The 31st Annual Eldorado Studio Tour is September 23 &24

Guardian of the mysteries...Get ready, set, go. The paintings are painted and being framed. Graphic Sky Printing made beautiful, accurate images. City Different Realty is sponsoring Armantrout Studio again this year. Strong leadership and everyone doing their part to build the event is adding to the excitement. It may be the best Studio Tour ever. You can preview the tour at Eldoradoarts.org You can preview and/or purchase Linda's paintings at Available Paintings. We are Studio #53 on the tour and welcome you to join us for the celebration of another year of painting in New Mexico.

Gratitude for Support

Pathfinder-Grey Wolf, 20x24 inch, oil on canvasArmantrout Studio got a boost from two respected organizations this week. The Santa Fe New Mexican featured Pathfinder-Grey Wolf in Pasatiempo magazine as the "Final Frame". We want to thank Brian Sandford for finding Linda and choosing this painting.

Linda was chosen as FB and Instagram artist of the week by The Eldorado Arts & Crafts Association to promote the 31st Annual Eldorado Studio Tour. Mark your calendars for September 23 & 24, 2023. Thank you EACA. Linda is so grateful to be a member of this talented group of artists.

The 31st Annual Eldorado Studio Tour, September 23&24

Linda is focusing on new work to be shown at The 31st Annual Eldorado Studio Tour. Two recently photographed pieces can be viewed at  Available Pantings/Recent Work. Presales are welcome.

Transformation, transendence, transfiguration, and transitions. How do we take the material and transform it into the immaterial? How does our connectedness with all of Nature reveal truth? 

Linda often gives the viewer access to a painting through the title. Here are some further thoughts on a recent piece: If a deer stares at you, you are on the right path to overcoming obstacles with calmness and dignity. The deer is a spiritual authority on regeneration. Deer is about heart energy, gentleness and compassion. Falling leaves are about rebirth and resurrection.

From Wendell Berry:

I part the out thrusting branches
and come in beneath
the blessed and blessing trees.
though I am silent
there is singing around me.
Though I am dark
there is vision around me.
Though I am heavy
there is flight around me. 

A Special Sale

This experimental piece,"Transfiguration" was recently finished at Armantrout Studio. Before we even photographed it, it was out the door with a favorite collector. It measures 70 inches wide by 25 inches. The painting has an acrylic base, and Linda used oil sticks and traditional oil paints and brushes to accomplish luminosity to support content. The hanging mechanism is an original concept. Linda first hung a raw canvas in 2010 and that piece was placed in  a private home in Meeker, Colorado by Rodney Briggs. See Linda painting  "Connections to Ancestors 2" top of the page.

 

 

New Mexico State Committee National Museum of Women in the Arts

Linda Armantrout is grateful to the committee for their work to promote New Mexico Women Artists. This registry is efficiently run. It is an opportunity for outreach beyond one's website. I highly recommend it to artists and to anyone interested in knowing more about the women making art in New Mexico.
Click here to see my page and see the registry here.