Blue Rain Gallery Podcast

This new body of work seeks to encapsulate features of the Southwest that are both dramatic, and unique to the region in a series of large and medium format paintings. One can expect to see a suite of paintings that includes deep canyons, isolated buttes, winding rivers, desert cacti and archeological wonders. Admired for a distinct graphic style in which light renders the landscape and its format...

Jim Vogel breaks down his upcoming show, HAPPENSTANCE, opening at Blue Rain Gallery September 30th, 2022 from 5-7pm  ...   Happenstance, noun : a circumstance especially that is due to chance  ...   A modern master of New Mexico Regionalism, Vogel has long been captivated by the state’s folklore, landscapes and people. He often paints in themes or series, having focused over th...

Leroy talks with the Curator of Ethnology at the Museum of Indian Arts Culture, Tony Chavarria and the Director of Leadership Giving at the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, Lauren Paige.   ...  Here, Now and Always:   Join us for the reopening of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s core exhibition, Here, Now and Always. When the original exhibition opened 25 years ago, it set a...

Jody Naranjo joins Leroy Garcia to discuss the upcoming centennial of Indian Market.   Jody Naranjo's "100 Indian Markets" giclée prints will be available for purchase at bluerainprintshop.com on Tuesday, August 9th. Products with that design will become available on Thursday, August 11th.  ONLY AT BLUE RAIN PRINT SHOP 💙 https://bluerainprintshop.com/collections/jody-naranjo Group Exhib...

Blue Rain Gallery Owner/President Leroy Garcia is featured on the Art Dealer Diaries Podcast with Dr. Mark Sublette ... " I've known Leroy Garcia of Blue Rain Gallery for 30+ years and his trajectory and my trajectory are very similar. He opened his gallery in Taos and then moved to Santa Fe, having had another location in Scottsdale at one point as well. My gallery is in Tucson and was also in Sa...

Leroy invites Peter Stoessell (Blue Rain Gallery Director of Acquisition) and Gustavo Voctor Goler (New Mexican Santero) on the podcast to talk about Spanish Devotional Art in the art market and in New Mexican culture. Blue Rain Gallery 's Spanish Market Show opens Friday, July 15th from 5-7pm ...  Gustavo Victor Goler was raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico among a family of Latin American art co...

Introducing Contemporary Native Painter Frank Buffalo Hyde When working on a piece, I tap into the universal mind. The collective unconsciousness of the 21st century. Drawing images from advertisement, movies, television, music and politics. Expressing observation, as well as knowledge through experience. Overlapping imagery to mimic the way the mind holds information: non linear and without separ...

Doug West shares his new works for his upcoming show, "Chaco Canyon and Beyond", opening Friday October 7th from 5-7pm at Blue Rain Gallery ... "The Southwest is my rich pallet for creative inspiration. Time spent out on the land is where I feel most grounded. Watching the sky's changing light, with heroic cloud forms overhead ... these feed my artist's eye. I love that the land here is exposed an...

Andrea was a self-proclaimed artist by age three, and the passion for painting only grew from there!  She paints a diverse range of subjects and different styles, and has an affinity for detail largely influenced by her background in illustration.    Born in Florida, raised in Baltimore, Maryland and Wilmington, North Carolina, Andrea attended East Carolina University studying Commu...

President of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, Jamie Clements joins Leroy on the podcast to talk about upcoming museum exhibitions, openings, and historic sites.   Museum of Indian Arts & Culture Museum of International Folk Art New Mexico History Museum New Mexico Museum of Art Donate to the Museum of New Mexico Foundation ... Blue Rain Gallery 544 S Guadalupe St, Santa Fe NM 505-954-...

Blue Rain Gallery Executive Director Denise Phetteplace talks about the Taos Six Collection: A series of shows honoring Taos Founding Artists Oscar E. Berninghaus, Joseph Henry Sharp, E. Irving Couse, W. Herbert Dunton, Ernest L. Blumenschein, & Bert Geer Phillips.    An Homage to E. Irving Couse opens at Blue Rain Gallery April 29th, 2022 from 5-7pm An Homage to Joseph Henry Sharp A...

Thomas “Breeze” Marcus was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona on the Salt River Pima- Maricopa Reservation, just east of Scottsdale.  At the tender age of 13, Breeze was introduced to graffiti and began painting graffiti in and around the city of Phoenix since 1993, which he has continued variously on and off for the next two decades. However, in that time, Breeze has also dedicated his arti...

Ryan Singer is a Diné (Navajo) artist-painter based in Albuquerque, NM. Creating artwork based on his Navajo heritage and incorporating pop culture elements including science fiction imagery. He weaves stories of his childhood memories with nostalgic iconography. He has been included in the “Indigenous Futurism” movement but has been drawing Star Wars characters since 1977. Ryan also enjoys creati...

Mozart Gabriel arose from the waters of Taos Pueblo & Red Rocks of the Navajo Tohjiilee. From a village of powerful traditional singers, the red willow tribe gave him his name Mozart at Birth. His travels brought him later to Nashville TN where he made a career in music videos for the local independent artists. It soon brought him to Barcelona to craft his sounds, with many musicians and many...

Art collector Marshall Hunt is featured on the Blue Rain Gallery Podcast.   You can find his songs here: https://scottvanzenofficial.com/    Blue Rain Gallery Podcast is hosted by gallery owner and art dealer, Leroy Garcia. It is produced by Leah Garcia with music by Mozart Gabriel Abeyta (https://mozartgabriel.com) .

Dan Friday has lived in the Northwest his whole life, a shining product of the studio glass movement. Friday has cultivated his artistic vision with strong influence from his indigenous roots in the Pacific Northwest. Craft, form and idea drive Dan's work from conception to object. The past two decades working with artists such as Dale Chihuly and Paul Marioni have given Dan tools and inspiration...

Leroy interviews two collectors and close friends, Mike Eagle and Terry Raider. This episode is in honor of Mike Eagle who passed away shortly after the episode was recorded. He was passionate about art and Native American culture. You can view his and Terry's art collection at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis, IN. ... Learn more about collecting art in epis...

Leroy Garcia talks with Preston Singletary about his upcoming exhibition at the Museum of the American Indian opening January 28, 2022 “Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight features works from internationally acclaimed artist Preston Singletary (Tlingit American, b. 1963), and tells the story of Raven, the creator of the world and giver of the stars, moon, and sun. Through an immersiv...

For four decades, Kim Martindale has been producing many of the countries most prestigious and successful art shows. Closely involved in the art world from an early age, Mr. Martindale has brought his professionalism and enthusiasm to all areas of his work. (Courtesy of http://www.krmartindale.com ) ... Blue Rain Print Shop https://bluerainprintshop.com Blue Rain Gallery https://blueraingallery.co...

Podcast host and gallery owner, Leroy Garcia talks about season one of the Blue Rain Gallery Podcast. Blue Rain Gallery https://blueraingallery.com Blue Rain Print Shop https://bluerainprintshop.com ... Produced by Leah Garcia Music by Mozart Gabriel Abeyta

Meet Robin Jones in this week's episode of the Blue Rain Gallery Podcast. Her show "One Thread" opens at Blue Rain Gallery October 29th with an Artist Reception from 5-7pm. ... Robin Jones left her career in the theater to paint. It came as a pivot in her life when she was trapped at home for two weeks during Hurricane Ike when she was living in Houston. This forced time at home inspired her to pa...

An introduction to the art of patina with artist Nathan Bennett and Leroy Garcia. ... Nathan Bennett describes the method as “using different metals and applying them through the use of fire and various chemicals to create colors on bronze.” The technique is just as complicated and as messy as it sounds, and it requires a great deal of time and patience to master. Bennett’s interest in art stemmed...

Rik Allen and Shelley Muzylowski Allen talk about their history and introduction to glass art on Zoom with Leroy Garcia ... While many of my pieces have reference to my curiosity of science, it is also important for me to convey humor and the lighthearted fun that rockets and fiction embody. Presently, I am working toward exploring simple forms that lend a sculptural venue and provide a theater of...

Leroy introduces artist Erin Currier and learns about her upcoming show Passion, Pathos, and the Human Potential , opening at Blue Rain Gallery September 10th, 2021 from 5-7pm ...  My artistic practice has taken me on a lifelong “shoestring” adventure—packed with action and magic—that has variously found me training in Beijing with Kung Fu masters; tango dancing in Buenos Aires; in riots in C...

Leroy and Stetson ride down memory lane and talk about the meaning and process of making kachina dolls.   Available works by Stetson : https://blueraingallery.com/artists/stetson-honyumptewa  Produced by Leah Garcia Music by Mozart Gabriel Abeyta