Margaret Nes says that the "aesthetics of sparsity" are fundamental to her distinctive, powerfully sensual vision. The strong lines of an adobe wall or the contrast of a narrow body of water within an expanse of land-these are the kinds of visual elements that impress themselves on the artist's mind and are reflected in her work. They are inherent to the New Mexico landscape
where Nes has lived since 1969. But her affinity with stark beauty goes back even further. As the daughter of an American foreign service officer, Nes spent much of her childhood in North Africa-in Morocco, Libya, and Egypt. As a result, when she moved to Lama Mountain north of Taos, she felt immediately at home in a land of clear, bright light, earthen architecture, and austerely stunning terrain. "There's something truly magical about the scope of this landscapc-the enormous amount of land that in some ways makes you feel small and the wildness of it," she says.
Subtle nuances of color stand out in such a landscape, and color is an essential aspect of Nes' art. So is the dance of light and shadow across architecture and land. And after living on the side of a mountain for many years, even the artist's perspective of the sky is particular to this place. "You're looking across, through, down through, and up at the sky," she says. "It's really encompassing."
Nes is represented by Hahn Ross Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; Michael McCormick Gallery, Taos, NM; and Artisanos de Questa, Questa, NM.

SOUTHWEST ART - FEBRUARY 2002

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