Eyes of March
A New Exhibit at the Chapel of Jimmy Ray Gallery
March 15, 2025, 1:00 – 5:00PM
The month of March symbolically, represents growth, fertility, and procreation. It is the bridge from winter to spring. Our artists have been creating all winter to bring you new works to please your eyes and your heart.
Artists include:
ANN CHAMBERLIN’s work is a special favorite of visitors and collectors at the Chapel. Her outpourings are based in what appears to be a primitive eye. However, deeper observation reveals the hand of an accomplished painter with an insightful feminine viewpoint that salutes and addresses the farcical plight of mankind.
CARLOS RAMIREZ was the assistant of Anado McLauchlin who has made a name for himself in San Miguel…His adorned cow skulls leap off the wall and into your heart. His indigenous heritage is celebrated in this intricate work.
EDWARD SWIFT is displaying his esoteric paper mache figures and assemblages. A literary storyline emerges from these renderings that evoke an almost shamanic salute of days past.
LUISA LOPEZ is a recent graduate of the University of Guanajuato in the Visual Arts. We welcome her to Equinox!
MEAGAN BURNS is an artist, urban sketcher, and founder of Art Leap Adventures, a travel sketch workshop business that offers immersive art experiences in cities such as Mexico City, Oaxaca, Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende, San Francisco, California and Paris, France. Originally from Chicago, Meagan has made Mexico her home, where she continues to create and teach. Her signature style, continuous line drawing, is at the heart of her work—an intuitive and expressive approach that captures the energy and essence of place.
MERYL TRUETT has also been exhibited worldwide. Her new body of work is photographically-based mixed media with encaustic, incorporating the color and iconography of her adopted home. Her exuberant pieces come from a place of intuitive painting coupled with historic research. Meryl is an artist and teacher in SMA. Find her at merytruett.com or IG@madeinsma.
RICHARD SCHULTZ is a co-creator of The Chapel of Jimmy Ray Gallery with Anado McLaughlin. He taught art history for over 30 years and is also an assemblage artist.
Hours & Contact Info
The Chapel of Jimmy Ray Gallery and the art compound is open for tours. Tours are at 10:30 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Reservations are necessary and can be made by email at anado@madebyanado.com or by contacting us at +52 415 150-1461.
We will be closed December 24,25 and Dec 31, Jan 1.
From Centro Historico in San Miguel take Calle San Francisco which later becomes Calzada de La Estacion. Follow this street straight through the glorieta (traffic circle) and proceed to the train station. Follow the road as it winds to the left and crosses the railroad tracks. Take the asphalt road which winds to the right….follow this road through three curves and you will be on a straightaway to La Cieneguita. When you arrive in Cieneguita you will pass over three topes (speed bumps).
You will pass a large green sign pointing to Guanajuato to the left. DO NOT GO LEFT-Continue straight ahead 150 meters past that sign and you will see a small lane on the right. There is a small purple and yellow sign which reads Casa de Las Ranas and Chapel of Jimmy Ray marking the spot and pointing to the right. Take that turn and soon you will come to a small Church…take a half- right turn and follow the road up the hill parallel to the Church. The Gallery grounds begin behind the Church property…you will enter at the first gate on the left. If coming for a tour you will arrive in front of the large colorful home on the left side of the road….
Desde el Centro Histórico de San Miguel de Allende, toma la Calle San Francisco que después se convierte en Calzada de la Estación. Sigue sobre esta calle todo derecho hasta llegar a la glorieta y continúa en dirección a la estación de ferrocarril. Continúa sobre la carretera conforme agarra hacia la izquierda, pasando las vías. Toma entonces el camino de asfalto que va hacia la derecha.
Sigue sobre este camino pasando las tres curvas y te encontrarás en el camino directo a La Cieneguita. Cuando llegues a Cieneguita pasarás tres topes. Luego pasarás por donde está un letrero grande, verde, que señala a Guanajuato hacia la izquierda. NO VAYAS A LA IZQUIERDA – continúa derecho 150 metros pasando ese letrero y verás un caminito a la derecha. Hay un letrero pequeño, de color morado y amarillo, que dice Casa de Las Ranas / Chapel of Jimmy Ray…Da media vuelta hacia la derecha y sigue el camino hacia arriba, paralelo a la iglesia. El terreno de la Galería comienza detrás del terreno de la iglesia. Entrarás en la primera reja a la izquierda. Si vienes para un tour, llegarás frente a la casa grande y muy colorida en el lado izquierdo del camino.
The Chapel of Jimmy Ray Gallery was founded in 2012 as a vehicle to present the work of Anado McLauchlin along with select artists that Anado has bonded with on a visual and oftentimes emotional level. The Gallery is located 5 kilometers from San Miguel de Allende at the Casa de Las Ranas compound in the small town of La Ceieneguita. This is an artist friendly gallery dedicated to the “road less travelled”.