Large Turnout for November 15th Show!

One by one art appreciators from Tularosa, Bent, Cloudcroft, El Paso, Taos, and Boston filled the gallery and celebrated the accomplishments of Mano y Mente's fall 2008 artists. At one point there were so many visitors we could hardly stretch out our arms in the historic gallery space, which was once a Billy The Kid era bank. One artist (Craig Paul Nowak) actually displayed some of his work in the bank's antique vault, which is shown in the second photo. The night was eventful and the art was stunning! (More photos of the Fall 2008 Art Exhibit to come...)

Landscape Spotlight: A Piece of Everything

Fall 2008 artist Craig Paul Nowak often creates art pieces where he explores the relationship between the artist's interior and exterior self. His work frequently includes self-references, self-examination, and his work is both conceptual and introspective in nature

(see http://www.craigpaulnowak.blogspot.com/ for examples). Thus, this displayed series of landscape paintings created during Fall 2008 was a slight departure from his normal theme and represents the artist looking outward. He skillfully shows many snippets of sites visited during the program. Check out his website for frequent additions to his impressive portfolio.

I challenge past Mano y Mente participants to name each of the site locations exhibited in this composition!