More Santa Fe

We love Santa Fe. The light is so vibrant and colourful and it is reflected in all the art that is about. It is surrounded by the beautiful Sangre de Cristo mountain range and is all built in Adobe style.

The Santa Fe Museum of Art is housed in one of the oldest buildings in the US.  It’s collection is stunning.

 

The courtyard of the Museum of Art.

  

66 Service 1962 Tim Pythero

 

 

The Rendezvous E Martin Hennings.

 

 

Red Hills with Pedernal by Santa Fe's most famous painter Geogia O'Keeffe (1887-1986).

 

 

Santa Fe in October Sheldon Parsons.

 

 

Many of the Museums are situated in a magnificent position on a hill above the town and surround a wonderful sculpture garden. 

 

 

So sweet!

 

 

Joy practises her balance.

 

 

One of them is the fascinating Museum of International Folk Art, which they claim is home to the worlds largest collection of folk art. These are fabric and figures from Rajasthan, India.

 

 

Dance capes from Peru, with figures at the bottom wearing the capes.

 

 

A Pinocchio Marionette from Florence.

 

 

Mexican dance masks.

 

Canyon Road is said to be USA's top art destination with more fine art galleries and studios in one mile than anywhere else in the world. It is certainly a lovely place to explore it's paintings, sculptures and photographs. This is a peep into one of the courtyards.

 

 

Wind sculptures by Kyman Whitaker were selling for a couple of thousand dollars upwards.

 

This painting for sale was by a Spanish painter, so they were not all locals, but they were nearly all very bright and luminous.

 

The last place we went to in Santa Fe was the faboulous Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. This is a painting of Canyon Country.

 

Last morning in Santa Fe. Dan sit next to the traditional kiva fireplace in our adobe rental home.

 

Debbie with a book. Note the traditional abobe style roof.