September Visual Artists
Sean Moon
Acrylic and Pencil
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Sean says, “I am completely self-taught, so everything I
create comes from a genuine place of knowing. I have
tried to do many things in my life. Nothing comes as
naturally to me as art does.” read more
Robert Benjamin
Giclées of Oils
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Robert’s website
Robert says: “As a landscape painter, New Mexico’s
incredibly diverse and magnificently beautiful terrain,
skies, and forests afford me a myriad of subjects to
share. My greatest joy is when a viewer remarks, ‘I
know where that is’ or ‘I have been there.’ I love New
Mexico.” read more
Patricia Gould
Acrylic and Oil Painting
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Patricia says, “My inspiration comes from travel to Asia,
East Africa, Russia, Antarctica, and extensive travel
throughout North America and Europe. I’m drawn to a
few subjects in nature that I find perpetually intriguing
and my voice is whispering a tribute to the incredible
beauty in both the subtle and violent forces of nature;
and I hope to draw viewers into these scenes to share
the exhilaration I feel and to cherish the wonders of the
place we call home.” read more
Karuna Karam
Mixed Media
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Karuna says: “My paintings have emerged from
meditation, months spent in total silence, retreats in
the woods, and years perfecting the art of painting.
Some of these experiences are so subtle that only a
faint glimmer remains afterwards. Forests and
meditation combine inner space and outer place
creating an expression of Light from the Divine.”
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Visual Artists
Reception
September 18, 2016
at 2 p.m.
All artist images are copyright
protected and may not be duplicated
or shared without the express
consent of the artist.
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Sean Moon has used pencil, color
pencil, acrylics, airbrush, and tattoo to
express his artistic vision. His media
are as diverse as canvas, paper, walls,
shoes, and clothing. Moon’s realism,
cartoon, surrealism, abstract, and
design works are motivated by
beauty, social injustice, challenge, and
resilience.
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Karuna Karam has been painting since 1998.
His abstract expressionist paintings give
voice to transcendent experiences from
over 46 years of meditation and a lifetime
communing with nature, including much
time living in the woods of Northern
Michigan. He taught art, for over 24 years,
to special education students (emotionally
impaired), grades 1-12, including drawing,
painting, pastels, mask-making, ceramics,
crafts, art history, and art appreciation. He
earned six degrees, graduating with honors:
B.F.A. in Painting, Ph. D. in Education, Ed. S
in Special Ed. Administration, M.A. in Special
Education (E.I.), M.A. in Counseling, and
B.A. in Psychology and Sociology. Karuna
works out of his studio in Placitas, NM and
is influenced by artists who have broken
boundaries in painting.
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Although Patricia Gould’s first passion
as an artist was photography, she
spent over 20 years creating her
visions in mixed media fiber art before
deciding to concentrate her creative
energy on painting and photography
in 2013. Her fiber art has been
exhibited internationally and in 2005,
Patricia was chosen to be an Artist-in-
Residence for a month in
Balatonfured, Hungary. he State of
New Mexico has purchased and
installed eight of Patricia’s landscapes
as part of the Art in Public Places
Program at various sites around New
Mexico and will install two more in
2016.
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Robert Benjamin got excited about
New Mexico landscapes in 1971. He
spent his formative years in
Northeastern Ohio, executing his first
oil painting at the age of ten. In NM
he worked as an illustrator, art
director, lithographer, and art bronze
foundry owner before deciding his
true love was landscape painting. His
expression and artistic vision of the
innate beauty of the New Mexico
landscape continues to be celebrated
in museums and private collections
alike.
