Anthony Fuentez
The most beautiful thing about me are the many cultures that make me who I have become. My creativity is inspired by the emotional expression I see and feel in my communities daily. I express, through storytelling, my people, as we face our daily struggles. I want to celebrate our spiritual journey in the form of poetic narrative, a story telling. Hopefully, when someone sees my art, they can relate to the life I am expressing, or come to it from their own place of knowing. As an artist, I feel the most important thing to share is freedom. We choose who we become, and I want my art to express the same element - as I create and find meaning within each new canvas.
Desert Fairy Apothecary
Wildcrafted spice mixes and Body products, adornments, herbal nutritional planning, foraged foods, workshops.
Born in England, and having grown up in south Florida, Kathryn Nun has been embracing “the arts” of Santa Fe since her relocation in 2001. Coming from an extremely artistic family, Kathryn has been applying color to everything in her path since she was able to hold a brush. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Advertising & Design, with intense focus on illustration, from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. Further education in graphic design and web development was pursued at the Santa Fe Community College.
Kathryn’s strong use of color results in bold and vivacious pieces, always full of passion. Strongly inspired by music, Kathryn expresses intense emotion in all of her paintings which is evoked by the music she listens to while painting—the more inspiring the music, the more passionate her pieces become. Predominantly working in acrylic, she is constantly seeking new art techniques and mediums. Kathryn also experiments with various utensils and unusual materials to produce interesting textures. In addition to The Lotus, Kathryn has gallery representation at Studio 14 Art Gallery in Madrid, New Mexico. She was a featured artist in the first love AS Revolution Festival & Art Show in 2015 and has shown annually in Metallo Gallery’s “In Microsale" miniature art show since 2013. She has exhibited in numerous juried and outdoor art festivals, and is available (upon request) for commissions and donations in support of various New Mexico charitable causes—annually supporting the New Mexico Cancer Foundation and the Santa Fe Horse Shelter.
As the sun sets over the Cerrillos hills each evening, you will most likely find Kathryn sitting in front of her easel—paintbrush in hand, covered in acrylics—creating new pieces of art. Any free time, she enjoys spending with her three dogs on her 18 acres. She is passionate about travel, wine tasting, cooking with her Puerto Rican chef husband, and partaking in any activity that involves great music!
Moss Aether
Moss Aether
Hailing from the deep desert of the southwest, Moss has been studying the healing path for many moons. She stumbled upon it by accident, but soon realized her whole life had been guiding her in that direction. Inspired most by the alchemy of spirit, Moss offers assistance to those needing help with pain, attachment, and recovery. Her goal in life is to help others form a deep bond with the divine (their truest self) and to assist in the great awakening of humankind. She offers spiritual hypnosis, Theta, massage therapy in her practice, and always takes joy in adding more!
Star Light
Star Light has been working with sacred energies since she was a little girl. She is a Pipe Carrier, a Day Keeper, and a Diviner. She works primarily with Goddess, Elementals, and Buddha Essences. She has been studying herbs and Healing with Whole Foods for 20 years, divination for 30 years, and has led an uncountable number of ceremonies.
She holds her Minister's license, her Theta Healing license, and three degrees from University of New Mexico. Graduating with honors in Sovereign & Sustainable Practices, she has developed her skin care line, Lotions & Potions, has run a traveling C.A.L.M. (Center for Alternative Medicine), managed food kitchens such as Food Not Bombs, and has held a CNA (Nurses Assistant Certificate) for a number of years. Star Light works as a Healer because it is her calling - the Answers are Shown to her by the Divine and cannot be forced or attained by the mundane. She works with the magic of Unconditional Love and the impeccable and amazing experiences she has been blessed to receive. At the root, she answers the question that is most burning within you and prescribes the Highest and Best Path. She is flexible and comfortable with working with the Deities/boundaries you hold dearest, has been trained in health, privacy, energy medicines, healing touch, and the unconditional love of the Divine. Allow her open heart to connect you back to your own Divine Path. Most people come to her with a question like "I hurt...what am I supposed to learn from this, and how do I resolve it quickly and in the best way?"
Stephano Sutherlin
As a child I grew up watching Gunsmoke, Bonanza, and every John Wayne movie that was ever produced. Like most kids of the 50’s, the fantasy of living out West in and hanging out with Haus and the rest of the Cartwright family seemed to be the ultimate dream. Now, full circle, I realize that 60 years later my longing for the West a second time. In the spring of 2016 my wife and I loaded up our van and hitched a 6’x10’ custom teardrop trailer to it and headed to Montana. Our two and half month tour took us through some of the most beautiful and untouched lands that we both had ever seen and just like ‘that’ something inside of me was rekindled. As a painter, I could imagine every amazing vista, valley, or buffalo on canvas.
Inspired by the amazing and vivid colors of the West, the rich history of the First Nations and its people; I have a desire to translate this beauty onto canvas using pop colors. I want to take my new experiences and paint them in my own style. But, amongst the beauty there is an underlying tension of current events and the oil line known as DAPL. The First Nations are under attack again to preserve their sacred land and water. As an artist, I feel the need to paint and help raise awareness of the struggles that still exist in our society between the First Nations and our government. It is my job to tell the story. I hope that you will join with me to preserve and respect the rights of our First Nations.
Stephano Sutherlin
Vince Lupo
was born in 1966 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and has been involved in photography since 1978. He has a Bachelor of Applied Arts degree in photography from Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA, USA. In 1997, Vince founded his own commercial photography firm, Direction One, Inc., based near Baltimore, MD, USA.