Thank you Western Art Collector, for being a supporter for not only myself, but for so many colleagues and collectors alike. I sincerely appreciate the latest feature concerning Grand Horizons, my third and a biggest solo show at Santa Fe’s Acosta Strong Fine Art. It takes a team to make an artist and I a...
Sean Michael Chavez hits another home run at Acosta-Strong – Painter Sean Michael Chavez has been having solo shows every summer at Acosta-Strong Fine Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The shows have been going on for three years, and three years in a row they’ve sold out. The most recent show ICONS continued to...
The show opens in just a few days and Western Art Collector generously spared a bit of ink to highlight the work in their August issue. Gina Teichert authored the story and I couldn’t be more happy or honored to be included in another issue. Thank you Western Art Collector.
Honored not only to be included within a publication that has Thomas Moran on the cover, but that my painting is featured next to the very same master painter’s work on the table of contents. Further, my painting is included as part of the Museum Preview editorial @westernartcollector in collaboration with The Couse Sharp Foundation’s...
Wow! Thank you Southwest Art Magazine for sharing no less than six full pages in their first issue on 2022. I never try to have any expectations when these things come out, but needless to say, what a pleasant surprise! Thank you Norman Kolpas for writing such a detailed and wonderful article. Your thoughtful and gentle...
I’m honored to have been interviewed by the Creative Brick Road Podcast. We talk a little bit about paintings, business, creativity, inspiration and more. Please give it a listen and let us know what you think.
Thank you to Western Art Collector for the mention and for featuring my painting, Un Punto (On Point,) in their new Fresh Paint section of the April issue. S.M. Chavez makes a splash on the Western art sceneNew Mexico painter S.M. Chavez is on the rise with his contemporary Western paintings. He’s been presenting his...
So thrilled to find out and announce that both of my submissions to Small Works, Great Wonders 2020 at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum sold out on the opening evening of the exhibition and sale. I’m honored and excited to be associated with the museum in any way I can, but to be...
I’m thrilled to announce, as of early January this year, I am being represented by Acosta-Strong Fine Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I’m honored and grateful to Acosta-Strong, to be showing in the same gallery with notable contemporaries, some of the Taos Masters and Santa Fe Cinco Pintores. Acosta-Strong Fine Art is a wonderful...
Thrilled to have been invited to show a series of small paintings at City of Mud in Santa Fe, New Mexico this December. I’ll have nearly ten landscape paintings on display, some of which have been painted just for this show. Come and see the new work. Music and light refreshments will be provided by...
It is my pleasure to announce that I have a couple of paintings in the Ghostwolf 2018 WILD! exhibition opening tomorrow May 19. A portion of this show’s proceeds go to local charities focused on public education and the preservation of one of our most precious and beloved resources-our wildlife!. Come say “Hi” and join...
These paintings plus others stacked up and ready for delivery for the opening September 9 at Sara Smith Contemporary, Corrales, New Mexico.
