Parsons Gallery of the West will be hosting the annual Small Works Holiday Showat its historic Kit Carson Road location in Taos, New Mexico. The holiday celebration features new works by some of the top Western artists working today, including John Moyers, Dan Stovall, Roseta Santiago, Ron Rencher and more—with up to 30 original paintings on view and available for purchase.
Ron Rencher, An Offering to the Giver of Water, oil on linen, 24 x 36 in.“This event is a great chance to catch up with our artists and the Taos community, enjoying a warm fire, hot cider, holiday treats and great art,” says Ashley Rolshoven, gallery director. “The building where Parsons Gallery of the West calls home is the perfect place for creative spirits to gather, as it was once Victor Higgins’ studio in the 1920s, and later became one of Taos’ first galleries, the Blue Door, in the 1950s.”
Jerry Jordan, We Come to Prepare for Tomorrow, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in.
One of Amery Bohling’s paintings in the upcoming show, Morning in the Lower Granite Gorge, comes from one of the artist’s trips rafting the Colorado River near the Lower Granite Gorge. “That morning, before we loaded the boats for the day, I paused to take in the light and quiet of the canyon. Days on the river have their rhythm: mornings spent packing up camp, evenings setting it again, and in between, time for painting, floating and just being part of the landscape,” she says. “I photographed this scene before we left and saved it for the day I would paint it and relive that moment. It wasn’t the best time to start a painting, but the light was too beautiful to ignore, warm and golden as it bounced off the canyon walls.”
Amery Bohling, Morning in the Lower Granite Gorge, oil on linen, 12 x 12 in.
Richard Alan Nichols, Notes of Autumn’s Serenade, oil on panel, 14 x 18 in.
Jerry Jordan’s Preparing for Tomorrow was created from a photograph owned by Bert Geer Phillips. “I traded for a few of them. Any painting of Taos Pueblo is timeless. Having attended many feast days as a guest, I’ve witnessed the women busy on preparation days,” says Jordan. “It is an honor to be invited to feast days. I never take it for granted.”
Silent Smoke, an oil by Drew Macias, depicts a mustachioed cowboy on horseback, cigarette smoke billowing around him. “Silent Smokewas one of those paintings that really came together without many hitches; it’s not always like that,” he says. “As I finished up, the desert seemed quiet, and I could hear the sound of the tobacco burning as this old cowboy took a draw from his cigar. It’s just what came to mind, which made it easy to name, another aspect that is not always like that.”
Don Ward, Gently Drifting, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 in.
Richard Alan Nichols brings a recent nocturne to the Parsons Gallery show, featuring thick, painterly brushstrokes in shades of gold and turquoise. “Notes of the Autumn Serenade was inspired by many influences from the Taos Society of Artists and the Tiwa People (Red Willow/Taos Pueblo) to Frank Tenney Johnson, all inspiring to help me lift my voice and try to tell a story on this particular painting,” he says. “From the mystery of the night, to the serenading of music and last the dapple of moonlight, I tried to convey a moment that we hope will last a lifetime with these two souls.” The artist says that now more than ever, he’s focused most deeply on telling a story.
Drew Macias, Silent Smoke, oil on panel, 20 x 24 in.
The gallery will host a reception and holiday celebration on Friday, December 12, from 5 to 8 p.m. The exhibition hangs through the end of the year. —
Parsons Gallery of the West 122 D Kit Carson Road » Taos, NM 87571 » (575) 737-9200 » www.parsonsart.com
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