the Artists
Fernando Fuentes
Fernando Fuentes from Monterrey is considered one of the greatest Mexican artists living today, especially for his watercolor technique. Fernando Fuentes is a master painter. He studied and was influenced by the great artists: John Pike and Andrew Wyeth. He learned such techniques as dry brush and alternate wash applications, the layering of the textures and thin watercolor glazes from these men, but he is largely self-taught. Fuentes often incorporates surrealistic elements, sometimes using painting themes that often weave between different realities and sometimes incorporate feminine sensuality. more
Nathan Schneider
While working as an architect in the 1970s, Nathan Schneider was drawn to clay and wood as a means of self expression. His development as a craftsman continued through the 1980s and 1990s when he began to devote more time and energy to the creation of hand-crafted furniture and sculptural pottery. Currently living and working in central Mexico, he has shown his work in numerous exhibitions and galleries. Today, his work incorporates well-crafted, functional design with the use of regional natural resources. The sculptural elements of his pieces explore the diversity and context of the materials he uses. more
Karen Wight
Karen Wight explores the movement, strength and sensuality of the human form in her contemporary works of bronze and resin sculptures, paintings, drawings, and fine jewelry. She also creates life-size bronzes, fountains and garden sculpture. Wight received her BFA from California Institute of Art and a MA in Environment Design. An internationally known artist, Wight has had exhibitions in museums and fine galleries in the USA, Canada, France, Monaco, Denmark, Germany, Italy and Mexico. Currently, Wight lives and works in San Miguel de Allende. more
Geoff Winningham
Geoff Winningham is an internationally recognized still photographer, filmmaker, jounalist, and educator. He has been a professor of photography at Rice University in Houston since 1969. Over the years, five books have been published of his work on various subjects. In 1980, Geoff began to develop a serious interest in the culture of Mexico and as a result traveled there extensively. By 1982 he had virtually given up black and white photography, his preferred medium of the 1970's, and turned instead to color, both in his still photography and films. At that time he began to focus his efforts in still photography almost entirely on the subject of Mexican fiestas. His most recent book released in February, 2010, is entitled Traveling the Shore of the Spanish Sea, which features his images of the Gulf Coast of Texas and Mexico. more
