ABOUT OUR ARTISTSRead below to find out more about a few of the many artists at the High Road MarketPlace. |
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| Betsy Williams PO Box 518 Dixon, NM 87527 505-689-1009  |
I was born in Georgia, graduated from St. John's College in Santa Fe, and then worked as a money market trader for five years at a Japanese bank in New York City. My co-workers introduced me to Japanese ceramics, and in 1994 I moved to Japan. I completed a 4½-year apprenticeship in Japan in 1999 and returned to New Mexico. I have been a full-time artist since 2001. My partner, Mark Saxe (a stone sculptor), and I own Rift Gallery, about an hour north of Santa Fe, and my work is exhibited nationally. | 
My tiny plates are like a sketchbook. Each one is wheel-thrown and hand-decorated, and I make every one different. They are dishwasher and microwave safe, and make a perfect 100% handmade gift. |
| www.enbistudio.com www.riftgallery.com Email: rift...@yahoo.com |
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Cheryl Stahl |
Forty years ago, my husband and I came here from Chicago to "think," fell in love with the mountains, and found our hearts belonged with the cultures here for hundreds of years. We farmed, raised children and animals, and became silversmiths. My first work was crosses and 'milagros'. After years of selling from Santa Fe galleries, I now work solely with the High Road Marketplace: a remarkable artist co-op helping so many. My work includes "three-metal" earrings of copper, silver, and brass, often including spirals. We are now making jewelry with the beautiful beach glass we have collected during a health sabbatical on Lake Michigan. I am so grateful for the beautiful surrroundings I have lived in and the support of so many. |          |
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Debbie Denison |
Debbie Denison is a self-taught artist who lives in Chimayó, New Mexico. Forced by disability to find an occupation she could do while sitting at home, she discovered a passion for art. Debbie draws her inspiration from the sacred and beautiful surroundings of Chimayó and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. |
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Kathryn Blackmun Email: retr... |
Kathryn Blackmun spent several years in Los Angeles doing editorial design and illustration. After moving to Santa Fe a few years ago, work was hard to come by. So after several ceramic classes she was inspired to set up a studio and started creating, specializing in handmade earthenware dishes handpainted with whimsical rabbits, cowgirls, cats, pigs, dogs, that she hopes will make you smile. Kathryn does a line of saint tiles and magnets especially for the High Road MarketPlace. | 
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| Liz Gold 3 Santa Cruz Dam Rd (PO Box 489) Chimayó, NM 87522 505-351-1381  |
Liz Gold is a self-taught photographer who lives in Chimayó. Gifted with her first professional camera after surviving breast cancer, she has been a professional photographer only a few years. However, she has already caught people’s attention with her stunning photographs of the nearby Santuario, other churches, Abiquiu, and the Northern New Mexico landscape. |
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Manny Chavez  |
I started singing Christian music when I was a child, Thanks to my parents who inpired me with their own music ministry. I was encouraged to record this CD by my fellow parishioners as well as family and friends and have dedicated it to my heredity, El Santuario de Chimayo, where my parents fulfilled their ministry. | 
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Maureen Freyne Email: |
Maureen Freyne is an artist who paints New Mexico Churches in vibrant watercolors. | 
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Molly Hart |
Molly Hart is a self-taught jeweler and photographer with an innovative vision and an eye for the unusual. Her mixed media jewelry draws on many sources, including mechanical pieces. The layering of materials creates a sense of sculpture in wearable art. Layering has become a theme in her photography as well, with a body of work utilizing multiple images overlaid, evoking a sense of mystery. The high desert has been an ongoing inspiration for her work, as well as the beauty of the tropics, especially Hawaii. |
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| Email: moll...@msn.com |
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| Rosemary Sparno 8 Calle Margosa Santa Fe, NM 87508 505-466-3131  |
Rosemary Sparno creates artistic paintings on gourds, many home-grown. Her works depict plants, animals and symbols that reflect a love for nature and the environment. Her gourds are dried and cleaned by hand, prior to sketching, painting, wood burning and etching. Rosemary's work with gourds is done with simple hand tools rather than machines to create an Old World artistic quality that makes each work unique and timeless. Rosemary received her training in the arts in New York. Prior to moving to New Mexico, she was a special education teacher in New York and owner/director of a Child Care Center in California. She is an active member of the New Mexico Gourd Society. |
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| Ron Leard 505-747-8218 |
Ron Leard uses materials found in nature to create ceremonial pipes, pipe bags, antler jewelry, jewelry boxes, and jewelry trees. Much of his work is crafted from naturally harvested or legally obtained exotic antlers and horns. His work has evolved through the years as new
interests and influences guided him, creating a beautiful cohesion of Mother
Earth, form, functionality, and engineering. |
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| BuckNOriginals.com Email: buck...@msn.com |
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Sandy Ballard
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Sandy Ballard is a nature photographer who has come far since his mother presented him with his first camera (bought with green stamps) when he was 13. He was quick to transition to digital photography in order to have more influence on the quality of the finished artwork. He is involved in the complete process, from printing to matting to framing. He uses only the finest photo paper and canvas with archival ink. Sandy divides his time between Abiquiu, NM, which is the inspiration and setting for much of his work, and Texas, where he has 7 grandchildren. His wish is that his work will inspire you to respect and celebrate the unique beauty of nature wherever your path leads. |
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Sharon Stewart
Email: free...@nnmt.net |
Born in Edinburg, Texas on the South Texas borderlands with Mexico, educated in finance and economics at the University of Texas and Harvard University, photographer Sharon Stewart moved to the mountain village of Chacon, NM, where, in a visual fusion of memory, perception, and form she has photographed the economic, social, familial, mythic, and religious influences that define the northern New Mexican cultural landscape. |
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