This winter season marks an exciting time for Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art, as they celebrate 24 years of hosting their annual Small Works Holiday Show.Opening December 8, the show features an array of small, contemporary artworks that make for unique, yet affordable gifts. Whether you take the opportunity to purchase an artwork at this time-honored showcase, or not, the gallery promises quite the “colorful event.”
JC Spock, Turquoise Door IV, mixed media on cradled panel, 18 x 14"
“The [show] features new artwork of 20 by 20 inches or smaller from our diverse collection of artists,” explains gallery owner Deborah Fritz. “Subject matter ranges from wintertime themes to whimsical rabbits, from eclectic found-object sculptures to bright local scenes. Whether you seek a somber landscape or a pocket-sized bronze, we have diminutive paintings and sculptures to delight all ages. Treat your loved ones and yourself this year—come see more at Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art!”
Find impeccable works like the abstracted visions of Sandra Pratt’s oil works, as seen in Last Light; or the dark beauty of Mary Alayne Thomas’ encaustic and watercolor work The Magpie’s Confidants.Artist JC Spock presents mixed media works that combine elements like acrylic paint, vintage ephemera and her own photography.
Sandra Pratt, Last Light, oil on linen panel, 8 x 8"
“Nostalgia is the central theme and inspiration of my artistic practice: the feelings we get recalling the past,” Spock shares. “But we also know that nostalgia is not quite an exact historical representation of the past but loosely based recollections, that pieced together, give a feeling of the story we want to create in our minds. Much like historical fiction, my artwork is my visual expression of such.”
Mary Alayne Thomas, The Magpie’s Confidants, watercolor finished with encaustic, 18 x 14"
In one of Spock’s show pieces, Turquoise Door IV, you’ll find vintage ephemera layered throughout, “like little treasures to be found,” she says. “[This includes] Spanish ledgers from the early 1900s, local New Mexico magazine clippings from the 1940s and the like.” The artist also notes that the piece takes you back to old Santa Fe— “the aged adobe walls warmed by the sun, the geometric carvings of a hundred-plus year-old door with the classic shade of turquoise that immediately places one in the land of enchantment.”
Rebecca Haines, Message from the Blue World, oil on panel, 16 x 16"
Show artist Rebecca Haines contributes her distinctive animal paintings as seen in Message from the Blue World—a close-up of a honeybee. “Bees have shown up in my work more often the last couple years,” says Haines. “To me, they represent a healthy, balanced and even magical way of existing. The presence of these precious creatures symbolizes and mirrors how healthy and balanced we are in our human society as well. The Blue World represents an ideal place of wisdom and beauty where all life is in balance, and is both honored and respected. I see bees as messengers from this realm and I look to them for guidance regarding how to be a better human inhabitant of this amazing planet. The face-to-face perspective of this bee and her larger-than-life scale give her the appearance of a great wise being—a teacher. And we, her humble students.”
Find these mini-masterpieces and so much more at Giacobbe-Fritz’s annual showcase through December 31. —
Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art, 702 Canyon Road • Santa Fe, NM 87501 • (505) 986-1156 • www.giacobbefritz.com
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