Elaine Slusher, a long-time resident of Placitas and a Signature Member of both the New Mexico Watercolor Society and the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, is interested in strong composition as well as the relationships of one color to another and of one shape to another. Most of Slusher's paintings are of people, including children, and of animals, and express how these subjects relate to one another. Her watercolors, which have received many awards in juried exhibits, hang in private collections in the US and Europe. This season Slusher will be showing her retablos in October.

She says:

"I have lived in New Mexico over 50 years and first saw retablos at the New Mexico Museum in Santa Fe.  Every village, church and private home had its patron saint.  A Santo might be punished for not fulfilling its role and be turned to the wall until a request was granted.  The artist worked to meet a specific need of the community, and the product expressed its values. I am charmed by the images and have painted retablos off and on for years."

Write her at:

PO Box 528
Placitas, NM 87043

or phone

505 771-0072