Stand By Judge
Who is Doug Meyer?
This run of the mill Renaissance man, with a flair for color and design, took an interesting road to becoming a fine art dealer. Through the years, Doug Meyer had studied theatre arts, interior design and space planning, and psychology. “I would visit a friend or relative’s home and, in a comfortable and entertaining way, leave their furniture and artwork totally rearranged”, says Doug. After receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts in 1979, wanting to persue design and theatre, but needing secure and steady income, he answered an ad in the New York Times and became of all things a commodities broker. Big money brought an empty “success” so Doug employed the brokerage skills acquired on Wall Street with his unyielding creative needs.
In the late 1980’s, as Director of Sales at then major fine art publisher Dyansen Editions, the foundation was laid which has resulted in Doug Meyer Fine Art. For over a decade galleries call when they are searching for works of art. Doug’s honesty and direct answers have built a successful business and a name to trust. Dougmeyerfineart.com
Thérèse O’Gorman has extensive experience in both the museum and gallery business. She has undergraduate degrees in art education and art history, and a masters degree in museology. Ms. O’Gorman completed her thesis at the Getty Conservation Institute. She worked at the Oakland Museum for many years in the Conservation Department. In 1993, she took a post at Emory University in Atlanta. There, she developed a teaching program and established the Parson Conservation Lab at the Michael C. Carlos Museum. Ms. O’Gorman has lived in Santa Fe for several years and is the director of the Peyton Wright Gallery where she curates exhibitions and consults clients on building collections. She continues to do conservation treatments for select clients on fine art collections.
therese@peytonwright.com
Robert Milam Pettus, Native of Goliad, Texas, attended the University of Texas at Austin, and has been an Entrepreneur for the past three decades, specializing in the placement of antique and contemporary fine Jewelry, Antiques, Russian Icons, Silver, and Fine Art.
Founding partner, Pettus and Vosatko (buying offices in San Antonio, Los Angeles and Santa Fe) and then Things Finer in Santa Fe (1979). Mr. Pettus has served as treasurer on the Board of the Santa Fe Institute of the Arts,
contributed time and other support to a variety of local organizations including Open Hands and Aid and Comfort. He is a member of the National Association of Jewelry Appraisers.
Mr. Pettus is married to Elizabeth McNally Pettus, and has one son Thomas, who attends the University of Kansas.
www.thingsfiner.com
Debbi Brody lives in Santa Fe where she co-owns Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Inc. with her husband Bob since 1994. Aside from being deeply involved in visual arts, she conducts poetry workshops at festivals and other venues through out the Southwest to writers aged twelve through eighty-five. Debbi publishes frequently in Albuquerque's Central Avenue Poetry. Her work has appeared in the Santa Fe Literary Review, Broomweed Journal, Poetica, Taj Mahal Review and other literary magazines. Her latest book, Portraits in Poetry, (Village Books Press, Oklahoma, 2006), as well as her chapbook, FreeForm are available through artqueen58@aol.com.
Poetry:
The Poet Speaks
It will be words
that tangle the web,
that hook the fish.
It will be words
over our heads
at final rest.
It will be words
in the darkest places
where seeds rest.
It will be words
in quiet closets
lost in the woods.
by Debbi Brody
from her book: Portraits in Poetry
email: Artqueen58@aol.com