The clear blue sky and brilliant light casts a spell as we wander through the streets of Santa Fe in January. The smell of pi\'f1on smoke in the air intoxicates and a crisp breeze blows us unexpectedly into the Peyton Wright Gallery. Taken in by the architecture of the historic home in which museum quality art resides, we are immediately caught up in the gilded beauty of a Spanish Colonial Art exhibit. Our steps are quickened by a cup of chai tea that owner John Wright Schaefer has blended for his personal taste with hints of pepper and exotic spices. With this boost, we ascend to the second floor of the gallery into a world of Abstract Expressionism.

Some of my favorite pieces at Peyton Wright are Herbert Bayer's sculptures. A student under Wassily Kandinsky, one of my inspiration artists, Bayer's pieces come alive with brilliance and precision. In such an historic city where adobe and church bells speak to the blend of cultures of the southwest, it was an absolute delight to find myself in a gallery with an appreciation of American art at its prime. Abstract expressionism heightens the senses, stimulates the mind and insinuates unrest. What a wonderful time in the progression of great art. We're fortunate to have selections from this period available to us through the Peyton Wright Gallery