I Love My New Painting!

I"ve known Jesse Wood since he was a fetus. Now he's an established Santa Fe artist and I'm blessed to have one of his paintings. He and Whitney brought "Alfredo" down to Abq on the RailRunner where I met them all for lunch and a stroll around the town.

Alfredo is the sheep on the left with the black spot -- a real sheep who was abandoned at birth but lived to tell about it -- or at least be painted. He was named for a man in a European hospital whose wife arrived daily to wring her hands at his bedside and cry "Oh Alfredo, you're not going to make it!" I'd like to tell you both Alfredos made it but I don't know the fate of the man with the doomsayer wife.

I love everything Jesse has ever painted from one of his very first -- a pointillistic Tabasco bottle. He shows at the Meyers East Gallery at 225 Canyon Road. Next time you're in Santa Fe, stop in and check out his work. Hey, wait! You can do that online by Googling Jesse Wood, Santa Fe artist! Meyer East has posted pics of a dozen or more of his paintings. I love his titles, too!