Ed's Newsletter
Collector’s Corner - Our Monthly Newsletter
Collector’s Corner: Tales of Growing Up in New Mexico, Stories of the Elders, Local Events, New Paintings and Much More.
March 2024 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3JvPCMR
Contents: My Upcoming Shows & Painting Demos in Santa Fe, Road Trip Adventures (Acoma Pueblo, San Jose de la Laguna Mission Church, Ice Cave, Etc.) and New Paintings.
February 2024 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/434nIR2
Contents: My Family Tree (Especially Mom’s Brothers, Juan & Solomon), Old vs. New School (Interviewed by Taos High Student/True Kids 1), New Paintings, Planting Seedlings and Palisades Sill (Cliffs near Cimarron).
January 2024 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/42r8xRx
Contents: NM Winter Road Trip (Tierra Amarilla, Chama, Los Brazos & Lake Heron), Ocean Adventures near Isla Mujeres (Island of the Woman), New Paintings, On Cover of Taos News’ Enchanted Homes & Taos Inn Fun.
December 2023 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/48ygPt2
Contents: Snow in Taos, Remembering John Nichols (and The Milagro Beanfield War), Featured New Paintings (and Donating one of the Taos Christmas Eve Bonfires), 2024 Calendar and Four Small Giclees.
November 2023 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/48nuWRg
Contents: Trials and tribulations trying to find and set up our Christmas tree, Taos holiday photos, new paintings, 2024 calendar and a recipe for hot holiday wassail.
October 2023 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3QCp6UX
Contents: More reflections on my boyhood - elementary and high school memories in Los Alamos, featured paintings, 2024 calendars ready for purchase and a fabulous gift (Marine Corps dress blue coat).
September 2023 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3sV5bIS
Contents: Reflections on my boyhood in the “old days” - people and experiences that shaped my life and influenced my art (Grandma, twin brother, Wilfred who died of polio, getting run over by a car, elementary school, etc.) & new paintings.
August 2023 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3rilBKJ
Contents: Four of My Paintings to be in Upcoming Anne Hathaway Movie! (“The Idea of You” on Amazon Prime Video), My Gallery’s 30th Anniversary & Michael Hearne’s Big Barn Dance/Art Stroll, New Paintings & Our Trip to Maine.
July 2023 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3OmrGgU
Contents: Our Upcoming Trip to Coastal Maine and Acadia National Park (Gallery Closed August 7-17 Due to Travel), New Paintings and Fun Photos of My One-Man Art Show in Santa Fe during Spanish Market.
June 2023 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3CV2lVO
Contents: Three Cheers for Old School: A Cautionary Tale (Total Internet & Phone Outage in Taos for Three Days), Aún Aquí: Spanish Colonial Contemporary (My Painting at the Couse-Sharp Historic Site’s Exhibition & Fundraiser), New Paintings and Details on My Santa Fe Reception and Painting Demonstration during Spanish Market.
May 2023 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3WKsAYl
Contents: Spring Has Sprung in New Mexico! (Sort of... Wonderfully Cold and Rainy Spring), New Paintings, Named “Best Artist” in the 2023 Best of Taos Voting, a Blast from the Past (Man Brings in a Painting I Did for his Father in 1968), Poster Artist for Trout Unlimited and My Upcoming Art Show in Santa Fe.
April 2023 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3NJnBom
Contents: Infusion of New Mexico Mojo (Road Trip through North Central NM to Renew My Inspiration and Find New Views to Paint), New Paintings and Summer Schedule (Painting Demo at the Spring Arts Festival on Canyon Road, Poster Artist and Signing Reception for the Trout Unlimited Western Regional Rendezvous, My July 28-29 Art Show in Santa Fe & My Gallery’s 30th Anniversary Celebration 1993 – 2023).
March 2023 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/41i4ncY
Contents: Who Wore It Better? (How I Looked Just Like Jim Croce in the Past), Fish Tales (Our Trip to Padre Island with Lots of Fishing and a Wildly Fun Trip into Mexico, New Paintings and Launch Party for the 2023 Taos Gallery Guide.
February 2023 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/41wQqJ5
Contents: Let’s Talk about Wine (Finding “Ed Wine,” El Viejito with Wine Bottle in His Pocket, My Time in Carmel Valley at Jack Galante Vineyards to Paint and Have a Show and Wine Label with My Painting Etched into Glass by Jack), I'm Your Huckleberry: Tombstone & Bisbee (Road Trip Adventures in Arizona), New Paintings and Scheduled Events for 2023.
January 2023 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/40wFQB3
Contents: Our Land of Enchantment (Taking the Back Roads through NM to Discover New and Wonderful Sights like the Very Large Array that was Featured in the Movie Contact), Another New Mexico Treasure (Village of Mesilla), New Paintings and My Just Published Interview in Prime Time Magazine.
December 2022 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3X6ii42
Contents: Happy New Year & Happy Anniversary to Me (Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of My Gallery – 1993 to 2023 – and Interesting Moments before and during My Gallery Career), 2022 Was a Very Odd Year (Awful Happenings like Wildfires and Wonderful Things like Being the Cover Artist for the Saturday Evening Post), New Paintings and Holiday Highlights in Taos (Bonfires at the Taos Pueblo, Max Gomez Concert, Etc.).
November 2022 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3W9KCS9
Contents: Thanksgiving Road Trip (Albuquerque for My Grandson’s Wedding, Gruver TX to See an Old Friend and Braman OK to Eat a Delicious Feast at the Vickery Farm & Ranch), Kicking off the Holidays at the Fireside Chat in Santa Fe (I’m the Featured Artist), New Paintings, 2023 Calendar Available and My Painting Donated to the Stray Hearts Fundraiser.
October 2022 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3WMyqYH
Contents: Things that Never Seem to End... (Road Construction in Taos), Participating in the Paint/Sculpt Out & Upcoming Fireside Chat on Canyon Road in Santa Fe, Celebrating My Sister: Pita Burke (Who Just Passed Away), New Paintings, 2023 Calendar Available and My Painting Donated to the Stray Hearts Fundraiser.
September 2022 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3T40T9X
Contents: Hot Springs, Ghost Towns, Railroads & Bars (Colorado Places Visited on our Road Trip Up to Wyoming – Mount Princeton Hot Springs, Abandoned Town of St. Elmo and the Silver Dollar Saloon in Leadville), a Hidden and Fun Bar in Wyoming, New Paintings and the Flaming Gorge (a Huge Water Reservoir in Southern WY and Northern UT).
August 2022 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3eTBJMm
Contents: Whoo Hoo! Selected as Cover Artist for The Saturday Evening Post, Wyoming Road Trip – Coolest (and Creepiest) Place We Visited on our Wyoming Road Trip – the Wyoming Frontier Prison, the Beauty of Grand Teton National Park, New Paintings and Michael Hearne's Upcoming Big Barn Dance (and Art Walk at My Gallery).
July 2022 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3SKdhfz
Contents: Chokecherry Conundrum (Picking Chokecherries from a Tree by My Gallery and the Daunting and Messy Task of Making Chokecherry Syrup), My Santa Fe Show Called "Distant Vistas," Post-Show Trip to Cuchara, CO (Tranquility, Fishing for Trout and a Seeing a Pet Tortoise on a Leash), Hot Tempers, a Painting and a Knife...Revisited (Repairing a Painting Cut from Top to Bottom by a Client’s Disgruntled Significant Other), New Paintings and a Story about a Tiny Painting.
June 2022 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3P25FCw
Contents: Where Everybody Knows Your Name – My Uncle’s Bar in Española (Way Back in the Day), Taos Plaza Live Kicks Off in a Big Way with Big Swing Theory, My Backyard Nature Preserve (Wild Kingdom with Hummingbirds, Our Coyote, a Rabbit and Deer, and an Annoying Cricket), 2022 Fiestas de Taos on the Historic Taos Plaza (and Mom Making Her Own Fiestas Dresses), Dad Mining Gold and Silver in the Telluride Mountains, the Plant/Herb of Chimaja (Chimaha), Article about Me in Western Art Collector and New Paintings.
May 2022 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3xI2F8A
Contents: Update on Wildfires (Calf Canyon and Hermits Peak Fire – the Largest and Most Devastating in State History – and Heartwarming Story of Firefighters Finding a Baby Elk), La Luz de Taos: An Art Lovers Dream (Annual Fundraiser for Couse-Sharp Historic Site), New Paintings, My Annual One-Main Art Show in Santa Fe Show: July 22nd (Opening) & 23rd (Demo) and St. Anthony Prints (Questa Church).
April 2022 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3P7aifH
Contents: Northern NM Wildfires & Evacuations – Depressed by the Devastation and Gwen’s Story about Her Home Burning to the Ground in 1980), Fixing Lunch for the Evacuees and Taking It to the Agriculture Center where Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham Answered Community Questions, a Little Community with a Big Heart (Questa, NM), New Paintings, Named “Best Artist” in the 2022 Best of Taos Voting and My Santa Fe Art Show on July 22.
March 2022 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3uruSie
Contents: Antiques: Value Is in the Eye of the Beholder (Purchases while Antique Shopping in New Mexico), And Speaking of Collectibles (The Adobe Deli in Deming, NM), a Dizzying Array Americana Collectibles (Billy the Kid Museum in Fort Sumner, NM), New Paintings and This Way to the Blue Hole! (81-Foot-Deep Crystal Clear Water Hole in Santa Rosa, NM).
February 2022 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3i4Ca4Q
Contents: First, a Few Words about Ukraine (And My Painting Titled “Solidarity”), In a Galaxy Far, Far Away... (Road Trip to the Beautiful and Eerie White Sands National Monument), Return to Carlsbad Caverns (Touring and My Memories of Family Vacations There as a Teenager), New Paintings and Nostalgia Overdose: Route 66 Auto Museum (Cool Car Collection in Santa Rosa, NM).
January 2022 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3B3WOe3
Contents: Road Trip to the Incredible Gila Cliff Dwellings in Southwest New Mexico and the Nearby Buckhorn Saloon & Opera House in Silver City, Couse-Sharp Historic Site Gala 2022 (and My Donated Painting), Save the Date for My Santa Fe Show on July 22 and New Paintings.
December 2021 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3fwvniY
Contents: My Horses: The End of an Equine Era (History of Horses in Taos, My Riding Adventures, My Paintings of Horses and Putting My Two Arabians in a Horse Sanctuary Due to Old Age), Winter Storms & the Importance of Fire (Buying Firewood the New Mexico Way) and New Paintings.
November 2021 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3szhoRl
Contents: Happiest of Holidays to Everyone! (My Memories of Holidays, Finding and Cutting a Christmas Tree in the Forest), Cycle of Life: Going Around and Around (My First Wife Vickie Sandoval – Our Wedding, History Together, Having Children and Vickie’s Special Gift to Our Daughter, Tammy), "Fireside Chat Artist Series" in Santa Fe and New Paintings.
October 2021 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3DfFNxy
Contents: My Tribute to & Thoughts about Van Gogh (Going to the Van Gogh Immersive Exhibit in Denver and Reflecting on His Life and Art), Introducing Another Self-Taught Artist: Rick Espinoza from Pueblo, Colorado, New Paintings, 2022 Calendars Available and Santa Fe Fireside Chat (Dec. 3).
September 2021 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3DCdIAc
Contents: My Advice to Young Artists: Start Somewhere and Keep Going (with Examples of My Early Art including Watercolors), Learning Skills Will Help for a Lifetime (Repairs to the Vickery Family Cabin in Cuchara, CO), Save the Date for the Canyon Road Fireside Chat Artist Series on Dec. 3rd (I’m the Featured Artist), Pre-ordering Open for My 2022 Calendar, Christmas/Holiday 10 Card Set” and New Paintings.
August 2021 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3Cj1a03
Contents: Give Me More and More of Mora! (My Experiences in Mora Valley Painting Beautiful Landscapes/Buildings and Camping at Morphy Lake in the Old RV and New Travel Trailer), Michael Martin Murphey & Michael Hearne (Two Wonderful Musicians and Their Annual Events), September in Taos Means........CHILE and Featured Paintings.
July 2021 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3g3WPFn
Contents: Do You Know the Way to Santa Fe? (My One-Man Art Show during Spanish Market, Thunderstorms, Electricity Going Out and More Rain, Rain, Rain), Trade School for Building in Los Alamos (Starting a Course in Home Building Trades around 1974 while Teaching at Los Alamos High School), Where Did the Mountains Go? (Smoke from Wildfires Obscuring all Views), Teaser: My Inspiration from Mora Valley (for a New Painting) and Featured Paintings.
June 2021 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3hxU3th
Contents: Fabulous or Foolish? I Got Carried Away... (Building My House in Valdez and Adding on More and More Components Like a Chapel, Gazebo, Guest House, Chicken Coop and Rock Pond for Koi Fish while Spending Way too much Money – Regretting Ever Building It and Learning a Valuable Life Lesson), Michael Martin Murphey's New CD (My Painting on Cover), Building an Adobe Wall for My New Home, Each Day of Life is a Gift (the Death of My True Friend Standing Deer from the Taos Pueblo), Featured Paintings and Reminder for my July 24 Art Show in Santa Fe.
May 2021 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2RLbZX5
Contents: Let's Talk about Art & Giclee Prints (What Inspires My Art, Why I Offer Prints so People Can Afford My Work and How I Enhance Them by Painting on Top of Them), Male vs. Female Piñon Trees? (Seriously), Paintings & Memories (A Painting I Did in the Early 1990’s for a Wedding Returned to Me after the Couple Divorced), My Good Buddy Tim, Featured Paintings and My July 24 Show in Santa Fe.
April 2021 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2SDqe0c
Contents: What Was Once Lost Is Found Again (Stories about My Horse, St. Anthony, Who was Stolen by Hunters and Left in the Woods All Winter until I Found Him, and My Stained Glass Window that was Stolen and Found a Year Later in a Field), Firewood – NM Style (Buy a LOT), The Circle of Trust (Feeding a Lone Juvenile Coyote at the House Every Night), Voted “Best Artist” in the 2012 Best of Taos Voting and Featured Paintings.
March 2021 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3djxJBj
Contents: Taos Pueblo: National & Personal Treasure (Dear Friends at the Pueblo, My Art of the Pueblo and Stories about This Special, Unique, Historical and Important Place), Rub a Dub Dub: Three Men in a Tub (Funny Story about Three Men Bathing Naked in My Horse Tank and a Tour Bus Coming by to See a Shocking Sight), Featured Paintings and Save the Date for My July 24th Show in Santa Fe.
February 2021 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2OI2uGs
Contents: Evolution of My Painting Style (From Watercolors to Oil, Religious Iconography, Birth of My Red Canvas and Showing Red in the Final Painting, Scenes of Labor and Landscapes, El Viejito Painted from the Front and Being the Sole Figure and Me Evolving and Opening of My Gallery, Studio de Colores Gallery in 1993), Pop Quiz (Which Painting Isn’t Mine?), Featured Paintings and Me Featured in the March 2021 Issue of New Mexico Magazine (Six Pages!).
January 2021 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2LKe0zQ
Contents: Grandma Goes to Santa Fe in a Horse-Drawn Wagon by Way of Camel Rock (My Grandma’s Life as a Young Girl, Our Bond Together as a Young Boy and the Iconic Landmark of Camel Rock and My Painting of It), Favorite Places: Rio Grande Gorge, Progression of a Painting (from Red Undercoat to Final Painting), Featured Paintings and I’m a Featured Artist in the March Issue of New Mexico Magazine!
December 2020 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/39FEzya
Contents: My Great, Great, Great+ Grandfather: Our Family's Spanish & Artistic Roots (Bernardo Miera y Pacheco [1713-1785] Is Our Family’s First Ancestor in New Mexico, a Cartographer Sent by the King and Queen of Span to Map “New Spain” on Horseback), My Artwork Heading to Santa Fe (Joining Canyon Road Contemporary Art), Favorite Places: Jemez Springs Area (and Family Camping Trips as a Boy), Featured Paintings and Another Recipe! Green Chile Salad.
November 2020 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3nzBzZZ
Contents: The Most Boring Holiday Story Ever Told? (My Vague and Not Exciting Memories of Holidays as a Boy Compared to Gwen’s Vivid and Exciting Memories), Backyard Bunny (I Named Him “Spa”), Favorite Places: Camping at Morphy Lake in Mora Valley, Featured Paintings, Recipe for Christmas Wassail, Cutting a Tree in the Forest to Decorate and the Christmas Eve Bonfires at the Taos Pueblo.
October 2020 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/32T3r30
Contents: Autumn Outdoors in Beautiful New Mexico (Riding the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad through the Majestically Beautiful NM High Country, Hiking to Williams Lake [Elevation 11,040] and Visiting Sierra Vista Cemetery and Santuario de Chimayo), Dreams & Digging for Gold... (Having Dreams about Spanish Doubloons Buried on Our Property and Grabbing a Shovel to Find Them), Featured Paintings and 2021 Calendar Is Coming Soon.
September 2020 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2SUE8YO
Contents: Mid 1960’s: Shipping Lines & Go Go Girls (Leaving New Mexico for Los Angeles after High School Graduation, Working at Moore-McCormack Shipping Lines Operating out of San Pedro Harbor, Dancing at Listening to Famous Bands at the Cinnamon Cinder and the Whisky A Go Go and Other Exciting Moments from the 1960’s, Favorite Places: Mora Valley, Couse Pasture Cleanup (and Finding a LOT of Strange Items & People Living Out There), Featured Paintings and My Paintings in the ArtsThrive Event at the Albuquerque Museum.
August 2020 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/35AyOkR
Contents: Mentor Williams & Lynn Anderson (History of My Friendship with These Music Legends, Including Family Reunions, Riding Horses, Building Their Chapel and Gifting a Painting), Watch Michael Hearne's Big Barn Dance (Three-Day Music Festival Is Online Due to Covid), Featured Paintings and Taos Print and Photography (Does All of My Paper and Canvas Prints).
July 2020 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2PWDsAu
Contents: Where's the Beef? (Road Trip to Oklahoma to the Vickery Farm/Ranch – Visited, Toured Stillwater and the East Ranch, and Brought Back a Whole Side of Beef in Deep Freezers We Brought Down in the Back of My Truck), Hot Tempers, a Painting and a Knife... (Client’s Significant Other Cut His Painting of Mine from Top to Bottom in an Argument), Featured Paintings, Fishing at the Rio Grande and Jalapeno Poppers Recipe.
June 2020 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/38z7SkQ
Contents: Looking Back at Labor: That's the Sound of the Twins Working on the Chain Gang (Growing Up with My Twin Brother Danny, Working for Dad on our Farm/Ranch in Nambe, NM, Moving to Los Angeles after High School Graduation to Make Money at Odd Jobs, College Years, Marriage and the Birth of My Daughter Tammy), Family Fishing Trip In Cuchara, CO (Took My Twin Danny and Daughter Tammy’s Family), Featured Paintings, Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Red Line in My Paintings from My Signature Red Undercoat) and New Mexico Hot Dogs Recipe.
May 2020 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2BSTho8
Contents: Construction & Encountering the Police (Why and How I Started My Own Construction Company after Teaching at Los Alamos High School, Painting While Building and Trying to Buy Alcohol for a Small Holiday Party for My Construction Crew but Being Stopped and Fingerprinted by the Police), Quoth the Raven "Nevermore" (Smart Ravens at My Gallery), Featured Paintings, La Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón (Church of the Sacred Heart) in Nambe and Consolidating My Two Galleries into My Original Gallery at 119 Quesnel Street (Studio de Colores Gallery / Ed Sandoval Gallery).
April 2020 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3bBBuOE
Contents: Happy Mother's Day Month! (A Tribute to My Mom’s Strength and Love – She Endured Many Hardships Like the Death of My Brother Wilfred at 16 Years Old, Who Died Due to Polio in 1948), Staying Connected in a Pandemic World (Zooming with Family to Play Games and Chat), Featured Paintings, Giving Away an Original Painting in a Drawing and Named “Best Artist” in the 2020 Best of Taos Voting.
March 2020 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2xuDxGb
Contents: Forests, Logging, Mules and Snowstorms (Going into the Forests to Cut Trees and Haul Them Out with Mules to Make Vigas to Build Homes, Getting Caught with Construction Crew in a Snowstorm and Sheltering in an Abandoned Home and the Stubborn Personality of Mules), Moving My Gallery Back to Quesnel Street (Closing Second Location on the Plaza and Consolidating in My Original Gallery at 119 Quesnel Street), Chimayo: A Mother's Promise Kept for Six Sons in World War II (Lovely Story Made by a Mother Whose Sons All Returned from War Safely), Featured Paintings and Things to Do in a Shelter-in-Place Quarantine
February 2020 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2PWveJl
Contents: How to Build a Traditional Kiva Fireplace (Building Fireplaces While Building Homes, Including My Current Home – Lots of Explanations and Photos of the Process), Quick! Run and Hide in the Torreon! (Towers Where Settlers Hid and Mounted a Defense during Indian Raids in the 17th – 19th Centuries in New Mexico), Featured Paintings and the Taos Mountain Skull (Meaningful Landmark that I Incorporate into Some Paintings.
January 2020 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2UnrGTc
Contents: Making Chile Caribe New Mexico Style (Secret to Making the Best Sauce for Enchiladas and Authentic NM Dishes, Including All Steps and Photos), Now the Grand Finale! (My Own Red Enchilada Recipe), Pub Crawl - Some of My Favorite New Mexico Bars (The Buckhorn Saloon and Opera House in Pinos Altos, The Mine Shaft Tavern in Madrid, Los Ojos Saloon in Jemez Springs, La Posta de Mesilla in Mesilla, The Owl Bar and Café in San Antonio and The Gorge Bar & Grill in Taos), Sale on Big Paintings and Trying to Feed a Distrustful Coyote.
December 2019 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2RbL1nn
Contents: The Old Ones (Why I Paint the Old Man, El Viejito, and the Importance of Elders to Me Growing Up, Especially My Grandparents), I Painted a Mural of Old Ones Sharing with the Young at the Taos Senior Citizens Center, Featured Paintings, New Year’s Eve in Taos and Six Things for Which I'm Grateful 2019/20.
November 2019 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/350pML1
Contents: A Heart-Warming Tale for the Holidays: How My Horse Saved Two Lives (My Horse Cinco Taking Me Up a Snowy Road to Find an Elderly Couple in a Ditch), My Online Store, Road Trip! Thank a Farmer – Revisiting Three Farmers Featured Last Year (Phil in La Mesa, NM, Walter in Gruver, TX, and Garrett in Braman, OK), Featured Paintings, 2019 Festival of Trees, and Going into the Forest to Cut the Perfect Christmas Tree).
October 2019 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2Qjl5HA
Contents: Mrs. X: My Educational Journey from Student to Teacher & Reclaiming My Power (Trauma as a Small Boy When Taken to Attend School at Los Alamos, Running Away from School with My Twin Brother Danny, a Mean Teacher I Continued to Have and Returning Years and Years Later to Teach in the Art Department – the Same Horrible Teacher Still Teaching), Healing Dirt at Santuario de Chimayó, Featured Paintings, Back by Popular Demand: Art & Chocolate and Shout Out to My Grandson, Jaden Lueras (Lead Singer/Guitarist in His Own Band that Released First Album).
September 2019 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/31ZPIEW
Contents: Choo Choo Choo! - The Chili Line (History of the First North-South Railway that Connected Denver and Mexico and How My Dad Took It Up into Colorado to Work in the Silver and Gold Mines as a Young Man), a Taos Visitor from the South Pole (Clinton’s Story and Photos of Where He Lived), Featured Paintings, Buying a Painting by Lawrence Herrera and My Favorite Meat Market (Valley Meats in Alamosa, CO).
August 2019 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/30j4u85
Contents: Fall Harvest: The Life Blood of NM (Roasting and Packing Green Chile with Several Chile Paintings), Fall Forests & Forrest's Fortune (the Search for Forrest Fenn’s Buried Treasure and My Interview with Josh Gates from the Travel Channel’s Expedition Unknown When He Came to Feature the Hunt), Featured Paintings, Big Fun at the Big Barn Dance and Sting’s Fabulous Concert in Taos.
July 2019 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/31J3ATC
Contents: Grandma: A Life Lived Entirely Off the Land (How My Grandmother Luisita Rivera [1871 – 1956] Lived a Harsh but Rewarding Life in a Dirt-Floored House with No Electricity or Running Water, How They Were Self Sufficient, and the Stories She Told Me about Her Grandfather Who Walked Sheep from Nambe to the Valles Caldera to Graze and Back Again), Some Photos of Las Fiestas de Taos, the Burning of Zozobra in Santa Fe (Old Man Gloom – a 50-Foot Marionette), Featured Paintings and At Long Last, Announcing My New Website.
June 2019 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2lklv2Q
Contents: Would the Real Amarante Please Stand Up? (Amarante Cordova in John Nichols' Novel The Milagro Beanfield War vs. Amarante Martinez, a local Taos Character), The Lodge at Los Alamos and Stories about High School – Bringing Famous Bands There for Dances, Couse-Sharp Historic Site’s Gala Weekend, Featured Paintings, Shout Out for Fellow Artist Chris Morel and the Taos Farmers Market.
May 2019 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2RcCqR3
Contents: A Fulfilled Promise for Six Sons in WWII (Client’s Heartwarming Story about Her Grandparents Told upon Seeing My Painting of Santuario de Chimayo, Titled A Peaceful Place), Featured Paintings, Tribute to New Mexico Clouds – Real and In My Paintings and Featured Collector: David from Tulsa, OK.
April 2019 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2HfrBZG
Contents: Adventures on a Horse of Course: Mountains, Bears & Dogs...Oh My! (Growing Up with Nellie the Plow Horse and Using Her to Make Adobe Bricks and My Adventures over Many Many Years of Riding Horses through the High Country), Becoming an Artist: The Early Years (History of My Interest in Art, Pursuing Art Degrees, Teaching Art and Opening My Own Gallery in 1993 – Studio de Colores Gallery), Featured Paintings, Sting Coming to Taos, Named “Best Artist” in the 2019 Best of Taos Voting and a Road Trip Gem in Clayton, NM (Eklund Historic Hotel and Restaurant).
March 2019 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2KlLLpV
Contents: Vigas! A Story of Man vs. Logs and Mules (Hauling Trees Out of the Forest with Mules to Make Vigas for Building Homes and How They are Peeled and Processed), Annual Pilgrimage to Chimayo, Featured Paintings, Weekend Getaway: Silver City, NM, and Featured Collectors: Gail & Barbara Douglas.
February 2019 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2TNFiHM
Contents: Memories of My Friend R.C. Gorman (Hanging Out, Going to His House and to Parties, His Advice about the Art World and Painting, His Father – One of the Original WWII Navajo Code Talkers and What Happened to His Estate When He Died), The Death Cart: Penitentes and Easter and Featured Paintings.
January 2019 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2DIv2Gv
Contents: The Enduring Beauty of Adobe (My History of Owning My Own Construction Company and Building Adobe Homes throughout NM and the Country, My Paintings Showing Men and Women Plastering and Building with Adobe and Its Enduring Beauty), How I Came to Build Julia Roberts' Chapel, Featured Paintings, Shout Out to Taos High School Culinary Arts and Taos Winter Wine Festival (My Painting Selected for Poster).
December 2018 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2Fw9dMN
Contents: Grandma and the Gypsies (How Gypsies Traveled in Northern NM during Grandma’s Day, and One Time They Put Her in a Trance and Stole Her Money), My Painting Process as Shown When Painting the Taos Pueblo Christmas Eve Bonfires, Snow and More Snow in Taos and Featured Paintings.
November 2018 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2pXSXP5
Contents: Thank a Farmer (Recognizing the Hard Work of Farmers that Makes Our Holidays Special, Remembering My Family’s Farming and Ranching as a Boy in Nambe, and Shout Outs to Three Farmers – Phil in La Mesa, NM, Walter in Gruver, TX, and Garrett in Braman, OK), Big Paintings on Sale and NEW! Art of Taos Chocolate Series.
October 2018 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2nuKz8V
Contents: Memories of Elementary School (Missing the First Grade Due to Being in a Body Cast All Year, Drawing Covers of Book Reports, Playing with My Twin in the Hills around Los Alamos, Bomb Drills and Testing and the Tragic Day When My Friend Died in an Explosion after We Were Playing When Her Dad Brought Home an Unexploded Bomb), Stocking Stuffers (Colorful Cards, Coasters and 2019 Calendar), John Nichols' Lifetime Influence on My Art (Author of The Milagro Beanfield War, Featured Paintings and Consider a Holiday Getaway to Taos.
September 2018 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/30Z7GpM
Contents: Special Spooky Edition: Close Encounters... (Otherworldly Tales for Halloween), Ghosts are Nicer than Aliens (Witnessing Ghosts Who Appeared to Me), La Lorona ("The Weeping Woman") – A Tale Told to NM Children to Scare Them Away from Water, Why Are So Many Taos Doors Painted Blue?, Visit from Van Gogh (When His Spirit Came into My Gallery) and Happy Halloween!
August 2018 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2Izk2yx
Contents: JFK's Visit to Los Alamos High School (I Was in High School in 1962 When JFK Flew In and Spoke at Our Football Field), Sock Hops in the Early 1960's (How My School Club Brought In Famous Bands for Dances, Including Glen Campbell, Fats Domino, The Platters, The Ventures, Al Hurricane and Many Others), Featured Paintings, Weekend Getaway: Colorful Cuchara, CO, and Featured Collectors: Dave & Mary Arellano.
July 2018 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/33emJNN
Contents: Remembering Wilfred - How Polio Struck My Family and Took My Brother (I Got Sick Too, Both of Us Were Transported to Carrie Tingley Hospital at Hot Springs [now Truth or Consequences] and Mom Went Back and Forth between Our Hospital Rooms Afraid She Would Lose Both of Her Sons), Featured Paintings and Upcoming Summer Events in/near Taos.
June 2018 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2OyNrMT
Contents: Kids - Don't Try This at Home (A Friend and I Burned Down Our Neighbor’s Barn When I Was 3 or 4 Years Old, Mom and Dad Thought I Died in the Fire because I Was Scared and Hid All Day and Walking Home to Find Family Mourning My Death), Featured Paintings and Prints, Las Fiestas De Taos, Art n' a Glass and Featured Fan: Donna Erickson – It’s Never Too Late to Pursue What You Love!
May 2018 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/30YX4r5
Contents: Happy Father's Day Weekend – How My Dad and a Can of Tuna Helped Advance My Life (How My Dad Taught Us to Have a Great Work Ethic, Working for Him on the Nambe Farm/Ranch, Leaving after High School for Los Angeles, Working Awful Jobs and Having No Money and Returning a Can of Tuna to Get Enough Money to Buy a Bus Ticket to My Job), Featured Paintings, Summer Events, Huge Wildfire near Cimarron, NM [ Ute Park Fire], Featured Guest Artist: Devan Carpenter from Kentucky and Featured Collector: Nancy Meteer.
April 2018 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/33emKRR
Contents: Happy Mother's Day, Surprise - I'm a Twin! (How My Father Got Surprised by Twin Boys and My Siblings Playing a Joke on Him by Hiding Me in the Closet), Select Paintings on Sale, Taos Lilac Festical (I’m the Poster Artist), Feature about Me in GuestLife New Mexico: The Premier Visitors Guide, Winning Image (My Painting Selected as the Poster Art for the Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta) and Featured Collectors: Pamela Cress and Chuck Spellman.
March 2018 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2AWbv4w
Contents: Ed’s Adventures: Plein Air Painting & Road Trips (Painting Outdoors and Once Being Attacked), Featured Paintings, Easter Weekend at Santuario de Chimayo (Annual Pilgrimage), Photo to Painting – Capturing an Old Adobe Home in Mora Valley, Model for New Paintings (Winterbear from Taos Pueblo) and Featured Collectors: Edwin & Tammy (Sandoval) Lueras.
February 2018 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/30UYkLD
Contents: Creative, Spiritual Energy: The Artwork of My Dear Friend Blue Spruce Standing Deer from Taos Pueblo, Featured Paintings, Selected as Poster Artist for the 2018 Santa Fe Wine & Chili Fiesta, Guest Painting Teacher at KTAOS Solar Center’s Art n' a Glass and Featured Collectors: Don & Sheila Sales.
January 2018 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2VqyaPL
Contents: How My Horse Saved Two Lives (My Horse Cinco Taking Me Up a Snowy Road to Find an Elderly Couple in a Ditch), Featured Paintings, Buffalo Dance at Taos Pueblo, My Painting Selected in the "Taos is Art" Banner Contest, Facebook Calendar Giveaway and Featured Collectors: Martha and Jack Thomas.
December 2017 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2VoMFnn
Contents: The Mystery of the Missing Turkey Dinner (Our Leftovers Disappeared Out of the Truck but Containers Were Returned Neatly Washed and Stacked Days Later), Featured Paintings, My Grandma Luisita Rivera [1871-1956] (Our Incredible Bond and How I Spent All My Time with Grandma as a Boy in Her Humble Home, My Painting in the El Taoseño Restaurant, Christmas Eve Bonfires at the Taos Pueblo and Featured Collectors: Freddie, Michael and Zulee the Puppy.
November 2017 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2ohxAIa
Contents: Holidays in Los Alamos in the 1950's (Secretive and Guarded Military Area with Special Rules Like Family Travel Passes, Blackouts and How I Got My Dad in Trouble When My Friends Took Over a Guard Tower to Create a Clubhouse), 30x40 Paintings on Sale in December, My Painting on the December Cover of Taos Magazine, Taos #3 on Top 10 Best Christmas Vacations by U.S. News & World Report, New Item – Mini Giclees with Easels, the Identify of El Viejito and Anonymous Featured Collector.
October 2017 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2KXA9Kp
Contents: My Unusual Art Journey (Run Over by a Car When Six Years Old, Spent a Year Healing at Home in a Body Cast, Drew and Painted to Pass the Time and Was Hooked on Art from That Point Forward), Featured Paintings, My Painting Chosen for the 2018 Taos Phone Book Cover, Donating Painting Titled “Puppy Rescue” to Stray Hearts Animal Shelter, Featured Collectors: Nathan & Devan Carpenter, and the Penitentes in Northern New Mexico.
September 2017 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2WZvwCp
Contents: Christmas Gifts for Art Lovers, Big Barn Dance Art Walk, New Paintings, I’m the Poster Artist for the 2017 Taos Fall Arts Festival, the Evolution of a Painting from Start to Finish and Featured Collectors: Jo Barefoot & Bob Innes.
August 2017 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2KWlUW2
Contents: The Colorful Characters of Taos, More Painting Collections Released on Facebook, Michael Hearne’s Big Barn Dance, New Paintings and Featured Collectors: Ann-Marie and Paul Lundmark.
July 2017 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3mREPib
Contents: More Painting Collections Released on Facebook, Ed's Art Student Returns as the Teacher, Featured Paintings, 4th of July Parade in Arroyo Seco, Fandango 2017 and Featured Collectors: Theresa and Brook Vickery.
June 2017 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/2KXV9jW
Contents: VIP Edition – Celebrating the Launch of My Newsletter by Offering 50% Off Special Offers for My Most Valued Collectors.
May 2017 Newsletter: https://conta.cc/3aJmjGn
Contents: First Edition of My New Newsletter! Painting Collections Released on Facebook, Summer Giclee Special, My Painting "Colors of Northern NM" Selected for 2017 Taos Fall Arts Festival, My Painting “Procession” is the Cover Art for New Mexico Traveler, My Painting of Dennis Hopper is the Cover Art for Taos Magazine and Featured Collectors: Janell & Doug Davis.