Spanish Colonial & Contemporary Art Show & Demonstrations every Saturday 10:30AM - 5:30PM - JUNE Through OCTOBER - For more information go to bottom of page.
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SPANISH COLONIAL ART 50 % OFF! Super Sale - Selected pieces by Roberto Gonzales. Original Art Work including Bultos, Retablos, Handpainted Crosses, and Tin Retablos. Also all Handpainted Imported Bultos are 50 % OFF! and all Natural Red Cedar Juniper Carvings by Ernesto Salazar are 50% OFF ! Come by for Pinon Coffee and Cookies. Sale continues through July. For more information call the Galleria at 505-246-9257 or contact Roberto at decoloresdesigns@aol.com.
SPANISH COLONIAL ARTSHOW & DEMONSTRATIONS EVERY SATURDAY 10:30AM - 5:30PM in the Galleria Sculpture Garden.. Starting in June through October. Participating artists include Roberto Gonzales, Ricardo Hooper, Charlie Carrillo, Debbie Carrillo, Ernesto Salazar, William Cabrera, Gary Sanchez, David McCoy, Jerry Montoya, Guitarist Gustavo Pimentel, and author Ray Michael Baca. For more information please call the Galleria at 505-246-9257 or contact Roberto at decoloresdesigns@aol.com.
Spanish Colonial Workshops on Retablo Painting, Bulto Carving, and Tin Punching will be held during the spring and summer. For more information please contact Roberto at decoloresdesigns@aol.com or call the Galleria for more information.
SPANISH COLONIAL TERMS:
SANTOS - A word which encompasses the whole spectrum of New Mexico Spanish Colonial Art. Including Retablos, Bultos, Tin Retablos, Reredos, Crosses and Encrusted or Straw Aplique Crosses.
RETABLO - Spanish Colonial religious painting on pine wood plaque. Usually hand adzed, handcarved with fans, and painted with homemade gesso, waterbased natural pigments, and sealed with a pinon sap varnish.
BULTO - A Santo handcarved in the round using native woods like cottonwood roots or sugarpine. Painted with homemade gesso, waterbased natural pigments and finished with pinon sap varnish and handrubbed with beeswax.
UNPAINTED BULTOS - Santos carved in the round but not painted. Two examples are the Salazar Style from Taos NM using red cedar and the Cordova style from Cordova NM utilizing Aspen wood.
TIN RETABLOS - Santo Painting on tin sheets with hand punched borders and fans.
REREDOS - An Altar Screen which is either freestanding or a large retablo with several saints painted on it. Freestanding Altar Screens include a Spanish Colonial Furniture Base with the paintings on top. The base is usually handcarved with Salamanaca Columns (rope carved columns) and is usually adorned with paintings. May also include bultos and handpunched tin work accents.
ENCRUSTED and STRAW APPLIQUE CROSSES - Crosses made of pine wood painted black and adorned with straw (to make them look like gold.) in geometrical patterns. Encrusted crosses are finished with a thick layer of pinon sap varnish. Straw applique crosses have the straw glued to the surface without any finish.
