Mexico, took a painting workshop in Cloudcroft, exhibited my work in public for the first time – and decided I could provide a better life for […]
WORD PAINTINGS #42 – “HOW DO YOU EAT AN ELEPHANT?”
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time! WHAT WAS I THINKING? Truth is I wasn’t thinking – I was blinded by rage! You clueless sonofabitch! How could you threaten your own babies? I was more than terrified that one day he might lose it and act on his threats! My theory […]
WORD PAINTINGS #41 – IF WISHES WERE FISHES
(My First Albuquerque Arts & Crafts Fair, Summr 1969) If wishes were fishes, we’d all have a Feast! Honestly I don’t have the courage to describe all of my childhood, except to say that my brother and I had some truly terrible experiences. Although the rest of the family knew the reality of what our […]
WORD PAINTINGS #40 – KINDRED SPIRITS!
The time arrived to frame up my paintings and get them ready to exhibit. The Albuquerque Arts and Crafts show had been held at the State Fair Grounds every summer for about five years. As of this writing, it is now 54 years old. Ernie had been showing his welded sculptures there for a few […]
WORD PAINTINGS #39 – GHOST TOWNS AND WIDE OPEN SPACES
The light in northern New Mexico is absolutely brilliant. It was a challenge to adjust my vision. A sunny day in Chicago is like looking through a gauzy window curtain. There is no comparison to daylight in the high desert. It took some time for me to realize the difference. I thought light was […]
