Pumphouse Studio Gallery is Back!

My Studio at Pumphouse Studio Gallery

Whatever happened to Pumphouse Studio Gallery?  It's alive and well in New Mexico!

As you may recall, Trina and I opened Pumphouse Studio Gallery in Sedona, Arizona, several years ago.  Located in a small plaza just across the road from the famous Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts Village, the studio gallery was a quiet, peaceful place in the cool shade of giant sycamore trees beside Oak Creek.  We had a good time of it, running the gallery and using it as a base camp for my Paint Sedona plein air painting workshops.   After a couple of years, tired of “sitting retail” day in and day out, we sold the space and moved everything to our home south of town.

Just a sampling of artwork in the studio gallery!

Because we lived in a gated community with a vigilant HOA, we couldn't run the gallery publicly.  We had students over to visit it, and if anyone else was interested, we were open quietly by appointment.

But this year, we moved from Arizona to the Zuni Mountains of New Mexico to a large home with two big studios and lots of wall space.  When we finally unpacked all the artwork, we spent several pleasurable days hanging items.  We now are proud to announce that Pumphouse Studio Gallery is once again in business!

We are only one hour from Gallup and two hours from Albuquerque in the historic ranching community of Ramah.  We'd love to have you visit.  To entice you further, we have other attractions nearby:  El Morro National Monument, El Malpais National Monument, the Bandera Ice Caves and the Zuni and Acoma Pueblos.   And if you want to make more than just a day trip, we also have some good local restaurants—Ancient Way Cafe, Stagecoach Cafe, the Village Bistro and Chu-Chu's—plus lodging options at El Morro RV Park & Cabins, the Inn at Halona and more.

For now, we're open by appointment only.  To visit, please contact me at pumphousestudiogallery@gmail.com and we'll arrange a time!

And don't forget, this is also "base camp" for my Paint the Southwest plein air painting workshops!

Elahkwa!  (“Thank you!,” in Zuni.)

Two Countries, One Bay Open Studio Tour

Fabric art by Trina Stephenson

What is summer without an open studio tour?  This year, both Artists Retreat Studios & Gallery and Friar's Bay Studio Gallery will be part of a two-country studio tour.  The tour runs Saturday and Sunday, July 18-19, 2015.  Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. local time.  (ARSG is in Lubec, ME, on Eastern Time; FBSG is Welshpool, NB, on Atlantic Time, one hour ahead.)

At Friar's Bay Studio Gallery, I'll be on hand to show you some of my latest oil and pastel paintings of local scenery.  Also, I'll be working on a small oil painting or two, and you are welcome to visit and watch me work, and I'll be happy to answer questions.  The studio gallery is at 822 Route 774 in Welshpool on Campobello Island, New Brunswick.

At Artists Retreat Studios & Gallery, Trina will be on hand to show you some of her photographic mandala kaleidoscopes featuring views of the natural world and also her fabric art.  (I have work at the gallery, too.)  She'll be available to answer questions about her process, too.  The studio gallery is at 45 Washington Street, Lubec, Maine.  For full directions, pleaes visit the website links above.

For details on this and other particpating studios, please visit the Artsipelago site.  

Pastel Landscape by Michael Chesley Johnson
"August Fog" 8x10 pastel - available framed, $400 US incl. shipping