Visit with a Local Santa Fe Artist

Our tour of the Land of Enchantment ended with a couple of blissful days in beautiful Santa Fe. During our time here, we stayed at Inn and Spa at Loretto. It was a wonderful hotel in an excellent location, everything we wanted to see and do was in walking distance.

My lovely room.

We began out time in Santa Fe with the unique experience of visiting with a local Santa Fe artist at his workshop and home. Somers Randolph is a talented stone sculptor who has been physically chiseling away at solid rock, alabaster, soapstone, marble and granite for 40 years. His pieces are well recognizable by their unique curves, spirals and knots. Mr. Randolph's work can be found in major collections and museums worldwide, including private and corporate collections at locations such as Vanderbilt University, the Ford Foundation, Max Factor International, General Motors and the Tennessee State Museum. His sculptures have also been featured in exhibitions and galleries across the country from California to Florida.

Somers was so nice, jovial and outgoing, he loved talking about his craft and teaching us about his techniques. His creations are absolutely stunning with such graceful, flowing lines, its amazing to thing they are made out of stone.

Artist's workshops are endlessly fascinating, every corner is filled with something interesting whether it be the tools of their trade or some unique object that inspires them or sketches of their next big idea.

These pieces were so elegant and they are made of Utah Orange Translucent Alabaster, yay Utah! Alabaster is a soft stone that is ideal for creating small sculptures and this specific kind is found in Southern Utah.

We ended our time with Somers having a few refreshments in his home and seeing the pieces in his in home gallery.

I discovered he had two adorable dogs and spent the rest of the time sneaking them pets.

After our time with Somers, we went to the Georgia O'Keeffe museum, which I blogged about in an earlier post since I had gone there with the Madisons the previous week.

That night, we had a cozy dinner at our hotel. Most of our days were a little on the chilly side weather wise, it definitely felt like fall, I had brought a couple dresses that I thought I would be wearing all the time, but most of the days were too cold. The evenings were really cold, so eating dinner next to a warm fire, in a dimly lit dining room was perfection.

The food was absolutely superb. The presentations were masterful and the flavors were divine.

Guava and mango sorbet

We would also eat here for breakfast, and the food was just as amazing. I ordered this french toast one of the first mornings, and every morning after that one of the three of us ordered it, it was just as good as it looks.