Happy New Year!
It seems as the years pass, each year passes more quickly! Two thousand and fourteen was action packed here at Chris Turri Art and the Turri home(s). It's an exercise in gratitude to recap the highlights and share them with you!
The year started on the mountain top in Northern New Mexico with an intimate, hilarious, rejuvenating and life clarifying gathering at Chris brother & sister in law's home where we have gone nearly every new year for 8+ years now. This year Jan's brother and sister in law joined and it was the finest start to a transformative year. Those days followed by a celebration with Jan's entire family in Santa Fe to celebrate her mom's 80th!
In February we closed on the purchase of our new home in Corrales, NM (northwest ABQ area) and Jan moved in right away and managed the transformation of a 1200SF barn/stable to Chris' new studio. By July Chris had moved to Corrales too and was up and running in his new studio…views of the Sandia, Jemez and Santa Fe mountains; open space to the north for long walks with our dogs; a rejuvenating pool for an afternoon cool down and the joy of being closer to Jan's work and Santa Fe. It was time and we love our new home.
Our art show travels took us to Carefree AZ, Las Cruces NM, Jackson Hole WY, Evergreen CO and Houston TX. We saw friends, family and our wonderful and expanding family of art collectors. Waxlander Gallery in Santa Fe, Metallo Gallery in Madrid and Off the Beaten Path in Cloudcroft continued to represent Chris and his work with gusto! As Chris settled into his new studio his creative energy grew…he created lots of new work, new designs, got his jewelry bench back on line and has room for some expansion of his work as he moves into the new year.
Jan's advertising and public relations business was action packed as always and promises to be even more so in 2015. We put our downtown ABQ Loft into the vacation and corporate rental scene and have wonderful renters/buyers for our La Luz home. Now Jan sets her sites to shop for a condo in Santa Fe. She has a thing for real estate!
In May/June we spent two weeks in a small village in Tuscany with our dearest friends Kati and Bill. It was a spectacular trip that tantalized our senses, rejuvenated our souls and inspired us both. The art, the culture, the food, the long walks in the Tuscan hillside, the vineyards, the wine, the people, the deep connection between friends - we rested, we covered a lot of ground, we ate soooo well and we consumed more art than the mind could comprehend. Florence, Vinci, Lucca, Siena, San Gimignano, Volterra, Pisa, Cinque Terre and a hundred little villages in between. One day low key and close to our villa in Cerreto Guidi, the next day a long adventure. It was glorious! The trip ended with a few days in Venice, bike ride in Lido, an exquisite slow food dinner, water taxi's thru the canals, the church bells at St. Mark's square.
We had visits from both daughters that live afar and lots of great times with our daughter who lives near by…saw our grandkids, had a wedding in our home, went to a wedding in Colorado...we managed a quick pit stop in NYC to see The Book of Mormon - a must see for all - and a fun trip to Florida for an early Christmas with two of our three daughters. We've had lots of visitors and are counting on more and more!
As 2014 comes to a close, we find ourselves ever so grateful for all we have…for our family, our friends, our successes, our loves and our losses…we send love and light to all and see for you and yours a life filled full!
Cheers!
Chris and Jan
On August 12th in the early morning hours we received a call that Chris' father had been admitted to the hospital and was in critical condition. We packed up and had to leave the Loveland Sculpture Show midstream and head to Albuquerque. We are sad to say that Tino Turri, Chris' amazing Dad, had an inoperable tumor wrapped around his spinal cord that enveloped his nervous system. The only option was to say good-bye so once his entire family had gathered and said good-bye, Tino passed peacefully away on August 14th. Tino was a great man, a beloved husband to Bonnie, an amazing father to five men and two women and a passle of grandchildren. He will be dearly missed. We are glad that he did not suffer and may he rest in peace.
