Jean Anaya Moya
(b. 1960)

Even before she was voted Santa Fe High Artist of the Year in 1978, Jean Anaya Moya had been interested in art. "I've loved art my whole life," she says. Her first interest was drawing and painting. Moya, along with her sister-in-law, Diana Moya Luján, took a straw appliqué class from Charlie Sánchez at the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA). Now a prize-winning artist, this part-time fire fighter still marvels at the artistic process: "It's about creating art work and having fun doing it. The reason my pieces are different is that I still have a love for retablos, which is why you see so many figures in my work. I also love to tell stories through my art."

Moya also paints retablos and animal hides. For a long time she felt that the art of straw appliqué didn't get noticed because there were so few artists doing it, and that it was often misunderstood. Each year, she keeps one of her own pieces so that her family can have a collection. She started doing this because she knows so many artists and families who, for a variety of reasons, weren't able to keep their own art, and can't afford to buy them today.

"The neatest thing about being an artist is that my kids Craig and Matthew (both award-winning artists in Youth Market) became interested." Moya collects horses (all kinds!) and crosses.

More About this Artist on the Web:


http://www.galisteostudiotour.com

http://www.spanishmarket.org/awards

Selections from the Diane and Sandy Besser Collection of Contemporary Hispanic Art

Introduction | Links


John M. Gallegos | Gustavo Victor Goler | Nicholas Herrera | Arthur López|

David Nabor Lucero| Diana Moya Lujan | Jerome Lujan | Jean Anaya Moya |

Mel Rivera | Arlene Cisneros Sena | Luis Tapia | Sergio Tapia |