ARTISTIC
GOURDS - MOBILES - CARDS
The Taller Sudoeste
Hear a voice reading about the Taller Sudoeste
Most of the art work done in The Taller Sudoeste de Calabazas y
Mobiles uses natural materials; Coyote Gourds, Mesquite Pods,
branches and pieces of dry desert wood. Thus, the work schedule
in the Taller is tied to the seasons of the year. In the Spring
and Summer the effort is toward showing the work by visits to arts and
crafts festivals. Autumn brings trips into the desert to harvest the material that
nature has produced during the growing seasons. Much of the art
work is created during the long nights and cold gray days of
Winter with a Bach concerto, Miles Davis or Vivaldi, the snap of an open
fireplace, and the sound of rain on the roof as a backdrop.
MOBILES
Mobiles are the Gypsies of Artistic expression.
They live intimately with the wind, and
To flash their gaudy brilliance will
Spin and twirl and dance and sway with the slightest hint of breeze.
But just
Below the flash and twirl and spin is an exquisite fragile balance that
Is the soul of their sensitivity.
Gene McCoy
Desert Totems - Mobile with Coyote Gourds and desert wood.
Basket with Painted Coyote Gourds
Guest Artists In the Taller Sudoeste
Eagle Owl - Watercolor on Sandstone
By
Stella Marie Marchand
See scrolling images of Stella's paintings
Wildflowers on Lake Mojave - Oil on Canvas
By
Karen Sandquist
See scrolling images of Karen's paintings
Go to Karen's Gallery Slidehows
See some of Gene's favorite paintings and photos
Cottonwoods - Watercolor
By
Jean Merriam, "Poco"
Go to Memorial Page for Jean Merriam
A view of Toledo - Watercolor
By
Art Van Rhyn
See my Catalogue of Burnt, Painted and
Carved Coyote Gourds and Mobiles
See Scrolling Images of Burnt, Painted and
Carved Coyote Gourds and Mobiles
See American date rage over 9/11/2001
Read about "Coyote Melons" and gourds
See Images of 9/11/2001
Go to my cats page
See Images of Great American Southwest
Go to my Writer's Page - novels - short story - geneology
Hear flamenco and read a story about dancer
Hear flamenco and read a poem by Garcia Lorca
Read La Tienta, a Novelette
See scrolling bullfight photos of a tienta in Ecuador
See differences between men and women -this is earth shaking
Nobody know the trouble I've seen
Sean and Regina Wedding and reception photos
Go to a Memoriam for Yvonne Cador Marticorena
Granpa McCoy Remembered
