Congratulations are in Order here

Congratulations Rob!!!
I am so very happy to let you all know that Rob's piece "Dial-a-Saint" was chosen as 1st place winner in the mixed media category at the Colorado State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit. The artist reception was great and he received alot of great feedback from folks.

He is now in Taos, at the gallery. Hopefully it's a good weekend out there as the season is almost over for us. I am here in Denver working hard on some pieces for my upcoming show in October as well as getting ready for the annual Montoya reunion tomorrow.

"Dial-a-Saint"
1st Place Winner
Colorado State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit

Have a great weekend everyone!!

San Pascual, St. Francis and San Martin de Porres

I am just fascinated with all these new pieces Rob has created. Two of them are bultos and one a bultablo, hee hee, 1/2 retablo and 1/2 bulto. I will be listing these in the Etsy and 1000Markets shops tonight, but thought I'd show them off here too! The bultablo is of San Pascual, patron saint of cooks and kitchens, you can find him in just about every kitchen in New Mexico! The bultos are of St. Francis, patron saint of animals and ecology. One of the questions we get often is "Why is he holding a skull?", well the skull represents life hereafter and many Spanish colonial art pieces will have a skull somewhere on the piece, we are not trying to be morbid, lol. Last up is San Martin de Porres, patron saint of mixed races, innkeepers and public health. His heart was always with the poor, showing endless mercy and compassion. He was a Dominican brother who was born to a
Spanish nobleman and a young black former slave. San Martin was the first biracial man canonized into sainthood. Enjoy...and Rob would love to hear any comments you all might have :)