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Board of Directors
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DAN CONKLIN, Co-Treasurer
Dan grew up in Albuquerque, but career opportunities ultimately drew him to the “big city". He has been an inveterate doodler and drawer from an early age, and over time attempted to smooth the rough edges with studio courses in sculpture, ceramics and acrylic painting at Vanderbilt, UCLA and the Art Student’s League in NYC. After living and working in Los Angeles, New York, Sydney, Hong Kong and Shanghai, he returned to the Land of Green Chile and picked up his art studies in early 2012 with an acrylic workshop taught by Angus Macpherson. He amazed everyone with the fact that his paints from his UCLA days were still good. Later that year, he attended a demo at the New Mexico Art League given by “Local Treasure” J. Waid Griffin. Landscape in Oil courses with Waid soon followed. With momentum building, Dan became arguably the Art League’s best customer with further landscape classes taught by Tom Blazier and Jeff Otis. His focus broadened to portrait and the figure, which gave him the pleasure of paint and drawing under the guidance of Cynthia Rowland, MJ Manford, Shana Levinson and Leo Neufeld. He has been most inspired by Cynthia Rowland, though her deep and contagious love of art and superb instruction. Recognizing the need to keep honing the basic skills of making art, Dan has most recently benefitted from the lively and fundamentals-focused teaching of Vasili Katakis. His perspectives classes are not to be missed.
BRIGID CONKLIN, Co-Treasurer
Brigid grew up in the Chicago area surrounded by art. Before she was school age, she accompanied her mother on the local art league's plein air outings and no family visit to Chicago was complete without a trip to the Art Institute. While she has always loved art, she had had no art instruction since she was a girl until she enrolled in a beginning drawing class at the New Mexico Art League in 2013. She has taken classes at the Art League ever since. Brigid has a background in corporate banking and has served on advisory committees for a charity and for an international school while living in Shanghai, China. She is a member of the Pastel Society of New Mexico and is excited to be involved with the Art League.
CASANDRA ENCINIAS
Casandra Encinias is a native New Mexican with who's been a part of the artist community in Santa Fe, Albuquerque and the East Mountains since the late 1970s. From being a full time artist in Santa Fe in the 80s to taking classes in Albuquerque throughout the 2000's, Casandra has always come back to portraiture. After working in state government for 26 years Casandra retired in 2010 and now devotes her time fully to her art and also to her very active Australian sheepherder named Zulie. She lives with her husband John in Tijeras.
PEGGY JONES
Peggy began her art career in the Pacific Northwest where she studied with marine artist, Leon BeRoth. Peggy now lives in New Mexico and focuses her attention full time on her art. She states that the clear New Mexico light together with the mosaic of cultures and rich traditions of the southwest motivate her to convey its beauty to others through her paintings. Studying at The Art Masters Academy under Louis Maestes and later with Jan Keefer, Michelle Dunaway and Cynthia Rowland, and at workshops with many well-known artists, she now captures southwest landscapes, people, and still lifes in a representational style. She is also a member of the Rio Grande Art Association, Southwest Studio Artists, and the Manzano Mountain Art Council. She also serves on a Selection Committee for the New Mexico Art in Public Places Program.
Art League Staff