About Our Gallery
We have always felt that our home design and construction has been an artistic outlet for us. Our homes tend to attract artists and extremely creative people. Because of this fact, we have created this section of our website specifically for ourselves, our home owners, and friends, to display their artistic talents and offer their wares to the general public.
Please enjoy viewing these creations and let us know if you're interested in any piece in particular or feel free to give your comments.
Classic New Mexico Homes
Cindy Duff
Cindy's most recent medium is religious mosaics utilizing much more than tile pieces. She incorporates the most interesting bits and pieces of glass, pebbles, hand made clay pieces, miniatures and more, to create an incredibly pleasing work of art. Note the detail on these mosaics. These works look beautiful when framed by a nicho inside or outside the home.
Kiki Suggs
Douglas T. Martin (more coming soon)
Mary Talamini
Michael B. Heard
I love art. It's as simple as that. I've had no formal training, but I know what I like, and I know what I like to paint. It makes me happy to create something beautiful to my eye. If it makes other people feel the same way, then I feel I have really accomplished something. I love to capture nature in my paintings because it brings back the memories of the time and place. The moment can last and be savored over and over again.
Doug's paintings are whimsical and colorful. They capture perfectly the wonderful essence of the wildlife and fauna here in New Mexico. His artwork is addicting and fulfilling to the soul.
Mike is Kiki's brother and he's been turning wood and working with wood since his early teens. Most of the wood comes from the mountains of Kingston, NM, where Mike and Kiki spent their childhood. A lot of black walnut, juniper, cottonwood, elm, and even mulberry are used in these bowls. These bowls bring the outside into the home and go hand in hand with our New Mexico style homes.
Virginia Maria Romero
Virginia Maria Romero is an award winning artist whose works reflect original contemporary designs that express the distinctive voice of their creator. The style, color and compositions of her acrylics as well as her retablos continue to exhibit her uniqueness and creative quality. Romero’s works consisting of contemporary religious retablos inspired by the culture of New Mexico are just as strongly driven by her own experiences, setting her works apart from others of that genre.
Romero’s art is collectively in: national and international private and museum collections, over 25 books, film, and periodicals, and has been featured in over 50 group and solo exhibits.
Romero’s retablos, altars, and crosses are done in the traditional Northern New Mexico style using carved and/or adzed pine panels, homemade gesso, water-soluble pigment, hand collected ground pigments as available including; ochre, cochineal, black walnut, and sealed with homemade piñon sap varnish, & wax.
Romero’s art has been selected for collections that include: Basilica of San Albino, Mesilla, NM; El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM; New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, Las Cruces, NM; San Miguel Mission, Santa Fe, NM; Maria Stein Heritage Museum/National Marian Shrine of the Holy Relics, Maria Stein, OH; Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine and Parish, Mesilla Park, NM; Holy Cross Retreat, Las Cruces, NM; The Friars of the Sick Poor of Los Angeles, Los Angeles,California; Santa Francesca Romana, Rome; Basilica di San Miniato al Monte, Florence, Italy; Monte Olivito Maggiore; Cardinal Levada, and Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican City.
Virginia Maria Romero: agzromero@zianet.com
Arté de Romero tile & murals: 575 644-0214
Mary is an extremely talented artist and a wonderful person as well. We love her colorful artwork and really enjoyed combining our artistic talents with hers to create a unique home for her and Bob.
