From the Studio - Albuquerque Journal

From the Studio - Albuquerque Journal

Placitas artist Roger Evans combines humor with social commentary

The 91-year-old Placitas artist Roger Evans, who combines building materials and illustration with humor and social commentary.

Published: Sunday, May 14th, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Sunday, May 14th, 2023 at 1:15AM

Contemporary santero Nicholas Herrera's work weaves Catholic devotion with car culture

Nicholas Herrera's latest work, available at Santa Fe's Evoke Contemporary, ranges from a tricycle-riding skeleton to a cross embellished with a hubcap.

Published: Sunday, April 9th, 2023 at 12:02AM
Updated: Sunday, April 9th, 2023 at 1:15AM

Placitas-based artist Colleen Gregoire captures the world with a stroke of whimsy

Editor's note: The Journal continues the once-a-month series "From the Studio" with Kathaleen Robert ...

Published: Sunday, March 12th, 2023 at 8:00AM
Updated: Sunday, March 12th, 2023 at 9:15AM

Artist Phil Hulebak captures the state's charmed landscapes with a fauvist palette

With his billowing vegetation and grand vistas, Phil Hulebak captures the state's charmed landscapes in a color palette of saturated vibrancy.

Published: Sunday, February 12th, 2023 at 8:00AM
Updated: Sunday, February 12th, 2023 at 8:15AM

David Zaintz: ‘You see what you want to see’

Albuquerque painter David Zaintz finds meditation in abstract works

Published: Friday, January 6th, 2023 at 2:02PM
Updated: Friday, January 6th, 2023 at 3:34PM

Artist Emi Ozawa creates a visual feast of shape and light

An Albuquerque resident since 2009, the Japanese artist created a geometric feast of circles, squares, shadow and light at Richard Levy Gallery through Jan. 14.

Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 at 2:02PM
Updated: Sunday, December 11th, 2022 at 12:02AM

Expressing himself 'beyond words'

Artist Karsten Creightney uses multiple mediums to craft quilt-like canvases

Published: Friday, November 11th, 2022 at 2:02PM
Updated: Sunday, November 13th, 2022 at 12:02AM

Todd Ryan White explores the Eldorado landscape, capturing plants and animals in watercolor

Artist often juxtaposing them with geometric abstract forms in a dream-like vision

Published: Friday, October 7th, 2022 at 2:02PM
Updated: Sunday, October 9th, 2022 at 12:02AM

Mary Moore Bailey brings personal petroglyphs to the canvas, embracing a connection to nature

Albuquerque's Sumner & Dene Gallery is showcasing Mary Moore Bailey's work in 'A Storyteller's Dream' through Sept. 24.

Published: Friday, September 9th, 2022 at 2:02PM
Updated: Sunday, September 11th, 2022 at 12:02AM

Ojibwe artist Patrick Collins uses painting to find himself while highlighting a movement

Patrick Collins will be showing his work at the Santa Fe Indian Market.

Published: Friday, August 12th, 2022 at 2:02PM
Updated: Sunday, August 14th, 2022 at 12:02AM

Holy History: A look at five church buildings of New Mexico

With guidance from State Historian Rob Martinez, the list gives "a nod to the many…

December 24, 2022 5:02PM

A look at five items from the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History provides an objective, accessible window into the…

November 26, 2022 5:02PM

A look at five murals by Native artists worth taking a drive to see

'Walls of Resistance Walls of Pride: New Mexican Murals by Native Artists' features 24 murals…

January 21, 2023 5:02PM

One ABQ park shares its tenacity and name with a U.S. diplomat

An Albuquerque park and surrounding neighborhood were named for Oklahoma native Patrick Jay Hurley, an…

June 4, 2023 1:15AM

The pronunciation for this NM place name is still up for debate

The name Mogollon is found in numerous places in New Mexico, including peaks, creek, plateau…

May 7, 2023 1:15AM

Placitas artist Roger Evans combines humor with social commentary

The 91-year-old Placitas artist Roger Evans, who combines building materials and illustration with humor and…

May 14, 2023 1:15AM

Mysterious white spots a tomato plant puzzler

Mysterious garden holes are the traps of antlions

Happy cupflower can be an perennial delight

Local teens to publish art and poetry book honoring an ABQ neighborhood

Most of the poems were written by elementary school youngsters living in the South Valley…

May 21, 2023 1:15AM

Award-winning author Colum McCann to open the Santa Fe International Literary Festival

Winner of the 2009 National Book Award for Fiction, Irish American author Colum McCann is…

May 14, 2023 1:15AM

'The Dead Go Fast' the fourth instillation in the Fernando Lopez Santa Fe Mystery series

Many of the main characters are based on people author James Wilson knew when he…

May 12, 2023 3:35PM