Cathy Tupper - Oil

Cathy Tupper grew up in Northern Maine on a dairy farm. She moved to New Mexico in 1983. Cathy's profession is as an emergency room nurse at West Mesa Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Although High School was Cathy's first exposure to art, she developed a life long love affair with painting. She is self-taught because her occupation does not allow much time for art classes. However, she manages to rise every morning with the sun to paint a few hours before work. Her early work depicted her surroundings on the oceans of New England but since moving to New Mexico, her work is mostly southwestern landscapes.

Cathy's work is on display at Marketplace Gallery in Albuquerque and Mercy Hospital in Portland Maine, as well as, private collections all over the United States.

Charlotte Gardner - Photographer

Charlotte Gardner moved to Albuquerque from Pampa, Texas in 1963. In 1973 she went to work for a local camera specialty store.

It was in this camera store, and with the help of friends, family and co-workers that she learned pretty much all that she needed to know about photography. She loves to photograph the southwest, especially New Mexico, as wellas landscapes and flowers, and anything else that is of interest to me.

She started her photography business in 1998. Since then she has won awards at the State Fair, been featured as the "Photographer of the Month" on the New Mexico web site.

Charlotte Gardner recently passed away in February 2011.