Surdut's Southwest Flair

Look for a few more moments of Surdut fame in the current Southwest Flair magazine, which kindly mentions the ravens, also featured in last month's issue. (And I don't know these generous people!) This New Mexico Mountain series of hand painted silk shawls and scarves are what happens when I breathe in the sight and scent of sky and land, and then breathe out using dyes, resist, brushes and silk. Each one is as individual as the moment when light shifts and changes. Click on the shawl for more images on the apparel page of http://www.bethsurdut.com/

The Reason Why

When I first came to New Mexico, I breathed in the landscape to see what I would breathe out. I wandered the giant's playground of Tent Rocks, ascended the laddered cliff dwellings at Bandelier, tasted the Gila wilderness, gazed open-mouthed at the sky, and took photographs that I called The Reason Why. As I showed them to Eastern friends, I knew I had to return to live in the Southwest's many-layered palette of colors, micro-climates, and stories.

As I create the Listening to Raven drawings and stories that called me here, I also continue my work as a colorist. These silk Abiquiu scarves (8”x 54”) in Winter Sunrise and Summer Sunset are individually drawn freehand and painted, so each scarf is as unique as the person who wears it. $140 each. Clients may also order shirts, larger sizes of scarves and triangular shawls, including Chamisa Rain and Aspen Vista. Just ask.