David Gary Suazo

Evening Snow Come

David Gary Suazo of Taos Pueblo began his artistic career by painting on the empty pages in his mother's encyclopedia set. In the sixth grade, an art teacher introduced him to the southwest style painting of the Taos Art Society. By the time he was a junior in high school in Denver, he was enrolled in the highest level art class available.

Initially, he started sketching wildlife with pencil but eventually progressed to using a “free sketch” technique. This method, as taught to him by his father, is drawing the subject without looking at the sketchpad. In addition to his father, other influences include his mother, grandparents and his great-grandfather Antonio Lujan who was a model for E.L. Couse and Joseph Sharp of the Taos Art Society painters. Once Mr. Suazo became serious about painting, he started using canvases with pencil like paints. Many of his paintings range in size from miniature to ambitious sized canvases. Mr. Suazo is also self-taught in the various mediums of acrylics, drawing pastels, and monotypes.

Mr. Suazo attended the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was also employed by the acclaimed artist Frank Howell in Santa Fe. It was while working for Mr. Howell that he learned the mechanics of running a gallery. In 1991, he opened his own gallery, Evening Snow Come, in his family home in the historic Taos Pueblo with the blessing of his grandmother.

Mr. Suazo has won numerous awards for his paintings at several prestigious juried art shows including the SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market, the Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair & Market, Eiteljorg Indian Museum Art Market, and numerous others across the country and the Southwest. His paintings have been purchased by individuals worldwide who have acquired his work either at his Taos Pueblo gallery or at various art shows.

The calm & serenity of David Gary Suazo’s paintings eliminates the hectic noise of the modern world. The color and texture of his work emulates the architecture of his home, Taos Pueblo.

“We use what ever nature has to offer to make the homes we live in.”
– David Gary Suazo, Taos Pueblo