2025 Shows
Beacon
Paintings by Elen Feinberg
Into the Wilds
Paintings by Calla Klessig Sentic
Friday, October 17, 2025 through Sunday, November 23, 2025
Exhibits Opening: Friday, October 17, 2025, 5-7 P.M. with live music by Petra Babankova & Nelson Denman
Exhibits Opening: Friday, October 17, 2025, 5-7 P.M. with live music by Petra Babankova & Nelson Denman
New Concept Gallery is pleased to announce the next two shows of our regular 2025 season. Running concurrently, Elen Feinberg’s Beacon and Calla Klessig Sentić’s Into the Wilds will showcase the latest work of two of our newest artists. The shows will open from 5-7 PM on Friday, October 17, 2025. Both artists will be in attendance to meet our guests and discuss their work and inspirations. Live music will be provided by Petra Babankova on classical guitar. The shows can be viewed through Sunday, November 23, 2025, at New Concept Gallery, 610-A Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87501.
Elen Feinberg - Beacon
When asked about the series that forms the heart of her current show, Feinberg said, "The title evokes the hope and inspiration brought by light, but it also carries the reminder that beacons can be warnings of hazards hidden in the darkness. The paintings are about both beauty and danger, taking a leap into these ideas using ocean and sky as visual metaphors. To hold these opposing visual and metaphorical ideas within a single image, to see and feel peace and sense discomfort – this is my goal.” A native of New York City, Elen Feinberg has lived and painted in New Mexico since 1978. Working primarily in oil, she uses subjects ranging from the landscapes of the desert Southwest to oceans, and from atmospheric events to interstellar phenomena. Although inspired and informed by the natural world, her paintings are not literal interpretations of the earth and sky, rather they are inventions intended to shift nature and the visual world from the concrete to the sublime. Elen’s work is included in numerous museum and corporate collections in the US. She has held several artist-in-residence grants both here and abroad and she is the recipient of numerous awards from prestigious organizations such as the NEA, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the Fulbright Foundation. Since her retirement as a Regent’s Professor at the University of New Mexico, where she taught drawing and painting for over 30 years, Elen has pursued the themes that have been at the center of her paintings for four decades: earth, water, sky, and our perception of light. Elen received her BFA from Cornell University and her MFA from Indiana University. |
Calla Klessig Sentić - Into the Wilds
Into the Wilds invites you to wander through painted landscapes where autumn gold deepens into winter’s hush. These paintings are prayers in oil—each a meditation on healing, the gentle transformation found in changing seasons, and the quiet strength rooted in nature’s embrace. In this collection, stormy skies brood and break, reminding us that even amid darkness, there is hope—after every tempest, a clearing where light pours in and renewal takes root. Other pieces within this body of work offer calm, a reverent pause to honor the beauty and solace found within the rhythms of the land. This collection reflects Calla's enduring reverence for the wild— from autumn’s glowing hues to the hush of snowfall—inviting you to witness the cycles of letting go, finding grace, and being gently remade. Calla gathers much of her inspiration from the extraordinary landscapes and dramatic weather she sees on her hikes, camping, backpacking and road trips throughout the Southwest and beyond. Showing artistic tendencies from a young age, she began oil painting at age 8. Her lifelong love of painting, art, and design led her to attend the Maryland Institute, College of Art, graduating with a BFA. Klessig Sentić had a 17-year career in the film industry, where her work as an Art Director served as a 3-dimensional compositional counterpoint to her fine artworks. Even while working on blockbuster films, Calla never forgot her first love — painting. Eventually, the desire for a quieter and more fulfilling life led her to leave her work in film behind. She moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she now lives as a full-time artist. |
Upcoming 2025 Shows
Watch for more details in the coming weeks (...or months!)
November 28, 2025 - January 11, 2026: Linda Petersen, Ann Hosfeld
Previous 2025 Shows
After the Flood
Paintings, Sculpture and Prints by Jane Abrams
Seasonal Expressions
Paintings by Cecilia Kirby Binkley
Friday, September 12, 2025 through Saturday, October 11, 2025
Exhibits Opening: Friday, September 12, 2025, 5-7 P.M. with live music by Petra Babankova
New Concept Gallery is would like to welcome you to the second two shows of our regular 2025 season. Jane Abram's After the Flood and Cecilia Kirby Binkley’s Seasonal Expressions will run concurrently. Abrams’ show will feature a blend of her paintings, carved wood reliefs and intaglio prints spanning the breadth of her career. Binkley’s show will see the debut of several new works, as well as some of her personal favorites from recent years. The exhibits will open from 5-7 PM on Friday, September 12, 2025, where visitors will have the opportunity to meet the artists. Live music will be provided by Petra Babankova on classical guitar.
Exhibits Opening: Friday, September 12, 2025, 5-7 P.M. with live music by Petra Babankova
New Concept Gallery is would like to welcome you to the second two shows of our regular 2025 season. Jane Abram's After the Flood and Cecilia Kirby Binkley’s Seasonal Expressions will run concurrently. Abrams’ show will feature a blend of her paintings, carved wood reliefs and intaglio prints spanning the breadth of her career. Binkley’s show will see the debut of several new works, as well as some of her personal favorites from recent years. The exhibits will open from 5-7 PM on Friday, September 12, 2025, where visitors will have the opportunity to meet the artists. Live music will be provided by Petra Babankova on classical guitar.
Jane Abrams - After the Flood
Jane Abrams had rightfully expected 2024 to be a banner year. In celebration of her 1985-86 participation in the Roswell Artist in Residency (RAiR) program, the Roswell Museum had opened Jane Abrams: Fire on the Water, a major retrospective featuring thirty-eight of her works spanning from 1968 to 2022, including many of her largest and most significant paintings. The well-reviewed show was going well, until the night of October 19, 2024, when the city of Roswell received six month’s worth of rainfall within just a few hours. The Spring River, which runs alongside the museum, breached its banks and flooded the museum, with flood waters rising to nearly six feet in some rooms. Jane’s show, along with the rest of the museum collection, was inundated by water and mud. While eleven of her major works had to be sent to The Conservation Center in Chicago to address the damages caused by the invasive waters, the remaining works were unharmed. As might be expected, the impact on Abrams was significant, both emotionally and creatively. Still, Jane has always been an extraordinarily tenacious woman. After the Flood is Jane’s phoenix song - her notice to the world that she, and her art, are still here and still relevant. This show will not only feature the lush botanical paintings that have been at the core of her artwork since the mid-1980’s, but also her exquisite polychrome wood relief carvings as well as rare examples from her early years as a printmaker. |
Cecilia Kirby Binkley - Seasonal Expressions
Cecilia Kirby Binkley has had a VERY busy year. Normally, she would have found it difficult to claim time in her studio when life was so intense. Over the past year, however, she has found solace in her creative space, allowing the act of painting to keep her peaceful and centered. The delightful result: Five new major works will be making their debut when Seasonal Expressions opens. Binkley’s plein air paintings are intuitive and exhilarating translations of nature and the landscapes of New Mexico and southern Colorado. She is compelled to paint by the desire to capture the expression, movement and color of the landscape. Binkley uses a small canvas to quickly encapsulate a natural scene, and then, if she finds the plein air piece sufficiently compelling, she may choose to revisit the scene in a larger studio painting. The smaller works become the inspirational foundation for her large canvases: However, the larger pieces are also largely created from her memories, not just of the scene, but also of the full experience of creating the plein air painting. |
Sentinels
Bronze Sculpture and Photography by Roger Arvid Anderson
Friday, August 8, 2025 - Sunday, September 7, 2025
Opening Reception: Saturday afternoon, August 9, 2025, 2-4 P.M.
Music provided by Petra Babankova on classical guitar.
Opening Reception: Saturday afternoon, August 9, 2025, 2-4 P.M.
Music provided by Petra Babankova on classical guitar.
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New Concept Gallery invites you to join us for an intimate show featuring Roger Arvid Anderson’s striking bronze sculptures, complemented by his photography. Anderson will join us for our opening reception on Saturday afternoon, August 9, from 2-4 PM. Live music will be provided by Santa Fe-based classical guitarist Petra Babankova. The show can been viewed through Sunday, September 7, 2025, at New Concept Gallery, 610-A Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM.
In a gallery filled with contemporary New Mexican artists, Roger Arvid Anderson often jokes that he is the exception that makes the rule. Despite being a longtime resident of San Francisco, California, Roger’s artistic vision has been dramatically influenced by the beauty of New Mexico. Sentinels will feature a selection of Anderson’s distinctive bronze sculptures, ranging from small pieces from his Talismans and Metaphysical Landscapes series to larger works from his Sentinels series. The walls will showcase a selection of Anderson’s Santa Fe-inspired photographs, with an artistic emphasis on the beautiful and distinctive details found within the City Different. Unframed prints will also be available. |
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Hithering Spill
A Retrospective of works by Douglas Atwill
Friday, May 23, 2025 - Sunday, July 06, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday, May 30, 2025, 5-7 P.M.
Music provided by Petra Babankova on classical guitar.
Please take note:
The reception takes place one week AFTER the show goes on exhibit.
Opening Reception: Friday, May 30, 2025, 5-7 P.M.
Music provided by Petra Babankova on classical guitar.
Please take note:
The reception takes place one week AFTER the show goes on exhibit.
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New Concept Gallery invites you to savor a 3-room show of Santa Fe artist Douglas Atwill’s southwestern and mountain landscapes, garden scenes and floral paintings. While our past several Atwill exhibits have focused on Doug’s most recent works, Hithering Spill will showcase a cross-section of works from across the past twenty or more years. The exhibit can be viewed starting on Friday, May 23, 2025, with a reception the following week on Friday, May 30, 2025 from 5-7 PM. The reception will feature music by Petra Babankova on classical guitar: however, the artist will not be in attendance at the opening. The show will be on exhibit through Sunday, July 06, 2025, at New Concept Gallery, 610-A Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM, 87501.
What, you might ask, is a hithering spill? According to Douglas Atwill, it is a term that was used in the late 1800s and early 1900s to describe works of art where the foreground feels as though it could spill forth from the canvas onto the viewer’s feet. This visual principal has been at the core of Atwill’s artistic vision for over fifty years, empowering him to create works with a depth that invites the viewer to step into the frame. Although Atwill usually prefers to give his shows pragmatic names like Recent Works, he felt that Hithering Spill was an appropriate title for a show designed to emphasize the depth of his career. Douglas Atwill has been a fixture in the Santa Fe art scene since the late 1970s. He paints in acrylics, usually on the primed linen canvas he prefers. His subjects range from the New Mexico landscape of mesas, escarpments and mountain scenes to verdant corners of his own garden. Atwill's work is widely held in numerous personal collections, and is also displayed on corporate and museum walls across the country. A prolific and disciplined artist, Douglas often completes fifty or more paintings each year. Atwill is also well known in Santa Fe for his work as a designer and builder. He is the author of over a dozen books, including novels, short stories, memoirs and poetry. |
The Last Picture Show
A Celebration of the Life and Art of Reg Loving
Friday, March 28, 2025 through Sunday, May 18, 2025
SHOW EXTENDED BY ONE WEEK through May 18th, 2025
Opening Reception / Memorial Gathering on Saturday, April 5, 2025, from 2-5 PM
SHOW EXTENDED BY ONE WEEK through May 18th, 2025
Opening Reception / Memorial Gathering on Saturday, April 5, 2025, from 2-5 PM
New Concept Gallery is sad to announce that our good friend, New Mexico artist Reg Loving, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2025, after a long illness. It was something that we had all been expecting for quite a while: enough so, in fact, that it had become a running joke between Reg and our gallery director, as each year for the the past several years we have hung Reg’s “last” show. In his final months, Loving had expressed that he knew he would live on through his art. It is our desire to honor that sentiment through this show. The Last Picture Show will serve as a celebration of Reg Loving and his art. The exhibit will be on view starting on Friday, March 28, 2025. Rather than having a traditional Friday evening opening, we will host a gathering from 2 PM to 5 PM on Saturday, April 5, 2025, which will serve as both an opening reception and memorial. It is our hope that Reg’s many friends will come to remember him, sharing laughter and stories surrounded by the magical variety of Loving's artwork. The gathering is open to all, whether they have known Reg for decades, or are only now discovering his distinctive artistic voice. The show will be on the walls through Sunday, May 11, 2025, at New Concept Gallery, 610-A Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM.
Reg Loving was a vital member of the New Mexico art community since the mid-1970s. His work is widely held by museums, public institutions and private collectors alike. Whether he was portraying iconic New Mexican churches, creating highly stylized southwestern landscapes or thought-provoking abstracts, Loving’s distinctive style and bold use of color are the common threads woven throughout his body of work. The incredible variety of his work evolved from Loving’s constant exploration and re-discovery of his identity as an artist. To the highest degree possible, The Last Picture Show will showcase the broad spectrum of Loving’s visual expressions over the course of his artistic career.
Reg Loving was a vital member of the New Mexico art community since the mid-1970s. His work is widely held by museums, public institutions and private collectors alike. Whether he was portraying iconic New Mexican churches, creating highly stylized southwestern landscapes or thought-provoking abstracts, Loving’s distinctive style and bold use of color are the common threads woven throughout his body of work. The incredible variety of his work evolved from Loving’s constant exploration and re-discovery of his identity as an artist. To the highest degree possible, The Last Picture Show will showcase the broad spectrum of Loving’s visual expressions over the course of his artistic career.
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Reg Loving’s Obituary
Reginald (Reg, Reggie) Loving, Jr., 81, passed away February 9 at the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque. Loving was born in Madisonville, Kentucky August 2, 1943 to Anna S. Loving and Reginald Williams Loving, Sr. A well-known artist in New Mexico and other Southwestern states, Reg’s paintings have been exhibited in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, New York, California, Denver, and Dallas among other venues. His most recent art shows have been in New Concept Gallery in Santa Fe. Loving’s award-winning work is in many large corporate collections around the United States and in numerous public collections including the Albuquerque Museum, the Santa Fe Museum of Fine Arts, the Capital Arts Foundation in the State Capitol Building in Santa Fe, and the Los Angeles International Airport. Loving graduated from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY with Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting. He was a social worker in Kentucky before becoming a photographer. He also studied and taught at the Center for Photographic Studies in Louisville, KY before moving to Santa Fe in the early 1970s. He soon switched from photography to painting because as he often said, “New Mexico is visually such a painterly place. The landscape is inspiring!” C.J. Pressma, a photographer and multi-media artist in Louisville and the founder of the former Center for Photographic Studies recently wrote, “My memories of Reg go back many years to the Center for Photographic Studies days. I recall his love of trains, his house in Santa Fe, his move to Albuquerque and the great artist/painter he was! His legacy will be remembered.” Predeceased by his parents, Loving is survived by his sister Jessica Loving, her husband, Sheryl Snyder, and nephews Seth and Peter Schikler, all of whom live in Louisville, KY. |
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Check back over the coming weeks to see our full 2025 schedule.
