Yesterday (Monday) - I recruited my sister to assist me in delivering my largest painting (8 Feet X 4 Feet) and my smallest (4 Inches X 4 Inches) to Michael McCormick Gallery in Taos. A cargo van was required so I contacted trusty Enterprise Car Rental on Cerrillos Road - where Bogart delivered expeditious and courteous service - thanks Bogart. The drive to Taos is always enjoyable and beautiful, as was this drive.
The weight of this large painting proved to be difficult in mounting. The 50LB gauge picture wire I affixed snapped like twine - much to my consternation - luckily we tested it before mounting it on the wall. Michael had in his supply closet a very heavy gauge that worked perfectly. He pulled out his scale and the painting weighed in at 53 LBS - which he exactly guessed before. We laughed at how those three extra pounds caused the 50lb gauge wire to exceed its limit - Nathan later reminded me that in reality the pound gauge is a base but usually far exceeds it. I'll have to talk to the guys at Artisan… Thereafter the painting went up and we all stood back for our ahhhh moment. Thanks Michael and Mary Ellen.
Michael surprised me with his galleries recent feature in Taos Magazine, written by Ramsey Scott it details Michael's years in the Taos art market and I was given a mention with inclusion of an image, my "San Esteban del Rey, Acoma" piece. I quote Scott Ramsey, "On the North Wall I found a collection of early northern New Mexico churches by the precociously talented Alvin Gill-Tapia. I wondered about the Martinez women and if they had knelt and prayed in those very churches."
En-route back to Santa Fe, both Mary Ellen and I were reminded by my noisy stomach - we needed food. She had remembered on the way to Taos of a Gourmet Magazine featured restaurant in Embudo(NM) - Sugar's. Driving the winding road from Taos we were careful not to pass it, a simple, un-pretentious, tin clad kitchen with a long portal and a walk up window. We were pleasantly greeted after studying the menu - mounted on the side of the exterior wall, proudly on that same wall was the feature in Gourmet Magazine. I ordered their namesake burger, and shared an order of onion rings, the burger dressed with green chili, bacon, and mushrooms was a WOW, we both enjoyed our food. Sitting outdoors or in the auto were our only options, we selected a nice table in the sun under an apple tree. Luckily our December day was warm and beautiful, soaking in the rays of New Mexico's sun - we enjoyed the landscape and watched the billowing smoke from Sugar's Smokers.
The weight of this large painting proved to be difficult in mounting. The 50LB gauge picture wire I affixed snapped like twine - much to my consternation - luckily we tested it before mounting it on the wall. Michael had in his supply closet a very heavy gauge that worked perfectly. He pulled out his scale and the painting weighed in at 53 LBS - which he exactly guessed before. We laughed at how those three extra pounds caused the 50lb gauge wire to exceed its limit - Nathan later reminded me that in reality the pound gauge is a base but usually far exceeds it. I'll have to talk to the guys at Artisan… Thereafter the painting went up and we all stood back for our ahhhh moment. Thanks Michael and Mary Ellen.
Michael surprised me with his galleries recent feature in Taos Magazine, written by Ramsey Scott it details Michael's years in the Taos art market and I was given a mention with inclusion of an image, my "San Esteban del Rey, Acoma" piece. I quote Scott Ramsey, "On the North Wall I found a collection of early northern New Mexico churches by the precociously talented Alvin Gill-Tapia. I wondered about the Martinez women and if they had knelt and prayed in those very churches."
En-route back to Santa Fe, both Mary Ellen and I were reminded by my noisy stomach - we needed food. She had remembered on the way to Taos of a Gourmet Magazine featured restaurant in Embudo(NM) - Sugar's. Driving the winding road from Taos we were careful not to pass it, a simple, un-pretentious, tin clad kitchen with a long portal and a walk up window. We were pleasantly greeted after studying the menu - mounted on the side of the exterior wall, proudly on that same wall was the feature in Gourmet Magazine. I ordered their namesake burger, and shared an order of onion rings, the burger dressed with green chili, bacon, and mushrooms was a WOW, we both enjoyed our food. Sitting outdoors or in the auto were our only options, we selected a nice table in the sun under an apple tree. Luckily our December day was warm and beautiful, soaking in the rays of New Mexico's sun - we enjoyed the landscape and watched the billowing smoke from Sugar's Smokers.
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