Painter — West Orange, New Jersey
Sonia Papo
Oil and cold wax, the last twenty minutes of desert light.
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I paint the hour when the mesas stop reflecting light and start giving it back — that half-hour where every wash and arroyo goes the color of a bruise healing. I work fast, in oil and cold wax, scraping back as much as I lay down. A painting is finished when it stops arguing with me.
— Sonia Papo
The Work
Three ongoing series
Mesa Line No. 4
Sold Mesa Line No. 7
Mesa Line No. 9
Dry Wash I
Dry Wash III
Sold Dry Wash, Late April
Late Light No. 1
Late Light No. 2
Late Light, Study
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Originals ready for a wall
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Exhibitions
Where the work has hung
- 2026Late Light, solo exhibition — Harwood Contemporary, Taos, NM
- 2024New Terrain, group show — Form & Field Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- 2023Dry Wash, solo exhibition — Studio 109, Taos, NM
- 2022Southwest Painters Under 40 — Albuquerque Museum, NM
Contact
Commissions, press, and studio visits
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