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"Misatay Series No. 21" by Mateo Romero
$3,200
Oil on Canvas
24" x 24"
Framed
Mateo Romero turns a humble adobe chapel into a radiant presence in the landscape. Thick, sculpted layers of oil paint applied in impasto build the walls and sky almost like masonry, so that light seems to catch on every ridge of color. A vivid turquoise doorway anchors the composition, while the small cross at the summit rises into a glowing sunset of golds, pinks, and oranges.
Made by A Native Artist
Original Artwork
Ships From Santa Fe, NM
ABOUT THE ARTIST
MATEO ROMERO
Contemporary painter Mateo Romero was born and raised in Berkeley, California. Although his cultural background is an urban one, through his father Santiago Romero and his connection to their Southern Keresan Cochiti people, this experience includes much of the Rio Grande Pueblo world as well. Mateo attended Dartmouth College and studied with acclaimed artists Ben Frank Moss and Varujan Boghosian.
He received an MFA in printmaking from the University of New Mexico. Mateo is an award-winning artist who has exhibited internationally in Canada and in the United States. He is currently a Dubin Fellow in painting at the School of American Research in Santa Fe, NM, and paints in his studio in Santa Fe and lives in Pojoaque Pueblo with his wife, Melissa, and their children Erik, Povi, and Rain.