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Original Paintings and Fine Art Posters by Gayle Faucette Wisbon

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Artist on the Mesa

 

Born and raised in North Carolina, I moved to New Mexico in 1986. Upon receiving my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Carolina, I was excited about starting a new life in a new place. I have been here ever since, raising my family, painting and enjoying the beauty of this state.

I painted in oils for years, but made the change to acrylics several years ago. I love the brilliant colors, the quick-drying time and the durability of acrylics. It is a blessing to live in an area with wonderful light and beautiful subject matter all around me. We have beautiful sunsets, mountain views, hot air balloons, cactus, wildflowers, and every season brings something else wonderful.

I love those big, puffy white clouds in a perfect blue sky and the colorful sunrises and sunsets that God blesses us with here. I love the bright sunshine that bathes everything in a wonderful light and casts beautiful shadows on old adobe walls. This beauty is the inspiration for my paintings.

One of my favorite things to do is to go out on the West Mesa or drive through the village of Corrales with my sketchbook and camera. I prefer to sketch my subject matter first because it helps me connect with it. I take pictures just for reference back in the studio. All of my paintings are based on actual places and things, but usually evolve into something a bit different by the time I am finished.

I like to create art that brightens your environment and makes you feel inspired. I seek to find something spiritual in everything I paint. I have always admired the work of Georgia O'Keeffe and her description of painting as "filling a space in a beautiful way".

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San Felipe de Neri 

Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas

San Felipe de Neri is a beautiful old church located in Old Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The original church was built in 1706 and was located across the street. It crumbled due to heavy rains in 1792. It was rebuilt in 1793 in it's current location and is the oldest church in Albuquerque.

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"Through the Portico" 

Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas

This painting is of the view I saw walking through the portico of the convent building adjoining the San Felipe de Neri church in Old Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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"La Puerta Verde" 

Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas

"The Green Door" is probably the last painting in my little trio of colorful Southwestern style doorways. I titled them all in Spanish simply because the words are more beautiful. The pink autumn sage is so pretty when in full bloom and is one of my favorite shrubs.

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"La Puerta Azul" 

Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas

"The Blue Door" is a familiar sight in New Mexico against the warm terracotta tones of adobe walls. In the foreground is an horno, which is an outdoor adobe oven used for baking bread. Hollyhocks add a beautiful touch of color during the summer.

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"La Puerta Roja" 

Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas

"The Red Door" is the first in a series of small paintings depicting unique New Mexico doorways. This image is based on a similar wall in the back yard where I used to live, but the red door is something I decided to add.

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"A Wall with a View" 

Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas

This painting began as a sketch of the Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque around sunset. It evolved into something different when I decided to add the adobe wall. New Mexicans create some very charming adobe walls with unique windows, doors and gates.

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"Summer Surprise" 

Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas

This is a painting of the vibrant pink bloom of a hedgehog cactus. I used to have one of these and it would bloom with a cluster of pink blooms once each summer.

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"Agave II" 

Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas

Desert plant life has appealed to me for a long time. The different varieties of cactus, agave and yucca all have such interesting and unique shapes. I found this agave near Old Town in Albuquerque.

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"Cactus Fiesta" 

Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas

Each year in October, the sky is filled with the beauty of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. In this painting, I combined my love of painting cactus with hot air balloons against a backdrop of the Sandia Mountains.

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"A Spring to Remember" 

Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas

Driving along a back road, I saw this strong adobe wall with this grand entrance. The sky was exceptionally blue and the Purple Sage and Spanish Broom were in bloom everywhere. So, I added those into the painting, reminding me of what a beautiful spring it was.

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    An Artist's Hard Lesson Learned 

    A few years ago, I had the opportunity to sign a consignment agreement with a local frame shop. This shop had a beautiful frame that complemented my acrylic paintings on canvas. The owners, a husband and wife team, offered to frame my work, using this as my signature frame and display my work for sale, taking a 50% commission. We had a very positive working relationship for a couple of years.

    Then, suddenly, the couple separated and the wife was forced to sell the frame shop. She called me in to discuss my options. Either I could take the paintings out of the shop that day or I could leave them and sign a new agreement with the new owner. She said that if I decided to take them, that I could have the frames that were already on them. The new owner was a professional with a large well-known company and he bought the shop for his daughter to operate as her own business. Since my relationship with this shop had been positive, I decided to keep my work there. The owner told me she would still be in the shop for a couple of weeks, training the new owner and his daughter. She would be calling me during that time to introduce me to the new owner and sign a new consignment agreement.

    Being preoccupied with other things at that time, I sort of put it out of my mind and waited for her call. A few weeks later, I did receive a call. The new owner and the previous owner had a huge argument over the sale of the shop and he had kicked her out. She advised me to try and get my paintings out of the shop because he was proving to be a very untrustworthy person.

    I called the new owner and introduced myself. I could tell that he was not an easy person to deal with. He did acknowledge that I had a consignment agreement with the previous owner, but he was very angry when I told him that the she had given me the frames. After a couple of telephone conversations with him, out of anger, he decided to claim that he had bought all my paintings, as part of the shop inventory. I knew the previous owner would never have sold my work. This new owner was extremely rude to me on the phone. I had never even met this man and he was threatening me!

    I contacted an attorney for advice and he instructed me to write the shop owner a letter and give him ten days to return my paintings. I did and he never responded. So, I proceeded with a small claims lawsuit against him.

    The previous owner provided me with all the documentation, proving beyond a doubt that my work was not part of this sale. She also put into writing, the fact that she had given me the frames that were already on my work as a thank you for our past successful relationship.

    In the meantime, the two parties were involved in some kind of legal dispute about the sale of this shop, which had nothing to do with me. When I appeared in court, the judge would not even look at my documents, because he did not have the details of this other pending case that this man had made me a part of.

    So, I waited it out for a year and a half, while these two parties battled it out in court. I visited the courthouse a few times and made copies of documents to prove that my paintings should not have been involved in this dispute. Finally, I discovered through one of the attorneys involved that the matter had been settled. I was about to refile my case, when a co-worker asked me if I knew that the frame shop had closed! She said it was open and operating one day and the next, it was completely empty! No sign on the door - nothing!

    I could not believe it. This man had skipped town with my paintings that I spent so much time and effort on. There were three paintings on canvas and several miniatures on paper. If, by chance, anyone has purchased these, I do hope that you are enjoying them. However, I think it is only fair that you know that they were stolen from me, the artist. The three canvas paintings are entitled "Agave", "Cactus Fiesta" and "Desert Delight". I am including an image of one of these works, "Cactus Fiesta".

    I have accepted that I will never get my paintings back. I take a lot of responsibility in losing them. First of all, I should have taken them out of the shop, framed and all, when I had the chance! Secondly, I should have been in that shop on the first day that the new owner took over, introducing myself and signing the proper documents.

    So, I hope others will learn from my hard lesson. Sometimes, I get so excited about the prospect of sales or exposure that I forget to treat this like a business. I hope my story will help someone else realize that we, as artists, need to treat our profession just like any other business. Make sure everything is in writing and be assertive, making sure you take care of your own business and not relying on the words or opinions of others.

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    stickytabby

    Smoking lens about fine arts! Really informative..I would recommend this to others. I also have a post that is similar to yours, and I would love it if you can give it a visit - oil paintings | art reproductions | fine art gallery

    Posted August 12, 2008

    Jewelsofawe

    What beautiful art!

    Posted August 03, 2008

    Ruth-Palmer

    Love your lens Gayle, excellent job...and you know I'm already a huge fan of your beautitul work!

    Posted July 13, 2008

    ElizabethBennet

    Spectacular art! Lovely sense of design, and glorious use of color!

    Posted June 20, 2008

    eccles1

    Wow you are so good it makes me wish I could draw
    your work is different and beautiful

    Posted June 14, 2008

     
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    Born and raised in North Carolina, I moved to New Mexico in 1986. Upon receiving my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Carolina, I was excited about starting a new life in a new place. I have been here ever since, raising my family, painting and enjoying the beauty of this state. I painted in oils for years, but made the change to acrylics several years ago. I love the brilliant colors, the quick-drying time and the durability of acrylics. It is a blessing to live in an area with wonderful light and beautiful subject matter all around me. We have beautiful sunsets, mountain views, hot air balloons, cactus, wildflowers, and every season brings something else wonderful.

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