Dan Shaffer

ARTIST STATEMENT I was raised in a land of wide open, dry spaces, big blue skies, wide variety of people and hot foods. That place was not New Mexico, it was East Africa. Later, after college in the US, I discovered New Mexico and have made my home here since 1972.  A taste of the Third World in …

Karl Kernberger 1938-1997

Renowned photographer/filmmaker/TV producer, Karl Kernberger focused on the Southwest, but also traveled widely, photographing with an anthropologist’s eye. The Johnsons of Madrid Galleries has exhibited numerous photos of his from 1999-2021, with a full retrospective of 52 framed photos in 2000. He is published in many books including Ghost Towns of New Mexico, Rock Art …

Robert Coombs

Robert Coombs was a part of the Chicago 4 at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the fifties and early sixties, The four also included Diana Johnson, Mel Johnson and Tedo Best. In his lifetime he held degrees from The Art Institute of Chicago (BFA 1957, MFA 1958), The University of Chicago …