近距离内射合集

Forty artists over 13 stops will come together to represent the Sandia Heights Artists Studio Tour on Saturday, Sept. 12, and Sunday, Sept. 13.

Claudia Mitchell, a participating artist and president of Sandia Heights Artists, said, 鈥淥ne of the things that we do is we make certain that the stops have different artists.鈥�

Each spot has at least three artists, all in different media. The tour avoids placing three oil painters together or three jewelers. Some of the proceeds from the tour go toward the La Mesa Arts Academy.

Mitchell has participated in the tour for years and creates oil paintings. Due to her time working in the medical field and her training as a scientist, Mitchell said, she is more drawn to realism.

鈥淚 like things to look like what they look like, and that鈥檚 just been my style.鈥�

Still, every painting is a new experiment and adventure, she said. One of her main sources of inspiration comes from walking her dog and wanting to paint the area around her.

Mary Ellen Merrigan has been involved in the tour for a few years and crafts jewelry. She got into jewelry in 2009 with beadwork and transitioned to metalwork in 2016.

鈥淚 always said I never met a bead that I didn鈥檛 like. I love my beads,鈥� Merrigan said. 鈥淚 love trade beads in particular, but mixing them with metal brings a whole new dimension to everything I do.鈥�

She enjoys mixing metals like sterling silver with red brass or copper, 鈥減ulling things together that might not necessarily be fine jewelry elements and making them special.鈥�

Merrigan has always experimented in her work.

鈥淎 sense of experimentation, of curiosity, of looking at how in nature things aren鈥檛 always perfectly patterned,鈥� Merrigan said. 鈥淭he real interest comes from the things that you might not expect.鈥�

What she enjoys most about the tour, she said, is how fun it is to meet potential buyers.

鈥淚t is an opportunity to listen to what people like, what they鈥檙e looking for, and what I like, kind of reexamine that or look at it from a different perspective,鈥� Merrigan said.

Mitchell said the tour is unique because it allows eventgoers to interact closely and discuss the art. New Mexico, she said, is perfect for encouraging conversations about art.

鈥淭he whole New Mexico vibe, I think, contributes to a creative atmosphere, not just painters or that kind of art, but I think all kinds of creative sorts,鈥� Mitchell said. 鈥淚 think the cultural milieu and the geography and the history all develop a very heady creative brew.鈥�

Elizabeth Secor is an arts fellow for the 近距离内射合集. You can reach her at esecor@abqjournal.com.