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F e n g S h u i G a r d e n s • F a l l A r t P r e v i e w s • Tu r q u o i s e Tr e a s u r e s
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Prior to learning about glass, my idea of collecting art was a $20 poster
that you framed for $400 in a color that matched the couch,’’ says Betsy
Ehrenberg. In the last 14 years—since she and her husband, Richard, visited the Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle and wound up purchasing seven
sculptures—art has grown to play a central role in their lives, from Betsy’s
founding of Glass Alliance–New Mexico, a non-profit dedicated to educating the public about glass art and creating more opportunities for glass
artists, to the design of their home, called Casa de Vidrio, which translates
to House of Glass.
Set on a 14-acre hilltop with 360-degree views near the Santa Fe Opera,
the Ehrenberg home is the result of collaboration between the owners, an
architect, a curator, craftsmen, and others who share an understanding of and
appreciation for art, history, and precision. A swirling collection of curving
walls and concentric circles, Casa de Vidrio pays homage to the Anasazi cul-
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This page and opposite: The north view from Casa de Vidrio includes the Santa Fe
Opera. Above, right: A Japanese maple tree outside the home's casita sits near Glass
Pumpkins by David Leight. Right: A glass bridge and river with landscape design by
LOLA's principal landscape architect, Edith Katz; a large red stucco wall designed by
architect Aaron Bohrer; Mimbres by Tammy Garcia on a black pedestal and Ranas
by Charlie Miner on a gray pedestal. Below, right: Ashore by Bobby Bowes.
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ture, which frequently incorporated circles
into its designs, and is a nod on architect
Aaron Bohrer’s part to the style of Pueblo
Bonita specifically, which the Anasazi built
centuries ago in Chaco Canyon. A red stucco wall interjects through the home’s radiating circles and delineates the north-south
solar axis—the center being an Arizona
stone wall built by seven craftsmen who cut
and laid the stone without mortar just like
their predecessors did in Chaco Canyon.
In addition to having historical references, Casa de Vidrio is a showcase for the
Ehrenbergs’ world-class art collection. After
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W
alking through the
stuccoed moon gate
that greets you at the
entrance to Mark
Banham’s Tano Road
house, one gets the feeling of being pulled
by an energy flow along the curved flagstone
path toward the large wooden front doors.
That flow, according to Banham, is real—a
result of the feng shui design he implemented in his home and gardens.
“I wanted this to be a peaceful place and
one that circulated good energy throughout,”
says the realtor and avid gardener. The highceilinged open kitchen, painted a deep red and
illuminated with large windows and skylights,
is the centerpiece of the home; its design and
decoration portend good health and prosperity according to feng shui principles. It’s no
accident that, on one side, the kitchen leads
seamlessly into a nearby sitting room and patio,
while on another side it flows into a small dining area. A third side flows into a utility room,
bedroom, and meditation room.
Banham recently decided to redesign his gardens to match the energy flow of the inside of
his house. He first contracted DeBe Holland
of DeBe Holland Associates, a Santa Fe–based
landscape architect whose practice centers on
feng shui, and he then had Lucid Landscapes
handle the landscape/rock installation.
Twelve separate seating areas are strategically
placed around the property, each with a different feel and view. “My intent,” Banham says, “is
to surround myself with good friends and positive energy.”
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International Contemporary
Art Fair 2012
More than five dozen top local artists made
violins their canvases for the Santa Fe
Symphony Orchestra & Chorus’s Painted
Violins 2012, a gala and auction event
that benefits the symphony’s musicians
and its educational programs. On the
following pages, get a look at these
extraordinary creations. Discover
how they came to be—and how
you can come to own one—
and see other works that
define a handful of these
artists’ signature styles.
December 4 - 9, 2012
Above: Spencer Nutima, May You All Play with a Happy Heart.
Left: Spencer Nutima, female Hopi Shalako katsina figure (detail),
painted cottonwood root. Courtesy Keshi: The Zuni Connection.
Miami Convention Center
@ James L. Knight International Center
400 SE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33131
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Turquoise jewelry is as ubiquiTous in New Mexico as
green chile and clear skies. The blue-green stone, often inlaid into silver,
cut into beads, or carved into animal forms, can be found in just about
every high-scale jewelry store and five and dime across the state. a symbol
of the southwest and of ancient Native american culture, it is offered as a
talisman for good fortune, protection, and health. but finding high-quality
turquoise is not easy, and knock offs—anything from poor quality gems
to plastic—are prevalent. Knowing your stone, including what to look for
and what questions to ask when buying it, will allow you to find the best
pieces for your money.
Perhaps the most important thing to know is that only 3 percent of
natural high-grade turquoise remains on the market in this country, while
the remaining 97 percent consists of material altered or “stabilized” to
make it saleable, says Cheryl ingram, owner of Canyon road’s Silver
Sun (silversun-sf.com), which specializes in the high-grade variety.
The process of stabilizing turquoise—a soft stone to begin with—isn’t
necessarily a bad thing: it saved the market when mines began running
out of natural turquoise around 1960; being able to harden the next-best
grade allowed dealers to continue making jewelry, ingram notes. The
downside is that it opened the door for imitations with excessive fillers
and dyes. among imitations is howlite, a white stone that, when dyed, can
easily pass as turquoise.
because it can be difficult to distinguish turquoise, to know where it
came from, and if or how it’s been treated, the best advice is to only do
Two-stone pendant by
Calvin Martinez with
natural turquoise from
the Carico Lake mine
in Nevada. Bracelets
(left to right) by Kirk
Smith, Emma Lincoln,
and Derrick Gordon.
All items are Native
American handmade
from sterling silver.
At Silver Sun.
business with an established store, says Kim Spiers, owner of Tom
Taylor Company (tomtaylorbuckles.com), which sells turquoiseadorned belts, buckles, and accessories. “That way you can be
confident in what you’re buying,” she adds. Jamie Way, director of
Shiprock Santa Fe (shiprocksantafe.com), which sells vintage and
contemporary Native American jewelry, agrees. “If you don’t trust the
person you’re buying from then don’t buy it. You need to be buying
from a quality, reputable, locally owned business.”
Given the rarity of natural turquoise, it may be significantly higher
in price than other stones. “When someone is trying to sell nontreated turquoise and it’s only $200, you have to question what it
is,” cautions Kendra Rohrer, principal and buyer at Packards on
the Plaza (shoppackards.com), which offers exceptional pieces of
natural American turquoise. Ingram suggests buyers always ask if
the turquoise is natural, and if the seller can offer a certificate of
authenticity with a description and signature. By law, the seller should
be able to provide this. Also ask where the turquoise you’re interested
in comes from, and “it better be in the U.S.,” Ingram adds.
Knowing who the artist is can also help the process. Jewelry at
Packards, for example, is signed by the artist, except when pieces
are pawn or vintage. It’s also useful to know which mine the
piece comes from. “If your dealer says, ‘I don’t know, it’s in the
ground, turquoise is turquoise,’ then run,” says Rocki Gorman
(rockigorman.com), whose family has been in the business of selling
turquoise for more than 50 years.
In the end, the look of turquoise can vary dramatically,
encompassing a wide shade range of greens and blues, with and
without mineral marks (often black or copper “veins” or stains). What
people find appealing is entirely individual, and there is no right or
wrong in purchasing natural or stabilized turquoise. Both can be
exceptionally beautiful. The key is knowing what you’re getting, and
paying the right price for it.
Although the AmericAn cAfé is a descendant of european
coffeehouse culture, which centered on caffeine-fueled beverages, the cafés
of today serve up a heck of a lot more than just a good cup of joe. Santa
fe offers an eclectic bunch of eateries that include the word café in their
name, from cozy neighborhood haunts like the tune-up café to temples
of culinary acclaim such as cafe Pasqual’s and coyote cafe. Add two
more spots that have the food world abuzz—the revamped café café and
the brand new café fina—and it’s easy to see that our town is café crazy.
Café Café (cafecafesantafe.com), in the guadalupe district, might
come with the tagline “So nice they named it twice.” opened five
years ago by longtime hospitality partners Kirstin griffin and Donalee
goodbrod, the couple moved east early last summer and sold their
popular business to restaurant veteran Stu Dickson, who’s breathed new
life into the pizza-italian grill concept with winning results. Dickson,
who hails from naples, florida, entered the Santa fe business world
as a gallery owner with Dominique Boisjoli fine Art on canyon road,
a venture that highlights his wife’s vibrant paintings, which are also on
B. G. Mudd cufflinks in turquoise and
black jade. At Tom Taylor Company.
Navajo cuff bracelet, ca. 1930s,
with high-grade natural American
turquoise cabochons. At
Shiprock Santa Fe.
Café Café’s calamartachoke
appetizer is one-half calamari
and one-half artichokes, served
with three dipping sauces.
Necklace by Rocki Gorman in Kingman mine turquoise, silver
antiqued beads, and sterling silver. At Rocki Gorman.
Necklace by Scott Diffrient in sterling
silver and 22-karat gold, with 21 pixie
turquoise tabs and hand-carved beads. At
Packards on the Plaza.
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Above, left: Waiters are ready to serve at Café Café.
Above, right: Paintings by owner Stu Dickson's wife,
Dominique Boisjoli, line the dining room walls. Below:
Menu items include arugula and almond-crusted goat
cheese salad.
Necklace and ring by Derrick
Gordon. Three-stone pendant
by Etta Endito. All items are
Native American handmade
with Cerrillos mine turquoise.
At Silver Sun.
Necklace and pendant
by Rocki Gorman
in sterling silver
and Kingman mine
turquoise. At Rocki
Gorman.
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display in the restaurant. With the gallery off and running, it was time
for Dickson to reenter the restaurant world where he’s worked for
most of his adult life.
café café’s cozy dining room has been brightened up with a
dramatic paprika-colored wall that underscores the large paintings,
but it’s Dickson’s colorful personality and enthusiasm that give café
café its charm. Dickson is an old-fashioned master host who makes
you feel like family as he works the room—every time i dine here
he charms my guests, waxing lyrical about the menu while eyeing
details of the table service, removing plates, and filling wine glasses
without missing a word. A real pro.
the original menu has been left largely intact—a smart move
considering the place had amassed a strong following. Slowly
Dickson is introducing new dishes, with ones featuring a touch of
the Southwest planned for the future. i can never pass up the tasty
calamartachoke, with its lightly breaded, crisp-fried thistle, tangle of
calamari, and three sauces for dipping (a garlicky bagna cauda, zesty
marinara, and herbaceous aioli). Vegetarians will love the stuffed
eggplant rolls: thin slices of grilled eggplant wrapped around a sauté
of spaghetti squash. the clever mex-ital rosemary polenta fries
with green-chile alfredo sauce are delicious to share.
fans of café café’s Paramount Pizza will be happy to know that
the same crust and sauces are still at play here. the spinach, red onion,
Kalamata, and goat cheese pie is a tasty variation on a theme, and pastas
are also offered in innovative and classic versions.
there’s a concise bottled beer list and a 50-plus wine list, which is
largely italian but features notable u.S. vineyards and a smattering from
other countries. our pinot grigio and verduzzo, masi “masianco,” was
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Having opened her own gallery on Marcy Street in 1989, Charlotte Jackson, of Charlotte
Jackson Fine Art, relocated to the Railyard about a year and a half ago. “We’ve seen more and
more contemporary galleries come into this area,” she says, “and SITE Santa Fe has been great
for validating that.” Jackson, whose 2012 summer roster includes a show by local painter Joan
Watts, notes that contemporary art in Santa Fe has evolved tremendously over the last 20
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Railyard scene. “Up until the 1980s, the ethnographic market was larger; historic art was very
dominant,” says Steve Halvorsen, collections manager of TAI Gallery, which carries contemporary Japanese bamboo arts and photography. (Owner Robert Coffland is recognized internationally as an expert in the former.) A handful of the Railyard galleries display ethnographic
work alongside contemporary ones, recontextualizing both in the process.
William Siegal Gallery’s collection, for example, gracefully bridges the two worlds. “The
ancient material we show is minimal, not fussy—it has a direct relationship to what we show
in the contemporary category,” says Director of Contemporary Art Ylise Kessler. To illustrate
her point, she gestures to a striped Incan textile, dated from 1400 to 1532, which could easily
be mistaken for a Jasper Johns. In June, the gallery is exhibiting work by New Mexico–based
sculptor Tom Waldron, who, in Kessler’s words, creates “elegant, simple, meticulously crafted
sculptures.”
Similarly, Jay Etkin Gallery displays a mix of contemporary and African tribal art, as well as
some Native and Latin American work. “I like to bring those thoughts together,” Etkin says,
adding that to juxtapose different styles automatically creates a relationship between them.
About a third of the artists he shows are from Santa Fe, and Etkin finds his Railyard location
to be ideal. “The energy of the look and the proximity to other galleries attracts people,” he says.
Nonetheless, contemporary art represents a small sliver of the art market in general.
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Large-scale sculptures dominate the entryways to
LewAllen Galleries (top) and William Siegal Gallery.
Opposite: Woody Shepherd, Honey Blue, oil and
acrylic on panel, 84 x 71", at LewAllen.
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Gigi Mills, Seaside Cliff, oil on panel, 24 x 30"
Gigi Mills
Oil painter Gigi Mills uses a muted color palette and simplified forms to create fanciful snapshots of life. Her minimal figures are filled with large swashes
of paint, creating imagery that is both anonymous and charming. “There is a
meaningful significance in the ordinary that we are not always able to deduce in
its natural form,” Mills says. “When it is distilled down, we are able to appreciate
not only its visual elegance, but also the emotional content that may be present.”
Mills first landed in the City Different to study performing arts at the College
of Santa Fe, a seemingly natural choice for one who literally hails from a circus
family. She left Santa Fe after graduation, however, only to return a few years
later to paint and rediscover the art form she had felt pulled to early on. Today
her work can be seen locally at Selby Fleetwood Gallery on Canyon Road.—SG
Selby Fleetwood Gallery, selbyfleetwoodgallery.com
courtesy of blue rain gallery
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Southwestern art remains a big draw—and big business—in Santa Fe
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David Bradley, Coyote Moon, acrylic on
panel, 40 x 30"
62 The Art of It All
The local scene is bursting with talent, from painters and
potters to sculptors and photographers
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departments
34 City Different
Summer art and music festivals, a new
book on spooky New Mexico legends
40 Santa Favorites
Beautiful, functional ceramic ware
42 Adventure
Fly-fishing in Taos with guide Taylor Streit
44 Q+A
Frédéric Chaslin, chief conductor
of the Santa Fe Opera
81 Art
SOFA West; artists David Bottini, Ben
Steele, and more; gallery previews
109 Living
Contemporary-art maven Linda
Durham’s house of wonder
114 On the Market
Pottery House, designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright
117 Dining
Alfresco dining in Santa Fe and Taos,
honoring local talent at Encantado
Resort and Spa
126 Events
June and July happenings
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Abiquiú Lake
Courtesy of ted larsen
Research reveals that collaboration can be a key to
creativity—which might be the reason Meow Wolf
continues to produce such imaginative, groundbreaking
work. Founded in 2008 as an alternative arts-and-music
collaborative, Meow Wolf provides an opportunity for
an extremely diverse set of individuals (most of them
under 35) to come together and produce great things.
More than 100 artists took part in The Due Return, a
multimedia installation—featuring a time-traveling,
75-foot-long ship—that opened at CCA’s Munoz
Waxman Gallery in May 2011. Incorporating video,
live performance, and interactive elements such
as lighting manipulation, the project reflected the
energy of Santa Fe’s “fringe art culture,” says Meow
Wolf co-founder Vince Kadlubek. It also marked a
new stage of achievement for Meow Wolf. Over the
years, he says, “we’ve gained a level of confidence,
and the group understands and respects the values of
organizational structure, which allows us to produce
more ambitious work.”
Kadlubek promises that Meow Wolf has big plans
for the next few years, but he remains tight-lipped
about specifics. “We have a show this summer that
people will have to stumble upon to find out about,
as well as plans for a major outdoor art experience at
the end of the season,” he says. “Plus, we’re envisioning a theater piece for 2013 that will completely alter
the way we experience theater.”—Samantha Schwirck
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A close-up look at the Railyard district,
where contemporary art reigns
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Brad Wilson, Mountain Lion #4,
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Matthew Higginbotham’s expressive, richly hued landscapes reflect the
Mark Banham
Colorado-born artist’s passion for the diverse terrain and ever-changing
skies of his adopted home. It was the sky and cloud vistas, in fact, that
cinched the deal in 2002 when Higginbotham—for whom cloudscapes
have long been a favorite subject—decided to purchase his Eldorado
home. That was after having lived in various parts of Northern New
Mexico since 1995, which was just after having let go of a successful
career as a ceramic artist in the Northwest and finding his true aesthetic
voice in the landscape of the Southwest. “Whether encompassing a vast
space of land or small section of brush,” he explains, “I try to portray in
my paintings a sense of deep spiritual connection to something greater
than myself, something profoundly comforting and powerful.”
Higginbotham is represented locally by Waxlander Art Gallery, where
from August 28 through September 10 his work will be featured in a solo
exhibition called Land As Spirit.—GF
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The Railyard district has become the heart of
Santa Fe’s contemporary art scene
In 2011, Meow Wolf’s multimedia installation, The Due Return, told the interactive
story of a spaceship that traverses space and time.
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| D AY T R I P |
Abiquiú Lake
Above: The seafood summer
sampler at La Casa Sena includes
grissini oysters with cucumber
salsa. Below: Caprese salad at
Tanti Luce 221.
Get Out On the Water: Swim, canoe, sail, kite surf, or water ski; you
can even fish for bass and walleye. Most equipment outfitters are
located in Santa Fe and Taos, but Bode’s General Store, near the lake on
Highway 84, is convenient for gas, fishing licenses, picnic supplies, boat
safety products, and live bait.
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Legendary Surroundings: South of Abiquiú Lake, you’ll see Cerro
Pedernal, a flat-topped mountain made famous by a number of Georgia
O’Keeffe paintings. O’Keeffe’s Abiquiú home (where she spent her
winters) and Ghost Ranch property (where she spent her summers, on
the grounds of Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center) are close by
and offer regular tours.
Shiprock Santa Fe.
Getting There: From Santa Fe, travel north on Highway 84/285. After
32 miles, continue on Highway 84 West for 14 miles. Pass Bode’s and
turn left on NM 96. The lake will be on your right.
For More Information: Visit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’
Albuquerque website, spa.usace.army.mil, or call their Abiquiú Lake
Office (505-685-4371).
mixed media/carved birch panel
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With Santa Fe’S mountain vistas, sun-drenched days, and starry nights,
restaurants that offer terrace, balcony, or patio seating give diners an extra
reason to drop in. Check out these eateries with open-air options and treat
yourself not just to the fresh air but also to the talents of some of the region’s
finest chefs.
the mid-april opening of the Coyote Rooftop Cantina (coyotecafe.com)
signals the start of downtown’s summer party season. in spring, a sprinkling of
revelers nibble and swig fancy cocktails while huddled under glowing heaters,
but once summer hits, the Cantina’s packed and going full throttle. the scene’s
fueled by a younger, hipper version of the crowd you’ll find at the swankier
Coyote Café (down one flight), but the gentler prices are a terrific draw for
tourists as well. nosh on “Maybe or Maybe not hot” stuffed jalapeño shooters
and fat Vidalia onion rings; wash them down with a tart pomegranate margarita.
two blocks north, chef Joseph Wrede (formerly of Joseph’s table in taos)
commands the stoves at the relaunched Palace Restaurant (palacesantafe.com).
though the atmospheric bar still lures the serious libations set, i’ll be seeking
the sunny two-level back patio this summer. Wrede impresses with dishes like
the pristinely fresh Chilean sea bass ceviche and voluptuous, tarragon-scented
lobster salad. Don’t miss the French fries (cooked in duck fat) and, for dessert,
try Deconstructed Rocky Road, a stacked affair with plump house-made
marshmallows, nutella gelato, and powdered peanuts.
Cozy front and back patios are options at Tanti Luce 221 (tantiluce221.com),
a new restaurant in the space previously occupied by amavi. Chef tom Kerpon
(formerly of the Rio Chama Steakhouse and the inn of the anasazi) knows fine
dining; his menu features italian/european cuisine, with a caprese salad that’s
the perfect coming together of garden-ripe ingredients. the whimsical bar
Cool off this summer at Abiquiú Lake. Getting to the sparkling, 5,200acre reservoir, formed where the Abiquiú Dam breaks the flow of the
Rio Chama, is a pleasure in itself—from Santa Fe, it’s a one-hour drive
through the sandstone cliffs of Georgia O’Keeffe Country.
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by Rocki Gorman
in sterling silver
and Kingman mine
turquoise. At Rocki
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La Casa Sena’s veggie summer sampler includes avocado,
piñon hummus, and grilled pita, as well as calabacitas
flautas and roasted corn on the cob with scallion lime butter.
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pinch or hurt anywhere, you’ve probably got trouble,”
says Roy M. Flynn, custom designer and owner of
Boots & Boogie, which sells between 35 and 50
pairs of boots a month. And don’t expect a boot’s
fit to change significantly over time. “If it has never
been comfortable, odds are it will never become
comfortable,” he says. Flynn guarantees fit 100 percent,
as will many higher-end shops.
Not surprisingly, comfort is also the key when
you’re fitting a used boot. So says Kowboyz owner
Suzy Grais, who moved her shop to Santa Fe’s
Railyard area from Los Angeles four years ago.
Kowboyz stocks roughly 5,000 pairs, of which about
10 percent are new (usually factory-made) and 90
percent are used (including handmade vintage).
“They’ll fit the same way as a new boot, but softer,”
Grais says. “You can walk out of here and start
dancing the two-step.”
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Cowboy boots. they’ve got funCtion and fashion, history
and heritage. they vary in height, heel, and toe-box shape. their leather,
which can be dyed any color imaginable, ranges from the basic (goat,
pigskin) to the exotic (alligator and rattlesnake) to the far-out (giraffe!
hippo!). then there are the decorative aspects: inlay, overlay, hand-painting,
hand-tooling, filigree tooling, stitching, embroidery . . . and the list goes on.
before engaging in the mix-and-match bonanza that is boot shopping,
it’s worth considering context. this is, after all, an investment that could
last from 20 to 30 years. will you wear your boots while mucking stalls?
strutting at the buckaroo ball? Crunching numbers at a bank? Ann thomas,
who manages Lucchese Boot Company’s santa fe store (the other one
is in san Antonio), says that a big part of her job is helping new clients
“incorporate a boot into a suit-and-tie world.” “we have a lot of east Coast
clientele,” she says. “i keep them in neutral leathers: blacks, browns, cognacs.”
At the funkier end of the spectrum are Back at the Ranch’s wild west
handmade couture boots, which show up on brides, in music videos, and in
the pages of Town & Country. seven years ago, store owner wendy henry
purchased a boot factory in el Paso so she could have more design input
and faster turnaround time on orders. now, in just four to six weeks clients
can slip into boots that incorporate their own design elements, from brands
to logos and even portraits of their pets.
fit is all-important, and shoe size should serve as a rough guide rather
than a true north. Different boot makers size differently, and comfort always
trumps numbers. Mindy Adler of Desert Son of Santa Fe says the first thing
she asks clients is if they have any problems with fit. the majority of issues
can be solved by customization, but regardless of whether a boot is new, used,
or custom, the criteria for accommodating the foot’s 28 bones remain the
same. when a boot fits right, says Adler, the foot’s arch lines up with the arch
of the boot, and there is “movement up and down in the heel—the foot is not
pushed to the back of the heel; the toes move freely.”
Most vendors agree that a boot should fit well from the get-go. “if they
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Desert Son of Santa Fe
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Double Take
321 S Guadalupe
santafedoubletake.com
Kowboyz
345 W Manhattan
kowboyz.com
Lucchese Boot Company
57 Old Santa Fe Trail
lucchese.com
Roy M. Flynn, owner of Boots & Boogie
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Santa Fe boot shops, pictured here and
on the opposite page, provide endless
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The north view from Casa de Vidrio includes the Santa Fe
options, whether
you’re
experienced
Opera.
Above,
A Japanese maple tree outside the home's casita sits near Glass
cowboy boot
collector
or right:
a novice
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by first
David
Leight.
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searching for
your very
pair.
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principal
boots that LOLA's
are new,
used, orlandscape
custom- architect, Edith Katz; a large red stucco wall designed by
architect
Aaron
Bohrer;
ordered—in
a material,
design,
andMimbres by Tammy Garcia on a black pedestal and Ranas
by Charlie
Minermake
on asure
gray pedestal. Below, right: Ashore by Bobby Bowes.
color that suits
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they fit correctly, right from the start.
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Erin Wade
let it grow
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aving made their way to Santa Fe via different coasts and during different decades,
jewelry-maker Douglas Magnus and photographer Dana Waldon have carved out
careers and lives for themselves—together
and separately—that speak to all the wonders the City
Different has to offer.
A native of California, Magnus arrived here in the 1960s
as a 21-year-old freshly discharged from the Army in El
Paso. A photographer at the time, he was encouraged by
friends who said he “needed to go to Santa Fe, and they
were so right,” Magnus recalls. “I got here and it was like,
Bingo!” After enjoying a successful photography career for
a number of years, “the bottom eventually fell out,” Magnus
says, and he found himself in the business of trading jewelry.
(“Wheeling and dealing, flea-market style,” he notes.) It was
during that time that he had what he calls a true epiphany: “I
realized that I could make my own stuff, even though I had
Mark Banham
no background whatsoever and absolutely no money.
I created some tools and did some rudimentary experimentation.
My first pieces were actually in copper.”
Early in his jewelry-making career, Magnus created
Indian-style pieces and used turquoise from mines in
Cerrillos that a friend had told him about. Years later,
in the mid-1980s, the owners of those mines asked
Magnus to purchase them—which he did, despite that
fact that, by that time, he was no longer heavily involved
with turquoise (the gem does feature in many of his
current pieces, however). “I’d moved into the Western
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category and developed a line of buckles, which formed
the basis of my current business,” Magnus says. “But
those mines are truly ancient and have a phenomenal
heritage. They were used by the Mayans, Aztecs, and
artists
in residence
Douglas Magnus and Dana Waldon live their creative dreams
By Amy Hegarty
Photographs by Gabriella Marks
Styling by Cynthia Whitney-Ward
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business with an established
store, says Kim Spiers, owner of Tom
Katharine
Kagel
Taylor Company (tomtaylorbuckles.com), which sells turquoisepatron
saint
of Pasqual’s
adorned belts,
buckles,
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Stacey Neff
breaking a glass ceiling
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Glass is not generally considered an experimental medium—
b u yi ng tu r qu oi se i nworking
Sa nt with
a Feit requires too much time, money, and machin2011 she formed the nonprofit, volunteer-run New Mexico
Experimental Glass Workshop to generate new sustainable
applications for recycled glass. As a result of making glass
accessible and affordable, Neff says, “We’re really seeing this
medium take off.” It’s not just artists, architects, and designers she has coming through her studio; it’s also kids. (“They’re
amazing, focused, so together!”) Youth Advocate Programs,
Inc., has arranged for their participants to fulfill community
service at the studios, and the Workshop has developed a forcredit program for IAIA students. As for her own education,
Neff is in the process of earning an MBA from Washington
State University to supplement her BFA from the Rhode
Island School of Design. She’s also planning community outreach events to help people make a more personal connection
between recycling and the products that result from it. “It’s
not just some stuff,” she says, “it’s your stuff.”—ET
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Jewelry-maker Douglas Magnus (below, far right) bought the late-19th-century adobe he shares with
photographer Dana Waldon (below, left) in 1995, and, during a two-year renovation project, worked to
keep it as authentic as possible. Since arriving in Santa Fe in 2004, Waldon has decorated the home with
“only things that I love,” she says, “be it European, New Mexican, or Mexican. I find that if you only buy
what you love, it somehow all goes together.” Among Waldon’s favorite “things” in the house, she notes,
are her dogs Scout (below, far left) and Guapo (below, right) and cat Lettuce (not pictured).
SERGIO SALVADOR
How did a Harvard-educated fashionista
from the Pacific Northwest end up in the
high desert, surrounded by produce and
pigs? “It kind of just called me,” says
organic farmer and restaurateur Erin
Wade, who owns Santa Fe’s downtown
salad bistro Vinaigrette. After moving
to Santa Fe from Boston in 2003, Wade
ditched a career in fashion design to focus
on rehabilitating 10 acres of “magical and
dilapidated” land in Nambé. “I’d maxed
out on big cities,” she says. “I wanted to
get my hands in the dirt and do something
substantial.” Once Wade started growing things, sharing her bounty with the
community was a logical next step. So she
opened Vinaigrette in 2008, and today
50 to 70 percent of the food on its menu
comes straight from her farm. With a second Vinaigrette location to open in downtown Albuquerque late this summer, Wade
has a lot on her plate. “I’m not trying to
grow an insidious chain,” she says. “We’re
trying to make healthy eating delicious
and fun because I really believe there’s not
enough of that out there.”
—Samantha Schwirck
go with the flow
add a soothing water feature to your landscape
by Sa ma n t h a Sch w irck
AS Spring ApproAcheS and you begin to search for creative ways
to personalize your outdoor space, consider adding a water feature—a
decorative structure that holds or circulates water, such as a fountain or a
pond. it can be as small or large as your space and budget allow, and you can
select a style that blends perfectly with the natural landscape or stands out
like a polished work of art.
Water features are popular because they create “a soothing oasis
in the desert,” says Kendall Mccumber, who owns Mccumber Fine
gardens in Santa Fe. people are innately drawn to water and calmed
by its sight and sound, especially in areas like northern new Mexico,
where its presence is rare.
“Just the sound of trickling water can make a hot courtyard feel
cooler and relax the tension caused by heat and wind,” says catherine
clemens, whose company clemens & Associates specializes in landscape
architecture, contracting,
and fine stonework.
Adding a water feature to
your yard can also create a
microclimate that encourages
plant growth and welcomes
Above: Rainwater fills a quiet backyard stream, designed and installed by
McCumber Fine Gardens. Below: Designed and installed by EcoScapes
Landscaping, a pond and its rock surroundings blend easily with the
home’s natural setting. Inset: A stone fountain, built by Range West
stone artist Joshua Gannon and installed by Santa Fe Permaculture,
adds graphic interest to a garden in bloom.
The Remodelers Showcase & Expo
Come to the Shellaberger Tennis Center at the Santa Fe University of Art & Design
and get great ideas for your new home or remodel project.
April 28 & 29, 2012
ADMISSION FREE
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Talk to builders, trades, and suppliers of products including
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who have submitted their projects
in sterling silver
and Kingman mine
in the Showcase and find out who was recognized
for AtExcellence
in Remodeling.
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stealing fire
a por trait galle r y
by Dav id R ob i n
i n t r odu c t ion by Ma r y An n e R eddi ng
Since moving to Santa Fe from New York four years ago,
award-winning commercial and fine-art photographer
David Robin has developed an interest in Los Alamos
National Laboratories and the men and women who have
worked there. On these pages he presents black-and-white
portraits of five Santa Fe–based scientists who spent
important parts of their careers “on the hill.” The quotes that
accompany each image were collected by Robin and Mary
Anne Redding, chair of the photography department at
Santa Fe University of Art and Design, who interviewed
the scientists about their time living and working at
Los Alamos and how the experience shaped their lives.
glass
In 1943, an isolated site on the Pajarito Plateau
was selected for the Manhattan Project, in which
components of the atomic bomb were developed
and tested in extreme secrecy. For the Pueblo
people who lived in the remote landscape some
30 miles from Santa Fe, the mesas, mountains,
and canyons they had inhabited for thousands of
years were sacred. This land was respected as a fire
site—a place of change where the energies of life
that emerged from mother earth were visible in the
volcanic
undulations
Prior to learning about glass, my
idea of
collecting of
artthe
waslandscape.
a $20 poster
Newly
in an
environment
did not into its designs, and is a nod on architect
that you framed for $400 in a color
thatarrived
matched
the
couch,’’ saysthey
Betsy
fully understand,
the husband,
scientists Richard,
and U.S. Army
Ehrenberg. In the last 14 years—since
she and her
vistheirup
own
desires forseven
unleashing
ited the Pilchuck Glass Schoolpersonnel
in Seattlebrought
and wound
purchasing
unseen
energies
cosmos,
centuries ago in Chaco Canyon. A red stucsculptures—art has grown to play
a central
roleofinthe
their
lives,superimposing
from Betsy’s their
own rituals for controlling the secrets of nature on
co wall interjects through the home’s radifounding of Glass Alliance–New Mexico, a non-profit dedicated to eduthe landscape. Everyone was intent on stealing fire
ating circles and delineates the north-south
cating the public about glass art and creating more opportunities for glass
from the skies.—Mary Anne Redding
artists, to the design of their home, called Casa de Vidrio, which translates solar axis—the center being an Arizona
to House of Glass.
In addition to having historical referarchitect, a curator, craftsmen, and others who share an understanding of and
ences, Casa de Vidrio is a showcase for the
living among
world-class
living
art collection
collection
art
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there's
Since the early 20th century, when Ansel Adams
feng shui energizes a house and its gardens and Edward Weston carried their cameras to
Northern New Mexico, the region has inspired
by Zélie
Pollon
photographs
by dramatic
Clay Ellislandscapes,
fine-art
photographers
with its
impossibly blue skies, and warm, golden, almost
magical light. Today’s photographers use new
equipment and techniques, but, as seen on the following
pages, they’re still striving to capture the spirit of the area.
Santa fean Tim Tate Jan 2012.
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The Photography/History Issue
february / march 2012
As the gateway to Los Alamos, Santa Fe played a role in the top-secret
Manhattan Project.
Teresa Neptune
Galisteo, October 2007, ultrachrome print, 12 x 18",
Teresa Neptune Studio/Gallery, teresaneptune.com
26 Stealing Fire
Portraits of Los Alamos scientists by David Robin
14
Santa Fe Studios opens for business
on 65 acres southwest of town.
 Sky Chasm, 2009, infrared digital
image, 13 x 19", philipmetcalf.com
18 Santa Fe Institutions
The Black Hole
Ernst Haas
 The Sea of Cars Means that the
Proprietor of La Fonda Is Having
Success with His Establishment at the
End of the Old Santa Fe Trail, 1952,
vintage gelatin silver print, 12 x 9",
Monroe Gallery of Photography,
monroegallery.com
 Rio Chama from the Overlook, Late Afternoon Light,
near Abiquiú, New Mexico, 1997, gelatin silver print,
edition of 200, 14 x 19", Gerald Peters Gallery, gpgallery.com
32 There’s Something About the Light
Santa Fe photographers interpret the Northern New Mexico landscape.
departments
10 Publisher’s Note
14 City Different
Indulge your senses at ArtFeast; Santa Fe Studios,
ready for action; the women of Taos
16 Mind+Body
Rejuvenating massages for a mid-winter pick-me-up
Philip Metcalf
Craig Varjabedian
features
24 Close to the Flame
"The illumination of the golden
autumn trees, the curve of the
meandering river, the dramatic
shadows cast across the
landscape—all combine to reveal
a scene that is both momentous
and powerful."—Craig Varjabedian
the light
64 pages
12:05:48 PM
DARRAGH NAGLE, Ph.D.
Age: 92
Physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratories 1942–1945 and 1956–1998; worked closely with Enrico
Fermi at Columbia University, the University of Chicago, and Los Alamos.
On his early days in Los Alamos and stopping at the popular teahouse, run by
Edith Warner, on the road between Santa Fe and Los Alamos: “For fun we went
skiing and we went hiking and occasionally we would go down to Santa Fe. But
somehow I never got a bite of Edith’s chocolate cake.”
something
about
1/5/2012
49 Living
Fiber artist MargueriteWilson’s
vaastu-inspired home
55 Dining
Whoo’s Donuts, the reinvented
Palace + romantic restaurants
for you and your Valentine
62 History
The 150th anniversary of the
Battle of Glorieta Pass
20 Q+A
Photographer Baron Wolman
20
Cooking Without Calories
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GABRIELLA MARKS
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Going behind the lens at the Santa Fe
Photographic Workshops + gallery previews
64 Day Trip
Red River
Iconic rock-and-roll photographer
Baron Wolman talks about his new book,
The Rolling Stone Years.
“JUST DESSERTS” ~ Glass ~ 18" x 8" x 8"
Cody Brothers
Golondrinas, NM–Buffalo, chromogenic print,
2010, edition of five, 20 x 74",
Beals & Abbate Fine Art,
bealsandabbate.com
February 24 - March 14
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Mark Banham
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Amadeus Leitner, Galisteo Sunrise,
archival pigment print, 20 x 34"
652 Canyon Road
Santa Fe, NM 87501
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"I am drawn to the rainy season with its amazing patterns of light and cloud forms
evolving, moving, changing. The dynamics of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
create a theatrical
continuum
b u yi ng
tu r qu oi seofi nincredible
Sa nt a Fe dimension."—David H. Gibson
know your stone
light
Don Kirby
Storm Cloud Over Black Mesa, 2004, gelatin silver print,
edition of 10, 32 x 40", Verve Gallery of Photography,
vervegallery.com
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Shiprock Santa Fe.
 Bench
in Snow
Below It’s
Kitchen
Ranch,
1990,
gelatin
are pawn
or vintage.
also Mesa,
useful Ghost
to know
which
mine
the silver print,
10 xpiece
13", Scheinbaum
Russek
Ltd., photographydealers.com
comes from.&“If
your dealer
says, ‘I don’t know, it’s in the
 Horse Skull, Georgia O’Keeffe’s House, Abiquiú,
New Mexico, 1952, gelatin silver print, 10 x 8",
Scheinbaum & Russek Ltd., photographydealers.com
Janet Russek
David H. Gibson
 Storm Light Patterns, Rio Hondo Mesa, New Mexico, 1995,
gelatin silver print, edition of 48, 9 x 23", Photo-Eye Gallery,
photoeye.com
Gregg Albracht
 Free Spirits, 2008,
digital image on archival paper,
18 x 26", Manitou Galleries, manitougalleries.com
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Julien McRoberts
 Winter Blues, 2011, digital image, dimensions variable,
julienmcroberts.com
At Silver Sun.
james bradbury, Ph.d.
age: 76
Physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratories 1976–1993; now working on nuclear
nonproliferation. Bradbury grew up in Los Alamos, where his father, Norris
Bradbury, succeeded J. Robert Oppenheimer as scientific director at the labs.
On growing up in Los alamos, among some of the greatest scientific
minds in the world: “even as a kid, it led me into thinking about the
beauty of science—and how science depends upon trans-boundary communication and the freedom to criticize and object and realize different
perspectives. In some ways, the scientific paradigm would be very great
if we could put it into governance or politics, but it doesn’t happen that
way. They’re very different disciplines.”
by Rocki Gorman
in sterling silver
and Kingman mine
turquoise. At Rocki
Gorman.
Will McPherson
Mesa Yoga, 2011, digital image, dimensions variable,
willmacdesigns.com
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Bronze vessels with gold
oxidized finish by Michael
Aram, $85–$199,
at Packards on the Plaza
Freshwater pearl necklace with
sterling silver and copper pendant
by Jhane Myers-NoiseCat
(Comanche/Blackfeet), $400,
at Case Trading Post at the
Wheelwright Museum
of the American Indian
glass
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Ehrenberg. In the last 14 years—since she and her husband, Richard, visBonita specifically, which the Anasazi built
ited the Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle and wound up purchasing seven
centuries ago in Chaco Canyon. A red stucsculptures—art has grown to play a central role in their lives, from Betsy’s
co wall interjects through the home’s radifounding of Glass Alliance–New Mexico, a non-profit dedicated to eduating circles and delineates the north-south
cating the public about glass art and creating more opportunities for glass
artists, to the design of their home, called Casa de Vidrio, which translates solar axis—the center being an Arizona
to House of Glass.
In addition to having historical referarchitect, a curator, craftsmen, and others who share an understanding of and
ences, Casa de Vidrio is a showcase for the
Aquamarine and
18- and 22-karat gold
necklace by Hal Hiestand,
$4,850, at Packards
on the Plaza
Metal sea urchin bowl
with glass insert, $36,
at Poem
Necklace of pink rose-cut
sapphires and 22-karat gold,
$14,700, at Golden Eye
Necklace and rings with
interchangeable components
in gold, stainless steel, ceramic,
diamonds, and citrine,
$410–$6,955, at Charlotte
December/January Vol. 39 No. 6
A few of our
favorite things, just
in time for the holidays
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Carousel ring with star quartz
and champagne diamonds,
$5,840, at Golden Eye
Antique sterling silver bead
necklace ($815) and multi-stone
sterling silver pendant ($750),
at Rocki Gorman
Bangle bracelets in 23-karat
gold, $13,800–$4,200,
at Golden Eye
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t hree lo cal a r ti sts show u s how t he y wor k
by Sa ma n t ha Schwirck photo graphy by Will McPhe r s on
Ibiza sport coat ($405) over a striped
shirt by Equilibrio ($175) with
Alberto jeans ($249), at Corsini
IFTS
For
HIm
West Slope hat in chocolate
with hand-tooled leather band
by Brad Martin, $1,525,
at O’Farrell Hat Company
Bolo tie in sterling silver,
turquoise, and leather by
Arland Ben, $3,750, at Packards
on the Plaza
Leather jacket by Parajumpers,
$1,555, at Alpine Sports
Leather Head football, $145,
at Rippel and Company
New, used, and audiophile
record albums, from $5,
at The Guy in the Groove
at Constellation Home Electronics
Sterling silver and stone-inlay
buckle with hornback alligator
belt, $1,875,
at Tom Taylor Company
Sterling silver and 14-karat gold
buckle with ostrich belt, $1,880,
at James Reid, Ltd.
Hooded bathrobe
by Missoni, $295,
at Pandora’s
Vintage seven-piece bar set, $65,
Shearling-lined leather boots
by Johnston & Murphy, $176,
at Goler Fine
Imported Shoes
Kiehl’s Facial Fuel
skincare products
for men, $9–$38, at
Wink
“I
t’s kind of like an oceangoing ship turned upside
down, sailing toward the
Galisteo Basin,” painter Michael
Scott says of his 2,000-squarefoot studio in Lamy. Scott worked
with local sculptor and builder
Mike Sharber to construct the
space in 2001, and now Scott—
accompanied by his dogs Shadow, a
border collie, and Bullet, a German
wirehaired pointer—paints here
nearly every day. He listens to
music (classical, blues, electronic)
as he creates his painterly, highly
stylized visions, which most
recently have incorporated rescue
dogs. “I’m a narrative storyteller, so
a narrative painter,” he says. Scott
is represented by Gerald Peters
Gallery in Santa Fe. His latest
project, a collection of paintings
he calls The Doggie Diaries, can be
seen at Gerald Peters Gallery
in New York in January and
February, just in time for the
Westminster Dog Show.
Mahogany table cigar
cutter, $59, at
The Cigar Shop
Alligator wallet by
Mark Banham
John Allen Woodward, $600,
Baby alpaca scarves, from
$39, at Peruvian Connection
G-Money sunglasses
by Chrome Hearts,
$1,100, at Optical
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collectors’
choice
market report
know your stone
by Eve Tolpa photography by Douglas Merriam
Santa Fe’s fine-art offerings continue to dazzle at galleries old and new
Lawrence Matthews sPenDs hIs DaYs surrounded by works by world-renowned masters like Miró,
chagall, Modigliani, and toulouse-Lautrec. and he doesn’t live in new York or Paris; he’s right here in santa Fe.
Matthews is the owner and director of Matthews Gallery, one of a growing number of establishments in santa Fe
that deals in what some might all “higher end” art—pieces valued at $50,000 and above. Matthews estimates that 15
to 20 percent of the art sold in town falls into that price range. santa Fe, he says, is “not only thought of by collectors
as a place where they can see work by regional artists, but [as a place where] they are able to see museum-quality work
by really significant artists.”
David eichholtz of David richard contemporary, a downtown gallery specializing in post-war american
abstraction, agrees. “It’s not just historic, regional art that’s selling here,” he says. “we have fine art galleries that
sell works by nationally and internationally known artists to national and international clients . . . santa Fe has a
vibrant fine art scene.”
Lawrence Matthews, of Matthews Gallery on Canyon Road,
is one of many Santa Fe gallerists who deals in works by internationally recognized masters.
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hough graphite is usually a drawing material, Susan York uses it for sculpting as well. “We sculptors
kind of go back and forth between three-dimensional things that we’ve made and placing them
within a two dimensional framework,” says the Albuquerque native, who shows at James Kelly
Contemporary. York moved to her current studio—a 1,500-square-foot warehouse in Santa Fe—in 2009.
She built a wall to divide it into two spaces, one for drawing, and a larger one for her minimalistic threedimensional pieces. Not suprisingly, given the obvious focus and precision in her work, York prefers
creating in her studio without distractions. “Not too many people work in silence,” she says. “There are a
couple of bands that practice next door to me, so if they’re practicing, I wear headphones to drown it out.”
“Santa Fe has a vibrant fine-art
scene,” says David Eichholtz
of David Richard Contemporary.
“We have galleries that sell works
by nationally and internationally
known artists.”
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Top, left to right: Amedeo Modigliani, Portrait de Sola (ca. 1918/1919), graphite, 17 x 10", at Matthews Gallery; Mark di Suvero, Titanium Landscape (2002), stainless steel, steel, and titanium,
19 x 37 x 32", at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art; bottom, left and right: Matthews Gallery on Canyon Road exudes Santa Fe charm inside and out.
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“When I bought the house, the walls were very colorful,” Bolton
continues, reflecting on the adobe’s interior. “I wanted to see the
contours and shapes, the mass of the house, rather than color, so we
painted all the walls white.” The walls contrast with the dark, stainedpine floors to create a vessel for showcasing the historic bones of the
house as well as highlighting the talisman-like objects, many of which
were found by Violante & Rochford. The placement of these evocative objects adds a mercurial quality to the earthiness of the structure.
Originally, the home’s bedroom was in the center of the residence,
which made it a pass-through on the way to the small living room.
The designers turned that bedroom into an expanded living area with
an adjoining sitting room, while the “catch-all” room at the back of
the house became the current, cozy bedroom.
make the place magical,” he notes while admiring the slight tilt of
a window.
Before buying the house, Bolton contacted the Santa Fe design
firm Violante & Rochford Interiors, which is owned by Michael
Violante and Paul Rochford. (Rochford and Bolton are friends
from the racing world.) The designers agreed that Bolton had
found a treasure, given the home’s high ceilings, three kiva fireplaces, abundant natural light, and carriage-house garage that
compensates for the absence of interior closets.
Violante & Rochford was key to manifesting Bolton’s vision
of blending historic and contemporary elements, much of which
was achieved through a selective use of textiles. The design team
addressed a few challenges as well. As with many older adobe
houses, each room connects directly to another, which, while not
wasting space, can be problematic in terms of function. First,
the designers had to decide which of the two patio doors would
become the main entry. Ultimately, they chose the one that
opened onto the brick-floored kitchen, where coat hooks and
shoes look right at home. “It’s like living in Europe. So many
people want views, but I like this more,” Bolton says, pointing
out the narrow, concrete stairway just below the kitchen-patio’s
wall—between his house and the plastered walls, patios, and coyote fences of his neighbors—that leads down to Palace Avenue.
“This is an amazing house—no walls are
straight. All of the imperfections make
the place magical,” says Ryan Bolton.
glass
Flanking the bedroom door are freestanding custom steel closets,
which were powder-coated white and built by Mike Schrieber, one
of the local artists Violante & Rochford works with. “The closets
were designed in two units so they wouldn’t block this doorway,’’ says
Bolton, admiring the sloping lintel covered in peeling paint. His priorities are evident, and the closets, which are minimalist upgrades of
lockers, reflect the vision of one who appreciates simplicity yet always
makes room to welcome the world.
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WILDLIFE
The Wildlife Center in Española—
New Mexico’s only wildlife hospital—turns 25 this year.
Founded by veterinarian Kathleen Ramsay in 1986 as a
raptor rehabilitation facility, today the center treats all
the state’s endemic species, from hawks and owls to cougars and black bears. In a typical year, more than 1,000
animals are brought into the center’s ICU, for ailments
ranging from domestic cat bites to gunshot wounds.
While the center has an impressive success rate of
releasing animals back into the wild, its ultimate goal
is to promote an ethic of wildlife stewardship. “People
protect what they value, and they value what they have
an engagement with,” says executive director Katherine
Eagleson. Encouraging site visits to the center is one
way the nonprofit—staffed by eight full- and part-time
employees and assisted by more than 75 volunteers—
facilitates a connection to wildlife on a personal level.
Visitors can take self-guided tours along the center’s
“Wild Walk” and learn about resident species (such
as the golden eagle, foxes, and bobcats) that cannot be
released back into the wild due to injuries or having
become imprinted on humans. Literature at the center
provides information about where the 30-plus animals
on view were found and how they were harmed, and
skilled handlers, who are available for questions, can be
seen feeding and tending to the animals in various ways.
Educational programs, both on- and off-site, present the biggest opportunity for the center to foster an
appreciation among New Mexicans for the importance
of preserving habitats and therefore safeguarding indigenous animals. One of the most popular annual events
takes place at Abiquiú Lake during the first weekend in
January, when the public can assist the center and the
Army Corps of Engineers in counting migratory bald
eagles. The center knows that it is outreach initiatives
like this that will impact the survival of the state’s wildlife the most. “We’re not going to save any species by
fixing broken wings,” Eagleson notes. “We are only going
to save species by educating people to protect habitats.”
For more information, visit thewildlifecenter.org.
—Steven Horak
“What I look for in all
art is authenticity,”
says Felicia Bond.
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In 1790, RhoDe IslanD was becoming the 13th of the fledgling United
states of america, the new country’s first president, George Washington, was
delivering his inaugural address, and in santa Fe (the nearly 200-year-old provincial capital of nuevo Mexico), Doña Juliana olguin was supervising meals
for her husband, three children, and two servants in the farmhouse she’d lived
in since her marriage to Don Manuel Trujillo 40 years earlier. Doña Juliana
had inherited the property, historians believe, from her father, Tomas olguin,
a grandson of original spanish settlers. sometime in the next 50 years, Doña
Juliana would give the property to two relatives, Jesus lopez and his brother,
Yginio Martinez. In 1846, Martinez and lopez sold the land to Ramon Martinez, another relative, having obtained one of the first deeds of record from the
new american government of what would soon be the Territory of new Mexico.
an 1866 map that’s now in the British Museum shows that the house was built
on Tracts 19–21 of the steep foothill area above the acequia para Recadio, along
a hillside lane that was a public thoroughfare. a century and a half later, that
lane is called hillside avenue, which meets Martinez street in a T-junction.
What is now recognized in the national Register of historic Places as The Martinez hacienda rambles east-west along hillside, above Martinez lane (a little
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parsons titled View of Pedernal. Abiquiú, 1989;
below: parsons’s Rio Grande, Socorro, 1974.
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living
private drive
offyou’re
Martinez
Street).
TheJamie Way,
itself,director
whichof
is about 5,400 square feet,
appearing in 1881 and dominate the titles
confident
in what
buying,”
she adds.
probably
to this day. Bits and pieces of the property
7,300-square-foot
lot it sits on extendswhich sells
Shiprock
Santa Fe (shiprocksantafe.com),
vintagebegan
and as a one- or two-room
from Hillside
to Martinez
Lane,
with
gar- “Ifadobe
between
1650 and 1700 to serve
were sold over the years, and neighboring
contemporary
Native
American
jewelry,
agrees.
you don’t
trust the
dens on
a series
of from
terraces.
belongs
the farm
that went to the river.
residences were built.
person
you’re
buying
then It
don’t
buy it.toYou need
to be buying
When the Easons bought the house,
Joe and
Barbara
Eason,locally
a retired
Houston,
from
a quality,
reputable,
owned
business.” Like many such houses, this one grew
Texas,
(Joe
was a commercial
over the years;
they were determined to keep it much
Givencouple
the rarity
of natural
turquoise, it inmay be significantly
higherwhen it was sold in 1846
broker
Barbara
was
a teacher)
it to
was
somewhat grandly, as an
the way they found it. “Their goal has
insurance
price than
otherand
stones.
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someone
is trying
selldescribed,
nonwho bought the property in 1998 from
“83-viga” property. Twenty four of those
been that any work done on The Martitreated turquoise and it’s only $200, you have to question what it
nez Hacienda would honor
Bob and Priscilla Bunker
and now live there part of
their desire to maintain the
The
Easons
didpieces
some
the Plaza (shoppackards.com), which
offers
exceptional
of nominal sprucing up, but their
the year. “We quickly fell in
historic and cultural integnatural American turquoise. Ingram suggests
buyers
alwaysdefinitely
ask if
historic
home
retains its eccentricities.
rity of an important and
love with the house and the
garden,” says Barbara.
integral part of Old Santa
authenticity
with
description
and signature.
the seller
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attorney By law,
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spread over three rooms,
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provide this.
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Navajo cuff
bracelet, ca. 1930s,
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comes from,
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be in the U.S.,”
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with high-grade
American and kitchen, but the home definitely rewroteand
a private,
text,
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1920s and sold to three
sistersnatural
from
turquoise
cabochons.
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Knowing
who the
artist also
is canhelped
also help
the process.
JewelryJoe
at Eason repurchased that
tains its eccentricities. The threshold into
which
his wife,
Joanne,
with,
California.
Shiprock Santa Fe.
Packards,
for
example,
is
signed
by
the
artist,
except
when
pieces
describing all the historic references to
in-house apartment on a separate deed in
one bedroom has a step up that includes
are
orMueller
vintage. It’s
also
useful
to know which
mineand
the currently rents out the space.
thepawn
home
could
find.
(Another
2000
decorative tiles and a wooden sill, and,
piece
comes
from. “If your
dealer
says,Kuhl‘I don’t know,
it’sold
in the
finally, a large piece of stone. The step out
Eason
acquaintance,
Mary
Louise
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abstracts have a great many
ground,
turquoise
is turquoise,’the
then
run,”
says Rocki
Gorman
mann of
Dallas, illustrated
text.)
Old
Spanish
surnames on them, principally
of the sala, or living room, has two crosses
(rockigorman.com),
family has been
in theOlguin,
businessTrujillo,
of sellingDuran, and Martinez
abstracts are “vaguewhose
and inexplicit,”
Muelpainted on it—one on the door and one
turquoise
more
than 50 years.
ler notes,for
but,
he speculates,
the house
(lots of Martinezes). Anglo names began
on the doorsill as part of an apparently
Opposite page: Joe and Barbara Eason (far left) fill their historic, double-adobe home built into the side of a cliff with Western and Indian art and some pieces of furniture they salvaged from places like La Posada.
mine turquoise.
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s SilverCerrillos
Sun. t a i l o r e d
MICHAel
book
Santa Fe lensman Jack Parsons pays homage to his adoptive home
state in Dark Beauty: Photographs of
New Mexico (Hudson Hills Press, $60).
The book’s 100 color images were taken
over the past 35 years and range from
stunning mountain landscapes to scenes
of rural communities well past their
heydays. Not every picture is pretty, but
all are provocative.
lifestyle | design | home
Wildly successful children’s-book illustrator
and author Felicia Bond has lived in Santa Fe for
almost two decades. Over the years she’s built a
home that’s as cozy and covetous as her career.
Here she offers a look at the space that both
inspires and nurtures her creativity—a place
where her imagination (not to mention her
numerous cats) can run free.
by Rocki Gorman
in sterling silver
and Kingman mine
turquoise. At Rocki
Gorman.
Modern
HAMpton
DesIgn
GaBriella MarkS
Gabriella Marks
Bond (above) draws images in her sketchbook, then cuts them
out and tapes them onto a large sheet of paper (above, right); her
art collection features folk and tribal art (above, left) that “is
related to nurturing and protection,” she says.
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the buzz around town
Man with a Vision
FILM
Documentaries by two Santa Fe–based filmmakers are wowing audiences at
film festivals across the country this fall. Wild Horses & Renegades, by director/cinematographer
James Kleinert, looks at the plight of wild horses on our deteriorating public lands. Run to the
East, written by journalist Joe Spring and based on a story he originally published in the New
York Times, follows three Native American students who run for college scholarships and to
overcome obstacles they face on their reservations. For screening schedules and more information, visit theamericanwildhorse.com and runtotheeast.com.
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“We treated the space like a gallery and picked out some fun,
warm colors and ran with them. Taupe, in various shades, is the
common denominator,” says Michael Violante, of Violante & Rochford
Interiors. The collaboration between the designers and their client required
integrating Bolton’s eclectic furniture, like his antique Chinese physicians
desk, with a global-contemporary interior. A nearly audible conversation
takes place between the antique implements, such as the colorful sap
buckets from the Northeast and the terra-cotta beakers from Paris, as well
as the subtle wear-patterns of the 19th-century silk Javanese textiles in
the dining room and the traffic-pattern grooves in the floorboards. One of
Violante & Rochford’s most striking designs is a desk chair upholstered
in a Castel-manufactured bold, oval, print fabric that recalls timeless
graphic motifs of Asian and African resist-dyed textiles.
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A
fter years of running all over the world,
including in Sydney, Australia, where
he competed in the 2000 Olympics,
Ryan Bolton has found a home in Santa
Fe. Bolton retired from the World Cup
racing circuit in 2004 and set his sights
on implementing a training program for
elite runners. It was in Santa Fe that he found the ballast for his
kinetic lifestyle: ―varied terrain for running and a cultural landscape engaging enough to call home.
“I love the contrast of worlds available here,” says Bolton from
the patio of his East Palace Avenue home, located up a narrow
driveway and tucked behind the more sprawling street-facing
houses. “And place is very important to me,” he adds. “When I
bought my home, I knew that I wanted to be walking distance
from everything. The house had to have character and be just
what I needed based on my lifestyle. I hate wasted space. I use
every room equally.”
For a runner who grew up in wide-open Wyoming, a 1,200square-foot adobe nudged into a rambling enclave might feel
constrained. Not so for Bolton, whose internalized sense of
aerodynamics brings a lightness of being to the place. “This is an
amazing house—―no walls are straight. All of the imperfections
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“When I bought the house, the walls were very colorful,” Bolton
continues, reflecting on the adobe’s interior. “I wanted to see the
contours and shapes, the mass of the house, rather than color, so we
painted all the walls white.” The walls contrast with the dark, stainedpine floors to create a vessel for showcasing the historic bones of the
house as well as highlighting the talisman-like objects, many of which
were found by Violante & Rochford. The placement of these evocative objects adds a mercurial quality to the earthiness of the structure.
Originally, the home’s bedroom was in the center of the residence,
which made it a pass-through on the way to the small living room.
The designers turned that bedroom into an expanded living area with
an adjoining sitting room, while the “catch-all” room at the back of
the house became the current, cozy bedroom.
make the place magical,” he notes while admiring the slight tilt of
a window.
Before buying the house, Bolton contacted the Santa Fe design
firm Violante & Rochford Interiors, which is owned by Michael
Violante and Paul Rochford. (Rochford and Bolton are friends
from the racing world.) The designers agreed that Bolton had
found a treasure, given the home’s high ceilings, three kiva fireplaces, abundant natural light, and carriage-house garage that
compensates for the absence of interior closets.
Violante & Rochford was key to manifesting Bolton’s vision
of blending historic and contemporary elements, much of which
was achieved through a selective use of textiles. The design team
addressed a few challenges as well. As with many older adobe
houses, each room connects directly to another, which, while not
wasting space, can be problematic in terms of function. First,
the designers had to decide which of the two patio doors would
become the main entry. Ultimately, they chose the one that
opened onto the brick-floored kitchen, where coat hooks and
shoes look right at home. “It’s like living in Europe. So many
people want views, but I like this more,” Bolton says, pointing
out the narrow, concrete stairway just below the kitchen-patio’s
wall—between his house and the plastered walls, patios, and coyote fences of his neighbors—that leads down to Palace Avenue.
“This is an amazing house—no walls are
straight. All of the imperfections make
the place magical,” says Ryan Bolton.
glass
Flanking the bedroom door are freestanding custom steel closets,
which were powder-coated white and built by Mike Schrieber, one
of the local artists Violante & Rochford works with. “The closets
were designed in two units so they wouldn’t block this doorway,’’ says
Bolton, admiring the sloping lintel covered in peeling paint. His priorities are evident, and the closets, which are minimalist upgrades of
lockers, reflect the vision of one who appreciates simplicity yet always
makes room to welcome the world.
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world-class
living
art collection
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WILDLIFE
The Wildlife Center in Española—
New Mexico’s only wildlife hospital—turns 25 this year.
Founded by veterinarian Kathleen Ramsay in 1986 as a
raptor rehabilitation facility, today the center treats all
the state’s endemic species, from hawks and owls to cougars and black bears. In a typical year, more than 1,000
animals are brought into the center’s ICU, for ailments
ranging from domestic cat bites to gunshot wounds.
While the center has an impressive success rate of
releasing animals back into the wild, its ultimate goal
is to promote an ethic of wildlife stewardship. “People
protect what they value, and they value what they have
an engagement with,” says executive director Katherine
Eagleson. Encouraging site visits to the center is one
way the nonprofit—staffed by eight full- and part-time
employees and assisted by more than 75 volunteers—
facilitates a connection to wildlife on a personal level.
Visitors can take self-guided tours along the center’s
“Wild Walk” and learn about resident species (such
as the golden eagle, foxes, and bobcats) that cannot be
released back into the wild due to injuries or having
become imprinted on humans. Literature at the center
provides information about where the 30-plus animals
on view were found and how they were harmed, and
skilled handlers, who are available for questions, can be
seen feeding and tending to the animals in various ways.
Educational programs, both on- and off-site, present the biggest opportunity for the center to foster an
appreciation among New Mexicans for the importance
of preserving habitats and therefore safeguarding indigenous animals. One of the most popular annual events
takes place at Abiquiú Lake during the first weekend in
January, when the public can assist the center and the
Army Corps of Engineers in counting migratory bald
eagles. The center knows that it is outreach initiatives
like this that will impact the survival of the state’s wildlife the most. “We’re not going to save any species by
fixing broken wings,” Eagleson notes. “We are only going
to save species by educating people to protect habitats.”
For more information, visit thewildlifecenter.org.
—Steven Horak
“What I look for in all
art is authenticity,”
says Felicia Bond.
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In 1790, RhoDe IslanD was becoming the 13th of the fledgling United
states of america, the new country’s first president, George Washington, was
delivering his inaugural address, and in santa Fe (the nearly 200-year-old provincial capital of nuevo Mexico), Doña Juliana olguin was supervising meals
for her husband, three children, and two servants in the farmhouse she’d lived
in since her marriage to Don Manuel Trujillo 40 years earlier. Doña Juliana
had inherited the property, historians believe, from her father, Tomas olguin,
a grandson of original spanish settlers. sometime in the next 50 years, Doña
Juliana would give the property to two relatives, Jesus lopez and his brother,
Yginio Martinez. In 1846, Martinez and lopez sold the land to Ramon Martinez, another relative, having obtained one of the first deeds of record from the
new american government of what would soon be the Territory of new Mexico.
an 1866 map that’s now in the British Museum shows that the house was built
on Tracts 19–21 of the steep foothill area above the acequia para Recadio, along
a hillside lane that was a public thoroughfare. a century and a half later, that
lane is called hillside avenue, which meets Martinez street in a T-junction.
What is now recognized in the national Register of historic Places as The Martinez hacienda rambles east-west along hillside, above Martinez lane (a little
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right: The book’s cover features an image by Jack
parsons titled View of Pedernal. Abiquiú, 1989;
below: parsons’s Rio Grande, Socorro, 1974.
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living
private drive
offyou’re
Martinez
Street).
TheJamie Way,
itself,director
whichof
is about 5,400 square feet,
appearing in 1881 and dominate the titles
confident
in what
buying,”
she adds.
probably
to this day. Bits and pieces of the property
7,300-square-foot
lot it sits on extendswhich sells
Shiprock
Santa Fe (shiprocksantafe.com),
vintagebegan
and as a one- or two-room
from
Hillside
to
Martinez
Lane,
with
garadobe
between
1650
and
1700
to
serve
were
sold
over
the years, and neighboring
dens on
a series
of from
terraces.
belongs
the farm
that went to the river.
residences were built.
person
you’re
buying
then It
don’t
buy it.toYou need
to be buying
Joe and
Barbara
Eason,locally
a retired
Houston,
When the Easons bought the house,
from
a quality,
reputable,
owned
business.” Like many such houses, this one grew
Texas,
(Joe
was a commercial
over the years;
they were determined to keep it much
Givencouple
the rarity
of natural
turquoise, it inmay be significantly
higherwhen it was sold in 1846
the way they found it. “Their goal has
broker
Barbara
was
a teacher)
it to
was
somewhat grandly, as an
insurance
price than
otherand
stones.
“When
someone
is trying
selldescribed,
nonwho bought the property in 1998 from
“83-viga” property. Twenty four of those
been that any work done on The Martitreated turquoise and it’s only $200, you have to question what it
nez Hacienda would honor
Bob and Priscilla Bunker
and now live there part of
their desire to maintain the
The
Easons
didpieces
some
the Plaza (shoppackards.com), which
offers
exceptional
of nominal sprucing up, but their
the year. “We quickly fell in
historic and cultural integnatural American turquoise. Ingram suggests
buyers
alwaysdefinitely
ask if
historic
home
retains its eccentricities.
love with the house and the
rity of an important and
garden,” says Barbara.
integral part of Old Santa
authenticity
with
description
and signature.
the seller
vigas,
whichshould
spread over three rooms,
Fe,” Mueller writes. The couple did some
As a labor
of alove,
real estate
attorney By law,
beCarl
ableG.
to Mueller,
provide this.
askfriend
where of
thethe
turquoise
you’re
interested
Jr., Also
an old
were
split
off into a separate
apartment
in nominal sprucing up in the bathrooms
Navajo cuff
bracelet, ca. 1930s,
inEasons,
comes from,
and
“it
better
be
in
the
U.S.,”
Ingram
adds.
with high-grade
American and kitchen, but the home definitely rewrote a private, unpublished text,
the 1920s and sold to three
sistersnatural
from
Knowing
who the
artist also
is canhelped
also help
the process.
JewelryJoe
at Eason repurchased
tains its eccentricities. The threshold into
which
his wife,
Joanne,
with,
California.
that
Shiprock Santa Fe.
Packards,
forall
example,
is signed
by the artist,
when pieces
describing
the historic
references
to except
in-house
apartment on a separate deed in
one bedroom has a step up that includes
are
orMueller
vintage. It’s
also
useful
to know which
mineand
the currently rents out the space.
thepawn
home
could
find.
(Another
2000
decorative tiles and a wooden sill, and,
piece
comes
from. “If your
dealer
says,Kuhl‘I don’t know,
it’sold
in the
Eason
acquaintance,
Mary
Louise
The
abstracts have a great many
finally, a large piece of stone. The step out
ground,
turquoise
is turquoise,’the
then
run,”
says Rocki
Gorman
mann of
Dallas, illustrated
text.)
Old
Spanish
surnames on them, principally
of the sala, or living room, has two crosses
(rockigorman.com),
family has been
in theOlguin,
businessTrujillo,
of sellingDuran, and Martinez
painted on it—one on the door and one
abstracts are “vaguewhose
and inexplicit,”
Muelturquoise
more
than 50 years.
ler notes,for
but,
he speculates,
the house
(lots of Martinezes). Anglo names began
on the doorsill as part of an apparently
Opposite page: Joe and Barbara Eason (far left) fill their historic, double-adobe home built into the side of a cliff with Western and Indian art and some pieces of furniture they salvaged from places like La Posada.
mine turquoise.
t i m e l e s with
s SilverCerrillos
At
Sun. t a i l o r e d
MICHAel
book
Santa Fe lensman Jack Parsons pays homage to his adoptive home
state in Dark Beauty: Photographs of
New Mexico (Hudson Hills Press, $60).
The book’s 100 color images were taken
over the past 35 years and range from
stunning mountain landscapes to scenes
of rural communities well past their
heydays. Not every picture is pretty, but
all are provocative.
lifestyle | design | home
Wildly successful children’s-book illustrator
and author Felicia Bond has lived in Santa Fe for
almost two decades. Over the years she’s built a
home that’s as cozy and covetous as her career.
Here she offers a look at the space that both
inspires and nurtures her creativity—a place
where her imagination (not to mention her
numerous cats) can run free.
by Rocki Gorman
in sterling silver
and Kingman mine
turquoise. At Rocki
Gorman.
Modern
HAMpton
DesIgn
GaBriella MarkS
Gabriella Marks
Bond (above) draws images in her sketchbook, then cuts them
out and tapes them onto a large sheet of paper (above, right); her
art collection features folk and tribal art (above, left) that “is
related to nurturing and protection,” she says.
santafean.com
the buzz around town
Man with a Vision
FILM
Documentaries by two Santa Fe–based filmmakers are wowing audiences at
film festivals across the country this fall. Wild Horses & Renegades, by director/cinematographer
James Kleinert, looks at the plight of wild horses on our deteriorating public lands. Run to the
East, written by journalist Joe Spring and based on a story he originally published in the New
York Times, follows three Native American students who run for college scholarships and to
overcome obstacles they face on their reservations. For screening schedules and more information, visit theamericanwildhorse.com and runtotheeast.com.
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“We treated the space like a gallery and picked out some fun,
warm colors and ran with them. Taupe, in various shades, is the
common denominator,” says Michael Violante, of Violante & Rochford
Interiors. The collaboration between the designers and their client required
integrating Bolton’s eclectic furniture, like his antique Chinese physicians
desk, with a global-contemporary interior. A nearly audible conversation
takes place between the antique implements, such as the colorful sap
buckets from the Northeast and the terra-cotta beakers from Paris, as well
as the subtle wear-patterns of the 19th-century silk Javanese textiles in
the dining room and the traffic-pattern grooves in the floorboards. One of
Violante & Rochford’s most striking designs is a desk chair upholstered
in a Castel-manufactured bold, oval, print fabric that recalls timeless
graphic motifs of Asian and African resist-dyed textiles.
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to House of Glass.
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Washington D.C.
Jennifer esperanza, sTeVen HOraK, JaCK parsOns
A
fter years of running all over the world,
including in Sydney, Australia, where
he competed in the 2000 Olympics,
Ryan Bolton has found a home in Santa
Fe. Bolton retired from the World Cup
racing circuit in 2004 and set his sights
on implementing a training program for
elite runners. It was in Santa Fe that he found the ballast for his
kinetic lifestyle: ―varied terrain for running and a cultural landscape engaging enough to call home.
“I love the contrast of worlds available here,” says Bolton from
the patio of his East Palace Avenue home, located up a narrow
driveway and tucked behind the more sprawling street-facing
houses. “And place is very important to me,” he adds. “When I
bought my home, I knew that I wanted to be walking distance
from everything. The house had to have character and be just
what I needed based on my lifestyle. I hate wasted space. I use
every room equally.”
For a runner who grew up in wide-open Wyoming, a 1,200square-foot adobe nudged into a rambling enclave might feel
constrained. Not so for Bolton, whose internalized sense of
aerodynamics brings a lightness of being to the place. “This is an
amazing house—―no walls are straight. All of the imperfections
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