PETRO HUL
FREE CARVING
"Nature, specifically the raw geology of the Southwest's canyon country, has a great influence on my sculpture. It is through stone that I explore my reverence for the natural world."
-Petro Hul
Petro Hul has been a stonemason, a foundryman, a toolmaker of meticulous craftsmanship, and ran the shop at a university sculpture department. But it is his unique and endearing talent for teaching that allows him to share his vast knowledge of stone and tools with students.
white marble, 14 x 6 x 4 inches
BRITT BROWN
TRUTH
Romancing the Stone
by Rebekah Powers
Valentines Day goes back to the Greeks and Romans, the Roman god Cupid with his quiver of arrows and the poet Chaucer in the Middle Ages who was the first to link February 14th with love. On this day, we choose to spotlight the work of an amazing sculptor who has formally studied in both Italy and Greece, who fell in love with marble and has been romancing the stone ever since.
white marble 38 x 32 x 4 inches
LUCAS BEAU LEONE
OUR STARS AND STRIPES '24 (Wild/Greed)
Stone Carver and Maker of Meaning
by Rebekah Powers
I caught my first glimpse of Lucas Beau Leone's work at the opening of Stone Sculpture in the Landscape, held in the sculpture gardens of TJ Mabrey during her annual Open Studio event in October 2024.
SCULPTURES IN THE LANDSCAPE
STUDIO SANTIAGO AND GALLERY
10th Annual Open House 2024
Taos, New Mexico
October 12 - 20, 2024
Fifty sculptures on display by 14 stone carvers from Northern New Mexico exhibiting their work in the landscape at the stone studio and gardens of TJ Mabrey.
Brian Barreto • Schuyler Blanchard • Britt Brown • Petro Hul • TJ Mabrey • Rosie Rosenthal • Mark Saxe • Daisuke Kiyomiya • Luke Beau Leone • David Hickman • Somers Randolph • Margaret Tange • Candyce Garrett • Tony Lazzaro
white marble, 18 x 16 x 12 inches
BRIAN BARRETO
PASO I
by Rebekah Powers
BRIAN BARRETO is a stone sculptor for whom carving is communication and an avenue for expressing identity into the larger world of art and artists. His passion to be part of something bigger transcends sculpture. As one who strengthens the creative fabric of New Mexico, we celebrate the knuckle-busting work that he puts into his art and his determination to share the concepts that move him to create.
Wood, brass, marble 28 x 17 x 8 inches
SCHUYLER BLANCHARD
MANUFACTURED SIGNIFICANCE
by Rebekah Powers
Schuyler Blanchard’s sculpture eludes specific or singular interpretations. At one point in his early career, repairing and reconstructing sculpture in Philadelphia, Schuyler felt a pull away from the ornamental scalloping architecture of the city.
This “call to adventure” led him to the foothills of the Sangre de Christo mountains of New Mexico. “I felt drawn to the mountains, closer to strata and untouched stone. My intention is to undertake a more direct sculptural conversation that is often not permitted by representational sculpture."