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Marj Hahne, left, and Emily Wortman-Wunder, recipients of artist-in-residence awards from the Durango Art Ranch, spoke about their work Wednesday at Maria’s Bookshop. For Emily Wortman-Wunder, a biologist and author, her science and her fiction use similar tools of observation. “Though I’ve never radio-collared a character,” she said Wednesday night at Maria’s Bookshop. Wortman-Wunder and…

Regional artists’ works plus free food, drink highlight annual tour Courtesy of Ellis West Gallery Local painter Krista Harris’ new pieces were showing at the Ellis West Gallery during Friday’s Gallery Walk. These paintings,including “Asheville,” shown here, represent for Harris amove into modernism. It’s September. The air is crisp, and on the third Friday of…

I recently finished a 40 page book for Chris Richter, an artist from Santa Fe. I met Chris at SITE Santa Fe in February 2006 and have watched his career blossom. In May, Hahn Ross Gallery featured him as one of three artists in a terrific show. Chris sold nearly every painting on display. This…

Authors Note: This review was never published. I wrote it about the juried art exhibit at Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts in Fall 2006. I was going through documents on my computer and felt that this was a well-written and insightful review of the show and that it should be shared on my blog. Images, top…

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Copyright Leanne Goebel. May not be used without permission.

Copyright Leanne Goebel. May not be used without permission.

Photos clockwise from top: Works on paper by Kate Petley; “Sand Lots” by Monica Goldsmith; The Cloyde Snook Gallery at Adams State College with a print by Ron Fundingsland on the wall and a floor installation by Mary Ellen Long; “Genome” by Shan Wells and “Greenbelt” a diptych by Monica Goldsmith.Gerry Riggs, the former curator…

Photos left to right: “Sea Signs” by Susanne Carmack; “Pine Top” by D. Michael Coffee; “Water/Distance/Ash” by Nina Tichava. The works on display in “Suddenly This Summer” exhibit in Pagosa Springs are influenced by abstract expressionism, color-field painting and textiles. “The work grows under my hand as I respond to previous marks I have made,”…

Taos museum chronicles painter’s student yearsPhotos clockwise from top: Plate 73 (RD 1086)Untitled (Albuquerque), 1952. Oil on canvas, 68 ¾ x 60 inches (174.6 x 152.4 cm). The Buck Collection, Laguna Beach, California; Plate 49 (RD 1084); Untitled “M,” 1951. Oil of canvas, 43 ⅛ x 52 ¾ inches (109.5 x 134 cm). San Francisco…