The Spanish Peaks Arts Council, based in La Veta, Colorado will be featuring with Questa artist Monique Parker and La Veta-based artist Albert Anderson Clymer.

A press release reads, the gallery is showcasing contemporary Western art by Albert Anderson Clymer and Monique Parker that explores people, landscapes, and various artistic interpretations of Southwest culture and spirituality.

Monique Parker is a self-taught, late-blooming artist living in Questa for the past 21 years. She has an MFA in creative writing from Antioch University. She is a yoga therapist, teacher of Vedic chanting, and a Vedic astrologer. When her Taos Yoga Therapy studio closed during the pandemic, she bought canvases and paint and started making offerings to the Divine through her brush. Her paintings are inspired by her many immersive pilgrimages to India and the deep respect she feels for the Indigenous Peoples and their wisdom teachings. “Much like Tibetan prayer flags that release holy prayers, my paintings are a way for me to offer blessings to the world,” Parker says.

An opening reception with the artists will take place on Saturday, August 31 between 5 and 7 p.m. where the artists’ work will be sold for 20 percent off for this night only. The art exhibition dates will be from August 27 to September 28. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Albert Anderson Clymer will be donating twenty percent of the proceeds from his art sales to the La Veta High School art department. The address of the Spanish Peaks Art Gallery is 132 W. Ryus Ave, La Veta, CO 81055.