Southwest Art – August 2019

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Fare Thee Well, oil pastel, 30 x 30.

After being used to the fast pace and
crowded skyline of an urban world, “it
was a bit of a culture shock,” Cavan says.
“But we traveled around the state and
fell in love with it.” When it was obvi-
ous they were ready to leave corporate

life, she and Lawrence headed for Angel

Fire. They ran his father’s mini-storage

business and renovated an aging house

while trying on a back-to-the-earth way

of life. And Cavan returned to her love of

making art.

FASCINATED W ITH New Mexico’s

Spanish Colonial past and the ways

it melds into the present, she started

off using acrylics to create religious

imagery, selling her pieces at a near-

by church. Then one day Lawrence