About the Author

Sam Scott, a celebrated American artist, has represented New Mexico at the Whitney Museum Biennial of Contemporary Art in New York City and was awarded the Peace Rose by the United Nations Peace Meditation Group. In 2002, Scott was among the first American painters to show at La Maison Francaise Museum of Contemporary Art at the Embassy of France in Washington, D.C. He lives in Santa Fe.|Kristin Barendsen is coauthor of Photography: New Mexico (Fresco Fine Art Publications), a survey of contemporary fine art photography in New Mexico. Based in Santa Fe, Barendsen has published over one hundred stories in international magazines and newspapers.