May 22, 2012
“The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation, that there is a choice to be made, a selection of elements.” ~ Anais Nin
Last Saturday, my husband, son and I went and saw, walked and browsed, photographed and absorbed the southwest Art scene on Canyon Road in Santa Fe as much as was humanly possible in one single day. Yet, I feel as if we barely scratched the surface.
To this East Coast native, the adobe architecture, enhanced by magnificent spring gardens in full color, were a photographer’s delight in and of themselves. I was in seventh heaven. The splendid art housed inside the buildings included every color in the spectrum, in every kind of medium including – oil and watercolor paintings, mixed media, woven basketry, southwest jewelry, sculpture, glassworks, fiber arts, pottery and much more.
Since our son moved to Albuquerque a few years ago, I have had visiting Greenberg Fine Art on my wish list of fulfilling things to do when visiting the area. Specifically to catch a first hand look at the oil paintings of Gladys Roldan de Moras, one of my favorite artists. The very gracious, hospitable and professional art gallery expert added to my already high admiration for this outstanding artist by sharing his personal knowledge of Gladys and her art. I really appreciated the time he spent talking with us. Some months ago, I had written a blog about Gladys and her artistic family. If you missed out, please visit this link. http://bit.ly/MyFKjO.
It seems hardly fair to single out favorite galleries on Canyon Road because each space has it’s own special place in the hearts of millions of visitors that visit Santa Fe each year. Art is so very subjective in nature. Yet, interestingly, all three of us had the same two preferred Canyon Road galleries.
Return tomorrow and I will share with you our second favorite gallery and how the images provided plenty to talk about because of their metaphorical twists.
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February 9, 2011
“I don’t paint things. I only paint the difference between things.” ~Henri Matisse
I often think about the things that people find to be fulfilling and why people pursue the career paths that they do. Don’t you? I suppose I find this subject of interest, because my husband and I are still scratching our heads trying to figure out how we became parents to a filmmaker/visual effects artist son. The influences are not very apparent, that is for sure.
In attempting to gain some insight into the dynamics of my own family, I recently had an insightful and interesting on-line conversation about this very subject with Gladys Roldan-de-Moras, a very exceptional painter. Gladys and her husband are parents to Rafael http://bit.ly/ec4Bvn , a 23 year old emerging tenor, and semi-finalist with 2010 Metropolitan Opera. He soon will be making his debut performance with the Houston Symphony. Artist (painter) Gladys http://roldandemoras.com/ explained to me that her husband, an engineering professor has always also been a musician, poet, choir director in a church and writes musicals. All three of their children were exposed to mostly classical music, at a very young age, in fact, while still in the womb. As young adults, all are involved in some way in the Arts – as tenor, music educator and sculpture artist. Perhaps this family could be a prime example of the Mozart effect, which has been said to enhance children’s intellectual development. What do you think? http://bit.ly/f93RAn.
To see Rafael in the HBO production of Master class with Placido Domingo, please visit http://bit.ly/bkgWiv and to read Rafael’s essay “My Masterclass with Maestro Placido Domingo”, please visit www.youngarts.com.
As I continue to further explore in my own mind, on this snowy day in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, how our son came to his fulfilling life of creating films, I am going to stare at some magnificent art! I will let you know when I have my answers, which could be strictly sharing my intuition rather than facts.
This painting is by Gladys Roldan-de-Moras. “Song from a Secret Garden” . For more information on the painting go to the artist’s website http://roldandemoras.com/
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Last Saturday, my husband, son and I went and saw, walked and browsed, photographed and absorbed the southwest Art scene on Canyon Road in Santa Fe as much as was humanly possible in one single day. Yet, I feel as if we barely scratched the surface. 
It seems hardly fair to single out favorite galleries on Canyon Road because each space has it’s own special place in the hearts of millions of visitors that visit Santa Fe each year. Art is so very subjective in nature. Yet, interestingly, all three of us had the same two preferred Canyon Road galleries. 
