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Hurd-La Rinconada Gallery & Guest Homes |
Dear Friends,
This month, in honor of Mother's Day, our focus is on a true "Super-Mom," the matriarch of the Hurd family, Henriette Wyeth-Hurd. Although during her lifetime, Henriette refused to be fussed over saying with mild irritation that " every day is Mother's Day."
Andrew Wyeth said of his big sister, "I think she was born with the most talent of any of the Wyeths." For Henriette, the emotions, dramas, motions and living of life were fused with art. There was no compartmentalization~life and art were one.
It is impossible not to remember Henriette at this time of year, when the Hondo Valley springs to life with Iris that adorn the gardens of simple adobe homes, dotting them with splashes of delicate color. Henriette had a bed of Dutch Iris outside her studio that often became the subject of some of her most memorable still-life oils.
We hope you enjoy our virtual bouquet, in honor of an amazing woman, mother, grandmother, hostess, friend, artist and inspiration.
~Michael, Tiffanie and Judy
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N.C. & Carol Wyeth Henriette & Carolyn Chadds Ford, PA - 1910
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Artist: For the Wyeths, there is no distinction between life and art...they are absolutely indistinguishable and completely dependent on each other. |
Henriette and Peter in Chadds Ford |
Loving Mother: Henriette with Baby Michael
"Children need the very brightest from the beginning." ~HWH |
"Nothing is easy...it isn't easy to have a baby, it isn't easy for a tree to grow...but that is part of the beauty, for God's sake." ~HWH |
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Self Portrait Henriette Wyeth-Hurd
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Comedienne: Henriette and Peter Hurd...
always entertaining.
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Devoted wife: Henriette believed it was her job to be the "power behind the throne." |
He called her
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Iris, circa 1945
"The amazing thing about flowers is...to me...looking at them, it's a very tragic thing. Because they last no time at all and here they are and they open in front of me...you can see them fading...you can see...an exquisite thing...then going into something that's quite beautiful when its faded...all pale, lilac, gray...creased...and then they drop and that's a hell of a drama." ~Henriette Wyeth-Hurd |
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Mary's Flowers, circa 1966
by Henriette Wyeth-Hurd
"I feel that her flower paintings and her love of flowers-which is very spiritual...now there's a lot of people that paint flowers, Georgia O'Keefe, I can name any number of people that paint flowers. But Henriette gets the soul of the flower. She (felt)...that they were individuals, they weren't just pretty things that you picked and stuck into vases...and clipped them off. She said, 'you know, every time you cut a flower or pick it, it's crying...you're killing it.' And when I see other people, the way they talk about 'Oh, I love flowers,' and then their big feet will walk over them out in the landscape in the Spring, with no emotion at all. To her there was something very precious about them. And this...to me... I don't think there's ever been anyone who paints flowers the way she did." ~Andrew Wyeth
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Michael by Henriette Wyeth-Hurd
Henriette and Michael
Henriette was reknowned and sought-after for her ability to paint children. Her own children were readily available (although not always willing) models. According to Michael, the secret behind her ability to get even very young children to sit still was in her magical storytelling. While painting the portrait, Henriette mesmerized the child with fairy-tales in which she made the child the star character, weaving details of wonder and intrigue into a completely personalized drama.
"I don't believe in painting flowers sentimentally and I don't paint children sentimentally because the same quality is in them." ~Henriette Wyeth-Hurd
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One of the many fascinating and famous characters who Peter and Henriette Hurd counted as friends was Truman Capote. In fact, Truman remarked several times that Henriette's dining room was his favorite dining room in the country. Although Truman often visited Sentinel Ranch, it was a dinner in New York City that inspired a painting that truly demonstrates Henriette's desire to "sing the praises of the obvious."
That day, Truman had visited a market and become enthralled with a bin of green apples. At dinner, he begged Henriette to "go right home" and paint green apples for him. Energized by the idea, Henriette returned to her studio in San Patricio and enthusiastically began a large 40" x 32" canvas of 9 apples arranged on a silvery silk draped over a beautiful, antique, wooden chair. Her excitement for the project was so consuming that the painting was quickly completed.
When Henriette phoned Truman with the news, he was appalled at the size of the painting and wailed "Honey, I don't have the room for it!" So Henriette began another painting, with just as much interest and joy as the first, but this time, her subject was a single green apple.
The painting was framed and shipped to Truman's apartment in New York. This time, Truman was completely elated with his painting! So much so, that soon after, he carried it under his arm as he strode on stage for an interview on "The Johnny Carson Show," where he talked about the painting and his remarkable friend Henriette Wyeth-Hurd. |
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Grilled Southwestern Orange-Chile Pork Chops
Easy and Tasty Recipe for a Summer BBQ
1 cup fresh orange juice
2 canned chipotle chiles in adobo sauce
3 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
4 center-cut pork lion chops (boneless)
Combine orange juice, chipotle chiles (you can adjust the heat to your taste by adding more or less of the adobo sauce,) brown sugar and lime juice in a food processor. Blend until smooth. Pour the marinade over the pork chops in a glass dish and allow to marinate for 1 hour, turning once. Drain and reserve the marinade.
Heat the grill to medium-high and grill the chops, basting frequently and takin care not to let the sugar in the marinade burn. Total grilling time should be about 9 minutes for 1 inch-thick chops.
Tiffanie's Tips: If you're short on time, or if the weather changes your BBQ plans, you can just use the marinade as a sauce and cook the chops on the stovetop. Simply pour the orange juice mixture into a deep saucepan, add the pork chops, cover and cook-flipping the chops once. Be sure to check for doneness. The sauce keeps the pork chops juicy and tender.
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Hurd-La Rinconada Gallery & Guest Homes
Hwy 70, Mile Marker 281 (Approx. 20 Miles East of Ruidoso, 50 Miles West of Roswell)
PO Box 100
San Patricio, NM 88348
1-575-653-4331
1-800-658-6912
Michael Hurd, Owner
Tiffanie Owen, Director
Judy Petersen, Gallery Assistant
Albert Chavez, Ranch Foreman
Gerardo Medina & Julian Marquez, Hard-Workin' Ranch Dudes
Maria Guillen, Head Housekeeper
Content and images on this site are the property of Michael Hurd, Tiffanie Owen and the Hurd-La Rinconada Gallery/Sentinel Ranch. Reproduction of the content on this site is prohibited without express written permission of the owner. All rights reserved. |
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