Gallery surfing on Canyon Road

On my first full day in Santa Fe, I headed to Canyon Road for a little gallery surfing. Well, make that a lot of gallery surfing! Canyon Road is  a half mile strip of galleries located a short distance from the downtown Plaza area. Part of the charm of the Canyon Road galleries is that they are housed in old adobe houses, some dating back to 1750. They retain much of their original charm.

Here I am standing outside the Jane Sauer Gallery, where we saw an exhibit of incredible figures/art dolls created by Charla Khanna (along with alot of other amazing work). I fell in love with the work of abstract painter, Krista Harris (working in acrylics!)

   

I enjoyed a beautiful winter day, walking from gallery to gallery. There was a wide variety of work, from landscapes to Southwestern art to contemporary abstract. Of course, you cannot take photos inside the galleries, so I have no photos to share...but I was able to leave with a stack of artist postcards and gallery guides to help me remember artists I enjoyed.

What was very inspiring and motivating to me as an artist was seeing the amount of abstract work exhibited in the galleries--much more than I typically see in St. Paul/Minneapolis. I wanted to go right to the studio and start painting!

But instead, I spent the day walking from gallery to gallery, soaking up all that inspiration like a sponge and hopefully storing it for another day.

There was even a little sculpture park, featuring several Buddhas, including this one:

Fortunately, a few short days later, I was able to make another trip to Canyon Road. It had snowed a few inches overnight (they closed the schools!), but to this Minnesotan it was a beautiful day!

I set out from our room, walking to the Plaza and then eventually making my way to Canyon Road. It was a beautiful walk and a beautiful day for taking pictures!

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 Next up: a trip to the Plaza!