The landscape introduced me to those who came before: the ancients who lived high on the mountain above the timberline; the Comanche crossing from the plains over the peaks; and the Spanish colonists who carved their village out of this forbidding soil.
Living a Life of Abstraction
I create my paintings under the profound influence of the rich tradition of those who went before me. I understand, now, that these works were only made possible by the sacrifices of cultural revolution—by great artists who courageously broke new ground.
A Journey to Rociada
Standing in the middle of that silent street, in the midst of all those abandoned buildings, it was very quiet but not mute. It was almost as if I was perceiving the silent footprints of a world now gone forever.
Sigh
I feel as though I’ve let out a breath—a breath I didn’t know I was holding. When had it started? When I was one, sixteen, thirty, sixty-four? I honestly don’t know, but it was deep and old, ancient perhaps. Mammalian?
Lorey Sebastian: Legendary Film Photographer Finds Truchas, Part 1
It’s a very difficult job: long hours, and you have to meet the demands of a lot of people—studios, producers, directors, and actors. You have to be present and yet remain invisible. They don’t want to know you’re there taking photographs.
Lorey Sebastian: Legendary Film Photographer Finds Truchas, Part 2
Unbeknownst to me, the film business was just starting to boom in Santa Fe and Albuquerque at that time. I popped up out of nowhere with a massive list of film credits and became a star again.
What Does It Mean to be an Artist?
My life demands something of me: Not that I be fearless but that, if I am afraid, I face it. It asks me to stand in the self-doubt and the fear, to get comfortable there, to know I am human and this is part of it, to have compassion.