Our cover this issue, "When Life Returns," is by New Mexico artist, Lynne Loshbaugh, whose goal in painting, she says, "is to celebrate the off-center, to shake the tree on which are hung our 'givens.'"

Inspired by the bold honesty of children's drawings, folk art and primitive art, Loshbaugh lavishes her canvases with figures whose rounded forms dominate the space with charm and poignancy." Accurate perspective and proportion are not as important to me as rhythm, balance, magic. But my greatest joy is in color — I am happiest when I can stand back form a painting and hear the colors sing." Loshbaugh's work can be seen at Hahn Ross Gallery 409 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM; 505-984-8434; www.hahnross.com.