Alvin Gill Tapia
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Born in Santa Fe, Alvin Gill-Tapia spent years in training and teaching in Europe and New York. Today, Gill-Tapia has returned to his native Sangre de Cristo Mountains, and lives and paints in his beloved Santa Fe. The Southwest provides the inspiration, subjects and light that are his work.
His century old familiar roots, tracing back to Madrid, bind him to those architectural traditions of the great masterpieces of Hispanic art: The buildings in New Mexico, Arizona and California are his constant inspiration. He has photographed and sketched them devotedly, eventually evolving his present semi-abstract, yet three dimensional style. For emphasis and contrast, he places these often fragmentary, often complete images against stark monochromatic skies.
