Chinese New Year Show at the Wooden Cow

-----------------------------------------------photo by Elaine Russell

So-- today I was down at the gallery helping out with displays, etc.

The Wooden Cow Gallery has only been open since September, but we are already getting a favorable reputation because we are having monthly theme shows and we have the BEST window displays ever. I know.. a little biased here probably...

That said.. our show for January is based on the theme of the Chinese New Year. The whole front part of the gallery is bursting with Chinese themed art.. and the window display is gonna kick it !

It is so inspiring to me because I get to see all this wonderful art on a regular basis. It's amazing to me to see how many different artists can come up with such a variety of work.. but all on the same theme. Astounding !
The photo above is one I took a couple months ago of an octopus that I purchased at the local Tal Lin market. I call it "Grounded."




Cowapalooza and The Wooden Cow Gallery and Art Space




---------------------------------------------photos by Elaine Russell

So -- anyone who knows me knows that I have been busy with a project called the Wooden Cow Gallery. It started as an idea by a few local artists, and my daughter and I joined the herd in April. After months of fundraisers and scouting out places, we plunked down money to rent a space at the Mossman Center in ABQ.

We had our soft opening in September, and our Grand Opening in October. November we had a Dia De las Muertos Show that was a huge hit ( and I was one of the featured artists ); as was our December show "What's in the Box" featuring Regina Portscheller.
We also have a Bizarre Bazaar SALE in the back through the end of this month.

Last night we had our first official benefit concert (Cowapalooza)... which featured the musical stylings of Miss Chrissy, as well as the jammin' beat of The BluFunk All Stars. ( see photos ). It was graciously hosted by 1Kind Studios on 11th and Coal. (you guys ROCK !)

So -- we're mmooooooving along. Please see the links for the Wooden Cow Gallery, our website and our blog. We also have pics posted on Flickr and Webshots.



So-- the day after ...


It’s been an interesting holiday season.
The dishwasher died.
The furnace in our house coughed, sputtered and died.
My son wrecked the NEW car.. eash
Fortunatley, no one has been hurt in all of this. It’s just money problems.. which I know everyone has… especially at this time of year. It’s just frustrating ya know ?
So — we ended up having a SMALL christmas. We got a tiny little 2 foot tall tree. It is in a pot; and we will be able to plant it in the spring. We each got one gift. We stayed home; I made dinner; and we had a fire in the fireplace. We watched old movies. It was awesome. I am thinking this is going to be our new TRADITION. Keep it simple; keep it nice.
And I got to watch the Rockettes on TV. I remember when I was very little; my mom would insist on watching any special shows that featured the Rockettes. When we finally got to go to NYC in 1973; it was a priority on her TO DO list. It was worth it. They are amazing.