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Gloria walking in an urban environment

It's been a year since we drove across country and moved back to CT. I feel that we hit the ground running and settled fairly quickly into our tiny apartment by a harbor in Stamford, CT. Our new community is much more urban and multi-generational than what we had in Santa Fe, NM

Photo by Dennis Bradbury

Vintage photo collage featuring a child's white shoes, lace overlay, small photos, and mementos.

What’s Next?

Integration

After 25 years of working as a Mixed Media artist, with total immersion into creating my work left little time to archiving series and publishing books representative of the work done. Although I actually got quite a few printed, there is an important one missing. It is my "Identity, Family Roots Series” which is what I am working on now. My goal is to create a book containing not only photographs of the pieces but also the conceptual backbone to each artwork. 

White shoes.

Mixed Media with Encaustic and Photography

ArtWorks Gallery On The Green logo, featuring bold black text on a white background.

Full Circle Solo Exhibit...

October 24-November 16, 2024

I am currently working on finalizing my inventory for this wonderful solo exhibit, FULL CIRCLE, curated by Natasha Karpinskaia at the ARTWORKS Gallery on the Green in Norwalk, CT. It will be the best celebration of my return to CT and its fabulous Art Community. So please put it on your calendar and come by to help me celebrate.

Full Circle

When a woman comes full circle, it's a journey not the end, that matters. She is a mother, lover, sister, daughter and everything in between. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform. She is filled with good instincts, passionate about creativity and ageless knowing.

Anais Nin said "Life is a full circle widening until it joins".

I feel like I have come back to the original place after a series of developments. The encaustic paintings for this exhibit have gone through a full cycle marked by each layer of paint as a separate experience. Sometimes to be covered by a final layer that covers the rest.

Full circle is a profound life moment. The resurgence of purpose and commitment of love.

Each painting marks one point in the continuum of the circle of life.

Exhibit: October 24 through November 16, 2024

Opening reception: Thursday October 24 (4-6PM)

Artist Talk: Saturday November 16 (12 Noon)

Chittim-Howell House on the campus of St. Paul's on the Green

60 East Avenue Norwalk, CT 06852

To visit confirm hours, please call 203-847-2806.

Or contact Gloria to meet you the Gallery.

858-210-5968

Person with white hair wearing a black hat and glasses hanging a large textured artwork on a wall. They are standing in a room with wooden floors and a piano in the background.
Interior corner of a room with light-colored walls featuring abstract artwork, a red patterned rug on hardwood floor, and adjacent doorways leading to other rooms.
Two women standing in front of abstract art on a gallery wall, smiling and posing. One woman has blonde hair and glasses, and the other has brunette hair. Both are dressed in stylish black and neutral outfits.
Cover of Table New Mexico magazine, Winter 2022 edition, featuring a woman setting a table with dishes and flowers in a warmly lit room with hanging dried plants and a window view.
Magazine spread featuring an article on Santa Fe artists and businesses, with various images including people at a gathering, a woman holding a dessert, artisanal bread, and rustic interiors.
Person wearing a white hat seated on a fluffy white chair with decorative cross sculptures in the background.
Text discussing multimedia artist Gloria Santoyo Ruenitz's involvement in the First Friday idea in Santa Fe. Originally from Mexico City, she moved to Santa Fe before the pandemic. The text details her experience in a new community, her art, and the successful First Friday event in October 2021.