I walk around this city a lot with my little camera always in my pocket. I see my city of Santa Fe, differently. The artwork and graffiti I find on the street is more exciting than what I currently see inside most of the galleries and museums in town. It's spontaneous and temporary. I try to capture it before it disappears forever.
Lately, I have been leaving the city to explore the natural world...

Monday, September 8, 2014

Anonymous

 
 
 
I have been seeing Anonymous' presence around town lately,
but before I can take a picture and
record my findings, their stickers have been removed.
I found this one on Galisteo and DeVargas, near the skate park.
 
And this one at the corner of Cerrillos and De Vargas.
 


Thursday, May 1, 2014

Slow


 
Slow down and look around.
There are many unusual things to see
around the city of Santa Fe.  Like this.
Someone was having fun with road cones.


Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Monday, April 7, 2014

Love Your Mother

 
 
Spring is here in Santa Fe and the trees are all in bloom.  I was taking one of
my walks and looking at the blooming trees, when I spotted
this little piece of guerilla artwork hanging from a branch on Don Gaspar near the Roundhouse.
 
 

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Re-Claim The Streets

 
 
More stencils by the artist known as VISI.
 
 
 Found on Old Santa Fe Trail.
 
Spotted on Guadalupe @ Paseo de Peralta.
 
Take art and expression out of the galleries and museums and
bring it to the streets!
 
 


Monday, March 17, 2014

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

 
Four-leaf clover found at Grant Avenue and Griffin Street.
May the luck o' the Irish be with ye!


Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Walk This Way!

 
      
 
Captured these guys at the intersections of Cerrillos Road and Don Gaspar on the
Paseo de Peralta in Santa Fe.  When you do as much walking as I do around the city you
really have to watch crossing the streets here.  Even when pedestrians have the right of way,
they might end up like one of these little guys stenciled on the cross walk signals. 



Friday, February 14, 2014

Happy Valentine's Day!

 
Heart shaped candle holder found inside of
the Santuario de Guadalupe on Guadalupe Street
Santa Fe, New Mexico.


Thursday, February 13, 2014

Sacred Heart

 
In Memory of Marcelino JR Roybal,
intersection of Alto and Closson Street.
 

 


Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Golden Hearted

 
Spotted on Galisteo at a shop that sold Balinese gifts,
It's no longer open.


Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Monday, February 10, 2014

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Winged Heart

 
A winged heart on a door painted the color of New Mexican skies,
see how it flies!


Friday, February 7, 2014

Whole Hearted

 
People hanging out one summer night in
front of Evangelo's at Galisteo and West San Francisco.
Somebody probably nervously scratched this into the paint
as they smoked a cigarette out side or talked on their
cellphone to create this work of art.
 

 


Thursday, February 6, 2014

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Heart of Stone

 
 While trying not to get run over by the SUV's and their drivers
on the way to Downtown Subscription, I noticed this stone on Acequia Madre,
that looked very much like a heart.


Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Hearts and Bones

Stumbled upon this walking down Aztec Street, outside of the old Aztec CafĂ©, the other day. 
It sucks that the Aztec Café is no longer open.
It was a great place to people watch, lots of off-beat characters hung out there and
paraded through its doors.  
I had my first Santa Fe art show there in 2001.


Monday, February 3, 2014

Hydrate My Heart

Found on West Alameda near the Co-op.
Love how the cobalt colored blue flowers seem to 
vibrate against the yellow of the fire hydrant.


Sunday, February 2, 2014

Heart of Glass

 Noticed this at the intersection of Marcy and Washington while
waiting for the light to change.

Saturday, February 1, 2014

For the month of February, a heart a day until Valentine's Day!!!

 
 Spotted on Galisteo, South Capitol neighborhood.
"Your Spirt is Free"
I think they meant to write spirit, but forgot the extra I.
They must have been in a hurry to crank these babies out.
Notice the U in the flying heart?
That's U.  Your spirit is free and it's also covered
in road dirt.


Friday, January 31, 2014

Art is a Weapon

 This person VISI goes around town, probably in the early hours of
the morning and sprays their stencils on to random ugly things, like utility
boxes and big hunks of concrete.  It always gets painted over, but I have been
lucky to document a few of their pieces.  This one was found outside
The Hotel Santa Fe on Manhattan and Guadalupe.


Thursday, January 30, 2014

Lost Shoe

FOUND

One stretched out Manolo Blahnik shoe on Acequia Madre, near the corner of Garcia.
Lying in the gutter early one morning possibly left by a Cinderella on her way home
from a night of drinking on the town.
It's like a tiny boat in the bone dry desert, waiting for a stream of water to wash it away.



You Are Loved

Dumpster Diver

Someone loves you so much, that they wrote it on this dumpster, but maybe it’s the dumpster that they love.  Or maybe they wrote this on a dumpster, so that when you are feeling down in the dumps as you walk down this lonely Santa Fe side street, you will see this message and know that you are loved.

Twinkie at The Roundhouse

 Someone just left it there, but that statue in the background
is keeping an eye on it.  I wonder what became of this spongy, yellow dessert.
Maybe a raven swooped down and ate it or like the song "MacArthur's Park," it was left out
and then it rained overnight and it melted onto the faux adobe wall and into
the grass.  The Twinkie kind of looks like it was made from adobe.


El Diablo Dimas


 I spotted this gem yesterday at the intersection of Galisteo and the P.D.P. (Paseo De Peralta)

Love the looming shadow moving across his face. It makes him look all the more ominous looking.

(added 2/3/2014-Someone cleaned this vandalism up. Washed away the horns and goatee. 
The googly eyes are still there though.  I guess peeling them off would have damaged the sign even more.  I am so glad I captured this image before it was cleaned up. This is classic! Vandalism at it's finest.)