Canyon Road 2012, Part 1

Our walks up and down Canyon Road this year were very successful. Our most successful stop was at Winterowd Gallery, one of our favorite art galleries.

First, a funny story about Winterowd Gallery. Back in May I got an email from my sister Peggy telling me of an art gallery we should visit when we're in Santa Fe. Peggy told me that she had been to a talk by Destiny Allison, an artist "who is very passionate about her work in steel and about art in general." Peggy said that they went to Winterowd Gallery where Destiny's work is shown. Peggy thought that Destiny's sculpture fits our aesthetic. She also thought we'd be interested in glass sculpture by another artist, Alex Bernstein, who is represented by the gallery.

Well, yes, that's true! We have a piece by both Destiny Allison and Alex Gabriel Bernstein, both from Winterowd Gallery. Peggy knows our taste well!

Another funny story: While we were wandering through the gallery, Karla Winterowd, the owner of the gallery, was making calls to out-of-town clients inviting them to a reception they are having for Alex Gabriel Bernstein. Just as soon as she finished leaving a message on our phone back in California, there we were, right there in the gallery! Sadly, we won't be able to make it to the reception.

The first room of the gallery has an amazing installation by Sophia Dixon Dillo. We don't have the space for such a piece. But there were some of her boxes hanging in the same room that we were very intrigued by. We would have been happy with one that was hanging on the wall but Karla showed us more that were in their stock room. It was a hard choice but we took just this one from the stock room:

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These boxes appear to glow. They pick up light from their surroundings and change dramatically when placed in different places. They're magical. This piece will surely move around the house. Be sure to read her description of the pieces on the left side of this page of her web site.

I said that we got a glass sculpture from Winterowd Gallery by Alex Gabriel Bernstein. Glass is one of our favorite mediums. We couldn't pass up this kiln-formed, cast glass piece by Karen Bexfield.

Prana

And from above.

Prana

Goodness! This appears to be the piece on the home page of Ms. Bexfield's web site! Cool! I love glass and this piece is amazing. I'm glad there are artists out there that can create such things.

Then there were some Mystical Tablets by J. D. Wellborn hanging in another room. These paintings "are achieved through a woven technique of layering delicate papers, with canvas, fiberglass material." There were several hanging on the wall and they had a couple of boxes filled with more. Karla sat us down on benches and hung each of them so we could see all the colors, designs, stones and whatnot the different pieces offered. She'd hang nine of them and we'd dismiss some for whatever reason and the ones we kept considering would be rearranged on the hangers. Up would go another batch. They'd get rearranged and ones we liked from the previous group would go up with what we liked from the new ones. Through the process of elimination that lasted at least a half hour we settled on this one. Too bad we didn't have a sofa swatch with us...we could have gone straight to one that matched.

Mystical Tablet #916

If you need art and are in Santa Fe you should, as Peggy suggests, visit Winterowd Gallery. Tell them Charles and Jerry (and Peggy) sent you.