One of the most art-rich streets in the United States is near the center of Santa Fe, New Mexico, where an unassuming road leads up a hill just a short walk from the Santa Fe Plaza. The narrow and dusty street is lined with magnificent homes, some dating back to the 1750s; historic courtyards with tiny doors through adobe walls; and some of Santa Fe’s top galleries highlighting Western, contemporary and historic artwork. The thoroughfare, the iconic Canyon Road, is one of the gems of the Southwest, where artists and collectors have congregated for more than a century. 
Howard Post, Valley Shadows, oil, 24 x 24"
That famous road is now the home to Legacy Gallery’s newest venue, and the significance of that location was not lost on owners Brad and Jinger Richardson. “I told Jinger since we’ve been in business that if we could ever get that location we would go there in an instant,” Brad Richardson says. “And that location was right there on Canyon Road. It is really an ideal space for us, and we’re excited to be there.”
Robert Peters, Village of the Ancients, oil, 18 x 24"
The Richardsons bought the Canyon Road gallery, and Manitou Galleries on the Santa Fe Plaza, from art dealer Bob Nelson in 2021. Richardson and Nelson had started talking frequently at the beginning of the pandemic, and eventually the two struck a deal. More than a year later, and after some light renovation in the Canyon Road space, Legacy Gallery is ready to celebrate the location’s grand opening with a group show opening July 1. The show will include some artists known to Santa Fe collectors, as well as some artists that have not been recently available in the City Different. 
Jerry Jordan, Listen for the Symphony, oil, 30 x 30"
“The obvious ones we are excited to continue working with from Manitou are Jerry Jordan and Kim Wiggins. They are terrific artists and we’re thrilled at the opportunity to show their work,” Richardson says. “We’re also excited to bring some artists into Santa Fe for the first time, including Kyle Polzin, Z.S. Liang, Martin Grelle, John Coleman and many others. We’re going to have some fun because the line between Legacy and Manitou won’t always be so clear.”
C. Michael Dudash, High Drama on the High Plains, oil on linen, 34 x 24"
G. Russell Case, Valley Shadows, oil, 19 x 24½"
Other artists that will be shown in Legacy’s Canyon Road location include C. Michael Dudash, Robert Peters, G. Russell Case and Howard Post. The Post painting in the show, Valley Shadows, shows a trio of horses in a vast desert valley with purple and pink mountains in the distance. The Arizona-based painter has a contemporary feel to his work, which should do well in Santa Fe, particularly on Canyon Road, which was once home to numerous artists who were pushing Western art in exciting directions. Some of those artists who lived on or near Canyon Road were Gerald Cassidy, Sheldon Parsons, William Penhallow Henderson, Fremont Ellis, John Sloan, Will Shuster and many others. 
C. Michael Dudash, His Vanishing Land…, oil on linen, 20 x 28"
Dudash will be presenting two new works: High Drama on the High Plains and His Vanishing Land…, both of which show the artist’s unique painting and storytelling style. Dudash, a member of the Cowboy Artists of America, has had exceptional success in Legacy’s location in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Jordan’s work, Listen for the Symphony, reveals an artist who is deeply connected to the people and places of Taos, New Mexico, where Jordan has lived and worked for more than two decades. Case and Peters will both be showing impressive landscapes, including Peters’ Village of the Ancients, showing a massive structure built into the side of a cliff. 
Legacy Gallery’s Canyon Road location in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The gallery will unveil the work on July 1, and then an open house will be held on Saturday, July 2.
“We are incredibly happy to have a presence in Santa Fe, and especially in this location,” says Richardson. “We believe in the Santa Fe art market, and we are very happy to be a part of it.” —
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