Taos Fall Arts

A week ago Sunday, the autumnal equinox ushered in a new season.  In my humble (or not so humble) opinion, autumn is the best season.  The air is crisp, clear, and glorious, the days are a bit shorter, and nature takes a rest but shows off before winter settles on the land.  Although there are at least four hummingbirds (down from an apex of 360 in early August) still imbibing on sugar water and blossoms around our place, we know they will soon head for parts south.

Fred and I took a trip across the pass on Highway 64 between Tres Piedras and Tierra Amarilla this weekend, and the aspen have not really started turning gold yet, but I suspect the real show may be in a week or so, presented by the scrub oaks.  There was a dusting of snow at the higher elevations, and as always, we wished we could bottle the rare mountain air.

Autumn is also harvest and art time in New Mexico, with numerous festivals and shows.  The Taos Fall Arts Festival opened Friday night at the Convention Center in Taos.  I had one piece in Taos Select, as well as a miniature, and two photographs are hanging in the Taos Open side.  Now that the exhibit is officially hung, I can publish these in my blog.

"Twirl"

"Lily detail"

Since the Taos Open side is not juried, I entered the Ranchos Church in winter image, as well as the Brugge walkway.

"San Francisco de Asis church, Ranchos de Taos"

"Brugge walkway and red door"

until next Monday,

DB

a passion for the image

follow the cobblestone road...

...until you reach Intersection: lens, light, life, an exhibit of art by oil painters Kathy Olshefsky and Fran Nicholson, gelatin monotype artist Caroline Jenney and a collection of my photography. 

If you are coming from Santa Fe, take northbound I-25 toward Las Vegas to the exit for Highway 285 south toward Lamy.  Proceed to the signal light at Vista Grande and turn right into Eldorado.  Roughly a quarter of a mile later, there is a shopping area on the left side of the road.  Do a U turn and enter it.  La Tienda Exhibit space is housed within the area.   The opening is this Saturday night, 13 July, from 5-8.  There is a second opening on Saturday, 20 July from 5-7, featuring Caroline Jenney's group, Blue Moon Prairie.  The exhibit runs until 10 August and is open from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays. I will be there on Fridays if you want to visit.  Caroline, Fran, and Kathy would also like to visit and have a chance to talk about their work.

One of my pieces in the exhibit is this image of a walkway and red door in the Belgian city of Brugge.

until next Monday,

DB

a passion for the image