This morning I asked Maria if I could purchase her latest hanging piece, “Plaza Blanca,” but she said no, as she usually does when I want to pay for her art. She said she would give it me, but not sell it to me. I told her that I would prefer that she put it up for sale, then, she deserves to get paid for her work.

So it is up for sale.

It is a special piece for both of us, it was inspired by our visit to the White Place, the hauntingly beautiful white limestone cliffs of Abiquiu, which the artist Georgia O’Keefe made so famous with her paintings. The cliffs inspired much of her later work.

Maria said she had to create her own vision of these cliffs and she did so in the most beautiful way, using some vintage lace cloth given her by an artist in Chimayo, New Mexico, on our recent trip there.

I have never seen anything like this space, so silent, timeless, evocative. And pristine, people have so much respect for it there is no litter of any kind. I think it’s a holy space.

Several people tried to buy them a week or so ago, but for various reasons, could not. We were glad to have this work hang around for awhile, but now it’s up for sale again, for $350 plus shipping. You can contact Maria about it if you wish, [email protected].

It ought to go out into the world, we have little space on our walls.

We were deeply affected by the white cliffs, so much so we plan a short trip back to New Mexico in the spring. We are not going to disconnect from that place, we want to make it a part of our lives. It is a place of the heart for us.