St. Francis at Chimayo Tile

$22.95 at New Mexico Museum of Art.

This handmade, heat resistant tile painted by Carolyn Barford features Saint Francis at the church in Chimayo. After graduating from Hartford Art School with a BFA as a sculpture major, Carolyn knew she wanted to move to the southwest. She found herself living in a small farmhouse and raising animals. She began drawing some little characters as if they were living her life. They seemed to be doing a good job of it and so they developed a life of their own and traveled all over in search of fun. After 30…