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Florida, Foreman would stop at the Boca
Raton Museum of Art on the way home
from school. “It was a smaller, quieter place
then, and the staff would show me around
and point out different artists and explain
different periods of art. I was never able
to shake that experience. I was fascinated
by design at the time from billboards to
printed T-shirts, and I collected matchbooks
because of their strong graphics,” he says.
“I went to college for liberal arts and
finance and worked in finance for a few
years until I realized it was not my passion,”
Foreman shares. “I moved back to Miami
and immersed myself in the art scene. I cut
my teeth in the gallery world by working
for a dealer who was vertically integrated in
the art world. In the 1990s I went on my own
with a gallery in Miami and eventually to
a location in New York City. In 2012 when
my rents increased dramatically, I decided
I needed a sea change and went to Mexico
to clear my head and to see what would
come to me. I met a gallery owner in San
Miguel de Allende who invited me over for
coffee one day. She said she and her family
were moving back to the States and shewondered if I wanted to take over the lease
for her gallery. Eight years later the gallery
is going strong after a steep learning curve.
Six months or so ago I decided I wanted to
have a foot back in this country, too, and
I found a live/work space just off Canyon
Road in Santa Fe—San Miguel’s sister city
with a strong art connection.”
The space is a large, open gallery space
with a commercial kitchen and a large loft
containing a bedroom and bath. When
I visited him, Foreman had moved much ofhis collection into the space including his
collection of vintage midcentury furniture.
In the foyer is a selection of Young paint-
ings. In the living room the pace changes
with a display of vintage prints by M.C.
Escher (1898-1972). The adjoining room is
dedicated to paintings by James Havard—
also a transplant to Santa Fe and very much
a part of its art scene.
“I was introduced to [his] work when
I came out here to visit in the 1990s,” he
explains. “There was such a powerful12