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ONLINE EXHIBITION

Beauty & Decay

This exhibition invites artists to explore the delicate balance between growth and decline, elegance and erosion. From fleeting blossoms to weathered ruins, we celebrate how beauty often reveals itself most powerfully in moments of transformation and impermanence.


January 22 - February 21, 2026


"Meet the Artists" Reception

February 7, Saturday,  4 PM - 6 PM


This exhibit can also be viewed in the Art League Gallery

at 3409 Juan Tabo Blvd, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Tuesday - Saturday, 10 AM - 4 PM



For information about purchasing a piece from this exhibit, 

please send an email to the Executive Director, Jamye St.Romain, at nmartleague.ed@gmail.com.

Purchased artwork will remain in the gallery through the end of the exhibition.


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Work is listed in alphabetical order by artist last name. 

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Spoiled 

by Elena Baca

photograph, 10" x 8"

 $150





Antiques

by Carmen Badeau

oil, 12" x 9"

 $395


Tale of Two Bikes

by Carmen Badeau

oil, 11" x 14"

 $695



An Era Remembered

by Carmen Badeau

oil, 11" x 14"

 $625




 

In This World I Stand Alone

by Marie Baron

oil, 11" x 14" 

$220





Fish Bones & Lizard

by Carolyn Berry

Encaustic Assemblage, 16" x 12.5" 

$495



Purgatory

by Carolyn Berry

Encaustic Assemblage, 13.5" x 7.5" 

$295



Hummingbird Devil's Claw

by Carolyn Berry

Encaustic Assemblage, 15.25" x 9.75" 

$335






Wagon Wheel

by Derek Blackford

acrylic, 24" x 18"

$100





Drifting Leaves

by Kathleen Butler

watercolor , 4.5" x 6.5"

$150





Aging Gracefully

by Linda Marie Carroll

oil on canvas, 34" x 34"

$10,000





Archaic

by Gary Cherniak

watercolor, 10.5" x 16.5"

$1,800





Forgotten 

by Maria Cole

oil, 24" x 18"

$775



Relics and Treasures

by Maria Cole

oil, 10" x 20"

$395



Los Alamos I 2025 Tijeras Canyon, NM

by Kirk Conrad

Kodak 4 x 5 Portra 400 film, 12.5" x 9.5"

$295



Bleached Branches 2024 Jasper Beach, ME

by Kirk Conrad

Kodak 4 x 5 Portra 400 film, 8" x 10"

$280





Still Standing

by Dave Cook

watercolor, 10" x 14"

$280



Forgotten Memories

by Dave Cook

watercolor, 10" x 14"

$280



Generations

by Dave Cook

watercolor, 10" x 14"

$280





Resilience

by Marilyn Drake

pastel, 16" x 12"

$1,100


Old Barn at Ghost Ranch

by Marilyn Drake

pastel, 9" x 12"

$575



Abandoned Adobe

by Marilyn Drake

pastel, 6" x 8"

$325




Bone Sculpture on Tanning Shed

by Daniel English

digital photograph, 10" x 15"

$150




Beauty and Endurance of Stone

by Daniel English

digital photograph, 11" x 14"

$150





Biodegradable

by Rose Evans

watercolor, 8.25" x 11.25"

$250



Pandemic

by Rose Evans

watercolor, 10.75" x 14.75"

$290



Contagion

by Rose Evans

watercolor, 9 5/8" x 13 3/8"

$290





Early Winter Ground

by Daniel Garcia

photograph, 16" x 20"

$325





Ranch House Cafe

by Cheryl Godin

oil, 20" x 16"

$700



Becker Street Grill

by Cheryl Godin

oil, 18" x 14"

$600



Joseph's Bar & Grill

by Cheryl Godin

oil, 18" x 14"

$500





Anping Tree House

by Patricia Gould

photograph, 12" x 16"

$150



Ancient Wall

by Patricia Gould

photograph, 20" x 16"

$175


 

Window in Dubrovnik

by Patricia Gould

photograph, 16" x 20"

$175




Abandoned

by Benjamin Green

mixed, collage, 15.5" x 19"

$200





Filigree

by Betsy Greenlee

photopolymer print, 10.25" x 8"

$155



Arabesque

by Betsy Greenlee

photopolymer print, 8" x 10"

$155




Drought Impressions

by Nancy Haseman

photograph, 20" x 16"

$250


Fall Peak

by Nancy Haseman

photograph, 10" x 8"

$150




Beauty Lives in the Dying of the Day

by Cynthia Inson

oil, 11” x 18”

$995



Living Their Best Brief Life

by Cynthia Inson

oil, 14.5” x 12”

$1,275





Decomposing As We Speak

by Beth Kassay-Padilla

monotype, 10” x 12”

$100




 

Beauty in a Decaying Seed Pod

by Virginia Mahan

digital photograph, 13” x 14”

$100

 


The Beauty & Decay of Route 66

by Virginia Mahan

digital photograph, 9.75” x 13”

$100





Thought Decay

by Sepi Majd

mixed media collage on canvas, 36" x 36"

$500


 

Declined Surface 1

by Sepi Majd

mixed media, raised with plaster on canvas, 10" x 24"

$200



Declined Surface 2

by Sepi Majd

mixed media, raised with plaster on canvas, 10" x 16"

$200





Sunflowers

by Tyler Mason

watercolor, 14.5" x 10.5"

$275


 

Russian Thistle

by Tyler Mason

watercolor, 17" x 10.5"

$275





Sunlight to Moonglow

by Meredith McPherson

sumi on paper/panel, 18" x 24" 

$650



Lightning in a Bottle

by Meredith McPherson

sumi on paper/panel, 20" x 30" 

$600





Once Upon a Time

by Carol Mell

mixed media, 30" x 22"

$450



Old Bits and Bobs

by Carol Mell

mixed media, 20" x 20"

$350





Decay

by Gilberto Mello

oil on linen, 14" x 16" 

$300




Life Waiting

by Gilberto Mello

oil on linen, 20" x 18" 

$400





Last of the Blue Iris

by Claudia Mitchell

oil on paint board, 20" x 16" 

$500



Golden Conclusion

by Claudia Mitchell

oil on linen panel, 12" x 9" 

$300





Georgia OK

by Deborah Openden

mixed media collage, 14" x 11"

$100




 

Fireflies

by Janny Pezaro

acrylic / mixed media, 20" x 16"

$225



The Glory of a Silk Ascot

by Janny Pezaro

acrylic, 14" x 11"

$200





Alien at Rest, Sedona, AZ

by Dallas Pottinger

digital photograph, giclee print, 14" x 20"

$750


She Was Here Just Moments Ago

by Dallas Pottinger

digital photograph, giclee print, 21" x 14"

$450



This Must Be a SIgn

by Dallas Pottinger

digital photograph, giclee print, 19" x 14"

$250





Language Is A Virus

by Rebecca L. Quigley

textile, on canvas, 18" x 24"

$500


Solar System 1

by Rebecca L. Quigley

textile, on canvas, 16" x 20"

$600





Sunflower's Last Stand

by Sheryl Rakestraw

acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18"

$120





Earth Is My Home

by Judith Rauchfuss

mixed media, 19" x 15" 

$150





The Beauty of Fate

by Brooke Reedlunn

india ink / watercolor, 7.5" x 9.5" 

$125

(SOLD)





Forgotten Warnings

by Emily Salazar

pastel, 9" x 12" 

$275



Nature's Requiem

by Emily Salazar

pastel, 11.75" x 9.5" 

$250




Atonement

by Magdalena Sandor

acrylic, 28" x 24" 

$1,200



Scatter Brain

by Magdalena Sandor

acrylic, 28" x 24" 

$900



Coming to Terms

by Magdalena Sandor

acrylic, 27" x 23" 

$1,000





Twilight on Snow

by Deborah Scenters

oil on canvas, 11" x 14"

$250


Fall Arroyo

by Deborah Scenters

oil on canvas, 11" x 14"

$250



Colorado Erosion

by Deborah Scenters

oil on canvas, 12" x 16"

$250





Hanging On!

by Elaine Scheideman

watermedia, 10.5" x 7.5"

$235





Breaking Free

by Jamye St.Romain

mixed media on paper, 11.25" x 22.25"

$320



Taos or Bust

by Jamye St.Romain

collage, mixed media, 10" x 8"

$245



Independence Day

by Jamye St.Romain

collage, mixed media, 8" x 10"

$245





Etched in Time

by Cindy Teale

pastel, 14" x 11"

$350





Forever Autumn

by Nicholas Tesluk

pastel, 16" x 16"

$750



Defiance

by Nicholas Tesluk

pastel, 12" x 12"

$500





Mock Cherry Tree

by Radka Toscova-Tenigan

oil, 30" x 24"

$425




Rotten Core

by James Webster

acrylic, 12" x 36"

$325


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For information about purchasing a piece from this exhibit, 

please send an email to the Executive Director, Jamye St.Romain, at nmartleague.ed@gmail.com.


Gallery Hours: 10 am to 4 pm Tuesday - Saturday  505-293-5034

3409 Juan Tabo Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87111     Map It  

Mailing address: P.O. Box 16554, Albuquerque, NM 87191                              

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