You won't find any minimalist poseurs here, pretending
there's something in that black or blue field, when all it represents is a lack of talent, or images of a few light bulbs
strung together as "installations" (when did it become acceptable to waste electricity?). No con-artists who paint
the hackneyed vertical stripes of color, expecting everyone else to regard them as "new" and "edgy". We resist the current art-world culture of sameness, and have
a policy here at Art of Santa Fe: Three stripes and you're OUT!
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Sunday, May 17, 2009
Art of Santa Fe: Painters
Psychedelic, Mystical Paintings of Rocks, Crystals and Gems
Photo Copyright The Rock Painter
What are the Rocks Telling Us?
Oil on Canvas 56" X 42"
Copyright M-J de Mesterton, The Rock Painter, 2008 (Courtesy of Pegasi Energy, Tyler, Texas) 5-7
p.m. on January 9th, Zane Bennett gallery, Guadalupe St. and Paseo de Peralta, Santa
Fe, New Mexico
 Photo Copyright Art of Santa Fe, 2007
The Brilliant Artist, James Perigord at Zane Bennett Gallery, Santa Fe  Photo: Painter Paul Shapiro at M-J de Mesterton's Phil Space show, Santa Fe
September 12 - November 8
A SURVEY OF ABSTRACT
PAINTINGS: 1990-2008
Paul Shapiro
Abstract paintings from 1990-2008
RECEPTION: Friday, September 19, 5-7pm 
Courtesy
of Pegasi Energy, Houston Click Image to Enlarge
Traffic hazard, blinding light, gigantic carbon footprint Site Santa Fe, Site Santa Fe wastes electricty, Site Santa
Fe environmental hypocrites, Site Santa Fe blinds drivers and pedestrians, Site Santa Fe's blinding stupidity, Site Santa
Fe violates historic preservation code, Site Santa Fe wastes fossil fuel
Site Santa Fe
has a size XXX carbon footprint. The material on this web-site
is protected by copyright law, and some heavy-duty enforcers!  El Dorado, Oil on Canvas 66 X 72", Copyright M-J de Mesterton, 2007
Mystical Painter of Santa Fe
Image Protected by Copyright Law, and Some Heavy-Duty
Enforcers
Painting Copyright Vernon Witham; Photo Copyright Curator Collection
Painting Copyright Vernon Witham; Photo Copyright Curator Collection 2006
 Vernon Witham Standing by One of His Oregon Coast Paintings
Photo Copyright Curator Collection 2006
 Painter Vernon Witham (Surviving Picasso), in the Santa Fe House that He Designed and Built
Photo Copyright
Curator Collection, 2006
Above Left: Painting by the Late Santa fe Painter Ron Strong, Vernon's Nephew
 Self-Portrait by a very young Vernon Witham
Painting copyright Vernon Witham. Copyright of all images herein
is strictly enforced.
Vernon Witham's dealer may be reached at the following address:
Strong
Publishing | 22 Hondo Ridge Road | Santa Fe, NM | 87508
by appointment only | 505.474.0024 | info@strongpublishing.com Photo: Painter Paul Shapiro at M-J de Mesterton's Phil Space show, Santa Fe
The Paul Shapiro Retrospective will be at Zane Bennett Gallery's new site on Guadalupe
Street in Santa Fe. Meanwhile, there is an interesting article from 2005 about Paul Shapiro, legendary Santa Fe painter--yes,
an artist who actually does cool and unusual stuff with paint*, here.
*This site features only artists 'who do cool and unusual stuff with
paint'! 
Rock and Crystal Oil Painting on Canvas 5" X 7", by M-J de Mesterton, The Rock Painter, courtesy of the Wm. Pope collection, Aspen. Copyright 2008 
 Copyright Van Dyke Jones; Santa Fe, New Mexico All Rights Reserved
Trove,
by M-J de Mesterton, Oil on Canvas Copyright 1999
Trove , by M-J de Mesterton, Oil on Canvas
Copyright 1999
Oil-on-Canvas Rock Paintings by M-J de Mesterton
for information and more samples, visit this site.
Internet Image Protection by Law
 Les Rouges de Mars; Oil on Canvas 8" X 10" Sept., 2007
Copyright M-J de Mesterton (Courtesy of Gellatly Collection)  Above: M-J de Mesterton the Rock Painter,
and Darren Vigil-Gray at Paul
Shapiro's Zane Bennett Vernissage on September 19th, 2008
Current show of works by Darren Vigil Gray, Native American artist of Santa Fe, New Mexico
 Darren Vigil Gray is known for his
dreamscapes, landscapes and portraits which often incorporate mythological symbolism. He is Jicarilla Apache and Kiowa Apache.
Darren Vigil-Gray is a hereditary Chief. He left the reservation at 15 to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts in
Santa Fe. Vigil-Gray lives in Santa Fe; his studio is on Santa Fe's west side.
El Dorado, Oil on Canvas 66 X 72", Copyright M-J de Mesterton, 2007
Image Protected by Copyright Law, and Some Heavy-Duty Enforcers
Unveiled Today, August 13th, 2007: El Dorado by M-J de Mesterton
Please visit the link to view the painting.
Copyright 2007 by M-J de Mesterton
17 may 09 @ 10:44 am
Friday, August 1, 2008
Art of Santa Fe: Painters Who Do Their Own Thing- Paul Shapiro
- Vernon
Witham
- James Perigord
- Van Dyke Jones
- M-J de Mesterton
These are painters whose styles are sui generis, and easily
recognizable. They don't copy anyone else--a rarity in the modern, contemporary world of art.
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Paul Shapiro, Center, Talking with Guests at His Zane Bennett Reception, Sept. 19th, 2008
