Just outside of Santa Fe is a newly created community called El Dorado that has its own shopping center:
La Tienda. They allow artist installations in their outdoor La Tienda Exhibit Space and what is there today is a special treat: giant wood cutouts of Indians riding up on horseback!
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| Mat can sense the Indians riding up behind him at El Dorado's La Tienda. Santa Fe, NM |
Seattle artist,
Thom Ross, created these intricate paintings with 3 dimensional detail (note the fringe on the horses) because of an old
photo he once came across: a 1902 Buffalo Bill Cody and the Wild West Show from Ocean Beach in San Francisco depicting 108 cowboys and indians. He
recreated every figure and installed them on that same beach in 2008. La Tienda is proud to have about 70 of those figures (all Indians and no cowboys) on display for an indeterminate amount of time (read: if you plan on visiting, do it ASAP). Mat was blown away by the installation even if we couldn't get him any closer than the parking lot.
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| Don't be concerned, Raccoon! Those Indians are friendly. El Dorado's La Tienda, Santa Fe, NM |
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| Wouldn't it be a little intimidating having this audience watch you play horseshoes? El Dorado's La Tienda, Santa Fe |
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| Artist Thom Ross' gorgeous wood cutouts |
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| Three dimensional fringe detail on the horses |
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