Bill and Gayle Ewing
Address: 38 Camino Real Loop, Glorieta, NM
Phone: 505-757-2648
Bill and Gayle’s beautiful art can be seen on stop 7 of the tour
William G. Ewing, “Bill”
I moved from upstate New York to Las Vegas, NM, in 1957 with my parents and two brothers. With the exception of college years and work away from home, I have never left San Miguel County. My excursion into craft work began with woodcarving and woodwork decades ago. I have since expanded into decorated walking sticks, pyrography, and gourds. With the exception of gourds, I rarely purchase materials, preferring to use found wood and other natural objects. Sometimes I think of my work as ephemeral art, not intended to be long-lasting, and hang things in surrounding trees for the world to enjoy. Other things are small and fragile and stay inside. I live with my wife, Gayle, a couple of miles southwest of Pecos. We have two grown children and four grandchildren.
Bill Ewing
Wood working, wood carving/whittling, wood burning, and decorative gourds including walking sticks, small boxes, hand-carved chains, found wood creations, and spoons.
Gayle Foss Ewing
Pastel Landscapes, Sky and Flower Paintings
Also Zentangle Pen and Ink Designs
Website: www.pecosrosepastels.com
I was born in Michigan, but came to Las Vegas, NM, in 1960 at age 12. I became a teacher, initially teaching French and German at Santa Fe High School. I also taught in a rural private school and had Montessori Pre-K School in my home in Las Vegas. Art didn’t come into my life until the summer of 2000 after moving to the Pecos/Glorieta area. I promptly had an emergency appendectomy. To assist my recovery and alleviate boredom, my daughter handed me an old, unused box of pastels from my early childhood teaching days. So every day I sketched and played with my pastels until it was nap time. At first I was just drawn to the beautiful colors, but soon was addicted to blending colors to create subtle hues and varied textures. My first paintings were simple renderings of the vibrant New Mexico sunsets we saw each evening from our new home. Eventually I took classes and moved beyond sunsets to paint mountain landscapes, river scenes, and other subjects.
