Christine Montaño Carey hails from Las Vegas, N.M., and has had a varied career in the arts as a painter, art teacher, gallery owner, and Spanish Colonial artist. She has owned several galleries, including in Santa Fe, Laguna Beach, Calif., Carmel, Calif., Aspen, Colo., and Austin, Texas.

Her acrylic painting “ Autumn Sunset In The Land of Enchantment” was chosen as the official poster for the 2016 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

Her focus in the past 20 years has been in the Spanish Colonial art forms, including retablos and tin work.