Artists of the Month: February 2019

Weeden Nichols

Weeden first learned photography as a military investigator in 1964. He gradually became interested in art, as well as the craft of photography. He became delighted with composition, color, texture oddity and the inherent possibilities of cropping. He is particularly delighted by panoramic formats. Though this is irrelevant, Weeden is related to Norman P. Rockwell, the Saturday Evening Post cover artist.

Mary Zawacki

Mary moved to Las Cruces from Los Angeles where she had a 20-year career as an advertising graphic designer working for the major movie studios. She grew up in the Detroit area, and graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She teaches art classes in Las Cruces.

New Gallery Artist

Jane Caldwell Peacock

A native of El Paso, Jane Peacock studied art at the University of Texas at El Paso. She has been a lifelong painter and has focused on portraits of people of the Borderland as well as landscapes. She studied with Ray Lopez Aleman and Flory Korf, of El Paso, as well as nationally-renowned watercolorist, Charles Reid, of Connecticut. A resident of Santa Fe for 26 years, she focused on portraits of children of Juarez. Since moving to Las Cruces, the artist created a series of plein air paintings and graphite drawings of the Doña Ana area. She is a member of “Plein Air Painters of New Mexico” and “Let’s Paint New Mexico.”

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.
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