The next town on the high road was Chimayo, home of the famous church, Santuario de Chimayo, where pilgrims come to pray for healing. It was Sunday and Mother's Day and we could not get anywhere near the site so we continued on our way to the town of Cordova, known for its woodcarvers.
We were not really sure we were in the right place as there were a few places where the road forked going into the town off the main road. We saw a few signs by driveways to homes saying there were shops or galleries but we continued on, not sure if they would be open on Sunday.
I stopped to photograph some murals before continuing farther into the town
We came upon the Castillo Gallery and were pleasantly surprised with the mix of traditional and contemporary wood sculptures by Terry Enseñat Mulert and the sculpture and paintings of his wife, Paula Castillo. Cordova is quite a small town in a remote area with an almost maze-like concentration of homes fronting the dirt roads, so we REALLY were surprised to find this interesting gallery here. Terry was minding the gallery and asked where we were from... Wisconsin. Buz asked where he was originally from and he said, "Milwaukee" (15 minutes away from where we live.) Of course the conversation took off from there! We left thinking we needed to find some wall space for new artwork and marveling at someone moving from a large city to this remote area of New Mexico. We were especially drawn to his wife's abstract paintings.
We continued on to the next town- Truchas - while enjoying the view of distant mountains as we drove.
We were not really sure we were in the right place as there were a few places where the road forked going into the town off the main road. We saw a few signs by driveways to homes saying there were shops or galleries but we continued on, not sure if they would be open on Sunday.
I stopped to photograph some murals before continuing farther into the town
We came upon the Castillo Gallery and were pleasantly surprised with the mix of traditional and contemporary wood sculptures by Terry Enseñat Mulert and the sculpture and paintings of his wife, Paula Castillo. Cordova is quite a small town in a remote area with an almost maze-like concentration of homes fronting the dirt roads, so we REALLY were surprised to find this interesting gallery here. Terry was minding the gallery and asked where we were from... Wisconsin. Buz asked where he was originally from and he said, "Milwaukee" (15 minutes away from where we live.) Of course the conversation took off from there! We left thinking we needed to find some wall space for new artwork and marveling at someone moving from a large city to this remote area of New Mexico. We were especially drawn to his wife's abstract paintings.
We continued on to the next town- Truchas - while enjoying the view of distant mountains as we drove.
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