Commissioner’s Gallery to Showcase Photos Chronicling Ranch Life by Carol Wilson in June

Behind you every step of the way - Carol Wilson

The New Mexico State Land Office Commissioner’s Gallery will showcase an art show entitled: "My New Mexico” by Carol Wilson. The show is a compilation of photographs chronicling ranch life and rural living, with a backdrop of the high desert mountains of central New Mexico. “We greatly appreciate Carol Wilson for sharing her beautiful artwork at the New Mexico State Land Office. It gives our employees and the public an opportunity to see and enjoy the incredible beauty of rural New Mexico through her outstanding lens.” said State Land Commissioner Ray Powell. Carol Wilson is a 4th generation New Mexico rancher who, with her husband, Rex, raised the fifth generation of ranchers near Ancho, New Mexico. The Wilsons ranch in the Jicarilla Mountains, where the prairies meet the mountains and the mountains kiss the sky. Taking pictures is Carol’s way of documenting her family’s journey. Though her work has appeared on the cover of many magazines, her main subjects are the kids, calves, colts and scenery of the home ranch. She appreciates and tries to capture New Mexico’s beautiful skies, sweeping scenery and the play of light in the Land of Enchantment. Documentation of the western lifestyle began when Carol was growing up on the Tramperous Ranch of northeastern New Mexico. Upon graduation from New Mexico State University, she became editor of the Livestock Market Digest, a weekly newspaper for ranchers across the nation. Carol has also written for the New Mexico Stockman for the last 30 years. Her stories about ranching life and the pioneers who inhabit the great American West have been carried in a great many magazines and newspapers in the past three decades. Carol drives more than 60 miles per day to teach in the high school at Carrizozo. The State Land Office Commissioner’s Gallery offers New Mexico artists a public area to display their works near the Santa Fe plaza and showcase the beauty of New Mexico. For more information about the Commissioner’s Gallery, contact Christina Cَrdova at 505-827-5762, ccordova@slo.state.nm.us, or visit www.nmstatelands.org.