Photo finish
NM shutterbugs show their best in juried exhibit
The 10th Annual New Mexico Photographic Art Show is a collage of the fantastical and the natural — the sublime and the surreal. Featuring more than 250 works by 130 New Mexico photographers, the show runs through April 23 in the Fine Arts Gallery at EXPO New Mexico. The juried exhibition contains works selected from more than 400 submissions. Admission is free and all the photographs are for sale.
Nature photographer Pablo Garcia shot “Lake Moraine” on vacation in Canada’s Banff National Park. The Valley of the Ten Peaks orbits the thin, elongated body of water.
“It was basically a stream when an avalanche blocked it hundreds of years ago,” Garcia said. “We could see people on the lake who were canoeing.”
The canoes in the foreground form a ringlet of jewel tones beneath the mammoth mountains.
“I sat down on the edge of the lake to get on the level of the canoes with just a little bit of sky,” Garcia said. “I was looking to find a spot where there weren’t crowds or canoes in the lake.”
Garcia grew up in Juárez, and worked in El Paso, where he bought his first 35mm Pentax camera. A move to Sandia National Laboratories brought him in contact with photographers Keith Bauer and Peter Davies, who taught him about composition and how to work in the field. The trio still take photographic journeys together, most recently to Moab, Utah, Yellowstone and Jackson, Wyo.
John Gilbert started out as a studio photographer shooting high school portraits. He discovered digital manipulation in 2003.
“End of Days” is a composite that can be read as both spiritual and
Monday
Palette Contemporary Art and Craft, 7200 Montgomery NE, Mossman Center, continues “Light Waves” from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 855-7777.
Tuesday
516 ARTS, 516 Central SW, continues “In Our Own Backyard” from noon to 4 p.m. 242-1445.
Thursday
New Mexico Humanities Council, 4115 Silver SE, hosts a reception for “Stories on the Sleeve: Connecting With Album Cover Art” from 6 to 8 p.m. 663-7370.
Oasis Art Gallery, 3301 Menaul NE, Suite 18, behind American Home Furniture, continues “Subtle Nuances: Pastel Paintings.” 884-4529. Friday
Amapola Gallery, 205 Romero St. NW, hosts a reception for “Elephants, Landscapes and Bowls” from 4 to 7 p.m. 242-4311.
516 ARTS, 516 Central SW, hosts an opening for “In Our Own Back Yard” from 5 to 8 p.m. 242-1445.
Carla Forrest Fine Art Studio and Gallery, 404 C-5 San Felipe NW, hosts a reception for “Enchanted Lands” from 5 to 8 p.m. 410-2444.
Collected Hands Studio, 206½ San Felipe NW, hosts a reception and open house for “Enchanted Skies” from 5 to 8 p.m. 217-4593.
Concetta D Gallery, 20 First Plaza NW, hosts an opening for featured artist David Terry from 2 to 4 p.m. 243-5066.
EXPO New Mexico, Hispanic Arts Building, 300 San Pedro NE, hosts a reception for “The Masterworks of New Mexico 21st Annual Fine Art Show” from 5 to 8 p.m.
5G Gallery, 1715 Fifth NW, hosts a reception for “Independent Storms” from 5 to 8 p.m. 463-0946.
The Gallery ABQ, 8210 Menaul NE, hosts a reception for painter Karina VanMeter from 5 to 8 p.m. 292-9333.
Ghostwolf Gallery, 2043 South Plaza NW, hosts a reception for “Flowering in the Desert” from 4 to 7 p.m. 246-9653.
Harwood Art Center, 1114 Seventh NW, hosts an artist talk and reception for “Sympoiesis: Hollis Moore and Kaitlin Bryson” and “Dissolving Dichotomies: Danila Rumold” from 5:30 to 8 p.m. 242-6367.
Little Bird de Papel, 1222 Mountain NW, hosts an opening for a “Soup is Love Project of the Bowls” from 3 to 8 p.m. 710-7524.
Mariposa Gallery, 3500 Central SE, hosts a reception for “Dreamscapes: Scenes of New Mexico and Beyond” by Max Woltman and “New Collages” by Fay Abrams from 5 to 8 p.m. 268-6828.
Matrix Fine Art, 3812 Central SE, hosts a reception and open house for “Perceptual Ambiguity” from 5 to 8 p.m. 595-5197.
Sanitary Tortilla Factory, 401 Second SW, hosts a closing reception for “Used to Know Me Now” from 5 to 8 p.m. 228-3749.
Sumner and Dene, 517 Central NW, hosts a reception for the “2019 Landscape Show” from 5 to 8 p.m. 842-1400.
Tortuga Gallery, 901 Edith SE, hosts an opening for “The Blues Show by A.R.T. (Artists ‘Round Town)” from 6 to 9 p.m. 506-0820.
Warren Fine Art and Collectibles, 328 San Felipe NW, hosts an opening for Carol Lopez from 5 to 8 p.m. 243-1005.
Weyrich Gallery, 2935-D Louisiana NE, hosts a reception for “AbScapes” from 5 to 8 p.m. 883-7410.
Yucca Art Gallery, 206½ San Felipe NW, hosts a reception for “Nature’s Garden Art Party” from 5 to 7 p.m. 247-8931.
Saturday
Carla Forrest Art Studio and Gallery, 404 C-5, San Felipe NW, hosts an “Artist’s Demonstration and Display” from noon to 5 p.m. 410-2444.
Weems Gallery and Framing, 7200 Montgomery NE, hosts an opening for an “April Featured Artists” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 293-6133.