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When oil paint meets extraordinary creativity, the resulting work can be a synergistic explosion of emotion on the canvas. This is what happens each time Aleta Pippin sets to work with a palette knife and her oils, mixed with her unique medium that results in exquisitely thin glazes. A single painting may have as many as 30 layers of glazed color, creating a glowingly rich depth of color.

But Aleta is more than simply a painter of pictures; she is an artist who reaches out with her medium to touch each person in the very core of their being, that place in all of us that does not recognize shape or form, but innately reacts to color, passion, joy and possibility. Her images are often inspired by music, ranging from Pink Floyd to George Gershwin. And, consequently, the name for each canvas simply seems to come to her as she finishes the work.

Barbara Meikle is an artist who paints the simple world outside of her door in Tesuque, a village on the outskirts of Santa Fe, New Mexico. With each brushstroke she brings alive the charm of the burro at her neighbors, the bird perched on Ruthie, her mini-burro, or the horses racing in the pasture. The view down the arroyo, or the mountains in the distance come alive in vivid shades of pink and purple, ocher and brown. Stunningly colorful clouds become a focal point of the New Mexico desert landscape, giving drama and brillance to a land some have called brown and drab.

Once upon a time a third generation Santa Fean and his wife raised three beautiful children, teaching them to respect the land, the animals, and the beauty of all that is. One child became a sheriff, bringing order. Another became an attorney, bringing justice. The third, steeped in the traditions of his culture, loved art and creating with his hands. His name is Gilberto Romero, and Pippin Meikle Fine Art is proud to represent this extraordinary young man.

Guilloume is a master of "Bolismo," a self-described, emotion-filled style using modest forms, textures and shading to portray the vast range of human feelings—from the simple visages of routine daily interactions to those highly complex expressions reflecting the depths and heights of the earthly experience with all its joy, afflictions, hopes and fears. A Guilloume canvas is a dreamscape of memory and emotion where angles observe, as human forms move gracefully through the most mundane of tasks.

Abandoned adobe churches, deserted city streets from small towns in Mexico and South America - long, rolling, country roads disappearing into the distance - each scene conveying a sense of peace and solitude, while at the same time, Robert Burt's bold use of color and strong compositional elements convey the intense beauty he sees in the world around him. Burt's paintings invite the viewer on a journey to explore a world that lies far from the hustle of everyday life.