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Creative Santa Fe - June 7th, 2011
Article: "Santa Fe Studio Tour, Win Fabulous Prizes, Photographer's Legal Workshop"
Story & Photography by: Dave Robinson
Meet local artists John and Stacey Maldonado in their studio
Meet local artists John and Stacey Maldonado in their studio
Two of 43 artists participating in June tour
June 18, 10 am to 5 pm
June 19, 12 noon to 4 pm
Husband and wife team John and Stacey Maldonado are known for their bright, playful and iconic images of skeletons painted on hand tin work. References to Santa Fe culture can be found in most of their pieces.
John and Stacey have created unique works that are in demand by private collectors and corporate clients. Their art is not available in local galleries and can only be seen at their private studio. You can visit them at studio #6 on the Santa Fe Studio Tour.
Get directions to their studio and all the studios in the tour here.
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Los Muertos Fine Art Works
Santa Fe’s Rising Art Stars
Stacey Sullivan de Maldonado and John Maldonado are a husband and wife team who began their amazing collaboration six years ago. John, a native New Mexican, was a metal craftsman by trade who did tin work as a relaxing hobby. His hobby has turned into a full time profession. Stacey has been in New Mexico for nine years and considers Santa Fe the home of her dreams. She has a graphic arts base. She couldn’t resist painting a scene in the middle of one of John’s tin creations and the rest is history being made.
The third part of their story was the expected arrival of their son Stacey gathered the confidence she needed to leave her full time employment and go after her life-long dream of becoming a full time artist. It wasn’t long before she figured out how to create and sell her art, thus Los Muertos Fine Art Works was created.
Together, John and Stacy have created a very unique product that has become an almost immediate success with corporate collaborations, commissions, art shows and private collectors keeping them busy. They haven’t presented their work to local galleries as yet so the only way that the general public can see their work is through venues like The Santa Fe Studio Tour. This year they will be studio #6 and a must see on the tour.
The Santa Fe Studio tour is made up of 29 studios featuring 43 artists this June 18th and 19th. A free preview party will be open to the public on June 17th from 5-7pm and will have a door prize drawing at 6:30pm. The gallery will be open during tour hours all weekend. Located at Santa Fe University of Art and Design in the Fine Arts Gallery at 1600 St. Michael’s Drive, we hope to see you there. Come meet all of your favorite artists. Get a map of the studio locations on line at www.SantaFeStudioTour.com or pick up a brochure at the preview party. Brochures will be available at numerous locations around town as well.
Santa Fe Studio Tour is a proud project of Creative Santa Fe.
www.CreativeSantaFe.Org
*Also Featured in Santa Fe Travelers.com - May 31st, 2011
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Story By: Billie Frank
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Vibrant Santa Fe.com - October, 2010
Article: "Dia de los Muertos Lives"
Story By: Daniél Morgan
Santa Fe, New Mexico is a vibrant place, people come from all over the world to experience Santa Fe's soul. One of the things that makes this place so special is the wonderful mingling of diverse cultures. We celebrate a wonderful mix of native American, Indigenous Central and South American, Spanish and European influences. There is a rich heritage of honoring the different traditions and celebrations of the many peoples who make this their home....
...Culture continually changes and evolves, so it is no surprise that the Day of the Dead has taken on a unique flavor here in northern New Mexico. In the last few decades, a vibrant and unique Dia de los Muertos artistic movement has begun to flower in Santa Fe. Local artists Stacey & John Maldonado, Los Muertos Fine Art Works, have made a name for themselves with their bright, playful and iconic images of skeletons painted on hand tin work. References to Santa Fe culture can be found in most of their work (rock climbing, motorcycles, mountain bikes, the stairway at Loretto Chapel, and fiesta on the Plaza are just a few examples). This rich soil of diversity has given Nuevo Mexico's Dia de los Muertos celebrations and iconography a special flair, all our own...
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New Mexico Magazine - November, 2009
Article: Skeleton Crew - New Mexico Artists celebrate El Dia de los Muertos
Story By: Johnny D. Boggs
...Growing up in Toronto, Stacey Sullivan de Maldonado wasn't familiar with the holiday until she arrived in New Mexico. Her husband John Maldonado, didn't celebrate the Day of the Dead as a child, but at their Los Muertos Fine Art Works studio in Santa fe, they focus on original images featuring Stacey's acrylic paintings on John's tin surfaces. "A lot of times, people think John does the paintings and I do the tinwork," Stacey says. "It's relaxing." John says of the tinwork. "I can just express myself and don't feel so stressed." The couple have also worked together on commissioned pieces for private customers and corporations, including a large-scale Day of the Dead painting on tin at the Santa fe Baking Company (504 W. Cordova Rd.) They find that the fascination with death images never grows old. "It's such a beautiful celebration," Stacey says. "It totally transcends boundaries. Anybody can relate to it."...
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Local IQ - Albuquerque's Intelligent Alternative - vol.4 Is a.14 - July 16-29, 2009 Article: Raising the dead
Story By: Kendra Tuthill
John and Stacey Maldonado, Santa Fe artists known for their collaborative tin and paint works, will also be showing large and small originals along with prints of all their works. The couple began working together seven years ago when John made a frame of punched tin and Stacey painted happy calaveras, or skulls, directly on it. John, a New Mexico native, grew up working on large iron and steel projects with his family. “I didn’t really learn with tin metal,” John said. “But I know how metal works; my father owned a welding shop.”
John and Stacey’s media meshed perfectly into an artistic product that is both traditional in its cultural theme while strikingly modern in its design. Their Day of the Dead paintings now hang in such places as the Santa Fe Baking Company and Cafe and the National Hispanic Cultural Center shop.
“I used to think art had to be profound and had to make a full statement to be noticed,” said Stacey, an art major who migrated to the Southwest [from?]. “All of the work I do is simply based on our life, places we’ll go, trips, neighbors, members of our family ... We love the Day of the Dead’s meaning. There’s no discrimination. Anybody from any culture can relate to it on their own.”
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The New Mexican - Pasatiempo July 27 - August 2, 2007 Article: Traditional Spanish Market and Contemporary Spanish Market Story By: Elizabeth Cook-Romero |
John Maldonado and Stacey Sullivan de Maldonado don't even attempt to keep their skeletons in the closet. When bony creatures are spirited enough to slide and rattle down the state's most famous banister - on Loretto Chapel's staircase - how could they be kept under wraps? Stacey paints a cartoon version of New Mexcio's landscape populated with chattering lovers, bikers and revelers on tin plaques fashioned by her husband, John. Her cavorting dead don't just come out after dark; they play under crystal-blue skies and dance past sunrise. The couple has decorated frames with tiny tin blossoms. One ornate piece comes with appendages that look like feathered wings. Even the simplest of their creations are way over the top.
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SF Reporter Top Pick- October 24-30, 2007
Visual Arts Listings - 'Celebrate the dead at Mi Corazon Chocolate and Gallery' |
Stacey Sullivan de Maldonado and John Maldonado's traditional Dia de los Muertos artwork mixes punched tin and vibrant colors that bring life to the afterlife. |
Exhibit showcases 'Los Muertos'
Mi Corazón Chocolate & Gallery, 839 Paseo de Peralta, Suite K, presents Los Muertos, an exhibit that features original Day of the Dead-themed pieces by local artists Stacey Sullivan de Maldonado and John Maldonado. The exhibit, which opened Oct. 26, runs through Nov. 30.
Mi Corazón, which is tucked behind Arte del Mundo, features organic Venezuelan chocolate and artisanal truffles and drops, as well as Day of the Dead-themed specialties. It's open 1 to 5 p.m. Monday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; 1 to 5 p.m. Friday; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Call 505-417-3105 for more information. |
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SF Reporter Top Pick - Visual Arts Listings 2003 |
Stacey Sullivan de Maldonado draws a simple line like nobody's business, and when she melds her quality of line with an adult subconscious the result is a stunning array of work...
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