Connie Falk

Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma / Works in Placitas, New Mexico

BIO

Connie has called New Mexico home since 1988 when she began her academic career in agricultural economics at New Mexico State University. While on the faculty, she began taking art classes at NMSU in 2004, and continued taking classes until 2013 when she retired as a full professor. In 2022, Connie was included in Southwest Art Magazine’s, “10 NM Painters to Watch.” Dr. Falk is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, having served in Honduras, 1982-1985.

Connie Falk has painted weekly year-round since summer 2018. Plein air painting combines sharing adventures with good friends and carefully observing the effects of the seasons’ changing light on color and form. She mostly uses oils both in the studio and outside, but recently she began painting with cold wax and oils with a knife, to create nuanced textures and scumbling effects. Her landscapes painted in the studio often reflect scenes from hiking in New Mexico and the Southwest.