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By the Shore by Victoria Taylor-Gore
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Holiday Passages
SANTA FE.... Alexandra Stevens Gallery of Fine Art presents Holiday Passages beginning December 24. The solo show features new pastel and oil paintings by Victoria Taylor-Gore. Her newest series of works contains images that depict passages such as boats, houses, water, and roads. These images help the viewer reflect on their own journeys and experiences. Meet the artist at a reception on Monday, December 24, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Uniquely Figurative
SANTA FE.... New works by Randall LaGro and Jim Vogel hang at Blue Rain Gallery beginning December 21. LaGro blends layers to create a sense of mystery in his abstracted figurative paintings. “A lot of my figures are about contentment and contemplation,” the Taos-based artist says. Vogel’s new series illustrates the theme of interdependency with a six-foot composition of six figure studies set in the same timeframe. “To do anything, we’re connected to the person down the line who helped us achieve our task,” says Vogel. His works often depict figures with exaggerated hands, arms, legs, and feet, set in colorful landscapes found in northern New Mexico. Vogel’s and LaGro’s works are on display through January 14, 2008.
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Fall Evening by Tom Noble
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Colorful Landscapes
SANTA FE.... A solo show featuring new paintings by Tom Noble opens December 15 at Ventana Fine Art. The Taos-based artist’s inspiration comes from the rural countryside of northern New Mexico. Noble’s newest paintings depict the natural landscape and seasons of New Mexico as well as adobe houses surrounded by colorful trees and shrubs. “My paintings are of an imaginary world, a pre-industrial Arcadia, a time when Northern New Mexico was nothing but rural villages, usually with a church in the center,” he has said. His works are on display through January 10, 2008.
Winter in Santa Fe
SANTA FE.... Join art enthusiasts as they brave winter days to attend the 18th annual Winter Spanish Market held at Santa Maria de la Paz Parish Hall. The market, sponsored by the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, features Spanish arts and crafts by more than 100 artists as well as music and food. It’s open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, December 1, and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, December 2.
Winter Spanish Market, December 1-2, Santa Maria de la Paz Parish Hall, 505.982.2226, www.spanishmarket.org
It’s a Small World
SANTA FE.... Manitou Galleries celebrates the holidays with a group miniatures show, which takes place in conjunction with the West Palace Arts District’s First Friday Art Walk on December 7. The show features miniature works by gallery artists as well as cider, carolers, and farolitos. An opening reception takes place from 5 to 7:30 p.m. The small works are on display until December 21.
In 3-D
TAOS.... Three-dimensional works by Jim Romberg, Robert Hawks, and William Davis are on display at Brazos Fine Art this month. The show includes fused glass plates, platters, and wall hangings by Davis as well as turned-wood vessels by Hawks and raku ceramic works by Romberg. These diverse works are on display December 1-31.
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