THE NEIGHBORS- KIM NAYLOR

Violette is often describing her friends and neighbors as great artists, or true artists. I had the opportunity to meet a few of those great artists, still living and producing, and joined Violette on her mission to document their artwork and have it exhibited. On our trips to the neighboring towns, Violette would often swing by a friend’s house to check in and visit with them, on one such trip she took me to the Picuris Pueblo to the home of Kimberly Naylor. Kim is a woman who does not show her artwork often, but has quietly been working at her practice for years- making careful collages resourced from collected magazines, packaging, brochures and other discarded publications. She pulled out some of her work for us to see, and I was lucky to buy a couple of prints of her scanned collages.

“Josie” - A portrait of an important woman in Kim's life:

“Easter Tree” - A gift for her nieces and nephews, depicting the Easter tree that they would make together: