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Message:: [QUOTE="Taupou, post: 220984, member: 45"]Truchas is located on the High Road to Taos, and is a very small, rural Spanish community.  There was a time, not too long ago, when it was an area best avoided by non-locals.  A lot of changes have taken place there since 1990.  Like in Cordova, Chimayo, and other small villages between Santa Fe and Taos, there are a number of wood carvers who live there.  Most specialize in santos and bultos in the Spanish Colonial art heritage, but there are also some doing more contemporary work, in a number of different art categories. You might find someone in Truchas who was there in the 1980s/1990s who would be familiar with this carver.  There is an on line guide to the annual "High Road Art Tour" which lists contact numbers of local artists.  Possibly a fellow woodworker would be the most likely to know something about this artist. Also, you might want to check out the "High Desert Journey: High Road to Taos" web site, that has background information on the villages.  Keep in mind, this part of New Mexico is not Native American, it's Hispanic, dating back to the Spanish Colonial era, and while the subject of the art here may be a Hopi woman, the artist is not.  It's a distinction the locals are sensitive about.[/QUOTE]