Artists of the Month & New Artists

Artists of the Month: October 2021

Mark Morden

Mark is a retired architect from the Pacific Northwest who moved to Las Cruces in 2018. He earned a BA from the University of Oregon in 1980. In addition to architecture, Mark studied pastels and drawing while at school. Since moving to Las Cruces, Mark has been able to develop his talents in drawing and pastel painting. Many of his painting subjects are of the built environment, but also portraits and figure studies. His works focus is on capturing light and shadow through form and structure. In 2020, Mark was one of two major participants in a Doña Ana Arts Council gallery show.

Frank Rimbach

Frank paints in oil, watercolor and acrylic. He earned a Master of Fine Arts degree at New Mexico State University and has studied art at the Santa Fe Institute of International Art. He has taught at Central Texas College and at El Paso Community College. Artists that have influenced his work include Cezanne, Braque, Matisse and Morandi.

New Gallery Artist

Barbara L. Bush

Barbara is an oil painter. Although she paints many subjects, her first love is landscape painting. She currently is a member of the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico, the Oil Painters of America and the Artists of Picacho Hills. Barbara studied art in college majoring in drawing and painting. However, upon graduation she went where the jobs were and spent the next 30 years working in business for financial and computer services companies. In 1998 she quit her job in Denver, CO and started taking art classes. In 2005 after moving to Fredericksburg, TX she took classes at the Fredericksburg Artists’ School. In 2013 she moved to Ruidoso, New Mexico. For the next seven years she participated in the Alto Artist Studio Tour and the Lincoln County Artloop. Barbara now makes her home in Las Cruces.

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original paintings, photography, jewelry, ceramics, fabric collage,
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