Artists of the Month & New Artists

Artists of the Month: August 2022

Kurt Van Wagner

Kurt has emerged as an accomplished self-taught digital artist, and his artwork has gained international and local attention. During the past years, Kurt’s artwork has been featured in international magazines and book publications, winning numerous awards. He transforms his personal photographs into collectable works of art; the results are varied and striking, full of colors and textures.

Mary Zawacki

Mary paints primarily with oils and pastels. Mary had a career as an advertising art director and graphic designer, working over 20 years in Los Angeles for advertising agencies specializing in the movie industry. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Michigan. She teaches group art classes in Las Cruces.

New Gallery Artist

Jean Wilkey

Jean’s art starts with color, with a momentary glance at something previously unseen, with a feeling. She paints worlds populated with plants, animals, people, and objects, that blur the line between indoor and outdoor, between still life and landscape. Her compositions incorporate personal symbolism that becomes a metaphor for our relationship to the animal kingdom, to nature and to our spiritual and physical selves. Wilkey’s art has appeared in Southwest Art and Exploring TOSCA magazines and is in private collections in the United States and abroad. She holds an MFA in painting and has taught at New Mexico State University, the University of El Paso, and Doña Ana Community College. She currently teaches painting in her Las Cruces studio.

In addition, the gallery artists offer art in many media, which include:
original paintings, photography, jewelry, ceramics, fabric collage,
stained glass and gourds, as well as affordable note cards and prints.
For further information please call 575-522-2933.