October Visual Artists
Visual Artists Reception, 2 p.m., October 16, 2022
Concerts and Art Exhibits at
Las Placitas Presbyterian Church
Highway 165, Placitas NM
Directions
2 pm - Visual Artists Reception
3 pm - Concert
Please check individual concert details
as dates and times may be subject to
change
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the express consent of the artist. Click on any image to enlarge view.
John grew up in Montana and started drawing at an early age,
mostly wildlife and fantasy art. After moving to Los Angeles and
embarking on a career that included animation, technical illus-
tration, and marketing, John retired with his wife Barbara, first
to a cabin in the Mojave Desert, and now in Placitas. He enjoys
being part of the creative community here.
John says: “I love the intensity of color and subtlety that pastels
allow, and I've recently branched out into oils as well. I try to
capture the light and interplay of highlights and shadows in my
work. New Mexico and the West provides endless inspiration.”
Myra has a technical background and worked in Engineering
and Design throughout her career until her retirement in 2014.
She has been designing jewelry for the past 15 years and truly
enjoys the opportunity to use her right brain! Myra currently
shows at Weems Gallery and Yucca Art Gallery in Albuquerque.
Myra says: “At Tierra y Luz Studio, I design contemporary jew-
elry with a Southwest spin. Unique combinations of gemstones
bring together earthy yet refined harmony. Often my designs
are a combination of "rough and refined" materials resulting in
aesthetically pleasing jewelry that is comfortable to wear.”
Karl Hofmann taught humanities and art at universities around the
country. In 1976 he found himself in Placitas in a community of
artists. He taught at Sandia Prep for 19 years and worked on his
craft of pottery. He thinks of his pots as New Mexico landscapes in
clay and hopes that, like the mesas, they will last in their beauty
and usefulness. Since retiring from teaching, Karl has had time to
explore other interests. He has attended printmaking and pastel
workshops.
Karl says, "My work is based on personal experiences. I am 'process
oriented’ reveling in the material itself like when a lump of clay
turns into a shape or blocks of linocut come together to make an
image or pastel layers merge into a landscape.”
After a short stint at the University of Texas where Alice Webb
studied drawing and design she moved to Taos. For five years
Webb designed jewelry, studied tapestry weaving, created fiber
sculptures, and continued to hone her drawing skills. She soon
knew though that she had to return to painting. Over the past
thirty-five years Webb has exhibited work nationally and inter-
nationally. Her paintings and prints are included in numerous
public and private collections.
Alice says: “The graceful or wild lines that create a mountain or
a river; the contrast in light and shadow; all the simple, com-
plex, natural and man-made shapes that make up the landscape
excite me. I am particularly interested in the Southwest.”
Christiane Couvert was born into a family of artists and fostered
her own artistic inclinations through multi-cultural travel expe-
riences in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. She brings
to her work 30-plus years of working as a physical therapist,
plus the training, centeredness, and inner discipline of a lifetime
practicing and teaching yoga and martial arts.
Christiane says: “My art is a product that evolves from a prac-
tice of finding my center. Clay, has a fixed center on the wheel,
however, it’s design evolves around the feel, look, and questions
about how the clay and glazing will express itself as an art
object.”
