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Norteño (Northern New Mexico) Artist Portraits

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Micaceous clay potter Camilla Trujillo working on a new pot outside her Espanola, New Mexico, home.

I've been living in Northern New Mexico for over 40 years and have been writing and photographing about the arts and artists among other things. I've accumulated a lot of Norteño (the term used for a person who lives in Northern New Mexico) artist portraits and thought I'd share some of them here. 
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Nicklas Valdez and son Ezra at the installation of his exhibit at the Convento Gallery on the Espanola Plaza, Espanola, New Mexico
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Poet Levi Romero in his house in Dixon, New Mexico. Romero likes to say that he doesn't tell short stories. "I don't have time to tell short stories." Meaning there is so much detail in a story he will tell, he doesn't want to waste his time telling an abbreviated or condensed version. In addition to being a professor at the University of New Mexico, he's also currently serving as New Mexico's poet laureate. 
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Contemporary artist Toshi Miki in her Abiquiu, New Mexico, studio
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Master santero Felix Lopez painting a new carving. His son Joseph, who is also a santero, watches his father work in their Española, New Mexico home. ​Lopez has received numerous awards throughout his career.  He first participated in Spanish Market in 1976. Among his many recognitions, he was given the 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Spanish Colonial Arts Society and 2016 Governors Award for Excellence in the Arts. He also has a major piece, Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, in the Smithsonian American Art Musuem.  He’s also known for his art conservation work in Northern New Mexico including work at the Santuario de Chimayó, Santa Cruz de la Cañada Church and the Nuestra Señora del Rosario church in the mountain village of Truchas.
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Armando Lopez, Abiquiú, New Mexico
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Wayne Snowbrd, sculptor, Santa Clara Pueblo
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David Cudney, Chamisal, New Mexico. Cudney might be termed the "king" of found or repurposed art sculpture and installation. He has contributed to numerous exhibitions and to Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Wayne Snowbird, Santa Clara Pueblo sculptor (left) Ryan Benally, Navajo sculptor (right) in his Espanola, New Mexico, studio
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Dino Martinez, muralist, Espanola, New Mexico
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Camera shy Coyote, New Mexico, micaceous potter Annette Morfin  shows one of her trademark TAD bowls she had made for Spanish Market
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Jason Garcia, Santa Clara Pueblo
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La Puebla, New Mexico poet Joan Logghe. Logghe is the recipient of an NEA grant and also served as Poet Laureate in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is a well-know figure in Northern New Mexico having hosted weekly art workshops and teaching classes at Ghost Ranch. She is also one of the three owners of Tres Chicas Books.
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Artist and filmmaker Diego Lopez strikes a heroic stance prior to starting a mural in Espanola, New Mexico. 
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Children's book author and illustrator and agriculture expert Serena Wright
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Andres Martinez  in his studio near Holy Cross church in Santa Cruz, New Mexico (above and below)
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Stonecarver Mark Sax runs, along with is wife Betsy Williams, the Saxe Stonecarving Workshop in Rinconada, New Mexico.
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Printmaker Nick Beason in the Gaucho Blue gallery in Peñasco, New Mexico (above and below)
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Stonecarver Steve Dunlap at a Saxe Stonecarving Workshop in Rinconada, New Mexico
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Artist, photographer, fashion and costume designer, filmmaker and writer, Emma Eckert displays one of her moth capes at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Santero Nick Herrera was born in El Rito, New Mexico, and his New Mexican roots helped to shape him as a artist who "follows the ever-expanding folk tradition of the Northern New Mexico santero."[1] His art is known to provoke strong emotions, as it is satirical, religious and sometimes sad. Herrera's work takes the form of statuettes, sculptures inspired by modern issues, lithographs and plaster images. Much of his inspiration comes from a serious accident that put Herrera into a coma, during which he claims he saw a figure of death. As a result, his spiritual iconic style was born. Below – Herrera sits in a mausoleum, which sits next to his home, that houses his mother's remains.
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Dixon artist Jim Vogel sits in front of one finished and one in-process painting. Vogel's painting's are very reminiscent of the style of Thomas Hart Benton.
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Custom car maker and jeweler (Rocket Heads Jewelry) Jeff Brock sits atop "The Evil Twin" in his Espanola, New Mexico garage. Among Brock's accomplishments are his holding a land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats.
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Eliza Naranjo Morse (Santa Clara Pueblo)  on Matthew Chase-Daniel's cell phone screen while she worked on a massive mural project at ​IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Claire Kerven
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 Rose Simpson (Santa Clara Pueblo) stand among some of the "Finding Center" pieces at Chiaroscuro Contemporary Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Lori Faye Bock, who is well-known for her paintings of animals, with one of her close friends in her Abiquiu, New Mexico, home
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Japanese-trained production potter Betsy Williams carrying cups to her wood-fired kiln in Dixon, New Mexico
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Randy Ortiz Martinez in front of an in-process mural on La Joya Street in Espanola, New Mexico
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Jane Kramer works on a basket, El Rito, New Mexico
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Zach Greer and his "Trophy Car"
Glass artist Paul White models a new mask creation, Tesuque, New Mexico
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Composer and musician Thollem McDonas prior to a performance in the Misión Convento. Espanola, New Mexico
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Printmaker Ron Mier. Northern New Mexico College, Espanola, New Mexico
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Emma Eckert apparently practicing "sculptural yoga" at the Railyard area in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Leroy Lopez at home in Los Ojos, New Mexico
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Contemporary painting Mike Edge in his Abiquiu, New Mexico, studio
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Sal and Roger, founders of Moving Arts Espanola inside the new dome created for performacnes, Espanola, New Mexico
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Photographer, writer and author Don Usner. On the computer screen is the photo Usner used on the cover of his book, "Chasing Dichos in Chimayó"
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El Rito, New Mexico, photographer David Michael Kennedy
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Sculptor Doug Coffin in his Abiquiú, New Mexico studio
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Santero Manuel Lopez
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Musician Cipriano Vigil
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Eliza Naranjo Morse (Santa Clara Pueblo) with an introductory section of a massive mural project she completed at ​IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Teenage poet and potter Demi Lovato working on a new pot in her Chamita, New Mexico, studio
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Painter Brian Flowers
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Jason Garcia holding a lithograph in his Santa Clara Pueblo studio
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Abiquiú, New Mexico, painter and photographer Walter Nelson
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Jeweler and painter Gabriela Silva outside the Misión Convento in Española, New Mexico
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Rod Velarde, Jicarilla Apache, with one of his Native design decorated Star Wars figures. 
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Woodcarver Eliseo Trujillo selling crosses and bultos at his roadside "Gallery," Española, New Mexico
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Leopoldo Garcia, Abiquiú, New Mexico
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Shel Neymark working on a public mosaic mural in Dixon, New Mexico
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Woodworker Fred Romero
El Rito artist Julie Wagner with one of her artist books
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Gloria Lopez Cordova, woodcarver from Cordova, New Mexico
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Trish Spillman at her loom. Spillman was instrumental in the
​formation of the Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center
Ojo Sarco, New Mexico, potter Kathy Riggs
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Batik artist Gary Fey in his Rinconada, New Mexico, studio/gallery
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Ceramic artist Theo H. in his Chimayó studio
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Jean Nichols, Peñasco, New Mexico
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David Michael Kennedy, El Rito, New Mexico
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Abiquiú, New Mexico, artist Sabra Moore at the mosaic installation at San Juan Elementary School
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Cipriano Vigil and grandson, El Rito, New Mexico

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    • Albuquerque Aquarium
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    • Astro Zombies Murals
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    • Cabezon Peak
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    • Chicano Park Murals
    • Children Portraits
    • Churches
    • Circus Behind the Scenes
    • Colors
    • Computers
    • Concorso Santa Fe
    • Contrast
    • Descansos
    • Design photographs in the style of Charles Sheeler
    • Detroit Street Photos
    • Dogs
    • Explora Albuquerque
    • Fisheye Lens Photos
    • Gay Pride Parade
    • Ghost Ranch
    • Goggles Sunglasses and Masks
    • Goofing Around with mime Mark Wenzel
    • Horizont Camera Panoramic Images
    • Humor
    • Industry
    • Infrared Photos
    • Insects
    • International Center of Photography
    • Isolated Trees
    • Isolation Photos
    • Juxtaposed
    • Lady of Guadalupe
    • Landscape Photos
    • Lowriders
    • Lowrider Summer
    • Lowriders: Vintage San Francisco Bay Area Show
    • Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego
    • Matachines de Alcalde
    • Mirror Images
    • Moon Photos
    • Moving Arts Espanola
    • Moving Landscapes
    • Murals in Espanola, New Mexico
    • New Mexico Press Association 2022 Award Winner
    • New Orleans Street Photography
    • NM Treasures 2023 Calendar Image
    • Northern New Mexico
    • Norteno Artist Portraits
    • Panoramic Photos
    • Photographers
    • Pic of the Day
    • Plants and Flowers
    • Portraits
    • Port of Portland
    • Portraits of Strangers
    • Published Favorites
    • Repetition in Photos
    • Road to Pedernal
    • San Francisco Chinatown
    • Shadows
    • Snow Photos
    • Still Life Photos
    • San Francisco Street Photos
    • Service People Portraits
    • Shadows
    • Stand Alone Photos
    • Storm and Rain Photos
    • Street Photography
    • The Yin/Yang of Families
    • Trailer Landscapes
    • Trees
    • Urban Landscapes
    • Vintage Ford and Cadillac Manufacturing
    • Vintage - Pre -digital photos
    • Water
    • Widelux F6: First Roll
    • Widelux Panoramic Photos
    • Working
  • Selected Writing/Published
    • Agricultural Profile: Christopher Bassettt: Freshies of New Mexico Farm, Velarde, NM
    • Behind the Scenes at the Circus
    • ​​Book Review: "Orale! Lowrider: Custom Made in New Mexico"
    • Carlton, Oregon
    • Comic Con New Mexico
    • Crosswalk Painting
    • Cumbres Toltec
    • Day of the Dead, Albuquerque's Marigold Parade
    • Fog Smoke Haze in Photos
    • Gordon Tooley, Apple Guru
    • Indian Market Native Costumes
    • In Praise of Kit Lenses
    • In Praise of Manual Lenses
    • Instagram
    • Jeff Brock and Bombshell Betty
    • John Lea's Painted Truck
    • Light Quality
    • Luck in Photography
    • Luck in Photography vers 2.0
    • National Museum of Nuclear Science and History
    • Natural Dyeing with Glenna Dean
    • Pet Store Animal Photos
    • Rio Arriba: A New Mexico County
    • Rocket Heads Jewelry
    • Scale in Photography
    • Shooting Into The Sun
    • Spanapalooza
    • Tibetan Monk Sand Painting
    • Timing in Photography
    • United Farm Workers
    • Variations on a Theme
    • Why I Take Photographs
    • WWII Reenactment
  • Archive