Sunstrike
20”x20” mixed media on canvas
. 2025
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Ranch Song
36”x36” mixed media on canvas
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Another one for my artist reception at Victory Contemporary tomorrow (3-6pm).
“Desert Beacon”
16”x20” Acrylic on canvas
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Another piece premiering at my upcoming artist reception with Victory Contemporary December 5th (3-6pm).
“Ebony Spurs” a small but mighty piece.
12”x9” Acrylic on panel
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A Pueblo woman with medium-brown skin sits low to the ground at the right side of the canvas, wrapped in a deep blue mantle that covers her head, shoulders, and most of her body. She turns toward us, long dark hair slipping across her forehead and cheek, framing a narrow, angular face modeled in warm browns and rose tones. Her brown eyes look out with a calm, steady, almost tired concentration, and her mouth is closed and unsmiling, giving her an introspective, self-contained presence. She cradles a glossy blackware pot in both hands at her knees, its rounded lip catching the light. Near her feet, sits a larger, gleaming black jar and a smaller buff-colored jar painted with looping, dark geometric designs. White-socked shoes peek out from under the mantle on a tan floor. Behind her, a hanging textile fills the background with bold red, cream, and black diamond and zigzag patterns, turning the space into a shallow stage where the woman, the pots, and the woven design are held in quiet, balanced tension. Painted in Taos in 1917, the year Balink first came to New Mexico, “Pueblo Pottery” turns a still life of vessels into a portrait of cultural continuity … and of the colonial gaze that tried to contain it. The sitter is not identified, yet her centered dignity and the careful rendering of blackware and painted clay acknowledge Pueblo women whose skill, labor, and knowledge shaped these traditions, even as such works were increasingly displayed and sold to tourists and collectors. Balink, a Dutch-born artist trained at the Royal Academy in Amsterdam, was reshaping his academic style under the intense light and color of the Southwest. His cool blues and earthy reds frame the woman as both a specific individual and an emblem of Pueblo artistry. The painting reveals how Euro-American painters helped popularize Pueblo art, often for outside audiences, while Indigenous women continued to sustain and innovate the ceramic practices at its heart.
“Pueblo Pottery” by Henry C. Balink (Dutch-American) - Oil on canvas / 1917 - New Mexico Museum of Art (Santa Fe) #WomenInArt #art #artText #artwork #HenryCBalink #Balink #BlueskyArt #NM #NewMexicoMuseumOfArt #SantaFeArt #SouthwestArt #NativeAmericanArt #PuebloPottery #PortraitofaWoman #HenryBalink
Museum exhibit featuring three large, intricately patterned mosaic panels displayed on angled stands against a mustard-colored wall.
Three people sit at a table embroidering on a large white cloth with red borders. Behind them are three panels featuring types of embroidery stitches
🎈 After the balloons fly high, keep your vibe colorful! Check out the Museum of International Folk Art for "Appearances Deceive," showcasing Policarpio Valencia's stunning embroideries.
#MOIFA #EmbroideryArt #SantaFeArt
The Southwest City That Turned Itself Into an Essential Art Outpost www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a...
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Details:
“Nothing To Prove”
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“Nothing To Prove”
20x20 acrylic with embedded objects on canvas.
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“Morning Light”
20x20 Acrylic on canvas
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🌌 Elegant Alien by Santa Fe’s Nikki Root (Wistful Soul Studio), $225. Glazed with deep cratered texture and quiet cosmic energy. 7.5”H. Similar works often $300+. On view @The8thHouse in ABQ. F-S 10–5, Sun 10–3. t8h.org #NikkiRoot #WistfulSoul #CeramicAlien #SantaFeArt
Untitled
20”x20” mixed media on canvas
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New Psychedelic Cat Lamp illustration! Avaliable on the Sharp Little Things website and coming soon to Meow Wolf, Santa Fe!
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20x20 Work in Process
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I have spent the last few days with some terrific writers in New Mexico. Doing so has reminded me of this entry gateway sculpture at one of Santa Fe's galleries seen a number of years ago. #photography #travel #tourism #sculpture #reading #books #santafe #newmexico #nm #santafeart
ABQ/Santa Fe artists, there's still time to submit your work for the Wild Companion art show at Willison West! See the link below for more info and application. #NewMexico #SantaFeArt
Sanctuary is an acrylic painting of the back of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Santa Fe.
#blueskyartshow #peaceful #ourladyofguadalupe #santafeart #santuariodeguadalupe #southwestart #newmexicoart
This one is best experienced in person. They all are, actually, but the visual textures are probably not going to be as good on a phone or computer screen. Oh well.
Deep dive. Encaustic on panel, 30 x 30 inches. ©2025 Karine M. Swenson
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“Nostalgia”
20x20 mixed media on canvas
c. 2025
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A little behind the scenes video of the work I have in process.
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Desert Mesa
12x16 Acrylic on canvas
c. 2025
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"Prism." Encaustic on panel, 10 x 10 inches.
Sometimes, a painting turns out better than I expected. That's always fun.
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Magic Hour
24x20in
Oil in canvas
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The Way it Used to Be
24x20in
Oil on Canvas
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Untitled. Encaustic on panel, 10 x 10 inches.
©2025
Another small painting in the newest series. Exploring light and shadow, movement and mystery.
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Cool things happening around my workplace
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Birthplace, gouache on paper.
The universe has places where life begins, scattered like grains of sand. These places, be they nests, nebulae, salt marshes, maternity wards, or holes in the ground, are all sacred.
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#myth #cosmos #birth #nests #magpie
The "Free Our Flowers" exhibition opened with heartfelt reflections on loss and community, showcasing the power of art to heal and connect us all.
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