January 18th ~ Santa Fe, NM: Hal Cupp and AFC Football

Sunday, January 18th was our last day in Albuquerque.  We met our old friend Hal Cupp for Breakfast. As with Debbie, I had not seen Hal since that last Jewelry trip to the area 20 years ago and John had not seen him for at least 30 years.  He look fabulous, lost weight and stopped smoking.. had more energy that both of us put together. 

Hal is very involved in the Albuquerque Oasis group: "Volunteers are the heart and soul of our program. Share your skills and talents, support successful aging and meet new friends. In addition to tutoring children who are learning to read, volunteers represent OASIS at community events and help run the center on a daily basis"
http://www.oasisnet.org/AlbuquerqueNM.aspx. 
http://www.oasisnet.org/

Always a sense of
humor

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Finally, Pizza, The Patriots and the AFC Championship Game!

with Diana and Roger.

PATRIOTS WIN

~ On to the Superbowl ~

                     

January 17th: Santa Fe -Part 2 ~ Georgia O'Keffee Museum

Purple Hills - Ghost Ranch 2

Saturday January 17th:  The Georgia O'keffe Museum

Below is a grouping of photographs and painting we viewed while visiting the Museum.  Luckly I was able to photograph much of the collection as long as I did not use flash.  There were quite a few rooms that photography was not permitted.  I need to do a little more research to find the names of a few of the paintings that I have not titled. 

It is a remarkable collection of both her paintings and of photographs of her taken by her very close confidants.

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Born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, O'Keeffe first came to the attention of the New York art community in 1916. She made large-format paintings of enlarged blossoms, presenting them close up as if seen through a magnifying lens, and New York buildings, most of which date from the same decade. Beginning in 1929, when she began working part of the year in Northern New Mexico—which she made her permanent home in 1949—O’Keeffe depicted subjects specific to that area. O'Keeffe has been recognized as the Mother of American Modernism.

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http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/about-georgia-okeeffe.html

The Museum

Plaque on the sidewalk
outside the Museum

Photograph:  Her view of Ghost Mountain from her studio

The above right painting is very interesting in that the guide at the Museum told us that Ms. O'Keffe saw a river from from above as she was flying over the area and decided to paint the river from that perspective.  I had thought it was a tree.

Being from the coast, I fell in love with 

the simplicity of her painting of a boat!

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We ended the day in Santa Fe driving around town before heading back to witness the beautiful sunset outside Diana and Rogers home in Albuquerque.

Chair nailed to tree!  ??

Pretty scenery on our way back to Albuquerque

and from the side of her home

Sunset view in front of Diana's front yard
of the Sandia Mountain

January 17th: Santa Fe -Part 1

Saturday mornning, January 17th Diana, Roger, John and I took off for a visit to Sante Fe,New Mexico.  Starting with a tour of Old Town Santa Fe and the Loretto Chapel with its' absolutely beautiful architecture and amazing staircase.

The Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA is a former Roman Catholic church that is now used as a museum and wedding chapel. It is known for its unusual helix-shaped spiral staircase (the "Miraculous Stair"), the name and origin of the builder has still not been verified. The Sisters of Loretto credit St. Joseph with its construction. It has been the subject of legend and rumor, and the circumstances surrounding its construction and its builder are considered miraculous by the Sisters of Loretto and many visitors.

The resulting staircase is an impressive work of carpentry. It ascends twenty feet, making two complete revolutions up to the choir loft without the use of nails or apparent center support. It has been surmised that the central spiral of the staircase is narrow enough to serve as a central beam. Nonetheless there was no attachment unto any wall or pole in the original stairway, although in 1887 -- 10 years after it was built -- a railing was added and the outer spiral was fastened to an adjacent pillar.^[3] Instead of metal nails, the staircase was constructed using dowels or wooden pegs.  The staircase has 33 steps, this is the same age of Jesus Christ. The risers of the 33 steps are all of the same height. Made of an apparently extinct wood species, it was constructed with only square wooden pegs without glue or nails. It makes over two complete 360-degree turns, stands 20’ tall and has no center support.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretto_Chapel

After visiting the Loretto Chapel, we had lunch at a wonderful restaurant and toured the rest of Santa Fe including the Outdoor market, Sorrell Sky Gallery which is owned by Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell's daugher and we saw the senators beautiful jewelry is on display. We also visited the Sugarman-Peterson Gallery.  Then, we continued on to the Georga O'keefe Gallery!( See the next blog)  What a day!

Mural at the Restaurant

Another Art Piece at the Restaurant

Gentleman on a bench at the park.
 Diana says he is there everyday. 

John and Roger 

"Life out of Balance
 2014"

El Palacio Real

Senator Campbells daughters Store

Senator Campbells' beautiful jewelry

Michael Sugarman

I was thrilled to visit the Sugarman-Peterson Gallery.  I had not seen Michael for over 15 years, not since the last JCK Jewelry Show in NYC that I attended in July of 1999.  He looks wonderful and his gallery was fabulous!  We are standing in front of one of my favorite paintings he has for sale in the gallery. Check out his website to see
his beautiful jewelry.
http://sugarmanpetersongallery.com/painters.php?artist=74