We've been back from Europe a little over a week, enough time to recover from jet -lag, unpack, catch up with gallery business, gallery sit and get ready for the tourist season.  So  I can finally take time to write about the trip.  Our main focus was the cruise from Amsterdam to Basil on the Rhine River.    In past visits to  Amsterdam we  visited both the Rembrandt House and the Van Gogh Museum;  we crossed the city to see the latter again, but lines of visiters were so long, we went to the beautiful park near by instead, where I enjoyed drawing the huge ancient trees.  Having seen both artists so many times over 50 years, it was not a bad solution.  I also skipped the Gerhard Richter exhibit outside  Basil:  it was very expensive and I don't agree that he is Germany's greatest painter as he is called (maybe all PR?);  I saw a major exhibit in Hamburg a few years back and was not that exited.  But I did discover a wonderful artist in Basil (actually from Munich)  at an opening I just happened across in my wanderings.   Friedrich Geier's paintings/drawings reminded my of the Australian Aborigines works, a similar all over design but with humans, animals, plants totally imbedded in the image; exquisite sense of color too.  It would be wonderful to bring his work over here for a show.  [to be continued] 

Tomarrow, Friday,   April 25 th  is the Monthly  Railyard Artwalk from 5 - 7 pm.  All Art lovers are cordually invited to the Reception.    aSEA gallery     407 S. Guadalupe St.     988-9140

Opening of New Work by Monika Steinhoff

The Heart, Trees. . .and Rain

 

You are cordially invited to an Opening Reception

 Celebrating Artist

Monika Steinhoff's

40th year in Santa Fe

 

Saturday, April 5th from 3 - 6:00 pm

 

a SEA in the Desert Gallery

407 S. Guadalupe Street
Santa Fe Railyard

Please call 988-9140 or 988-4920 for more information

Steinhoff's Head above Water I

Anne Russell's Poetic Sculpture

ABQ Artist Carol Hoy will be guest artist at A SEA Gallery for the month of February, opening  1/10 through March 14th.  Her work sculptures   and  paintings will be featured for the Railyard Artwalk on Feb. 28th.

The aSEA Gallery Raffle is proceeding  well -less than 10 tickets are still available for sale.  Images of prizes available for all ticket holders are below  (grand Prize - $2400. Painting)  all others can choose work for 100 - 150. (The images are not edited due to lack of time.)

Pallas Athena is the title of this  painting which will be Raffled on December 28th, Saturday at 4 pm at
A SEA Gallery  407 S. Guadalupe in the S F Railyard.   Only 35 tickets will be sold, and 6 people will win a prize.  The gallery is a collective, showing work that commercial galleries do not sell or even carry.  It plays a very special role in the Santa Fe art scene. 988-9140

David Warren's Garden I, Cattle Guard & Early Morning Bridge

Correction  on last post:  David Warren's show is Nov. 29, during the last Friday Railyard Artwalk,