May Visual Artists
35th Anniversary Season 2021—2022
The Placitas Artists Series is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
This project is made possible in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs,
Visual Artists Reception
May 22, 2022 at 2 p.m.
All artist images are copyright protected and may not be duplicated or shared
without the express consent of the artist. Click on any image to enlarge view.
Image Used with Permission
© Karl Hofmann- All Rights Reserved
N. C. Magnussan - Acrylic Ink
No Online Presence
M. Jane Gilbreath - Jewelry & Fabric Art
No Online Presence
Nancy Catherwood (NC) Magnusson reinvented herself seven years
ago, transforming from potter to painter when she relocated to
Albuquerque. She learned by painting incessantly, combined with
classes, gallery visits and critiques by experienced artists, but most
of all painting obsessively. Known for the textures in her work, she
creates three-dimensional paintings on canvas as well as painted
wall pieces on clay. Her art is shown at local venues.
Nancy says: “My abstract paintings draw from a colorful inventory of
life experiences expressed in swaths of color, textures, intentional and
unintentional shapes. “
In the mid 1990s, Meredith McPherson left her job as
Project Director for Traveling Exhibitions at the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. and moved to
Nanjing China to serve as personal apprentice to Grand
Master painter and calligrapher Liang Zongheng. With
Master Liang, she studied Chinese art history and
philosophy, poetry and painting, culture and craft, and the
tools and techniques of Chinese calligraphy. Master Liang
honored Meredith with the name Mo Feisheng – Voice of
Flying Ink.
Meredith, who currently lives in Rio Rancho, New Mexico,
has exhibited her artworks extensively throughout the
USA, Canada, China, and Australia.
Meredith says: “Traces of black ink flying across white
paper enables me to respect Master Liang’s behest to
‘Share the sacred images with the people’.”
Jeanette Cook is a contemporary abstract artist who lives
and works in Albuquerque New Mexico. She has a BFA in
Theatre Arts with a Dance emphasis from the University of
New Mexico. She moved to NYC in her early 20’s and was
influenced by minimalism, the power of the human form and
the expansiveness of the NYC public library. Returning to
New Mexico she earned her RN and a Masters of Science in
Midwifery. While working full time and supporting three
children she studied, drawing, painting and printmaking.
Jeanette says: “Abstraction reveals moments of infinite
possibility through choosing the path of the unknown.
Painting is a way to decipher chaos by intuitively
choreographing the rhythms and patterns of paint.”
No biography information available at present.
A Member of the Tucson Handweavers Guild and Spinners
Guild since 1978, Jane’s constantly evolving and expanding
creative work has been delighting audiences at guild events
and open studio tours.
Jane says: “The challenge and reward for me is to combine
materials to make objects that are well crafted and appealing .
Each must be desired to be touched.”
