Jeane George Weigel | High Road Artist

January 31, 2011 by Jeane George Weigel 4 Comments

Ode to the Peaks

Last night while reading William deBuys’ wonderful book, The Walk, I came upon his passages about the mountains—specifically, about the peaks. That would be Trampas, Jicarilla, Sheepshead, North Truchas, Middle Truchas and, finally, South Truchas Peaks. I see, from my land, from my windows, Truchas Peaks. They form the basis from which I live. They […]

January 28, 2011 by Jeane George Weigel 7 Comments

Gallery Hopping In Santa Fe

How many of you know that Santa Fe trades places with New York City every year between being the second and third largest art market in the world? It’s true. Paris is always number one. I had no idea before coming here. I also thought Santa Fe was a western art town. I couldn’t have […]

January 27, 2011 by Jeane George Weigel 7 Comments

Puppy Rescue

My friends, Barbara and Alvaro, who I wrote about earlier in this blog (A Journey of the Soul and Renaissance Man), have recently rescued an abandoned puppy. They already have two bulldogs and weren’t looking for another dog, but there she was one night in their snowy field. Her name is Cricket. And the truth […]

January 25, 2011 by Jeane George Weigel 3 Comments

Why Does Love Matter?

I have come to this village to learn what it means to love. I see that clearly tonight, under the light of a full moon.

January 19, 2011 by Jeane George Weigel Leave a Comment

"I beg you…" – Rainer Maria Rilke

This advice has been profound in my life. I’ve been growing into it over the last fifteen years as Rilke suggests. I am forever grateful. “I beg you… to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a […]

January 17, 2011 by Jeane George Weigel 4 Comments

In Pursuit of Art

Kathy has just come to visit from Great Barrington, Massachusetts. I met her with her husband, Mike, in Anna and my gallery this past season when they bought one of my favorite paintings, Blue 2. We felt this amazing connection—all three of us. They stayed and talked for a couple of hours. I love that […]

January 13, 2011 by Jeane George Weigel 10 Comments

Inspiration for New Art

Not only did yesterday’s snowstorm create, for me, time in the studio I wasn’t finding for myself, it also offers, now, the added bonus of turning my world into a winter wonderland of inspiration. No doubt new paintings will be born from the beauty these mountains offer up to us in as many ways as […]