Gallery owner, Mark Saxe, is a stone sculptor, and speaking of his art says, "My work expresses my love, commitment, and relationship with stone. The forms I create are the result of experience, contemplation, intuition, and chance. The methods and techniques I use reflect the forces in nature." Mark is also represented in Santa Fe by LewAllen Contemporary in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Kazutaka Uchida, guest artist at our annual stonecarving workshops, brings his exquisite Japanese aesthetic and 40 years of carving experience to bear as he unlocks the inner beauty of the stone. He is also represented in Santa Fe by LewAllen Contemporary.

New Mexico artist, Kari Rives, works in clay with varying degrees of abstraction. Tom Collins of the Albuquerque Journal describes her animal miniatures and wall-hung pieces as "fast, loose and amazingly affecting evocations...."

Judy Nelson-Moore works in paper clay and makes abstract and figurative sculpture.

Michelle Goodman is a mixed media artist whose primary interest is in drawing. Her investigations into the nature of drawing include collage, ink, pencil and woven wire constructions. She has lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico for 27 years.


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