LA GALERÍA @ THE SHAFFER
103 W. Main Street
Mountainair, NM 87036
(505) 847-1137 lagaleriashaffer@gmail.com www.lagaleria-theshaffer.com Artists Linda Marie Carroll and Rebecca Anthony opened La Galería @ The Shaffer on June 29, 2019, in the rooms off to the side of the historic Shaffer Hotel lobby. It’s an ideal venue for an art gallery as the Shaffer Hotel and the Shaffer Hotel Café are on the National Register of Historic Places because of the Southwest Art Deco appointments and structural features.
Currently La Galería has six resident artists including Carroll and Anthony, of whom live locally within 10 miles of Mountainair, New Mexico. One of the gallery’s primary goals is to promote New Mexico artists, starting with local residents, so they do not extend invitations to artists who live outside the state.
Carroll paints portraits, Indigenous peoples and landscapes in both oil and watercolor. Her passion is the play of light and shadow in her art. Anthony currently prefers working with paper on wood panels. Using a variety of heavily textured and smooth paper of vibrant and subdued color, she expertly uses her medium to portray scenes and animals native to New Mexico. The gallery’s resident artists include Ray Darnell, Dianne Doan, Kathy Baur and Dean Schroeder. Events and exhibitions opening in the near future include Cowgirl Attitude on May 2, Sculpting New Mexico Gems on July
11, Two Nations Two Brothers Unite on August 1, Enchanted Landscapes on September 5 and New Mexico Scenes Paintings by Karen Dressler Argeanas on November 7.